by Catherine » August 1st, 2006, 8:41 am
It is a fantasy for many and it's a curiousity to others and to others it's as real as the keyboard that I type on.
There are far too many people out there playing at being transsexual...saying things like "if you're really TS you'd get hormones illegally" or "you'd fake your letters for surgery" or whatever stupid things some of them say. There are also a lot of people for whom find a balance in their lives, between male and female, crossdressing to go out to a club on the weekend or whatever. Some just do it for a sexual fantasy and then are done with it. If you sit and masturbate to these stories...ask yourself if you are happy with that thing between your legs or not. If you are, then realize it's a fantasy and have fun with it, but don't get carried away. Don't sit at your computer every night and read them, you'll get carried away and maybe do something you'll be uncomfortable or upset about later. Balance your life.
Being female isn't about the clothes, it's not the makeup, not the shoes, the hair, it's not even about the sex, it's about being female on the inside. Looking at the world differently than a man does. Some women don't wear makeup or heels or even skirts or dresses, but they still have their feelings of being women and they are happy about it. Some are just the opposite and never go anywhere without wanting to be really made up and wearing really nice clothes and shoes, but that's the differences among people. Same goes for guys....some guys wear jeans and old t-shirts whenever they can, others enjoy wearing a nice suit and tie and looking sharp with their perfect hair, etc.
I know all about the reality of it...Friday I cross the final big line...I have my SRS/GRS/whatever you want to call it. It's a long and VERY, VERY HARD ROAD. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy (if I had one). It's hard on my family, I changed careers and finally am doing something I love and I've been accepted here for it. That being said, I found out I'm between a size 0 and 2 at American Eagle Outfitters in their mini-skirts...usually I'm a 6 or 8 and I have a body and a natural face (with estrogen's help!) that gets guys flirting with me. My voice and my body and my actions are all female and I pass with most everyone but a very observant few (most of whom know other transgendered people).
This is my reality now...being female. If you have a question about it...ask. However I don't recommend this road to anyone who can find a way to live without making the changes I have. The cost, both monetary and to my family relationships, are very high. I know I'm happier though and I want to live and prosper and have friends and relationships and that's what is really important. I did something I **HAD** to do, it was killing me not to. It's painful...it's frustrating, it's scary. But since I became Catherine full-time, it's been the best time of my life and it only gets better for me as time goes on. I know this was the right decision, but that doesn't mean that sometimes I don't still cry. Nearly three years of therapy (and that's a quick one!), thousands of dollars spent, thousands of hours gone trying to learn makeup, hair, etc., wow...all that time and money could have done a LOT for me. But for me the price is worth it. Why am I here? Because some of these files (after occasionally a bit of editing by me) has been to help me deal with some of the pain I inflicted upon myself, to help me let my feelings go and free myself. I knew where I was going and a bit of help along the way in any form is a good thing.
Catherine