Ex-egg. Turns out wishing you were a girl does work.
I’m doing good! So good, in fact, that I think it’s time to retire this account. Still not cis though :3
I’ll still be around, of course, and regulars should have no problem figuring out my main account. But since I’ve posted a lot of rather personal stuff here, I’d rather not link the accounts explicitly. So no doxxing, please! See you all around.
/egg out
PS If you need a clue:
Strange red dress on point for my type (11)
Yay, nail polish is so much fun :3
I had a lot of “oh shit, am I really doing this?” moments, too. But I think it’s important to show confidence when you tell people, even if you don’t feel it. So no rush.
Yay! That’s great news〜
I bet there are a lot of Linux folks around here who can help if you get stuck, too.
Awww what a fluffy sweetie 🥲
Me: Huh, I was expecting HRT to make me emotional, but other than my mood going up and down it’s been fine.
Also me: Has a full-on hysterical-sobbing-in-the-corner meltdown.
Me: This proves nothing.
I feel much better now.
I’ve been collecting cute dangly earrings. Dressing up pretty is so much fun <3
OK, one final sample with a lower pitch. I promise I’m done now :3
Hello again! Thanks for sharing <3 The difference between the first two samples is huge!
Your voice is cute. There’s a bit more weight and chest resonance than I’d expect in an average female voice (almost the opposite of my problem, I think), and I’m not a big fan of creak, but at worst it’s androgynous. Keep up the good work!
Ask and ye shall receive! This is me talking normally.
This one sounds kind of hollow and “trans voice” to me. (Yeah, yeah, drop the pitch, tighter resonance, I know…)
Thanks! I promise I’m not trying to push the pitch up :3 But yeah, it’s higher than it needs to be, maybe because I’m reading rather than talking normally.
I should really record myself interacting with real people.
Thanks! I’m originally from the UK of course, but I don’t live there now. I’ve spent a lot of time with various people from around the world, so it’s become pretty eclectic.
Great idea! I was definitely in performance mode. I’ll record a conversational clip next time I’m at my PC. I’d love to hear more people’s voices, too :3
Yay, thanks for the clip. I don’t think you were being mean at all!
I also use Japanese all day in and out of work. I should try that next time!
Holy shit, voice goals right here! You sound 100% female to me–maybe someone in her 30s or so?
I try to listen to myself as I speak at work, so it’s definitely a gradual process of tweaking things here and there. Thanks for the feedback!
BTW, the text is from this Reddit post.
And get this: you can be a woman AND be jealous of women… at the same time! Just kidding, it is amazing :3
I read Mia Violet’s “Yes, you are trans enough”. The first part describing her time at school hit so close to home I felt sick. But I also realized I relate a lot to the post-transition stuff, where she talks about presenting how she wants without worrying about passing. It’s definitely freeing to wear whatever stupid outfit I want without caring what other people think. I’m still neurotic about how I’m perceived, though :3
Thanks! (That’s actually the same article I linked in my post :3 )
In the section “A Note on Oral Progesterone’s Metabolites”, Aly notes that it’s not yet known whether or not the metabolites have progestogenic effects, but I’m prepared to believe that the oral route is less effective. I’m open to trying other routes.
My pills are kind of round capsules with gel inside, so I assume they contain microscopic natural progesterone crystals, rather than synthetic progestins. But I guess it doesn’t matter too much either way.
Nice post, and congrats on starting HRT <3
People who in theory know me quite well have failed to recognize me (at first, at least), and I’ll go along with re-meeting them. I think that’s fine: I’m a totally different person now from who I was in the past, notwithstanding that we have a shared history. I don’t think you owe it to anyone to “come clean” about having met them before: there’s nothing wrong with starting fresh, and if challenged later on you can say exactly the same thing: you’re a different person now.
Aww yuss… let us know how it goes!
(I’m not at all jealous…)