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    April 29

    Growth: Trisha Roberts

    Entry for April 07, 2008

    Am I Normal? Mmmm... a question I did ask myself at one stage. And a question I'm sure many of you have asked yourselves... I am probably not normal by current society or cultural values... I've given up trying to understand why I'm a transgendered... I just am... I've learned that no-one knows what creates us; not the psychologists, not the geneticists, not the scientists (I'm sure the religious movements have their view, but they actually have no idea either)... NO-ONE KNOWS... It's no longer important for me to know the reason or cause. It's just who I am. It's taken me a long time to realise and learn this. For years I thought that I must be seriously abnormal ... It's been a long torturous journey with many mistakes and "painful" discoveries along the way. But it's also a journey that has enabled me to understand and know myself better and ultimately feel comfortable with myself. I've grown and developed as a person over the years. And I met many interesting and wonderful people along the way. So where am I now in my TG evolution? I've realised that I'm more than "just a crossdresser" ... It's taken me a long time to get to this conclusion. And I've only got here because I started interacting and talking to other people. One of my favorite pastimes has to be people watching, whilst dining or swanning around the cocktail bars and clubs I frequent, enjoying the social intercourse, banter and debate of others. I love to be dressed in my feminine clothes and enjoy the attention of Large Sized Women and other 'Girls' like myself and sometimes cuddle, its nice to be with those who understand the needs, desires and aspirations of someone like myself. Then came the other challenge for me. Being alone. That was always on my mind for many years and thats the way it was. I just grew to accept it and just enjoyed being me... So this is the way it was off and on up until a couple of years ago and then two things happened. The desire to want to be touched, kissed, fondled was becoming more and more intense... That helped where on the sexual side I started to explore my Bisexual {Lesbian tendicies} where I not only acknowledged and realized that I do enjoy sex with T-Girls, Large Sized Women. I will give oral to completion, receive safe A, I also spitroasting (simultaneous oral and anal), dildo play from females, (where I am sub). One of my favorite pastimes (other than dating as a Woman). I love to give oral to large sized Women and to T-Girls, TV's CD's TG's you name it. When I am with a T-Girl I love to please orally.... I love to receive greek when I am with a Large Sized Woman wearing a strap-on, but please don't ask me to cum...it isn't what I want. Growing up in the 50's and 60's was rough for a crossdresser but even harder when I reached puberty and discovered I was more than just a crossdresser... I think me being gay lasted about a week. in retrospect, it was kind of comical. I remember looking at boys and trying really hard to be attracted to them. but it just didn't work - I was definitely attracted to girls and not boys. and the way that I was attracted to girls was pretty odd as well. when I first began to have crushes on girls, I had these pre-teen fantasies that would always begin with me being turned into a girl. then, only after I had been turned female, the girl that I liked would suddenly fall in love with me and we'd run off together. All of this happened in my head way before I had ever even heard the word "lesbian". so there I was, a teenage boy who was simultaneously attracted to girls and wanted more than anything to be one of them too. Needless to say, I thought I was a complete freak. I didn't dare tell a soul about how I felt. There was no useful information out there for me, I had nowhere to turn for advice and not a clue of what I should do about all of this. at one point, when I was 15, I read an article about a man changing his sex... I decided to get a sex change. It was the only thing that seemed to make sense. but, what exactly was a sex change? and how does one go about getting one? and wouldn't that involve telling my family, friends, classmates, etc., about all of this? needless to say, under those circumstances, the whole sex change idea fizzled out pretty quickly. I fought both dressing and my interest of wanting to change my sex... Looking back I wish I had pursued those much more. I would say that between then and about the time I turned 26, I tried really hard to be a guy. I wasn't super-macho or anything, it's just that I really tried hard to convince myself I was really male and only "wanted" to be female in a fantasy sort of way. I was really paranoid that people would pick up on my secret, so I went out of my way to make sure that I didn't leave behind any clues to give me away. I would crossdress on rare occasions, almost always in private in my bedroom when no one was around. I had built up a little stash of clothes (purchased through mail order catalogs) that mostly stayed buried in my closet. At the time, I didn't find much enjoyment in crossdressing, because when I got dressed I looked like a man wearing women's clothing. That was definitely not what I wanted to see in the mirror. I use to think a lot about going out in public dressed, but I was scared to death of even the remote possibility of bumping into someone I knew - I was still very concerned with maintaining other people's image of me as a male. I also knew that in order for me to pass, it would be necessary for me to get rid of a lot of my body hair, especially on the arms and legs. I was reluctant to do this for the longest time, because I was worried that others would notice it and say something. I always thought "well what if i meet a really cool girl and we hit it off and we get naked and she sees that I shave my legs and she figures out I'm a crossdresser". I know it seems kind of paranoid now, but at the time it was a big deal to me. By 1993-94, my ability to suppress and deny my femaleness had started to take its toll. I found myself extremely depressed and it was pretty obvious to me what the depression was all about: I had spent years suppressing a very important part of myself. I realized that I wasn't going to be able to get by much longer if I didn't start allowing myself to express what I had been keeping secret for so many years. So, I sought out a transgendered support group based in Ontario California (I was living in the high desert community of Apple Valley at the time). For the first time in my life, I got the chance to meet and talk to other people who felt (on some level) like I did. This went a long way towards helping me accept who and what I was. I also threw caution to the wind and began going out in public dressed as a woman on occasion. I learned that I passed pretty easily. It was really amazing! The idea that I could go out in the world and have people see me and interact with me as a female was really mind blowing. at the time, I couldn't get enough of it! I kind of went through a little gender renaissance! I tried to explore and express every aspect of my gender, personality and sexuality as much as possible within the context of having a male body. I probably went out in public dressed about 100 different times and I shared this side of myself with people who I was meeting or having relationships with for the first time. I also began expressing my transgenderism outside of the realm of crossdressing. In fact, many of the new friends I made in the Los Angeles and San Diego area assumed that I was probably gay... In l998 I met Betty Sue, she is far and away the most amazing person I have ever known... Betty Sue identified and was bisexual. When we first started meeting for outings, she thought it was odd that I described myself as a "heterosexual male who enjoyed occasional crossdressing". I started to question whether I was using that phrase as an excuse to consider myself as straight. The more I thought about it, the more obvious it was to me that I was indeed queer.. Betty gave a book "Gender Outlaw", to read... Which I found to be a very thought provoking book. around this time, I began to consider myself transgendered (an umbrella term for all people (crossdressers, transsexuals, etc.) whose gender identity does not conform to their biological sex). I began seeing myself somewhere in the middle of the gender continuum. for a while I even considered myself to be bi-gendered (i.e., having roughly equal amounts of maleness and femaleness in my personality). At the end of 2000 I began to seriously consider I must be a transsexual.. I had reached the point where the sadness felt more like what one feels on the actual day of the big break-up, when you can't concentrate at all and you are totally consumed with thoughts of the person you loved. That's how I felt almost every day: consumed with gender sadness. Literally every other thought I had was about gender, about my pain. I could not get around it. It sucked all of the life out of me. I stopped calling friends, and listening to music, I would go into work and just stare at the computer screen without really doing anything. It hurt as much as any other pain (physical or emotional) that i had ever felt before. And i knew there was only one way to ease that pain: transitioning. The idea of transitioning scared the hell out of me. First, it involves telling everyone in your life that you're a transsexual. then, you spend lots of time and money and you endure a lot of pain changing your body to the opposite sex, while everybody is watching you do it. And then afterwards, no matter how passable you are, the people who know you best will always know what you started out as..
    Now I am very comfortable with who I am... and now dress fully as often as possible, venturing into public as Trisha in areas that I wouldn't have done a few years back.. I am open to one on one sexuall encounters, as long as it done with taste and honesty. I am also willing to enter more long term
    relationships if the right Woman or T-Girl comes along... I am quite intelligent,
    a lot of fun, honest, clean, and a hell of a good cook, among many other qualities... Since coming to terms with my being a Transexual {8} eight years ago, I have made new friends, met many new acquaintances, traveled as Trisha, created this blog site, and I spend what for me is a large amount of time dealing with my life in my preferred gender. I have grown emotionally and intellectually in the past eight years, changes that have come about in large part due to my self-acceptance. One thing is certain. Being Transexual in the context of a relationship is hard. It's hard on our partners and it's hard on me. Success requires constant vigilance, lots of open, honest communication, mutual respect, and maturity.
    My relationship with my spouse ended long before my I started to transistion, so I was ready. I knew I was ready for a real relationship. At the same time, living alone and sleeping alone were crucial to me in terms of rebuilding my sense of self. It helped me to form boundaries again that would make it possible to enter into a healthy realtionship someday. I learned something very interesting about myself in the past year. Basically, I don't like men. I don't mean their bodies, I mean their behavior, their mannerisms, their frame of reference, their attitudes about themselves, how they interact with the world. It's a challenge for me to remember that I should treat people as individuals and not pre-judge. I realized I could never have sex with a man because I doubt I could ever like one enough to want to. Call me a hopeless romantic, but for me, good sex is a by-product of, and not a prerequisit for, a healthy relationship. Touching, when consentual, is reaffirming to me. I have this need to want to be touched in a caring way, a way that speaks about the person I Am and not the genitals I have, ways that say "I know you, you are familiar to me." If you have ever owned more than one cat, you have seen the sense of well-being and the comfort that comes by the touch of another of our own kind. I need to know my real partner, so that I can hear her, and not just hear the words she says....
    I spent many years wanting to be a woman. I couldn't understand it, I couldn't make sense of it, I certainly couldn't even begin to feel proud of it. And how many, many times it would happen that I would see a woman in the street: usually not especially beautiful or glamorous or feminine in the conventional sense, but a woman with something about her that would make me long to be her. That would make me convinced that somehow she was more 'me' than this male sense I dragged around with such reluctance.

    Let me hear your comments... I'd like to continue making and developing new friendships as I continue my journey towards living full time....

    March 16

    Love to meet and chat

    To My Friends Still In The Closet... Please don't assume that because my coming out was without any major problems that your's will be too. First off I have been blessed with having a spouse although she does not particpate nor helps me when I transform myself into TRISHA, she does not hassel me nor stops me from becomming or being TRISHA, I also have two wonderful children who are adults today that are somewhat open minded... That more or less tolerates the times I do become TRISHA... I have heard horror stories about divorce {which has happened to me during my first marriage} about job loss, being classified by friends as being perverted, sicko, queer, "YES" have had to deal with being treated by old friends, co-workers, neighbors, family members, your not alone there.. "YES" I have had to deal with like many of you fighting and trying deal with "depression" as a result of coming out... Please keep in mind that being TRANSGENDERED is not an acceptable behavior still in today's society...I Am one who has fully emerged from within my closet to where I do not mind being viewed and seen by the public... I have become quite comfortable with my appearance while out in public places... And I no longer have these type of thoughts {"oh my is somebody going to read me?"} when I Am out and about as Trisha... To be totally honest with you "YES" lot's of people are gonna noticed your not really a female... I have gone dressed to the casino's, mainstream resturants, shopping malls, dress shops, gone to museums, some clubs.. Transitioning can do many things for you: end the guilt and pain that most of us carry until we make the decision that Transition is the only thing we can do to have a normal and happy life. Holds true in some cases, but there is a lot of baggage that gets built up over the years as we struggled to be able to make that decision. Reaching that Place shall take the rest of my life.

    Trisha 7
    Come on Girls lets Meet!!!
    January 11

    Southern California High Desert T-Girls

     

    To My Friends Still In The Closet... Please don't assume that because my coming out was without any major problems that your's will be too. First off I have been blessed with having a spouse although she does not particpate nor helps me when I transform myself into TRISHA, she does not hassel me nor stops me from becomming or being TRISHA, I also have two wonderful children who are adults today that are somewhat open minded... That more or less tolerates the times I do become TRISHA... I have heard horror stories about divorce {which has happened to me during my first marriage} about job loss, being classified by friends as being perverted, sicko, queer, "YES" have had to deal with being treated by old friends, co-workers, neighbors, family members, your not alone there.. "YES" I have had to deal with like many of you fighting and trying deal with "depression" as a result of coming out... Please keep in mind that being TRANSGENDERED is not an acceptable behavior still in today's society...I Am one who has fully emerged from within my closet to where I do not mind being viewed and seen by the public... I have become quite comfortable with my appearance while out in public places... And I no longer have these type of thoughts {"oh my is somebody going to read me?"} when I Am out and about as Trisha... To be totally honest with you "YES" lot's of people are gonna noticed your not really a female... I have gone dressed to the casino's, mainstream resturants, shopping malls, dress shops, gone to museums, some clubs.. Transitioning can do many things for you: end the guilt and pain that most of us carry until we make the decision that Transition is the only thing we can do to have a normal and happy life. Holds true in some cases, but there is a lot of baggage that gets built up over the years as we struggled to be able to make that decision. Reaching that Place shall take the rest of my life.

    Trisha 7
    Come on Girls lets Meet!!!
    August 04

    Weekend spent as Trisha

    August 4 2007

    I went shopping yesterday and met with my friend Betty Sue.... What a great time we both had. Had a wonderful morning, afternoon and evening out yesterday enfemme, my semi-weekly adventure. And didn’t really have an agenda yesterday except I wanted to wear my new outfit I had bought last week while working in Santa Barbra. Discovered this cute Jaclyn Smith brownish (with a faint paisley pattern) Moleskin faux wrap long skirt and matching jacket, orange knit top, black heels, black pantyhose with roses embossed in them at K-Mart…. Plus jewelry also..

    Nothing special happened yesterday with one exception my friend Betty convinced me to have lunch with her at the Cheese Factory other than that it was a luscious day out. First Betty and I went to the Dress Barn in Rancho Cugamonga . What a great shop! They cater to us girls and make us feel VERY welcome. The staff that work there are absolute dolls and will even allow you to utilize the dressing room to try on any of the outfits, if you are having problems making a choice. It was an unhurried and most delectable time for the both of us... Betty and I must have tried on at least l5 outfits where I finally purchased two Capri Set's, a day dress and two short outfits. Betty and I then went to Torrid Fashions... It carried Plus Sizes. The sales clerk, actually fawned all over Betty and Me and wanting to chat and chat and chat and she offered her opinion on what she thought would look nice on the both of us.....helping me find something to fit. This store had a marvelous selection of plus sizes starting at 14 and a great selection of styles I found a few dresses that I will be purchasing later this month from that store... . Again, the staff were wonderful and kept telling me how great I looked when I tried on some of the dresses and what I wore yesterday while shopping in their store... I can say this about the staff MOST were complimentary and actually very encouraging. All in all a wonderful afternoon in heels!.. Ended up purchasing two pairs of jeans, one pair of Capri's, two slinky and clinging type of blouses and a pair of sketch sandals from Torrid Fashions..... Girls those sandals are the most comfortable sandals to wear, a little pricey but well worth the price....

    While out yesterday with my friend Betty both of us strolled Victoria Gardens a huge outdoor shopping mall set up to look like a small town. Although I didn't feel or look my best and I far from have a feminine walk, no one bothered us and as nervous as I was it felt just great. It was truly an extremely and exhilarating experience yesterday and my being able to walk around Victoria Gardens as Trisha with my friend Betty Sue where she took me to lunch at the Cheese Factory certainly made for a wonderful afternoon... My first time ever going and eating at the Cheese Factory as Trisha.... Have to say this about that place.... They treated us Great! Very nice place, good food with reasonable prices. Another place I can recommend as being trans gender friendly....

    On the way home yesterday evening, I decided to stop at this small club located in VictorVille, it's a gay orientated mixed club that is Trans gender friendly, stopping in for a drink since they have a nice little bar and the bartender is really cute. There was nobody at the bar at all the bartender commented and asked me if someone was going to meet with me. I said "NO", just heading home and thought I would stop here and see if anything was going on.... We chatted for a while as I finished my drink and still nobody came into the bar. I still had a long drive home and finished my one drink... For a Friday evening I was the only one in the bar... I guessed that was a sign so I decided, I'd just go home... I felt somewhat tired from shopping and spending the day with Betty... Drove home and immediately changed into the Olga black nightie I bought earlier in the week while I was in Santa Barbra.. Turned on the TV and it didn't take me long to fall fast asleep... Last night I had this dream that I was meeting with a friend who lived in Oklahoma... A G who finally obtained her nursing degree and she wanted me to move in with her and become her live in soul/mate.... Waking up this morning with both of my dogs in bed with me laying along side of me... I woke with a smile on my face and felt this wonderful warm feeling through out me.....feeling totally refreshed.... Maybe this dream was telling me that there is a Woman out there waiting to meet someone like me.. SMILING, is there???

    Nothing special happening to day except I had to go out to get some things at K-Mart and decided that I had to go in drab. Only problem was I didn't want to take off the nail polish so I just left it on. No problem at the store because it has a self checkout. The customer service person must have seen my nails because she smiled at me and said something about nails as I left and exited K-Mart.... I Returned back home and spent the remainder of the morning out enfemmen and getting some exercise....rode my bike 15 miles... I'd exercise more if I could dress this way all the time riding my bike...!!! Wearing my light blue three piece exercises sweat suit...

    Lately I’ve really started feeling and seeing the changes occurring to my body and loving every minute of my new life as I spend more and more time as Trisha! My body is coming along nicely, showing some real changes in certain spots.... It's such a wonderful feeling when my hand touches my breast's how my nipples seem to enlarge and respond to the touch.. I'm finding myself fondling my breasts alot now... When I stand straight, my body seems to have a more curvy look to it, especially when I'm standing sideways... Maybe its just my imagination, however as I stood there this morning in front my full length mirror, I could actually see changes beginning to occur... Have kept in touch with my counselor via the telephone and e-mail... Been having pretty good phone sessions with my therapist lately, just love the time when I'm able to chat with her. She's made an appointment for me to see her in September... Most of this summer I haven't seen her, just chatted on the phone or e-mails... She really clears the head, and clears up my questioning of some of my old problems when ever I have chatted with her or when I have read her responses to my e-mails... A lot of my doubts can be traced back to the Dysphoria.

    Looks like information on being Transgendered is becoming more mainstream news... I see so many programs on television that show us in a good light and that we are just like everyone else trying to live our lives in a peaceful existence...

    http://msnbc.msn.com/id/18618970/site/newsweek/

    Most of the way they used to portrayed us in the movies and on TV is just silly, (yes there are a small percentage that act that way, but that is their choice too) most of us are just like everyone else.

    Do you know what a tTg Girl is?

    It means I Am a woman from within, and I think and act as a woman does, so, to complete my life, I transition with female hormones, and a full array of feminine clothing, make up, and everything else that a genetically born female would have in her life.... Those of us who are Transgendered Non-Op Transsexuals are Women from within... Of course many of us have had to live a duel existence's most of our lives which has made it difficult for many of us to finish or complete the long journey to Womanhood...

    Looking and acting as a real woman has taken me years and years to perfect, not an easy road taken when I had to live a duel life...

    Are there any Large Sized Women in the Southern California area interested developing a friendship/relationship Me... A Woman or another Pre-0p like myself that would help me perfect my makeup skills, hair styling skills, mannerisms to where they would become more natural looking and not like I'm forcing them out... One who would enjoy going on outings, such as dinning out, going to clubs, going dancing, site seeing, enjoys museums, art galleries, wine tasting, cultural events, wine tasting, ect...... Maybe even become intimate... Yes although not functional as a male, I still have those thriving inner needs where I want to be touched, held tightly and closely, love having my breast's fondled, having and producing kisses that become so hot, both of us melt in one another arms... Is that possible... Can it become a reality.. Or Am I just a dreamer and have the reality that I'll probably end up living alone the remainder of my life..

    I Am looking for a serious long term relationship, with either a supportive and loving large sized woman, or, a supportive, and loving Tg girl like I Am...who lives in the Southern California area.... I Am fully prepared to meet someone new, and go from there, after all, I don't want to transition all by myself, so, doing it together is better than doing it all alone..

    My sincere wish is to meet a large sized Woman, or a T-girl who like myself is a Non-0p transsexual, that will accept me into being Trisha Marie, full time and would assist and help me in going all the way too, especially since I wish live full time and that includes my using hormones and having an Orchidectomy too...

    Here's an article I just read the other day and thought you all might be interested reading.... Enjoy I certainly did....

    crossdressercutUntitledIf you've ever seen The Dick Van Dyke Show, you'll be fascinated to hear that their TV son little Ritchie grew up to be a cross-dresser! The whole story is in this week's Globe. 51 year old Larry Mathews, who played Ritchie Petrie, confesses he started wearing dresses when he was a teenager on Halloween and liked it too much to stop. He's been happily married for twenty years to a woman who not only doesn't mind him dressing up, but lends him her clothes! (They're the SAME size!) He dresses in full drag for parties, clubs, and special events, but when he goes to work (at a video post production facility) he limits himself to pink polish (OPI's Strawberry Margarita) on toes and fingers and eye shadow. Larry can't understand why society frowns on a man wearing a dress. "No one bats an eyelash if they see a woman in men's clothes!  Posted by Janet Charlton on May 23, 2007 4:33

     
    I have to spend later in the day with my spouse today.... Taking her to see her family {sisters}... A duty that keeps peace and harmony in this household...
    Hugs.. Hope to hear from you some of you soon...
    Trisha Marie Roberts 
     
    August 03

    A Closer look at my life: Trisha

     
    Entry for August 03, 2007
    Entry for August 03, 2007 magnify

    A CLOSER LOOK AT MY LIFE: TRISHA ROBERTS

    My goals as a TG/TS are simply to live my life as the person I am;
    just another woman making her way in the world. It might be a plain
    life, even at times mundane, but it's a good one. At least I
    finally get to be real, whole, genuine, authentic - not a bad way to
    live.

    The best advice I received, when I started out, was from a post-op
    of many years. "Rush SLOWLY," she said. Huh? With time, I
    learned to appreciate the wisdom in those two little, seemingly
    oxymoronic, words. Don't charge head-first into things. Study.
    Learn. Explore. And most of all; grow. Get to know yourself as a
    woman, whatever manifestation that may be. Give yourself space and
    time to learn who this part of you is. Watch others; learn from
    them by their example - what to do, as well as what NOT to do.
    Ninety percent of all this is just getting your head on straight.
    The rest is just mechanics.

    And STOP being male about being a woman! There is nothing feminine
    about male attitudes, ego, or the arrogance of male privilege. That
    does not mean you need to be a doormat, but learn that women act and
    interact entirely different, on so many levels, than do men. If you
    are going to be a woman, then BE and ACT like a woman - not a man in
    a dress. Transition never really ends.

    I learn new things every day about being a woman, even after 51 plus
    years. When I stop learning, I may as well crawl into a box and
    close the lid over me forever, because I will be equal to being
    dead. One thing so many transsexuals forget (or never learn) is
    that all spectrums of the TG community can teach us much. While
    transsexuals and cross dressers often have different needs, goals
    and identities, sectarianism in the TG community has no place.
    I seek only to learn from other's experiences - their cumulative
    wisdom - to share the laughter in their joy, to lend a shoulder for
    their tears.

    I always enjoy meeting other TS/TG's and am always willing to meet
    for coffee with just about anyone. We each have our challenges as
    well as our blessings. I have been truly blessed in so many, many
    ways. Though I believe that hard work, coupled with attitude,
    contributes substantially how I love my life and the direction it's
    taken me where I live every moment to the fullest.. I equally
    confront horrendous loss and devastating challenges as well.
    Aside from the deep sadness I feel over having lost most of my
    family due to thier non-acceptance of my going forward with my
    transistioning. . My life would have been so very rich and full
    beyond measure if they could have supported and accepted the fact
    that this is what makes me the most happiest... Being able to become
    the Woman I've felt since my earliest childhood memories..

    The transgendered community isn't just about "beauty". It's about
    self acceptance and self expression of our inner truths. It's about
    being true to ourselves and learning how to integrate the "woman
    within"... We cannot change the past nor predict the future.
    Living in the present seems the only worthwhile pursuit.

    We cannot change the past nor predict the future. Living in the
    present seems the only worthwhile pursuit.

    One of the things that I would really like to do is to take formal
    voice lessons. I have never mastered the voice. Any suggestions on how I can improve and soften my tone....

    I've heard many comments recently concerning the remarks some of you
    have received from the public, while you were out dressed en-femme.
    Well, I'm no expert at going out, but I do it alot these days. And
    yes, each time I go out, I get read by at least one person -
    probably more, but the others don't make it obvious.

    Why is it when I post on my web site, I sometimes feel like I'm
    wasting my time... I rarely ever hear from many who do belong to
    this group.. Are most of you just closeted and too afraid to just
    emerge or come out of your safety shell....

    Here I Am in my late 50's, still active in the community but have
    yet met anyone who belongs to my group in person...from the high desert or Inland Empire....

    Trisha

    July 31

    More than just water

    Entry for July 31, 2007 magnify
    More Than Just Water!!
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    No one, other than another trans-person, can ever understand the pain we go through. No one can understand the lengths we will and have gone through to simply ‘fit in’.” Not to be too pessimistic but I am not sure that no matter how much society moves towards the acceptance of trans people there won't be someone looking to get step up by pushing trans people down. In my own situation I am feeling that, around people at work who have known me for quite a while, my gradual 'femming' has been noticed and I feel a consequent admonishment or questioning of my status despite my performance being equal to or greater than theirs. Maybe I am being over-sensitive ... No one, other than another trans-person, can ever understand the pain we go through. No one can understand the lengths we will and have gone through to simply ‘fit in’." Can non-trans folks precisely understand the struggles of trans folks? No. Can non-parents precisely understand the struggles of parents? No. Can women precisely understand the struggles of men, and vice versa? No. But let's be honest with ourselves ... you don't need to understand the pain to recognize the pain and to be able to help. Just about everyone goes to extraordinary lengths to fit in. I'm not saying being trans is any easier than being non-white, or being LGB, or being a jock, or being a nerd, or being poor, or being all of those things. But I wouldn't agree that it's any harder, either. When it comes right down to it, those of us who are Transgendered are just people with problems and struggles (and egos that keep us from going to the doctor in a timely manner).
    A question I'd like to ask to those who do read my blogs's...
    IS A WOMAN A WOMAN BECAUSE SHE DEFINES HERSELF AS A WOMAN, OR BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED AS A WOMAN? Like to hear and read about your experiences and feelings on your definition on how you have defined yourself....
    I'm seeking and searching for other Transgendered individuals who like myself seek honest friendships and want to be with someone who can be trusted and relied on.. That would enjoy being with someone who would really care about you as a person.. I do value and appreciate those who have the same principles, and is seeking someone like myself wanting more pleasure and excitement {I don't mean simply sex} out of life.. Someone who is hung up by society's attitudes and opinions on issues they don't understand... I have many other interest's besides just transitioning... If you like what you've seen on my blog site and how I've expressed my feelings and thoughts and your a LARGE SIZED WOMAN who is seeking a TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUAL like myself who isn't into mis-using or abusing your feelings and would like such a friendship where we both can begin exploring our care-free future together.. This doesn't have to be "live-in", even though I would like for us to meet frequently, enjoying a friendship/relationship of each other for the special people we are.. If you are ready for this, I Am too, so why are you waiting!!!!!! Being in touch with our "feminine side" we both can enjoy everything associated with being female...enhancing our emotional feelings about feeling good about ourselves...
    I consider myself a "Social Butterfly" a great description for myself.. I believe that friendships are one of the most important things in life, I now spend alot of time with my many new friends enjoying good times and many laughs... Having a family that has not fully accepted nor can understand why I would want to give up living a life they knew me as... Today I tend to see my close friends as being family and enjoy nothing more than to spend time with them doing everything or doing nothing.. When I'm not out and about being the social queen I can normally be found at home taking it easy, enjoying my dogs and just getting everyday things done.. In times of quiet, I'm more than likely listening to music and thinking of things that are on my mind.. Quiet time at home is important for the balance in the body.
    For many years I struggled through out my life trying to deny, purge, rid myself of feeling feminine and it has taken me years to figure out that the only person I was trying to run and hide from was myself, but not before going through many different life experiences, from the highs of working and dealing with the public in a career that dealt with the Criminal element to working with those who were addicted to drugs/prostitution and were homeless.. Realizing that there were people out there who have had harder times than I ever experienced in my life.. Sure I have had it hard, but I can sit back and look at some of the people on the street that for what ever reasons they just couldn't overcome their addictions that caused them to be homeless/addicted to drugs/alcohol/have low self esteem of theme selves... I was able to raise two children to become successful as they grew and became adults... I retired from a 30 year career in Civil Service... Had many ups and downs but always picked myself up and continued forward... Had a failed marriage that ended horribly and nearly destroyed my life.. Again picking myself up and continued going forward.. Although I'm in Loveless marriage, its not as horrible as it sounds.. Over the years both of us have learned to lived with-one another to where today we actually have become better friends and treat one another as such today.. We both realize that eventually I will be totally living as a WOMAN... Will it cause us to divorce... "Can't Answer that" YES and NO
    Only time will tell............
    Just sitting here and typing thoughts and feelings....
    There must be a Woman out there who would like to develop a friendship and join me on outings and fun trips... Or Am I just a dreamer.......
    Trisha 

     
    July 21

    FOUR DAYS OF BEING TRISHA

    Entry for July 21, 2007

    Trisha Marie Roberts

    FOUR DAYS OF BEING JUST TRISHA:

    This weekend I had four days off starting with getting out of work early Thursday. I got home Thursday afternoon and showered and shaved. Then I polished my nails and put on my makeup and got dressed as TRISHA , leaving THOMAS behind until tuesday morning. I was so excited to not have to switch back and forth from THOMAS to TRISHA. Not having to spend my days at work pretending to be THOMAS and thinking about TRISHA. For me one of the hardest things is being two different people everyday. This weekend has great. Lots of sun, shopping, food and spending time with friends. It felt so good to go to bed at night and know I could wake up as TRISHA. Not worrying about every night making sure I get all my makeup off, remove all nail polish and all signs of TRISHA,and getting back into THOMAS mode. This weekend was just a peek at what life could really be like and how happy I could be. Maybe someday I will find a way to be TRISHA 24/7, but for now I'll just have to live for times like this weekend.

    Just a thought and maybe a question to any one who might read my journal. When do the hi and low moods end or will they end? Most days I feel so great and I love being TRISHA but then there are days where the littlest thing will send me into a sort of depression or bad mood. I might not even know the reason for my mood swing but there I am all of a sudden depressed. I might cry some or just lock myself away in my room or even at times be a little mean to my friends without even knowing why I'm acting this way. Does this happen to other girls like me, or is this just a normal part of life. I'm not really sure but I don't remember having bad mood swings before starting hormones. But then again I'm not sure if I was ever really happy before and maybe now that I'm loving being TRISHA and happy my mood swings just seem that much worse. Well, I may never know the answer but if not I hope I can learn to handle them a little better. Being a woman is really harder than I ever thought, but I wouldn't go back for anything.

    Yesterday was such a beautiful day weather wise but what made it even nicer is that I got to spend the day with my best friend Betty Sue. Yesterday morning we got dressed up and headed out for a long ride and a little shopping. I love just riding around in my new vehicle in the sunshine with the windows down and a warm breeze to blow my hair. Of course also with my favorite music blaring away. When I did turn the music down it gave Betty and I a chance to talk about girlie things, or just about how things are going in our lives. Yesterday was such a special time for the both of us... We also did a little shopping. With the help of my friend Betty I picked out a new wig, to tell the truth when ever we get together I do count on Her to pick out what looks good on me. She has such great taste, I love having Her help me. I just love my new wig it's so pretty and soft and the color really looks good on me. This may be our best choice in wigs yet. She had to tell me to quit looking in the mirror all the way home, but I couldn't help it, lol. All in all both of us got to enjoy a great day out in the sun, listen to some good music, share our thoughts on life and enjoy the day.

    This newest photo of me taken last weekend after my shopping trip last saturday, as you can see my body has undergone many changes since I began hormone therapy. Most noticable of course are my breasts which by the way are not implants or falsies. Those babies are really all mine and I love showing them off now.2560

    My body is totally changing, the hormones are really starting to work and I love it.... changed in my life and My body is totally changing, the hormones are really starting to work and I love it. I have been on female hormones of about a year and a half now. And I have done a lot of research on it's effects on a male body. Most everyone talks in great detail on the physical changes, but very few talk about the mental changes. And as I am just finding out the mental changes can be just as drastic a change as the more apparent body changes. I realize that lately my thoughts, and emotions have changed so much. I have become so sensitive, and I really take things way to personal. So not only have I started thinking about things in a more feminine way, but my emotions have become more feminine. I'm not saying that being sensitive or emotional is just a woman's trait, because men can be to. But I'm saying I have become a lot more sensitive and emotional than I was before taking hormones. And I'm having trouble trying to adjust to these changes. Before as THOMAS, I would just shrug off things that bothered me, or if people didn't like me I really didn't care. I was sort of a loner anyway. But now as I spend more and more of my time as TRISHA I find the need to be excepted, and liked. I feel that I have rejected my true self for most of my life and now I fear rejection from other people. So now when I see or hear something that I think is a form of rejection or someone not caring I let it really bother me. My emotions just take over and I get scared that I'm losing a friend or that as TRISHA, I'm being rejected... This may sound funny, but I almost feel like a young girl trying to deal with the emotions and changes of becoming a woman. One minute I'm that young girl, and maybe as Her I'm a little selfish, spoiled, and thinking everything should be about her and yes even a brat, lol. And the next minute I'm a woman, trying be be grownup, trying to find my place in this world. At this time it's a battle between the two. Then there are still the influences of Thomasl trying to stay in control. It's a struggle and at times my common sense just gives up and my emotions take over. Then I say and think things that I know are not true, and later regret. So right now the estrogen hormones that I'm taking are waging a battle in my body for control.

    I have become more confident in who I am, I'm starting to go out more and even going out alone. I guess in the last few months I have learned that there is a place in this world for girls like me. Like with any other person no matter your sex, it is up to each person to make there own way and find there own happiness. I still at times get bad comments or disgusting looks from people, but I don't let it bother me any more. Sure it's no fun seeing people laugh at me, but I now know it's because of their own ignorance, and lack of compassion toward people who dare to be different or dare to be themselves. In a way I feel sorry for people like that, what a boring life they must have living in there own little world and being afraid of things they don't understand. What's even worst is they are afraid to even try to understand. They all run to church every Sunday and talk about loving Your neighbor and that god loves everyone, but the minute they meet someone like me they say god hates people like you and You'll go to hell for they way You are. They laugh and point at me and talk about how weird I am. They forget about ever thing they preach in church, but the thing for me is I now know that Goddess and God both love me no matter what, they made us all different, if not what a boring world this would be.

    So on with life I go, learning new things everyday, and not letting the small things bother me. I love who I am. I have a long ways to go to become the woman I want to be, but I'm on my way . I have even met two females in the last year, one I may even see tonight. What a weird feeling to have guys hitting on me when I Am out and about as TRISHA, but I do love it. I get so lonely at times, not for friendship because I have friends who really care about me. I guess I just need someone special to hold me at times and tell me everything will be ok, that being TRISHA is the right thing to do. Maybe I'm rushing things a little bit, maybe it's to soon to be hoping for someone special in my life. Maybe it will never happen. I just have this feeling that time is running out on me, which maybe is why I'm in such a hurry, or maybe it's just the loneliness that makes me so desperate to be loved....

    It seems that life as TRISHA is one step forward and two back. One day I'm happy and thinking things are going to work out, only to wake the next morning to find yesterday was just a dream. I never thought being myself would be this hard. Today a Betty, Lynn and Shannon and I are going to see the movie "HAIRSPRAY" then have a late lunch and then check out a few of the area's THRIFT STORES... I just love going to thrift stores and going thru the many racks of clothing.... Girls I have found some great outfits and I love the prices... A few dollars can go a long way's in a thrift store... Then this evening going to see a Drag show performance in Riverside..... This one club puts on some great drag shows... The performers are usually top notched... Then on Sunday my friend Betty wants me to attend a church service with her at her church... YES the congregation is Transgender friendly... Betty tells me she goes every Sunday. And even attends Bible study given on Wed's...

    Nothing much more to say... Weekend so far has been great...

    Hugs.. Don't have to go back to work until Tues

    TRISHA MARIE ROBERTS

     

    July 20

    The Full Time Life of Being Femina

    July 20th 2007

    THE FULL TIME LIFE OF BEING FEMINA
    I have changed considerably over the last l8 months, physically and emotionally.. My body has taken on a 38AA to an A cup, depending on which brand bra I purchase.. My waist has shrunk from a size 40 to a 35, my hips are still a 36... Where the waist surplus has gone I dont' know.. Many of my features have softened, however it hasn't been enough to stop the occassional reading and subsequent abuse when I'm out and about in public as Trisha... The biggest change in this part of my life though has been the emotional change... I cry all too easy.. I feel losses of loved one's far more keenly.. Sometimes I hate when my emotions change at the drop of a hat and at those times I wonder what hell has happened... I attribute my emotional enlightenment with my useage of "Hormones".. I see things in such a wider context now and with a duality of mind... My life as Trisha has its ups and few downs now and again, however spite those downs which seem amplified by Hormones.. I've been on a roller coaster ride during the last l8 months.. I will be still learning for the rest of my life.. Nature for what ever reason decided that I was going to be special, I think all of us in this world probably have thought that of ourselves, that we are all unique in one way or another... Learning over the years that I Am a unique indvidual.. Over the last 51 years I have cried over what I Am and raged against the unfairness.. Hiding my true identity of what I Am and Who I Am about.. No matter how hard I tried to purge, rid myself of this fem/persona, my femina would push forward and would not be denied... I wish this situation on no other men or woman... It's been very hard and a difficult journey for me to fully accept that I Am more than just a Crossdresser/Transvestite.. Taken me years and years of living in shame, fear, feeling guilty,being angry,living unhappily,sadden by the fact I possessed a feminine persona... Girls the highway we travel through our lives is never ending, constantly changing kaleidoscope of textures, sounds,smells and movement... The Journey I've taken has AFFECTED everything I've done in my life.. Over the years some changes that I made and I thought were slight caused huges changes to occurr over time with my life that have taken me into other worlds and deminsions I never dreamt that I would one day inhabit.. Yes there was a time I believed I was a Crossdress/Transvestite.. A harmless activity that I kept under wraps and still being male with no major gender crisis.. I dressed and behaved as a male where I was able to control these feminine feelings... Eventually occassionally dressing no longer filled my emotional needs and I found myself dressing more and more frequently for longer periods of time.. NO LONGER A SEXUAL NEED in fact as I realised it was no longer sexual, the shame that previously accompanied my dressing sessions evaporated and I felt much calmer, happier and more at peace with my surroundings and myself... I needed more, I needed the shape and I needed the looks as much as possible... I was still unware that I had taken irrevocable steps that led me to the crossroads and that my path was taking another direction in my life... One that was far different from the one I previously been following.. As I became more and more aware of these changes occurring in my life and the direction I was now taking... I searched and surfed the net extensively for knowledge that would help me... The knowledge I gained from reading everything I could get my hands upon, find on the net, eventually helped me to begin accepting that I was more than a Crossdresser/Transvestite... By mid 90's and upwards till the end of the 90's.. Trisha emerged.. No longer in the closet but becoming more and more active and open about who I Am, What I wanted in my life, Where I was heading, of course during this time frame I also realized there is going to be a very high price to pay as I spent more and more of my time as Trisha.. One important element that I failed to realize was the possible loss of love from immediate family members.. But the price does not end there Girls, the hormone crashes and joys, the loss of employment, the abuse and mockery from the ignorant and many more downsides are all part of this process... And as I continue to go forward I can honestly say this I have become happier than I have ever been in my life... So being a Non-Op Transexual the only reason my life is happier? "NO" not on its own.. There have been so many good things that have occurred in my life... My hope is that before I die I will be able to find a WOMAN OF SIZE that would want more than just a friendship.. A "WOMAN" that would hold a warm spot in her heart for me where both of us shower one another in kindness, acceptance and love... Am I asking too much for this to become a reality in my life.... "Probably so" however I do feel dreams can come true... If one truely believes...
    Like to hear your responses and comments.. Sometimes I feel those of you out there are just too closeted to help one another emerge...
    Trisha Marie Roberts
     
    March 06

    Apple Valley Tg Trisha Roberts

    March 6 2006
     
     
         Being a Transgendered Male involves more that just wearing feminine attire.  It means hurt and courage and empathy.  It is nurtured within - while the struggle goes on in a different room of our soul.  I hope I'm able to help those who like myself have faced and dealt with being discriminated against and to tell my story on how it has affected my 56 years of living..
    I do hope that I'll hear from voluptuous sized Women who have faced similar forms of discrimination because they were born with bodies that are not acceptable in terms of what socieity has termed the norm..
    Trisha Marie Roberts
     
    A transgendered male/heading towards 24/7 living..