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Dear Warren, Think you have turned around the corner! Am proud of you, brother! Yours truly, Monica

Hey Warren, You are the one, adorable, admirable, wonderful... Goodness, I am so happy to read your post tonight. Yeah, we will all have our ups and downs. But shoot, enjoy the ups, like you are! I don't know what else I can say. I like you and am so happy that you're part of our little community here. Hugs, hugs, hugs... Emma

I believe over time you will see the little things as landmarks that can cause great happiness.

Hey Warren, You know, man, we're your supporters. Stay hopeful, stay strong. I know you can. You're showing your wisdom and strength. I always love hearing from you. Hugs, Emma

I would have dearly loved to see the other chef's face and body language when he found out that his little game was up. Kudos to Mike. As for the woman in H.R.... human resources is not the place to play games. It's not her concern if you changing your name affects your b/f. And if she will do something like that to one person... what else would she be willing to do? Accidentally on purpose lose an employee's application for promotion because she doesn't like what brand of soda he drinks? I knew an H.R. director who played games like that. You don't mess with peoples' lives and livleyhoods. Makes me think that being in such a position becomes a power trip...and these people think they are god. Mike H. should discipline the chef that told you you couldn't have a name tag that reflected the name you preferred, and your employer should fire the H.R. twit. -Michael

gofundme.com/m32ybc pathetic but I've started to run out of options >.> why do I feel so horrible for trying this?

Dear Eve, Am so glad you are finding closure! Yours truly, Monica

Hi Jenny, Good for you! Are you pretty confident that he will maintain your confidence, or how much chance is there that he will tell others, such as your parents or anyone else? Hugs, Emma

I have got to have some blood work done! I'm doing that, at least once a month, sometimes just watching the news. I have to admit, seems as if maybe it might be some post holiday blues. Or maybe it's just the state of the Universe !

Dear Karen, The "ignore" look is when they look right "through" you, as if you are invisible, or when they look at you briefly, then snap or jerk their head away, wanting to make sure you get the message they are ignoring or snubbing you. You are on the right track! Yours truly, Monica

Dear Warren, If that is not male energy, then I don't know what is! LOL! Am so proud of you!! Yours truly, Monica

Hello, I wanted to add in that PayPal was great for me in the USA. I deactivated my former account on the phone then had them transfer my bank information from that account to the Karen Payne account which must be done by PalPay. Total time on the phone was just about ten minutes.

Sorry to hear about your frustrations. But... "Schrodinger's Pass"? Either you or your friends must be physicists! Cracked me up. :-). Makes me wonder if Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle might also be at work here.

"Also, I get my strongest inner woman feelings around guys. I virtually always feel like a girl amidst guys. I can't explain myself." -Jennifer No need to try to explain. When I was working, I always felt more like myself, like a man, whenever I was dealing with a woman. More so than when I am alone. Some of them made it even easier, because they often made no attempt to look specifically for bio males if they needed help with something. If I was handy, they had me doing whatever grunt task they needed done. Sometimes, it actually felt like they made no distinction between me and the rest of the bio male workforce - I was just another one of the guys. "I agree with you that it does seem at times that the transgender scale leans toward hormones and surgery...." -Emma That scale isn't leaning -- there are those who are continually pushing on it, believing they can tilt the scales in their favour, dismissing those who don't or can't transition and thereby making themselves "legitimate" and labelling everyone else "pretenders." -Michael