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Acceptance / Re: Attempting to be New Around Here
« Last post by 42CSurprise! on Today at 02:46:09 PM »i remembered last evening that I had a conversation a few years ago with a married man who treated himself with estrogen for TEN years, developing breasts AND spending part of his life as a woman. Clearly his wife saw what was happening to his body, but she had no interest in having a relationship with this man's feminine alter. The time he spent as a woman took him away from his wife, typically for a few days or at most a week. Our conversation began with a discussion of Dissociative Identity Disorder. We lost touch with one another, in part because I stopped visiting the site where we'd had that conversation. But I believe his marriage didn't survive. I don't know whether he continued to present as a woman, nor do I know how he contended with having breasts.
I appreciate that men here are dealing with completely different realities. Yes, some of us have been put on medications that diminished testosterone. Some have been given estrogen for treatment of medical issues and not with the intention of enhancing breast development. I've noted on the board that I've spent time on a website where men are actively growing breasts... not to facilitate transitioning but simply because they want breasts. A few men even had breast implants and proudly shared photos of the result. I mention that simply to demonstrate that our relationship with breasts is very complicated, often rooted in early childhood experiences. What we're doing here is very healthy in my opinion because we don't try to analyze how we SHOULD relate to having breasts but rather support one another in coming to terms with the fact we do have them. We each have our own story and our own life circumstances, so the journey we each are taking is uniquely our own. What we don't need is someone judging us for how we are doing that, or how we express ourselves in life.
I look forward to hearing about your fitting yesterday. I'm not brave enough to go there, but through experimenting I've found brassieres that really work for me. And I'm happy with how my breasts look and feel. I'm stacked and I'm not complaining...
I appreciate that men here are dealing with completely different realities. Yes, some of us have been put on medications that diminished testosterone. Some have been given estrogen for treatment of medical issues and not with the intention of enhancing breast development. I've noted on the board that I've spent time on a website where men are actively growing breasts... not to facilitate transitioning but simply because they want breasts. A few men even had breast implants and proudly shared photos of the result. I mention that simply to demonstrate that our relationship with breasts is very complicated, often rooted in early childhood experiences. What we're doing here is very healthy in my opinion because we don't try to analyze how we SHOULD relate to having breasts but rather support one another in coming to terms with the fact we do have them. We each have our own story and our own life circumstances, so the journey we each are taking is uniquely our own. What we don't need is someone judging us for how we are doing that, or how we express ourselves in life.
I look forward to hearing about your fitting yesterday. I'm not brave enough to go there, but through experimenting I've found brassieres that really work for me. And I'm happy with how my breasts look and feel. I'm stacked and I'm not complaining...
