December 14, 2007 9:42 PM GMT
Hi Patti,and all the rest of you looking at those GGs in jeans, and thinking ,"No.........."
There's a Jazz song from the late 50's/early 60's- 'It ain't what you do,it's the way that you do it( and that's what gets results )' or, from the summer of love, 'It's the vibes, man...'
At the end of the day 'passing' is more to do with how you feel about how you're dressed. If you're 'at one' with yourself, perfectly happy about what you're wearing and how you're made-up, then, even if you're built like the proverbial australian brick dunnee, your chances of passing will be much, much better than if you're continually worrying about sticking out, being read etc. Worry,'nerves' etc radiates, so that even the most inconspiciously dressed tranny will get 'read'.
Like Nikki, I too live in Germany but my observations are slightly different. Even in the cold of winter there are girls who wear skirts, long and mini, and not just because it's perhaps expected of them at work. At one place where I worked there was a trainee who, for whatever reason, only wore skirts- and that by 30cms of snow. I don't know whether the family were members of a religious sect or not but the other girls in the office accepted this as perfectly normal. That said, I'm quite aware that what may be 'everyday' in Germany is very probably the exception in the UK or Oz.
I also recall reading a review of a UK tv programme from a few years back.The idea was, apparently, to try and get some teenage kids to wear other clothes than jeans etc. One of the girls who took part made the immortal comment that ," wearing a skirt made her feel like a transvestite.....!"
Be at 'one' with yourself, cultivate your self-confidence, ' play it by ear ', and develop your style. It's who you are and how you 'feel' your female side. Don't let the massed jeans wearers get you down!
Enough pontificating! Get out there,do your thing- it's your life.
Cheers and good luck,
Lynn Harvey