So far so good!! 

That legislator needs to save the dollars from the "leftist indoctrination" to be used for "right wing indoctrination".  How good of him.  He needs to be dressed in red and put in a corral with a group of long horn bulls.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/texas-trans-teacher-resigns-online-attacks     That is a total shame.  My heart goes out to this dedicated woman.  I hope she can find a good teaching job someplace that will appreciate her skills and desire.     Carolyn Marie

I love listening to electronic music a lot and this album of the artist Schiller I do have also as Vinyl.  

https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-04-03/judge-blocks-montanas-anti-transgender-bathroom-restrictions     Carolyn Marie

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01029-8     What total bull manure!  They cancel millions of $$ in studies that might benefit the health of trans people, but they're eager fund studies that they think will help spread their anti-trans ideology.  It figures.   Carolyn Marie

I lived under a rock, because I did not even knew there are trans people or that transitioning is even a possibility for a long time. I felt that I am the only one and that I was wrong and should just try to live as man. Then I found out there are in fact medical possibilities, but I chose to suffer for many more years because I had so many excuses that I can not do it....was too tall, an identical twin, because my mom was hurtung me a lot physically and mentally and I did not want to become like her. And maybe also because I feared jumping into unknown waters...Finally I had no other choice left if I want to live and be happy.

Unfortunately a problem a lot of us have. There are some tips on styles and such on https://feminizationsecrets.com/ (I promise appears a legitimate site to learn tips.) I am new to forums I don't think linking breaks any rules (hit me up if it does) There are certain styles of tops, bottoms and patterns that help give an appearance of a smaller shoulder area. There are also other sites I have found before (cis females occasionally have the problem too so don't necessarily ignore advice for them either. I have to go out but I'll see if I can find any more later (if doesn't breach the rules) Good luck and my thing is find what makes you happy All the best    

Stressed, depressed, and irritated tonight.  IDK what my GF is thinking, or why my husband accepts what she does sometimes.    She got home from work this afternoon, grabbed a briefcase and a bag, and gets a snack from the kitchen. She kissed me and told me to watch her kids while she's away, and she'll be back in a couple of weeks. 🫨  Not even where she's going or what she's up to!  Just out the door and gone.    Apparently my husband knew something, because when I asked him where she's going, he says "Moldova, on business."  I had to look it up on the damn map!  I have no idea what kind of business she could have there.  Or why there's health insurance documents in her office for Belarus.  I can't imagine her going there...its so risky the USA doesn't have an embassy there anymore.  And if she's going to Eastern Europe, don't those places usually require visa to enter?  She probably had to get documents in advance...   So I'm mad at GF, displeased with my husband, and I can't understand how my partners are cool with this.  I'm curling up in my sister's nest at night for a while.  This sux.  😒      

Thanks April! I think the biggest question I have is on how to get a more feminine figure while cross dressing. I was a swimmer in college and have really broad shoulders and big arms. Any tips? 

Ok! Thanks! Very excited for this journey! 

Welcome to the Forums @VeronicaWilshire.  I would suggest waiting until you have four more posts, and then your Gallery will open up to post pictures there and give us links in Forum posts that you make.  That way only other members can see the pictures which is good for personal privacy.  Dive on in though to the topics here, and answer any that you want to or start other topics that you want answers to.  Please do check out our rules on what types of pictures can be posted anywhere in the Forums.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Would it be OK to share some pictures and get some feedback and tips? 

I wonder what the girls average distance was...

The last couple of weeks I have taken to sleeping with my breast forms and a bra under my nightwear. I was hesitant to cuddle up to my partner at first but she noticed I wasn't and asked me why. I explained that I was feeling a little awkward but she said I was being daft and that she wanted a cuddle.  This sparked a late night conversation, I asked if it had felt strange  cuddling up to someone wearing satin nightwear when we first started sharing a bed. She admitted that it was certainly different and wasn't something that she ever thought she would do but it never bothered her, she said it was nice and that she still enjoys it.  

Tomorrow is another day, so smile.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-trans-girl-was-banned-from-her-track-team-now-she-s-competing-with-the-boys/ar-AA1Cdh69?ocid=sapphireappshare   "Just before the sun began to set, Eliza was finally up to throw. Behind the net, a row of friends and teammates cheered her on.  She rocked back and forth, then flung the discus into the air.  It landed 43 feet and 2 inches from the circle. The average throw in the boys’ competition that day was about 74½ feet."   I like the part where they say "She throws like a girl"

I haven't been out totally en femme since I was a teenager. I am six foot two and a very broad 15 stone so there is no way that I am ever going to pass. I do however occasionally go out as my partner calls it "under the radar" the last time I did this I wore loose fitting women's black trousers a ditsy print blouse and ankle boots with a very small heel. No one seems to pay me much attention. I am hoping to get out fully en femme later this year on holiday perhaps drive out to somewhere quiet and just sit on a bench with a coffee for a while.

I am a bit further along on this journey than you Kathy while being the same age.  Life is good right now.  I take the approach "do not lament the life not spent."  Its time we will not get back, nor can we go back to that life.  I look at it as preparing for the here and now.     My wife and I had dinner with dear friends last week.  We had dessert and coffee back at their home.  We're sitting by the fireplace and my friend asks "if you could go back to any time in your life would you?"  We had a nice conversation about this but all of us said "no", we've lived those days and they didn't need revisiting.  We also all agreed we wouldn't change a thing.  My wife and I have had a couple horrible events in our lives but we have grown due to them.  It didn't come up in the conversation that I'm transgender but I truly meant that I wouldn't go back.  I am who I am because of my lived experiences. And so are you!  Plus you (most likely) wouldn't have your spouse.  I love mine dearly and she loves me.   TL:DR  Never look back.

Welcome Veronica, I have been crossdressing since early childhood and I still can't wait for work to finish 😄 I find under dressing at work helps.