Christie, Hiya Darling. Congratulations, on the First Week, of Your "Real Life Test" ! I Have Now Been Basically Living Full-Time, As A Female, For 15 Week's Now. It Is Such A Wonderful, Exhillerating, Experience !  A Young Lady Friend Of Mine, Who Works In Our Local Supermarket, Said To Me, In The Last Couple Of Hour's, That I Look So Happly, And Contented, Which She Said, Is, So Lovely. She Said That She Had Never Seen Me This Happy, Before I Came-Out as Transsexual. I Told Her, That I Have Not Ever Been This Happy Before.   Christie, If I Am as Happy and Contented as You are, or Visa Versa, then We Will Both Be Doing Well !  Christie Love, Be Proud Of This Week !  It Is A Wonderful Life-Changing Achievement, Going-Out In Public, Fully, Full-Time, Female-Dressed.  I Love Female Undies And Clothes !  Christie, Speak Soon Love. Take Care, Best Wishes. Stephanie. xoxo

Congratulations on the true start of your journey, the real life test and not so much the hormones. Hormones are easy, pop a few pills, an injection or a shot that if one forgets one day is not a big deal. But with the real life test we don’t forget but make a conscious decision to not dress for an event or a day. One when makes the decision not to dress in the opposite gender that says “I am hesitant”, “is this really what I want”.

When I first started my real life test I had to deal with many things that would had been easier to not dress as female and very true when teaching self-defense classes but I persevered and this is what you and others need to do, be the female you are inside, outside, no excuses.

I do wish you the very best in your journey to bringing the internal female to the physical world.

Dear Christie,

Would like to comment on how women experience their sex drive as opposed to how men experiences theirs (am friends with both Straight and Gay men), and as my dear mother said, may God rest her soul, she was amazed how I can talk about anything with anyone . . .

In my opinion, because of testosterone, men have a much stronger drive, in that it is very external, and he can literally see if, and how much, he is aroused.  A woman, obvious, can not see anything to validate her feelings, beyond moisture, but she feels an excitement. A woman is driven by a romantic perception of her beloved.

Of course, there are exceptions, and NO TWO women or men experiences their sex drive exactly the same way.

Please do remember every woman has a little testosterone, and every man has a little estrogen/progesterone.

Testosterone is important not just for sex drive, but for material ambition.  This is why a woman has a little, in order to insure that she has enough ambition to get things done, around the house and at work.  

Estrogen/progesterone is there in both men and women to encourage sensitivity and emotional receptivity.

Most transwomen report a lowering OR changing of her sexual drive when on HRT.

If you or your partner is not satisfied with the level of your sex drive, please bring it up with your doctor, but first give your body a chance to get used to HRT.  

Your friend,

Monica

You're showing true determination Christie! Well-done girl. Please, provide a link to the head band that you mention, it seems worthwhile investigating.

Cheers,

Eve

I agree with Monica on the reply about sex drive. Three years ago compare to today my sex drive has totally changed. For years an erect penis was validation and now it's an entire body "event". Thinking of BAD SELF (hey Veronica), oh if I could describe my bad-self since say two months after GRS what stories I might tell, perhaps nasty girl is a more suitable description for me. There are times when I don;t think about sex for days on end then there are days that the train stop for my body event with a man or woman that usually last much, much longer than in my old physical self, a man (yuk). 

Christie, I believe going in to this will bring much joy and revelations.

Some one notable once said (not the exact words) something like, each day we are born again, make the most of it. I do so, especially that I missed out on so much as a female I embrace it all and hope you will too, take nothing for granted. 

Thank you all for your feedback

Today I even ventured to my local grocery store, got a nice compliment from my favorite cashier! (She was my favorite before that)

Eve, here's a pic of the band

Thanks Christie.