Well, yesterday I had a nice movie night with my brother. We watched "Hairspray" and it was pretty good, and taking him home we had a good talk about things. The bottom line for him is that even though he believes my transition is wrong, he will not cut me out of his life, and he will do all he can to for me to show me he still loves me anyway. That's pretty good, all things considered, even if I wish I could find the right words to convince him that this transition was necessary.
Meanwhile, my latest story is almost done, and you can thank Bill Durr for the edit. Any mistakes left are totally my fault.
Hugs to all!
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As long as he's calling you his sister, you can be content for now. Rome was not built in a day.
sounds like a good night...
...was had by all of the parties. Glad to hear all went well.
HUGS!
why
Out of curiosity, why does he think its wrong. Is he morally opposed or does he not think it's the right thing for you personally.
Katie Leone (Katie-Leone.com)
Writing is what you do when you put pen to paper, being an author is what you do when you bring words to life
he is morally opposed to it
And in my case, he believes that I am seeking a "clean slate" from my past, and that as a Christian born with a penis I should have humbly submitted to His will, by which he means I should have endured being a man, no matter how impossible that was for me.
I have a solution
Give me his address and I'll send him a copy of The Transsexual and The cross. He should read it if he says he is enlightened.
Katie Leone (Katie-Leone.com)
Writing is what you do when you put pen to paper, being an author is what you do when you bring words to life
Acceptance
Acceptance is the best gift he could give you. It costs him more than it would if he embraced your transition. Once you've completed your transition, and lived awhile as the you, you know you are, he'll slowly realize that you are and always have been Dorthy. As time goes by it will come to be as if this was always the way it was.
Case in point: my wife. When I crashed out of the closet and we talked and cried about it, her line was, "If you must... cross-dress, but don't let me see it." That was 30 years ago. Today, I come in from work, change into my girl's outerwear, (I'm already wearing the underwear) and she gives me a kiss and treats me as if this was always the way it was and as if she's happy about it. At night, she snuggles up with me in my very femme nightgown and tells me how she loves me. The truth is, she says she wishes I'd been successful in hiding it all these years. I know I never could have and it would have driven me insane to try, so I'm glad she caught me in her clothes and that she's come to accept me as I am.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin eine Mann
Happy
I cant begin to tell you how happy hearing that has made me...A dam erodes one pebble at a time,so its a begining,Time will tell as to how it winds up,but for now I take a deep breath and relax(but only a little) Keep your chin up & your head even higher.....
HUGS & warm snuggles,
Papa
Dorothy--
It sounds like progress. Bravo!!! Celebrate every little baby step as you see it. Katie's offer sounds like it might be a help to your brother. Often negative attitudes are born in ignorance & enlightenment comes from strangers who do not appear to have an axe to grind or appear as disinterested third parties.
Remember - stand tall - chest out - walk proud. You go girl!!
Ruth
May the sun always shine on your parade