u/OkBeing9985

Hi all I came out to my mom as trans today (FTM) today she already knew and it didn’t go so well she said she wont talk to me after I move out but I’m starting to not believe it because she talking to me like normal now and hugging me and it’s only been like 20 min.

But she does keep trying to tell me that I should just not change and I should try to find my femininity and that I’ll regret it, I keep trying to tell her that I don’t feel comfortable with that and explaining to her. She feels like I haven’t tried hard enough to be a woman I tried to tell her I did (I pretty much had to growing up) I get that she means that I never approached woman hood with a open mind. I can tell she doesn’t want to lose me and that’s why she’s trying so hard to convince me to not transition.

How do I explain to her in way that she can understand how I feel. I’ve tried telling her that I’ve always felt this way even as a little kid that I’m not comfortable exploring womanhood, that I just want to be happy but it’s not really getting through. I am just hoping that if I explain it to her right she will understand or atleast try to. I love my mom and I don’t want to loose her either.

Please any advice will be greatly appreciated.

So Im ftm and want to become a welder I’m in northeastern PA and hoping to start welding school sometime this year and get a welding job before I finish the program next year, I’m starting my transition in October but so I might be able to go stealth by the time I get a actual welding job since I’d be 4-6 months on T depending on when I start welding school.

So I want to know what’s you guys’ experience has been like? Are most people at least respectful? Have you been able to make friends?

Hello everyone a bit of background for context: I’m 22 m and I don’t really have any friends, my parents cut out all my friends from high school (this was during covid so I was at home). That’s a long story that boils down to me being queer and having queer friends and my parents not liking that, I was too scared of this repeating in college so I didn’t make friends.

Fast forward to today and I see people with friends they’ve known since they were kids and I feel so alone, and I don’t know how or if I even can make that kind of meaningful friendship at my age. I feel like unless you’ve have history people don’t really get invested anymore.

But I don’t have much opportunity to make friends anyhow. My one coworker is much older, I don’t go outside because I don’t have my license (something I’m working on). I haven’t had a real life friend in 2 and a half years, the last time was at a summer job but we were really just work friends which I realized because we drifted apart after the summer.

I’ve been alone since I was 16 save for that brief summer and I worry I will be forever because it’s too late at my age, so I ask you all is it possible to make a meaningful friendship irl in your 20s and if so how?

I use Atralia absolutely chill EDP as my everyday fragrance but it lasts minutes and it doesn’t project well, I don’t know if that can be fixed by fixing the longevity issue but if so how can I make it last longer and can anyone recommend a body oil that goes well with a citrus scent profile.

Also does method coco twist body wash pair well with a citrus EDP, or should I buy something else? I’m going for a fresh citrusy aquatic kind of scent.