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OK, I'm a man now. Join me?

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AssignedPerfectAtBirth · 04/09/2017 13:25

If I can't beat 'em...

I'm going to put my 'gender' as male now. Going to 'live a man' but I am not going to change my clothes, not that I wear skirts much anyway. I will still style my hair and wear makeup because I will not be defined.

So I'm going to tell me DH and children tonight. I'm not sure if DH will accept that he is now gay.

Any one want to out their inner man and join me on my journey?

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MotherofPearl · 07/09/2017 07:44

Kr1s, my Newly Gay DP has sadly rejected this status, but then he remembered that there's a simple solution - to identify as a woman! Problem solved!

Datun · 07/09/2017 08:06

My newly gay DH told me I was being ridiculous sad My fists trembled and I felt my sense of self deflate sad

I bet your animation faded at a rate of knots. It's literal genocide.

Kr1s · 07/09/2017 08:08

Excellent decision OLenna, you can't do a worse job than the present incumbent.

I have decided not to tell my Newly gay husband. I've just started doing manly things and hope he'll work it out himself

So I'm not doing any housework because I don't know what needs done and he hasn't told me. And anyway I won't do it to his standard.

I've not done any food shopping this week ( usually have to top up on milk, fruit, salad, fish during the week) because I'm going away on A work trip leaving on Saturday morning.

Of course when I was a woman I would have left at the crack of dawn on Monday morning and come back on Friday night, missing the dinner / drinks with everyone else. But now I'm a man I'm taking the first flight on Saturday morning so I'm not too tired for Monday and I can do some networking on Saturday and Sunday.

Of course I will put on my DM sad face when asked about it and say what a struggle it is for me to be away from the kids for so long. And people will admire my bravery and dedication to supporting my husband and children. And I'll send the kids photos of me dining in the hotel restaurant and of my 5* hotel room so they know how tough it is.

I've also not done any laundry this week because I've not run out of clothes yet and I haven't spotted the two overflowing laundry baskets. As you know, we men are not detail minded. It won't be my problem when DC discover at 8am that they have no clean school uniform.

My plan for when I return home after this trip is to take a logical masculine approach to housework . So I'll stop all food shopping, cooking, cleaning , childcare, taxi driving, child and house organising . Instead I will take the car for its MOT once a year and out the bins out ( if DH tells me which one ).

Then I will really be a man.

MotherofPearl · 07/09/2017 08:20

Kr1s, I like your style In order to fully embrace your position, don't forget to also hand over all that emotional labour shit that we men don't have time for, and that's obviously not important anyway. I'm thinking of stuff like remembering family birthdays, buying and sending cards, replying to invitations, making sure presents are bought for parties the DC attend - you know, that kind of trivial stuff that keeps society functioning is completely pointless and anyway very easy.

Kr1s · 07/09/2017 08:40

Oh no, father of pearl, I've already arranged two play dates for the week after I come back

And all DSs sports fixtures for this season

< head in hands >

ErrolTheDragon · 07/09/2017 08:46

Is anyone else having a problem finding a sensible jacket which fits if you're 5'1" with, um, moobs? My DDS wants one for uni and darned if we can find one. 80% of the others on the same course will not be having this sort of problem.

cafeaulaitpourvous · 07/09/2017 10:26

DH has decided he wants to identify as a woman as I am now a man ( he likes symmetry).

(S)he has been through my knicker drawer and looked for some 'sexy lady pants' as he knows that will make him a lady ( he has been watching Danielle Muscato) and some nice red shoes.

He found black cotton boring practical shortie type pants and dms.....

So he has concluded I have always been a bloke and I have been conning him for 15 years.....

ChattyLion · 07/09/2017 13:29

My female subordinate sent me some ideas for sign off today, they seemed all right so I repeated them all back to her. I even reached over for her notebook and drew her a little diagram and everything, just so it would all go in.

Cheeky bitch didn't give me the enthusiastic thanks I deserved for my pearls of strategy. I told her she didn't seem to be following my thinking and so I went through it all again at half speed. That's the kind of supportive boss I am.

HeyRoly · 07/09/2017 13:30

I think I'll take a leaf of out the musician Gavin Russom's book, who came out as a trans woman recently but has no plans to change their male name.

That'll make life easier. I hate all the admin associated with name changing.

Thewolfsjustapuppy · 07/09/2017 13:38

Popped into my usual cafe for a quick flat white - it's a decent place, you can tell it's run by women as the food is great - anyway the owner happened to mention the the tap on her sink wasn't working so, despite having no plumbing experience, I came over all manly and insisted on fixing it. Three hours later I accepted a small amount of assistance from another patron, who just happened to be a plumber, and Roberts your avuncular relative!

oneinfifty · 07/09/2017 13:57

Just popping in (in a manly, important way) to see if any of you chaps have had the same unexpected side-effect of your new manliness as I have? Despite never having played in a competitive sports team, since becoming a man I have found that I know all there is to know about all sports. DD did mention a few things I hadn't heard before about hockey but I'm sure these are not important and/or not true. As a caring man, I have been sharing my new wisdom at every opportunity- the girls in the office seem impressed! I've also realised that if I shout my advice at the TV really loudly when watching sport (regardless of what else is happening around me) the players can hear me so I'm helping others that way too.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 07/09/2017 14:05

I can't bring myself to identify as a man, I really can't not even in jest ... but oneinfifty - why stop at sports? Most men know everything about everything by virtue of having a dick.

Ereshkigal · 07/09/2017 14:13

I can't bring myself to identify as a man, I really can't not even in jest ...

What do you mean, "in jest"? Literal violence!

BeyondLimitsAndWhatever · 07/09/2017 14:24

Anyway, I'm off to have a shower. Gonna get a clean towel from the other set out of the airing cupboard (despite there already being a set out) and then leave it on the floor when I'm done. Or maybe on the bed. Will do my best to avoid the bath mat, getting the floor soaking, and obv won't wash down the bubbles or empty my hair out of the plug hole.

Kr1s · 07/09/2017 14:40

Oneinfifty - interesting that you ask about sport.

One of my friends has recently identified as a transwoman and discovered that this has made a huge improvement in her sporting prowess. She's gone from being an average club runner to winning all the races she's entered and smashing a few records.

When she was a man she had to train very hard just to knock a few seconds off her PB. And now, with a small tick in a box on a form, she's transformed.

She assures me that this is because she now feels free to be her true self so I'm hoping for a similar improvement in my races this season.

PurplePillowCase · 07/09/2017 15:00

my now gay dh has objected to being called a cis-man Sad

VestalVirgin · 07/09/2017 15:29

my now gay dh has objected to being called a cis-man

Well, he has a point, being cis is just so very unfashionable. Have you suggested to him that he could also identify as straight woman?

Or perhaps a queer non-binary. There's lots of options!

terrylene · 07/09/2017 15:34

It took my DH a good ten minutes to work out he was not a lesbian, when I told him I was a man the other night. Wink

Lurkedforever1 · 07/09/2017 15:49

Now I am a dad I thought I would share my wonderful parenting philosophy. I've decided to no longer feed/cloth/home my child, or indeed take any responsibility. I now have far more money and time for me. Nobody will mind once I explain that my ex is a twat. Instead I will get a photo that is years out of date to show people, and wistfully comment how I tried to maintain a relationship. This also helps impress the ladies. And society in general will view me as a wonderful human.

YogaDrone · 07/09/2017 16:37

OMG - I have only got as far as the random name generator and it seems that the family name I've had for 40 years is actually my first name! Wow, I never knew I was actually a man, but it makes so much sense.

I feel totally comfortable with my manliness already. I have a man's watch, wear men's jeans, work in IT and don't own any make-up so I must easily be half way there. Wonder what (same gender) DP is making for dinner?

Off to read the rest of this enlightening thread and download the membership forms for the local golf club now...

ProperLavs · 07/09/2017 16:51

I am growing a beard and have no boobs. This thread has helped me understand that I am infact a man-it all makes sense.

IfNot · 07/09/2017 17:36

Alright lads. Titus Manhandle, back again.
LurkedForever I can tell you Love Your Kids(TM)
I ave also realised that now I am a man I have been getting absolutely shafted vis-a-vis the amount of dosh I have been shelling out for the kid.
I mean, I have been paying for, well, everything!!-housing, shoes, sports clubs, food, xmas, holidays..the list goes on. The other parent lives the life of Riley somewhere else and barely manages to see the dc.
Well, that stops right now. I have been a total mug. What about me?I can't keep getting rinsed like this, it's not on.

IfNot · 07/09/2017 17:37

I'm growing a handlebar moustache. Have been for some time actually.

abacuss · 07/09/2017 17:50

Guys, I'm having a problem.

I know I should be demanding pictures now of tits and general whatnot from every female colleague on my phone. I just - I don't want them. I can't being myself to text my demands.

Am I still a man? I feel so dysphoric right now. Sad

DJBaggySmalls · 07/09/2017 18:14

abacuss You are no less of a man. Try sending a few dick pics and see how it goes.

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