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retrowire

(10,345 posts)
Mon May 15, 2017, 03:18 PM May 2017

I'm something [View all]

Not sure what. But I am.

I recently... Came out? To my wife about it.

She totally supports me and that's a relief. But, I seek a better understanding of me. And I thought I'd talk with DU's LGBT group about it.

I'm a male. I'm attracted only to my wife, a female BUT...

I feel an immense confidence and pleasure in thinking of myself as female.

I don't want to wear women's clothes... Or do I?

I don't want to put on make up. Maybe?

But I feel EMPOWERED when I think of myself as a female. I first noticed it on DU in fact. When a user referred to me as a she. I didn't care to correct them because I thought, "damn right I am." And I smiled and felt good about myself. It went on from there. I haven't lied and told anyone I'm female online though. I don't want to cause trouble.

Today though, I find myself obsessed with being pretty. Like, I am really really interested in hygiene and beauty right now. Excited about it even. I want to do my hair and clean my face.

So... What do you think of this? I'm not gay, I'm not interested in men. But I even like thinking of myself as a woman when I'm with my wife.

So there it is. It's... Out there. :/

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I'm something [View all] retrowire May 2017 OP
there's a name for what you are: unblock May 2017 #1
:) nt retrowire May 2017 #2
You Rock! LOL Lib May 2017 #11
i look forward to that unblock May 2017 #12
It is very okay to be nonbinary. irisblue May 2017 #3
Irisblue! :) Thank you. retrowire May 2017 #4
One of many names/terms. I honestly know sexuality&intimacy exists on a continuum irisblue May 2017 #5
Genderqueer might be a term for you to learn about as well. NT irisblue May 2017 #7
What you are, is cool. So is your partner. TygrBright May 2017 #6
"we don't always get to be them" retrowire May 2017 #8
I experience the same exact thing LostOne4Ever May 2017 #9
I'm in a similar boat... uriel1972 May 2017 #10
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