Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Relationships~Male To Female~Female To Female~My/Our Dilemma

Heeeeere's Cynthia!


Hello everyone,


I am sorry that it has taken me all this time to get back here with something actually worth saying, but, ever since divulging some of the things I have so far... well... I haven't had all that much to talk about. Actually that's not entirely true~but some things are very hard to talk about. Maybe this really isn't worth writing about~but I'm going to do it anyway~because this is important to me~even if to no one else... except maybe Halle...


...so Halle, I hope you can find something in here to comment about. I look forward to hearing from you, as I always do.


The past few months have been, to say the least, crazy. Lots of ups and downs. I have made mention of how accepting my wife has been of this whole transgender/transsexual thing I have thrust upon her. Well, it turns out she is both understanding/not understanding. Maybe 'understanding/not understanding' isn't the right phrase to use. More like 'accepting/not accepting', or maybe just plain uncomfortable because she doesn't know enough about this to be able to understand what is going on inside of me. I guess that does mean 'understanding/not understanding'. duh:)


I have tried to be as honest and up front and provide as much information for her as I can come up with. I think I may need to do a better job on the information part so that she/we can develop a better understanding together of who and what I really am, although... I'M SURE I know WHO and WHAT I am. I've known one thing for sure for almost six decades~regardless of the fact that I didn't know the technical aspects of it... and some buried memory... until the last few years... I AM A FEMALE!... albeit, impersonating a male.


Now~my wife has been somewhat aware of my predispositions ( although not technically ) as I have for most, if not all of our forty years of marriage, shown a propensity to wear some articles of women's clothing ( undies to be exact ). Still~with her witnessing this behavior of mine~I managed to keep her ( and myself ) in the dark as to just what was really going on in my head ( some hiding of the truth and of course denial ). I had no idea that there was a medical term for what I felt and who I believed I was. I just believed I was some kind of weirdo or freak who believed it was much more prudent and necessary to hide my feelings, sans the undies, and simply try to be what was expected of a male in my day. We're all great actors~aren't we? Well... up to a point that is. If you have been reading any of my writing, you might remember, from a prior post, that I did a very convincing job of burying my own feelings so deep, that even I forgot some of the things that happened in my past.


Now... I told you all of that so that I could tell you all of this... and to get to that part from which the title for this post is derived.


I think where things have become a bit sticky is... my wife says she doesn't know what her role or place is in our relationship now ( sounds pretty reasonable to me ), as she still sees me as a man~her husband. After all, that's the role I've been playing all these years. She has told me that she worries about me wanting to separate and go off and be with a man as that is what women usually want in a relationship.  I have tried very hard to erase her fears of my wanting to have anything at all to do with a man. Because I am still physically a male ( haven't transitioned ), my Christian beliefs will in no way allow me to enter into a homosexual relationship with a man. The only way I could ever be with a man would be if I was to transition fully to the woman I know that I am, and then, only if that is what my brain tells me my preference is at that point in time. For the record, my preference up till now, has been, and is, female. And I see absolutely nothing changing with said preference in the foreseeable future. Why? That's just the way it is. I have no further explanation.


Also for the record: My wife has expressed that she understands that I could never be happy again if I had to present as a male 100% of the time ( acceptance? I don't know... ). As things are right now, my wife says I can dress quasi female most of the time and every now and then present as male again just for her. I think this is about as good as I am going to get at this time and stage of our marriage as the alternative is not very appealing. Actually, I'm finding this arrangement to be mostly reasonable, as it allows me the opportunity to be my female self... most of the time... rather than the minority of the time... or not at all.


Also, for the record: We still have a fairly physical relationship... that is... we hug and kiss and hold hands all of the time.


But~ here is where the sticky gets even stickier. Here we go...


...If I believe myself to be a woman~and I do, of that there is no doubt~and I want to stay married to my wife~which I do, and again there is no doubt~am I now engaging in a lesbian ( homosexual ) relationship ( which my wife does not want )? Remember~I have not transitioned~so I do not have any physical female characteristics except for some superficial things like maybe my clothes, a little make-up perhaps, some mannerisms, or my hair, etc. The question now is~am I going against God's Word and my beliefs as a Christian and engaging in a lesbian/homosexual relationship after all? This is the sixty-four thousand dollar question! If anyone has any thoughts on this~please feel free to comment and help me out.


Right now I see myself as a woman who is~in this alien body called male~very much in love with and wanting to stay with my wife. Can this relationship be termed lesbian/homosexual on the basis of what is between my ears, and in my heart and soul? According to my research and my knowledge of the Bible, homosexuality is a sin punishable by stoning... at least in biblical days. Now this is my/our dilemma.


Now~If circumstances~that is, family, money, work, church... oh boy!... excuse me... oh girl!... ( and the list gets longer )~were different~I firmly believe that I would be giving some serious consideration to transitioning. Skip the serious consideration~you know it~I'm sure I'd opt for transitioning! But alas~not to be~not at this time. I would give my eye teeth to be oh so much younger and know what I know now. Wouldn't that be the case with a lot of us?


I have also told my wife, very emphatically, that I don't believe I could ever live my life without her by my side. Not after forty years of marriage and a long and strong Christian lifestyle, and of course my undying love for her, which has had its' own way of developing the kind of relationship we have. She is my world and more important to me than my own life. I would not hesitate to give up my life in her stead.


So~where does all of this lead? I wish I knew exactly~as again, this is my/our dilemma.


Halle, I now feel pretty sure I have the answer that I know Is correct for my situation, and mine only ( Biblically speaking ). My belief that the Bible is the inerrant, infallible, everlasting Word of God ( and what I live by ) is making the answer very clear to me, but I certainly can't speak for anyone else. 


I wish I could provide more answers on this subject, as I'm sure there are more girls out there with the same or similar questions that need answering. Any of you Bible scholars out there are more than welcome... and I do mean welcome... to comment here about this and anything pertaining to this. Just be sure to give the Bible references for your comments pertaining to what the Bible actually says. I look forward to hearing from all of you and researching those answers!


Hugs to one and all.


Cynthia




















8 comments:

  1. Genesis 1:27
    New International Version (NIV)
    27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
 male and female he created them.

    You and I both know how powerful this truth is. God like us is male and female. Made in God's image, we are male and we are female.

    You love your wife with your whole heart; as a man and as a woman. Do not let labels like lesbian get in the way of that love.

    Do I need to tell you what John 13:34 teaches?

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  2. Cynthia,
    I have written you an email and tried to send it to your Yahoo email, but it was rejected. Can you give me an email address to send it to? Suzi:)

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  3. Hi Cynthia Jane. I just read Halle's response to your post ref; John 13:34 The command is to love one another and this is the truth but I think that verse is not referring to sexual love and it is one of the verses 'gay' people use as an argument for their cause (see http://rethinkingtheology.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/gay-theology-did-god-really-say-you-must-not/). I am not suggesting here that I consider you to be in a homosexual/lesbian relationship in the least. As you haven't transitioned physically you remain a man except for your deep rooted feelings of being a female. That part of you is the part which determines your gender, not your physical being. However I firmly believe that psychological feelings alone don't make you complete unless you act upon them by fully transitioning, by that I mean having the surgery. That is out of the question for you by your own admission so I think you existing relationship with your wife remains as it always has. Some may argue with what I am saying but I can only repeat what I believe.

    Shirley Anne x

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  4. Looks like my comment was deleted or lost

    Shirley Anne x

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    1. I am so sorry Shirley Anne, I have been so busy with work that I completely missed your reply.

      Thank you ever so much for your thoughts on this subject. I definitely believe that what you have said is the truer definition of John 13:34.

      I guess I will always feel like I am having a lesbian relationship with my wife, despite the fact that I am not, because I am still physically a male. Maybe this is the only way that I can remain in this relationship without offending God.

      Again, Shirley Anne, my apologies for being tardy.

      Hugs,

      Cynthia XX

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    2. No apology is necessary Cynthia, none at all. Love

      Shirley Anne xxx

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  5. Cynthia, it is my humble opinion that your goal should be to find and read what God has written in your heart after your own challenging life journey rather than in a collection of writings made by other humans then collected and edited by some rather misogynist humans at a questionable council at that.
    In the end, how you act will be determined by how you feel, not how I or anyone else tells you to.

    love to you,
    Halle

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    1. Thank you again Halle. For what it is worth, I and my wife try never to do anything without the council of the Lord. We have what I believe to be a pretty strong prayer life.

      As for just taking someone else's word for things that affect my/our lives... well... that just isn't so. We try to understand what the Lord is leading us to do. We listen to all the facts and information we can gather and base our decisions on these.

      I have said it before, I like all the input I can get. Yes, I do consider it all.

      Love back at you,

      Cynthia

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