Interesting question. Had to go and look at when I joined. Been 3 1/2 years.
The insights and shared experiences have been very helpful in my self-acceptance so I have gotten what I was hoping to find.
But I am totally in awe at some who experience acceptance or even tolerance, even with SA’s.
Whether in my DADT relationship (I would have never married you had I known) or the outside harsh, cruel world (including wise cracking SAs) my (and this forums acceptance) of myself is shaken.
Sometimes this virtual world seems just that, virtual, and not anything to base my acceptance on.
I have been dressing since six, stopped at 17 to be able to survive (literally), started again at 60, and now in my mid-sixties know that I will go to my grave with stolen moments and never really share or experience a life lived as me.
In the meantime, this forum and sites like Nadine’s will have to suffice.
So ladies, from this lady, thanks for being here.
Alice (and it still feels great signing my real, true name)
