How It Actually Happened
Added 2021-09-30 17:19:36 +0000 UTCMy first comic with the bottle was always a fun abstraction, but there was a much more realistic big moment that I had when I really started to come to terms with myself.
I actually drew this very recently, but before coming out. Putting it to paper (digital canvas?) was kind of helpful for me working up to even posting the fun one.
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I know I've said this elsewhere but it bears repeating on my second Tranniversary: I never would have worked up the courage to take the next steps had I not done a shaving ritual of mine own and came to the same realization as you did. I can't thank you enough, sis, for showing me A Way. Thank you.
George Michelle Catron
2024-09-01 13:48:44 +0000 UTCI didn’t have a huge moment when I shaved after my egg cracked, but in retrospect I remember being really bothered when I first started growing body/facial hair as a teenager. But all the puberty books I’d been inundated with said it was perfectly normal to feel weird about it. Ha! What do they know?
Taigan
2023-12-06 20:29:55 +0000 UTCI'm sorry to hear that. I hope things go more smoothly for you from here out.
Robin Brooks
2023-05-09 18:35:24 +0000 UTCas a follow up.. it did not go well. but I am me.. and life goes on as who I was supposed to be.
Kari Jane
2023-05-09 17:58:44 +0000 UTCThe first night after I told my wife she helped me figure out how to shave my legs too. And I remember that exact same feeling when I showered after too. Liking my body in any way for the first time ever. Can't stop crying :-)
Kaleigh McClellan
2022-12-21 07:36:47 +0000 UTCCongrats on finding yourself! I hope things are going well for you.
Robin Brooks
2022-08-30 14:24:24 +0000 UTCThis. This comic right here was the one that shattered my egg.
Dreadknight Cassandra
2022-08-30 14:06:20 +0000 UTCFirst time I shaved mine off, I'd had it for over 20 years ... and some people didn't notice. That time and the most recent time, it was getting used to the new face in the mirror that was the hardest.
Jamie Ellen
2022-02-03 01:19:14 +0000 UTCI had mine since I turned 18 (~2006), shaved it a couple times, but it was a fixture of my face for around 14 years. I bet a lot of people associated me with beard in their minds. I kind of expected to miss it in a weird way, but I just don't.
Robin Brooks
2022-02-03 00:33:23 +0000 UTCI came out to my wife in November 2021 and my "denial beard" went a couple of days later. My wife had never seen me without a beard. Started growing that beard in 1975, and except for a 2 year period between February 1998 and February 2000 when I shaved it off at the request of a then girlfriend, I'd always had it.
Jamie Ellen
2022-02-02 21:47:27 +0000 UTCWelcome to the family.
George Michelle Catron
2021-12-18 04:04:28 +0000 UTCApril 1st this year for me (yes, I *will* forever hate that coincidence, thank you *>.<). Glad to hear your partner was so accepting.
Aly Lindsey
2021-10-11 02:51:16 +0000 UTCI love this, I can relate so much. Thank you for making these. When I can I'll up my subscription. Please keep making the trans related comics.
David G
2021-10-06 10:09:04 +0000 UTCThat's awesome! Congrats! I'm so glad it could help TvT
Robin Brooks
2021-10-03 22:53:57 +0000 UTCThis comic finally gave me words to help me come out to my best friend. It went well! Thanks, Robin.
Malicious Ash
2021-10-03 22:46:31 +0000 UTCAnd yes, I am duly impressed with the leg shaving. Bitch. <3
Rhamona
2021-10-03 04:56:27 +0000 UTCJordan rocks.
Rhamona
2021-10-03 04:54:00 +0000 UTCThis actually made me tear up. I relate to this super hard.
NerdyFiona
2021-10-01 14:58:56 +0000 UTCI know those feels.
George Michelle Catron
2021-09-30 21:41:20 +0000 UTCThis entire series makes me want to give you the biggest (consensual) supportive hug <3
Marie Buhtz
2021-09-30 20:49:08 +0000 UTCI’m so, so happy for you!💕
Stefanie Rohricht
2021-09-30 18:14:20 +0000 UTCIf I weren’t out in public waiting for a highlights appointment I’d be crying. This hit me so hard. I truly had no idea what it felt like to like anything about my body until after coming out and beginning my transition.
Stefanie Rohricht
2021-09-30 18:13:57 +0000 UTCOh god, I relate heavily to this. …fuck
Jonathan de Jong
2021-09-30 18:05:56 +0000 UTCGod I love this. I am just coming to terms myself... and have to bring this up with my partner... I hope that she is 1 1/10th as understanding... I fear the worst though.
Kari Jane
2021-09-30 17:25:39 +0000 UTCMid February of this year here. Things can change so fast, and the only way to really be free is to leave everything about your old identity behind. Cut loose and run wild and find the girl.
Addie
2021-09-30 17:23:44 +0000 UTC
