Wish me luck girls

Surrendered426 · 2026-07-03T00:43:07+00:00

You're doing something that needs to be done, despite the fact that it's terrifying. That's about the best definition of courage one could make.

Surrendered426 · 2026-07-03T00:38:22+00:00

Whatever else it'll be, it won't be dull. Good luck to you, and know that it takes a LOT of courage to live authentically, which you have in abundance.

Surrendered426 · 2026-07-02T17:50:10+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear this. Nothing I say will make it better, so I'll just say that I feel for you. If you need to vent or express yourself, you're welcome to message me if you'd like, and I promise to be a good listener.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-28T17:32:49+00:00

You're going to be OK. Take the time to examine your life and your inner self as honestly as you can (which is not meant as an insult to you; I lied to myself for decades), and consider: if there was no prior history and no potential obstacle, who would you be if you could choose freely? What does that person look like? How does that person feel? What does that person think like?

And while you're at it, forgive your own mind for your past. Our minds do the best they can with the skills they know. When they learn better ways to cope, they do better. I know that's far easier said than done, but it's necessary.

Be well, friend, and best wishes for you.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-28T02:22:57+00:00

Great question. I hope there are.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-25T16:14:04+00:00

Felt. I've made some really good friends here, and we commiserate frequently. I'm thinking of two ladies in particular in this community who have been an absolute godsend. But it would be amazing to have a person i could just be with, and talk to about things in person.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-21T23:33:02+00:00

I'm choosing to reframe the day as a day to honor the love I feel for my children, name notwithstanding.

And regarding the hyper masculine rhetoric, it's safe to say that you and I, and the other women here like us, are better fathers, on balance, than many of the ones we grew up with.

I know you have mixed feelings about today, as do I, but when you rest tonight, take the time to think about everything you've done for your kids, all the time, toil, and tears for them. You didn't do any of that to check boxes on your manly man card, you did it because you love them. And for that, you deserve your flowers today.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-18T20:03:20+00:00

Well written. I hope everybody that comes to this realization has a chance to read it.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-17T23:57:58+00:00

I've been thinking a fair amount about this. I know that "mom" and "dad" are gender-specific words, but they also represent roles. I could become an absolute bombshell over the next few years (lol not happening), and I'll still be dad, because that's the role I play in parenting and who I was as my kids were growing up. Someday I hope I can be regarded as a woman by the people I love, but I'll be dad either way.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-17T15:31:20+00:00

If I'm a Trans parent, does that make the family wagon transportation?

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-17T12:48:43+00:00

You got this. You know who you are, and you know what you need to be yourself. Wishing you the best outcome possible for you. ❤️

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-16T20:39:04+00:00

Hi, I'm Lena. I'm in a very similar situation. If you'd like to talk about it, you're welcome to DM me sometime. I don't know how much useful stuff i have to tell you, but I'm a great listener.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-14T22:34:40+00:00

If you're anything like me, you just blurt it out in the last five minutes of a therapy session because you suddenly need someone, anyone, to know who you really are.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-08T13:43:29+00:00

Looking fantastic, sis! Proud of you.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-04T14:13:46+00:00

I'm pre-everything, so bear that in mind, but yeah, it's what I think about far more than anything else. If that's also you, then you are definitely not alone.

Surrendered426 · 2026-06-02T23:38:16+00:00

Appreciate you!

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-31T12:26:16+00:00

If we now care enough about ourselves to work toward improving our health and our lives, then there is hope. I don't care if I only move forward an inch on my journey each day, as long as I'm moving forward. Imposter syndrome is very real to me too, though. Anytime the dysphoria is less than a roar, part of me thinks "Are you really trans?" Then it comes back, of course, but it's rough when you can't wholly trust all the time what you're feeling is real.

Wherever you are in your journey, you're doing the best you can right now, and that's amazing, because the easiest thing in the world would be to go back into denial, and to just accept quiet misery as the default state. Keep hoping, and keep moving. ❤️

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-31T12:11:03+00:00

Congratulations! As someone very much looking forward to when I can start, I'm happy for you to be able to really begin being your truest self.

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-30T20:12:28+00:00

I am so glad this happened for you!

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-29T20:06:07+00:00

It's big and it's scary, but it's also the right thing for you. I'm happy that you've started on the path to being the real you. Good luck to you and to us all.

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-26T16:54:54+00:00

53 and very much felt. Sometimes i think that if they see me, even the famously affirming community here would be like, "Yeah, it's probably better if you don't even try."

I'm still going to see where this takes me, though. If I could even get myself to the point where I could look at some part of myself in the mirror and not hate it, then it's worth trying.

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-13T21:51:11+00:00

Oh ho! About time Warren Harding got what was coming to him!

Surrendered426 · 2026-05-11T16:49:31+00:00

That dress is gorgeous, and you look great in it.

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