[MonikaT]

I can't let this go. I must say something. Mayo on hot dogs is an absolute travesty worse than hot sauerkraut!

I am one of those guys who sits somewhere in the middle. I want breasts, and I'm working on growing them. I am sort of gender fluid. On any given day, I might be wearing any combination of clothing associated with either gender, but I present as male when outside my house, though I can make a semi-attractive female with a little work. What I have found over the years is that people who transition tend to be very black and white in their view of gender. To them, it is binary. One is either male or female. It is similar to gays and lesbians not understanding how a person can be bisexual. To them, one is either gay/lesbian or straight. There is no in-between. Those who claim to be bi are just testing the waters or sight seeing, afraid to commit, afraid of being outed. Certainly, each generation gets less and less entrenched in this belief system, perhaps because all those others fought so hard to make it possible for them to just be themselves, and perhaps it is that struggle that causes those folks to be so entrenched in a binary, black/white paradigm.

I honestly don't have any skin in someone else's game. What others choose or need to do to be comfortable in their own skin is their business, even when they choose to share with others. The only issue I have is that for a while the male portion of the forum was almost exclusively devoted to transition, and I can't identify with that so I generally withdrew because I had nothing to contribute. I also didn't really have a lot of time to spend on this site, not that I have much more time these days, but I do lurk a little from time to time.

So, there's my two cents. If you're offended, I blow my nose at you, and I wave my private parts at your aunties.