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Originally Posted by ruh roh
A hug. (So I will probably buy something to hug for the ones who want this.)
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Originally Posted by ruh roh
Question:
For those who have other gender insiders: how do you resolve gender identity conflict in outside life and is this a big issue for you socially?
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We only have two of us. Male 51 and female 6. Because of her age, we don't have near as much difficulty as those who deal with gender identity issues with older members of the system. That is not to say we don't have any challenges but most are not visible to the outside world.
For instance, our therapist can tell immediately who woke up in the morning based on how we are dressed - though few others could. I'm considered harmlessly eccentric enough to be able to have just about any outfit I put on 'fit'. Plus, I happen to rock the color pink. Feel sad for the men who can't.
She gets the occasional crush but she's six so I don't have to deal with the more awkward situations that having an older alter of the opposite sex might bring - besides, she never gets a crush on anyone who isn't awesome, so we just develop friendships with them.
The biggest challenge we have is her desire to have friends her own age. Because of our body being the gender and age it is, this is something we have to do without.
Okay, lessee...question: If you could pick one alter to run the show from now until forever - who would it be and why? For the purposes of this question you could (limited time offer and one time only deal) change the age and gender of the body as you wish.