For me, this group is literally the first and only bunch of guys and gals that I have every discussed these various topics with. My wife is not accepting and doesn't want to try to understand. I have kept this secret bottled up and hidden while I've wrestled with trying to understand what makes me different and coping with the comments and jibes as well as being seen by the culture as a pervert. Finding an accepting community that understands when the rest of the world doesn't is a huge gift.
Firstly, welcome back. I thought you were new here due to your recent activity, but I see that you were initially active here for a short time last decade, then sporadically over the past couple of years.
You have returned at exactly the right time to experience the sort of stuff that has been shared lately. This place might seem a bit off-center to recent lurkers, even a bit cliquey, but there is always room for one more. Many of us have felt quite elated about how the Acceptance side (vs. the surgery side) of the forum has developed over the last year or so into a place that not only celebrates self-acceptance, but
everything else that goes with gynecomastia, wherever it leads us. Sharing knowledge and personal experiences is contagious, and what would have seemed like TMI a couple of years ago is accepted as normal now. I started this thread simply because I wanted to spontaneously express my euphoria, which spiked, due in part to what this side of the forum had become lately and what it meant to me.
But please - you are NOT different. Cut that out! You are you!
