My husband knows two transgendered guys, er women. He knew them both for years as men. One he knew since Vietnam.
Both these men were extremely unhappy as guys. That goes without saying, but they are even more unhappy as women. The one remark that they both have made is that they didn’t know it was so hard being a woman and how much work it takes to make yourself attractive all the time.
Both men regret the operation, but what’s done is done. They are even more unhappy now than they were before the operation.
My husband knows two transgendered guys, er women. He knew them both for years as men. One he knew since Vietnam.
Both these men were extremely unhappy as guys. That goes without saying, but they are even more unhappy as women. The one remark that they both have made is that they didn’t know it was so hard being a woman and how much work it takes to make yourself attractive all the time.
Both men regret the operation, but what’s done is done. They are even more unhappy now than they were before the operation.
“He” had started the hormones but had not yet had the chopping procedure. What “he” told me which I’ll always remember is the emotional changes brought on by the hormones. The idea that (s)he’d start crying over nothing but still be able to remember back to the old days and think “Hey - this wouldn’t have used to have upset me”.
I always remembered that and has made me more understanding when dealing with my girlfriend for example. She tends to tear up when she can’t understand something technical and it’s a completely involuntary reaction.