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(Newly Trans - MTF) Seeking advice about feeling femme (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A little while ago, I finally come out as trans to my friends. They've been wonderful, supportive, and encouraging. They were honestly the whole reason I finally was able to discover myself, especially my GF. But, and here's the key, I'm in a very delicate living situation, I'm pretty poor, and I can't reasonably just leave where I am and live somewhere else, not right now at least. Between the world and my rather transphobic family, I'm kind of stuck. I obviously can't get more feminine clothing, hair, ANY makeup of any sort, or anything I really want to try. I don't wanna make this a whole sob story or anything, so basically. Does anybody have some advice to FEEL more like a girl?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of my friends call me by my preferred name and pronouns now. They've always been absolute dears, and I didn't expect them to reject me or anything, but it still means so much when they call me by my new name, or when we're playing a game like Payday and get downed and hear someone yell "Someone get her, I'll get the Dozers!!!" XD And yeah, I have been trying to relax and not pressure myself, but I still find myself getting stressed. Hearing someone tell me "it's okay, you can take it easy." means a lot, truly. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You're so welcome! Truly - you've got all the time in the world to figure it out, and cis women have years and years of getting to play with how they look - you deserve that play, too!