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Agreed. A complete transition will probably take 5 years or so beyond surgery. There will still be issues that need to be worked out. In my own experience, they are easier to handle than the raging conflict pre-transition but everyone will be a bit different. It sounds like you are on the right track and we're always here if you need us.

Sounds great! I'm still friends with my brother's ex. We visited recently and picked up where we left off 25 years ago. My transition was a minor topic of discussion. We were just happy to see each other again.

Sounds great, Karen. Something else to look forward to!

I completely echo Lisa's sentiment and commitment, Karen. Have a very Merry Christmas. Emma

Happy Holidays Karen :)

Hahaha! You and me, sister, we're sticking it out here on TG Guide! That's so weird, the problem with copy/paste. Seems to work fine for me, either with iPad or iMac. It's just ASCII text so it should be fine of course with anything. I'm glad you returned that laptop although I can't imagine what's going on with it. Best of luck to you, finding a decent Windows machine these days. Cheap, yes, but Windows is no fun. :-) Emma

First off I started the other blog because I could not copy-n-paste into this site. Thought I could provide the link to WordPress but that failed too. Soooo long story short I returned the laptop and got my money back. In regards to leaving here, not way, not how sister :-) was not even a remote thought. Well it's back to the drawing board for ways to communicate here while in California. Psst: Windows does support copy and paste but for some odd reason does not for this site along, tried it on several others, they all worked just fine. Psssssst: Did I mention the mouse was locking up, that was the final straw.

What a hassle that Windows 8 won't even support a ctrl-c (copy) and ctrl-v (paste) operation? I don't understand that at all. I suppose at worst case you could just type in your new blog's URL. Although I have to say: does this mean you'll no longer being hanging out here much? I suppose that's to be expected?

One can only come to terms with then self when one say this is Me and I am Myself.

Hi Dawn, My story parallels yours very closely. I had plenty of girlfriends growing up and in college but always knew I was hiding a powerful inner secret that had to remain hidden. So, while I loved them and enjoyed being with them I was unable to really be my self and despite their best efforts I would grow resentful and depressed, and break it off. I do wish I was born female, and have wished this since I was about three years old. And I'm coming to terms these days with my desires but uncertain about "what I really am." It's a tough place to be, isn't it? Anyway, thank you for writing your blog post and hope to see you writing more. Best, Emma