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I'm proud of you. You've told however many people read this comment. Do you think that maybe you told that "friend" that because you wouldn't miss them as a friend? Are you scared to talk your parents because you would miss them?
Well thank you very much! That means a lot to me and it's really nice to just have people listen! I've been thinking about it, honestly he hasn't been a 'friend' in a while. I think I'm just tired of not actually being happy being myself, so in a way, if I could tell this guy about it I can tell anyone. It was more subconscious, I think... And my parents, I think they'd actually be understanding! They're good and accepting people. It's more that I don't really exactly know how to, and I think to them it would be a big surprise, even if I've felt this way for a long time (only recently really come to understand it as the truth). I am old-ish, and in a way I'm a little concerned that since I never explicitly showed any outwards interest/need in transitioning prior that they might think that I'm doing something strange? Not really sure how to word it, sorry.
I get, to the degree that I can get, what you're saying.
I had a friend that I knew all through college, she started her transition probably 6 months before posting on facebook with about a paragraph explaining the pertinent stuff, but what has always stuck out to me was that she wrote something to the extent of "I am, and always have been a woman" or something to that degree. She then proceeded to post pictures of herself and she looked the happiest she ever has looked before. The whole time I'd known her, I never would have guessed.
If you think your parents will be supportive in general, then they will want you to be haply.
"I have known this for a while now. I am, and always have been a woman. I am happy, I am safe, I am content. Please support me by calling me ____"