Transition Later

The problem with transitioning later in life, as many have done of late since there is a lot more freedomn, support, services and resources along with laws for rights and protections and with health insurance coverage for some if not all of the transition, is one thing.

You don't get to experience the fun and joy of being a young women with the freedom to be and live. You don't have those experiences to remember, just the struggle and frustration of living as a young man wanting not to be like that but just another young woman.

While you don't have the experience of the risk and dangers of being a girl and young woman, you didn't get the freedom to explore clothes, friends, and just having fun.

While you have the privilege, and responsibilities and obligations of being a man, you didn't get the experience of being a woman trying to strive for your goals and future, all the restrictions, limitations and all women had then and have now.

While your life would have been different being a woman, you would also have been different being yourself, sheer freedom of being and living. Something you didn't have and know to tell those who want to transition these days, do it soon while you're young and put your past behind you and put your life ahead of you.

And all you can do now is wonder what if while making the most of the time you have now as a woman. But then, that beats the alternative of not trying and wondering, still, what if.