GenderLife Forum: The Information Exchange

Oh, and I love being able to tell tranny jokes now with impunity.
Har!

It was a steamy moment. I had to get it out somehow. :P

What I like most about being a woman is that I get to be me. Period.

Friends? I make them with the same ease, but I'm still every bit as picky.

Hobbies? They really haven't changed.

Basically nothing has changed except the way I look and the feeling of being made wrong is gone.

I've seen several threads like this, but have never answered one. Now that I have transitioned and live as a woman 100% of the time, I feel more qualified to answer this questions ;-).

I like that I can cry without feeling that I am being judged for it.

I like that I no longer have to wear a binder to hide my boobs. Instead, I like wearing shirts that accentuate them.

I like that people just see me as another woman and treat me as such.

I like that guys look at me and that I can look at them without feeling that they think I'm gay.

I like sitting on the couch with my S.O. and my dogs in my P.J.'s watching a good romantic movie (in this scenario, I'm wearing cute P.J.'s... not my dogs, mind you).

I like knowing that I couldn't come to work as a guy, even if I tried... and that people would be seriously weirded out by it.

I like being able to shop for clothes in any store without being stared at or questioned in any way.

I like being comfortable with myself for once. It's worth everything I went through.

I like hanging out with my girlfriends and catching up on all the gossip.

I like my life and having the role that fits my personality.

I like having a body that doesn't disgust me.

I like having a face that is smooth, feminine, and smiling so much more these days.

I like getting my make-up just right, wearing an outfit that makes me feel good about myself, and going out with friends.

I like having the door held open for me.

I like the blank look guys get on their face when they figure out I know a lot more about computers than they do.

I like knowing that I'm living life to the fullest, not just existing in a world where I don't fit quite right.

I like having my hair highlighted and fixing it many different ways.

I like not having a male sex drive.

I like being touched in different ways and feeling vulnerable at times.

I like to be a little bit flirtatious at times.

I like to write a lot more than I should and state the obvious.

-madi

Madi,

that's the new stuff. that will wear off, then you'll simply realize you're finally just you. you'll just get to the Zen of it all. Just wait 10 years. It's a great feeling, believe me.

Being able to give men the evil eye without risking getting punched in the nose.

Oh forgot about this. I was standing in line and talking to a friend of mine, and this guy behind me made some crack and I just quickly turned my head and shot him this "I can eat your face" look -- pupils dilated. And this guy turned three shades of white. No words. Just a look.

Being able to change my mind... um quite a bit

Never having to second guess what comes naturally to me in of fear of what others think. Rather people now find me as natural as anyone comes personality wise. Being transgendered did not make me a 'character'.

Being a transwoman didn't change at all the fact that I've always been a "character."

Since I state my opinions (which are often unpopular or completely alien, perhaps due to different cultural biases), on occasion I find myself on one side and everybody around on the opposite side.

The great thing is that I can be a bitch back to other women, when they try their dominance head games. Guys cannot do that and have to endure, most of the time.