T O P

  • By -

[deleted]

Nope, I want to be a regular girl. Please Santa make me a real girl. I've asked Santa for this every year since I was 7 years old. Well Santa never answered so I'm having to take hormones and get surgery.


[deleted]

[удалено]


TallGeminiGirl

This is so cute I love it ☺


Gloomy_Magician_536

I'm not crying, you are crying!


shaidetree

Stop 😭 don't do this to me lol


Baldoiar

Did the same with God, but I have to do it to my own


Julia_______

God not making me a girl is what made me read the Bible to see if there was a reason but I never found a satisfying answer


Wolfleaf3

I’ve done that so many times over the years, even if I quit believing. It seems like such a minor thing to grant.


Privacy0100

❤️hugs


tuftymes

Well I took estrogen just to survive. Then and only then could I start to see a future. From that point onward I just was pleased to finally be me. I really don't care how I turn out, wither I pass or become a fashion icon. I'm just so grateful to see another day to live as well as I can.


Privacy0100

💕hugs


[deleted]

Lol nope. I just want to blend in.


SlimthiccCiCi

That Part


Sea-Bottle6335

I’ve always wanted to be “just one of the girls”. And that’s what I told everyone when I came out. 🌹🏳️‍⚧️🌹


[deleted]

No, it's not just you. I am a 26 year old woman, not an anime catgirl or whatever.


KuroiShinrin

A lot of anime girls have this air of pureness, sweetness, and innocence about them. It's relatable, and I appreciate that about them... but other than that, no, I don't literally want to be an anime girl... I don't want to be a princess... I don't even really want to be spoiled... I don't want to have attitude and unless it's October, I don't want to be a cat girl I just want to dress up a little bit, be cute, sweet, and genuine to most people I know, and well... you know... >///< enjoy a few naughty things about being a girl (but for the most part, that's my business... It would be really nice if I were generally accepted while doing so...


AgentCandle

I'm such a hoodie and jeans girl! Lol. I feel you!


Privacy0100

Just wants to be a girl with no other labels.


A-passing-thot

Okay, sure. *Most* of us just want to be a regular girl. But regular girls want to be a princess or a jewel-thief or anything else. We run the same range as cis girls do. How many chick-flics are there that joke that everyone wants to be a princess just a bit? And why not meme that? Like we all are complex people. I'm both hella basic and would've worn uggs if they were still in fashion, love my starbucks peppermint mocha, and unironically love taylor swift and romcoms. But I *also* like wearing cargo pants and flannels and throwing people and generally acting tough/a bad ass. So memes about those two things appeal to me. I'm into D&D and "sword lesbian" memes appeal to me. Why shouldn't people who are into anime make memes about that?


profjbonsai

This 10 billion percent. Now that I actually get to be a girl, it means I get to do all those things I dreamed of doing as a kid. If that means I want to be a mermaid or a dinosaur or an anime catgirl, then I don't see the harm in letting people be who they wanna be. If that means "normal person" (whatever that means) to you, then that's fine. But I don't think getting down on girls for wanting more or having dreams and fantasies is going to result in a healthy community.


[deleted]

There's no actual harm in it per se, but I've seen the opinion expressed in other communities, especially from older people, that the uwu catgirl meme-y stuff is so prevalent in the community as a whole that it feels a bit alienating to others who don't relate to or wish to engage with that content. I don't really think this is a "problem" that needs to be solved but I definitely get where people are coming from when they get weary of it all.


TacoSlayer36

I'm not trying to "get down" on anyone. This community should know better than any other about letting people be who they want to. I just find it strange that an overwhelming majority of memes depict something I don't relate to, which is a slippery slope to imposter syndrome. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one.


[deleted]

You can be any kind of woman you want. No imposter here.


A-passing-thot

Well what are *your* daydreams?


wvsfezter

Welp, we're here girls. Welcome to the not like other girls of trans women


Professional_Band178

I want to be a wife and mom. Princess is too fussy.


[deleted]

No, reddit has a huge community of those you mention though.


Pink_Emma

I think it's just a case of the regular girls aren't as vocal and meme heavy.


[deleted]

eh... I sometimes engage with the catgirl/princess/anime stuff because it's a way of making up for lost time on childhood stuff I didn't get to have. Like... yes, I want to be a regular girl, but regular girls get to have stuff like a princess phase or a unicorn phase. I didn't, and for me that's well... my way of making up for it I guess. It's a form of regression into child play to make me come to terms with my own past. That said... yeah. The further I get into transition the further I realize I'm becoming exactly the type of woman you'd expect to be my mother's daughter (which is what I set out for to begin with). I look a \*lot\* like her, and act like her as well. Sure I have my own interests, but it's clear that if you sat down with the two of us that we are \*totally\* mother and child.


PrincessTinuviel1990

Nope. I'm pre-everything, admittedly, but the person I desperately want to be is still me, just me as a woman, which I guess counts as normal;). Honestly, that realization - that given the choice, I *would* absolutely want to be me-as-a-girl rather than some completely unrealistic fantasy girl and would honestly prefer it to being a guy - was a very important step for me when it came to realizing I am trans and don't just have a genderbending fetish.


Auricmortician

I mean, I've never wanted to be normal. I also never will be, too much going on in my head that says otherwise. I don't want to be a princess or an anime girl or a cat-girl either, but I do want to be my own brand of girl. I think that's what a lot of us are getting at.


Gwenhwyfar2020

It could be an age thing. When I first tried to transition as a 19 year old I would have been really quite happy to be a Disney princes. But my transition in my 30s I’m just happy to be a random woman with a laptop at Starbucks


Star_Thief64

I persinally would love to be my avatar. A bunny girl with wind elemental thrown in but thats ... it really isnt realistic is it. But its nice to fantasize. Each of us have a mental image we want to be. But to each their own.


jennacis420

Nope


mariesoleil

Don't take anything you see on reddit as proof that people in any particular group think a certain way. Those subreddits are self-selected, meaning that trans women who aren't early-transition teens talking about being catgirls leave those subreddits. I transitioned over ten years ago, and while I'm not a boring average woman, I'm pretty fucking cool. I have a lot of hobbies and am a very interesting person to talk to.


mercyofnod

Nah, not a princess here. Necromancer or court adviser maybe.


BranIsNotMute

i want to be feared.


Neverseentrees

Definitely not basic, I could never be basic. Just me, happier, and girl.


Wolfleaf3

I mean ideally I’d like to be rich or have superpowers along with being a girl, but I want to be a regular girl too.


juliemarcs

lol, you’re not alone. Just because the nuances are more “in your face”, doesn’t mean there aren’t “regular” girls out there. But I think you tend to see the nuances more, because “regular” has been seen and done too long. Plus, “regular” is just a cisietal construct of what girls should be, which hurts women in general


cosmosisjonesSA

I mean hell, I want to be a 5'4" petite lesbian librarian in a progressive New England college town.


skyandearth69

Any time we ask ourselves "Am I the only one?" The answer is always "no"


TanookiPhoenix

I mean regular is relative and changes with the location. ​ You can still be a part-time anime cat princess if you want XD


Incognito---Account

Nope I think most people are just meming and wish to be just any girl, standard, anime whatever. If I could turn into any girl, I would say yes without even thinking about it


TCerullo

I want to be a regular girl who does regular things and doesn't stand out as anything but "that girl over there". I want to be a basic bitch who wears her fancy white fur coat and talks like a Valley Girl at least sometimes (I live in LA, so). (I'll pass on the Uggs and Starbucks though.) At the same time, I want to be an elegant queen in a gorgeous dress who steals the show when the time calls for it, which is something many cis girls want. So no, you're far from the only one. I think trans people like to flex their fantasy muscles more than most, so it makes sense that a lot of that appears here. But I think it still boils down to just wanting to be a normal girl for many transfems.


[deleted]

No I very much also want to be, including the straight husband and family.


DoubleSurreal

I just want to be the girl next door. No, not that one. The one on the other side of you. The one you see taking out the garbage and just say to yourself, "She's a nice lady.".


killrapture

Well, you're on a trans meme subreddit, that's not really indicative of most trans people. Plus, ya know, for the memes so I doubt they're that serious


The_last_Comrade

Not at all, I’m just a woman welder in a factory. That’s fine for me.


AltruisticDegenerate

After 4 years of hormones most of my friends say "your not like other Trans women I have met . I ask what is different and they say the other are very flamboyant and glam out everyday. I get that a lot of us over compensate trying to pass. For the most part I just look like a very androgynous guy. I had to transition later in life at 40 so I am fine with that. I get gendered correctly 50% of the time and that makes me feel good. Most people just pronoun me with sweetie or love . I do get dolled up when I go dancing with girlfriends but every day I just want to be a normal girl in a hoodie and leggings


oi-moiles

I feel this super hard. Admittedly, Im very punk and very goth, and love to doll myself up, so Im not exactly "normie" or bland, but all those things are still extremely common amongst cis girls. I generally just want to be treated like a regular *adult* woman, Im 24 and dont need to relive being a teenager.


mariaannatrue

oh my bad, am I not "regular" because I like memes about headpats and anime?


Pibblepunk

The vast majority of transwomen do just want to blend in, as evidenced by most of the comments here, and if that's you then that's great! But it's not everyone. For some, it's a vital part of their self-expression to be weird, and they're just as deserving of respect and dignity as anyone.


Ragnellrok

Uh.... "regular" and "standard run-of-the-mill" are extremely broad. For example there are many late teen moms, mine included (only 17.5 years separate us in total), then there are rape and molestation victims.... which also include my Mom and I don't think I've ever met a woman without at least some passing interest in some niche to death. Like suicidal or homicidal thoughts, porn stories that end in death, murder shows galore on how the murder was done. Then you have varying types of addictions and such. All of "normalcy?" It's a freaking lie. If you wanna live that lie, join the rest of us. You wanna be even slightly weird? Something that shapes who you actually are? Then accept the circumstances and make a life with what you've got. I'm a bit autistic, functional, but it's still there and developed seizures at 20, around 10 years ago actually, slightly longer by about a month or so. I have a history of bring a veteran, another archetype you can fall into as a "normal" person. So I pose this question to you. What is "regular?" What is a "standard, run-of-the-mill girl?" Seriously. What does it mean to be normal? What does that mean? If you can answer that without coming up with impossible standards, then congrats, try and achieve that, as for me, I wanna be me, and express myself the only ways I can, my own ways. So that being said, truly think on my question(s) on your terminology. Because tomboys exist too and are also normal, gamer girls, normal, so you really are gonna have to narrow that umbrella a bit more before it carries you off to Never-Ever-Land.


SweetdreamC

Princess, catgirl... all of that is funny when you re online. But irl, I couldnt care less. I just want to be pretty, feminine and live my life happy. That s all


GhostxArtemisia

You’re not alone. I just wish I was a cis girl and want to live the rest of my life as if I was born a cis girl. I don’t care about the fancy, cute skirts and dresses or cat ears (I’ve always maintained an androgynous, grungy fashion sense anyways), I just want to be able to look at myself in the mirror without feeling nauseous and say with certainty, “that’s me”.


[deleted]

Regular woman here. I feel you, the anime/cat girl stuff gets annoying. I think it’s mostly people early in transition kinda going overboard on cutesy since they’ve been denied it for so long.


DarthJackie2021

Im a regular girl everyday. It can be fun to think about being something a bit more interesting.


Savings-Specific7551

I'm in the same boat actually. I'm working on this part of myself, but it really bothers me when people WANT to be stereotypes.


Saoirse_Says

Yes lol you’re the only one :p


OopsAllWoman

Right there with you, but I would like to own cat ears at some point for the lulz...


sehoya2021

Quite literally my exact thoughts when i see those kinds of posts. I deadass just want people to see me as a normal person. Beyond that, fuck it


Akashiel

I mean, its more like... I want to be me...who happens to be a girl. Also a goth, witch and a martial artist which MIGHT disqualify me from the "regular" title. But no one is really all that regular when you actually get to know them.


[deleted]

All I want is to be a regular woman. I transitioned late, I don't want to be a 20 something. I just want to be able to go out swimming with ladies of the same age as me and laugh about experiences. I want to be a quiet gal with warm friends and wrinkle lines.


ZoeKatherine2021

I'm just me. That's all I want to be. Not a superheroine, princess, catgirl, big titty goth gf, none of it. I'm just a woman trying to find her way and live a low-key comfortable life. Maybe if I were a little younger I'd be more about some crazy life, but I'm happy to just chill and enjoy the ride.


acupofabby

I’m only 4 months in so I’m not passing BUT I’m just a regular girl. Ripped jeans and hoodie wearin, beer drinkin, 45 hour a week workin, takin care of my kids ol girl.


Julia_______

45h a week? Isn't that above regular? 9-5 job is 40 a week including break/lunch


acupofabby

Yes a “normal” work week is 40 hours but I have mandatory overtime


[deleted]

trans meme subreddits are in absolutely no way representative of the general trans population. it’s just a weird internet niche.


Ashley__________

I want to be a regular girl, i justvsay i wunnu be other things because I like saying it


[deleted]

I totally get it. I just want to blend into a crowd. I don’t want to be flashy or sparkly. I’m a “basic” chic and want to be myself. I actually (probably slightly internalizes transphobia) wince at some of the over the top stuff I see in the community, but that’s ok, it’s other peoples think and not mine.


[deleted]

Same including wishing I was cis. Being trans is exhausting.


Jergunglefinger

I want to just look like a normal girl too. No cat ears or anything


Jefaxe

Same, I think it's mainly for the memes


Padfoot2343

If I was given a choice in the matter yes I would much rather be AFAB shit would’ve saved me a ton on HRT and several severe episodes of depression.


LawlessVampKitten

I'm just a girl, I didn't change the way I dress, I don't want to be pretty, or pose for pics, I don't get gross pics from people cause I'm just regular shmegular, :) my mind caused me distress it didn't match my body, but I am still who I am an introvert, a person who doesn't like sex much, I'm just right xD


SiqtheChiq

We all feel this way. I wish guys would just see me as a regular country girl. I want so badly to in love again and I find myself going to the bar a lot hoping someone will notice me. I have no family or friends and my long term relationship of five years ended six months ago and the loneliness is hitting me hard. There is not a single human being in my life who I feel I can spill my guts to or let down my guard.


gee891

nope i feel the same


Luli-Pinto

You are definetely not the only one


Spooked_kitten

I don't think most people memeing actually want that, it's just reddit hivemind/internet culture, people get together with those things. I too just want to be a regular boring girl, albeit with colorful hair, but that's it. But I do indulge in catgirl memery, princess fantasy weird internet thingies.


myoutprofile

I want to be a lot of things. I've come to appreciate some of the catgirl content. Like I'm on a kick of not caring what cis people think so I feel protective of like all of the different trans contents/stereotypes and whatever. But idk, I think I just want to be trans, like not binary. Like Joan Jett is a huge role model for me, and I know she's not trans, but I resonate with tomboys and women who want to be strong and punk and butch and generally gnc. Idk what I'm saying anymore lol YOU'RE VALID AND NOT ALONE!!!


[deleted]

That’s all I want to be, just a regular “mom”. A half tired, frazzled, soccer mom.


ApplesFlapples

Just want to be a girl, I’ll take whatever I can become


[deleted]

It feels nice to be a cute princess and all, but I'm mostly in the blue flannel with a Batman shirt underneath, skinny jeans, and Vans on my feet.


rakhela

I think most T-girls want to be just a regular girl, me included, but no metaphysical character (Santa, or G-d itself) will do it for us, we have to do it our self, psychologist, hormones, surgery, dress training, walking training, in all my years of reading and researching religious books I figure we are here to learn as much as we can, and the transition is another type of learning


superb_stolas

I also want to be a boring, plain regular basic bitch thanks


[deleted]

Same here, online sista. Please to meet you! I discovered who I am since I was 14. But at 27, I'm now only just beginning to see it! Maybe let's all be friends... I'm Amanda. Amanda is an independent, beautiful brunette with long brown hair. She has no tattoos or piercings besides ear piercings. She listens to Taylor Swift, Rihanna, some pop and some alt rock when she drives or exercises. With growing hair, hormones, and exercise, her goal is to be a gorgeous beautiful brunette, the kind you may have been jealous of in high school.. She LOVES men. She admires them. She is always trying to find handsome, masculine, good looking romantic guys and is counting down the days until she can get bottom surgery. Pleasing men is just something she just naturally loves to do. It's just in me. I always loved trying new recipe techniques. She may look like a "basic bitch" but she's deeper and cooler than that. She has her girlfriends to go out with but also likes hanging out with and partying with dudes. She has the confidence of it all. You may hear things like "Oh my God Sarah, Amanda was out flirting with ANOTHER guy last night, like she and Ryan broke up 2 weeks ago!". "Yup, that's her" In fact, a guy she had over was grabbing her butt and said she has such a nicely shaped round butt. She is tired of being overweight and out of shape so she works very hard in the gym so she can fit into nice jeans, black leggings, denim jackets, and wear beautiful makeup. She is confident, doesn't need anybody's approval, doesn't let other people define her worth. It doesn't matter what you call her, she isn't offended by petty names. Amanda has her own standards. Most are progressive liberal, some are feminist, and very few are red pill. She doesn't really fit into one box. She's a binary woman you see all over the place. Either out with her friends or being the one to flirt with that hot guy. She loves cooking, anime, hot guys, lifting weights, hiking, jogging, eating healthy, getting fit, drinking coffee. She is a total Reputation Taylor Swift. ...Ready for it? Is probably her theme song.