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Funny about shoes

by mattie on July 2, 2010

Recently my parents came up for a visit for a few days. They had been planning to take an Alaska cruise for years with some close friends of theirs and finally decided to make it happen. Before leaving, each of them wanted a new pair of shoes for formal night but couldn’t find any they liked in stores. So I dug into my closet and found them each a pair that they loved!

How my sister found out

by mattie on April 30, 2010

I recently wrote about coming out to my parents. Since then I’ve been trying to find the right time to come out to my younger brother and sister as well. At Thanksgiving when we were all at my parents house I thought I might do it then, but the time never felt right for having that conversation. I also wanted to tell both my siblings at the same time because I felt that it might be easier on them in case one or both of them was made uncomfortable by my coming out, and nobody would feel like they were the last one to find out. It didn’t happen that way though.

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Coming out to my parents

June 28, 2009

It felt so good not to have to hide this part of myself any more that I really did want to tell the world – convinced that they would be as accepting as my girlfriend had been. I’ve seen both my parents and the rest of my family quite a few times over the last couple years, but the moment never seemed right. That moment finally came a few weeks ago.

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Does he want to be a woman?

August 17, 2008

Shortly after I found out that my boyfriend was a crossdresser, I was watching TV and ran across the movie Normal starring Tom Wilkinson and Jessica Lange. I had tears running down my face, and felt I truly understood what the characters were going through. Except for the minor fact that my boyfriend, now husband, wasn’t/isn’t interested in getting a sex change.

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Ten ways to handle “the conversation”

July 12, 2008

For some people, finding out that their spouse or lover is a transgendered person or a crossdresser can be a shock. People who have been married for years, can feel betrayed and disappointed. For others, it can be a small deal or even a positive outcome to what might have been an emotionally charged first conversation.

You may have already been told that your loved one is a crossdresser, but if not – if you suspect it – here are ways that you can initially react or cope with the news.

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The Crossdresser’s Wife

June 14, 2008

My loving and supportive wife talks about the day I told her I was transgendered. “A few years ago I had been wondering what was wrong with my boyfriend. Over the period of a few months when I would prod him he refused to tell me why he was so depressed. Finally, he told me he had decided to see a therapist to figure out what was wrong. A few days later, with trepidation written all over his face, he told me he needed to talk to me…”

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