Dating as a trans woman makes me sad.Trans Feminine (self.trans)
submitted 7 hours ago by Coconutcricket
I'm a 22 year old trans woman, and i'm feeling really upset. I have been on hormones for over a year now and I feel the most confident i have ever felt in my body. I have been undergoing some hardships in my personal life and thought i would try a dating app again.
The last time I used a dating app was right before I first started hrt. I was feeling really lonely and wanted to make a connection with someone. I unfortunately learned the hard way that many men tend to lie to get what they want. I was put in some really unsafe situations, I didn't want to take what had happened from past men and project it onto the others...but i ended up not listening to my gut. As much as i saw the patterns, i didn't want to believe them. I ended up not getting a dating app for about a year and 3 months after some really unsafe and unpleasant things had happened.
That leads me to today, I feel so beautiful outside and inside. I have really grown into myself as of recently. Life has been really hard but I thought maybe it would be fun to go on a date? I mean hell I am honestly hot af now and I have an amazing personality, any guy would be lucky to have me. I decided to not approach dating the same way, I decided to get to know the guy first before telling him i'm trans. Unfortunately for me I feel as though it dosent matter if i staple it to my forehead or if i keep it a secret until im ready to share, men who have expressed how much they enjoy my looks and personality and want to get to know me more have no shame ghosting me. It makes me feel unwanted and worthless.
I even started talking to guys who are not my type at one point, it hurts more when a guy I think is unattractive in both looks and personality makes me (a bombshell) feel like the ugly one after ghosting.
When I am feeling good I remind myself that as a woman I have the decision to pick and choose what man can enter my life, and I am not to be another object for men to choose.
When im feeling sad I remember how much I have always wanted to be in love since being a little kid. I always wanted to find a prince. Will I ever be loveable? Will someone ever care about me? Will I ever be held? Is what the negativity asks myself when im feeling very alone.
All this to say, I matched with a trans man. We both didn't know each other were trans but i decided to say it very soon into chatting because i would rather be unmatched immediately than form a bond with another guy and then be ghosted.
We spent hours texting...I got my hopes up.
He ended up sending me a risque pic, and I sent him some back. I hate sending photos to guys, not because I dislike my body, its quite the opposite. I know I am quite beautiful and very attractive. It's hard to fight male strangers off tbh. I just have had men use my pics to blackmail me in the past and I am no longer comfortable with the idea that I need to send pictures of my body for a mans approval.
He ended up becoming too preoccupied, "ma'am im playing dnd", I felt like for him to initiate this and not want to continue talking afterwards made me immediately want to cry. I felt embarrassed with sharing that part of myself with him. Especially after we had been talking about the things we have gone through as trans individuals and how easily people are dismissive of us because we are trans. I thought maybe at least I would finally have a trans friend who I could share how I feel about things with.
I live in a very conservative small town and put a lot of effort into "passing" just to avoid being harassed. I spend so much money out of pocket to keep myself looking as pretty as possible. I got excited thinking maybe I had finally met someone who was actually attracted to me.
Maybe its just the hormones making me very emotional. I'm just embarrassed, sad, and disappointed in myself. I did something I wasn't comfortable with in hopes a man would like me.
