There's acceptance......and acceptance

[Normal Boobs 1 💄]

I have made my situation clear.
Though I wouldn't  trivialise  the hurdle of starting to wear a bra, much, much more is involved.
I make no secret that from day one I resolved that if I had to have boobs I would enjoy them. Thus I think is the healthiest psycholical option. After  bra wearing  and clothing changes to now boasting a 99% female wardrobe over a period of 12 years , it's only a few months ago that I had a really cathartic moment  that it would be dishonest to continue  to pretend to be male any longer. Hence an gradually experimenting with cosmetics.....which has been quite affirming and attracted mostly positive  comments  (did have have one unwanted advance from a creepy  male who asked to share my table in a busy coffee shop and  then persistently tried to get my phone number)

Someone here speculated whether I might even, at a younger age, have followed Sophie in a full medical transition.  Answer is NO. My position is that major surgery  for other than life saving is, at any age silly and certainly totally stupid at 79yo. Others will disagree, I know.
One thing I am certain of is that even if transition were fully possible without surgery I would not want periods! I suspect that many who have gone down the surgical route might have balked at that. So how honest are we all?..

That, briefly is my position  and thinking.
Contrary views respected. 

[Evolver]

Hey there,

I also had a cathartic moment a couple of years ago when I finally realized that I didn't have to hate my masculinity and push it aside, to allow my inner woman to make her presence felt. Once I realized that I didn't have to be binary* because of societal expectations or living up to stereotypes, I felt a deep level of self-acceptance that has given me an inner glow ever since.

Transitioning means different things to different people. Have I transitioned because I'm now 5% (or is it 55%?) 'along the rainbow' compared to 0% before? I have definitely changed, but wherever I am on the rainbow now, I'm not needing to go all the way. I've never felt dysphoric. 

It's interesting that you mentioned Sophie. She is the person who woke me up, and I miss her dearly.

*I don't describe myself as non-binary, in fact I've given up on labels period. I'm just a guy in touch with his feminine side, but my point of difference is that I'm so proud of it that I'm happy to display it and I don't care what people think.



 

[AlfaQ]

I couldn't agree more with your position. There is so much pressure to put everyone into identity boxes.  We are all unique and I identify simply as "me"

[Normal Boobs 1 💄]

My "cathartic moment"  was very sudden and dramatic.

I was quietly reflecting on my life journey and the real "me" when I got what i imagine was something like a female  full on whole body orgasm (??TMI?).
Floods of tears, shaking, real sobbing and intense waves of internal contractions down below with no erection of what has shrivelled  to about 1inch!!  It took around 30mins to subside completely and  was a joyful experience that has sadly not recurred ,☹️
However it has really imprinted on me what I consider to be my true identity.
I don't  know whether anyone else has had anything similar happen. I can't believe that  I can be unique in the whole of human history, 

I do hope that none of the above offends anyone. If it does, don't  report me.....I would be willing to edit some of the above. ....It is  not worth arguments