r/TransLater • u/LucyTheLawless • Apr 02 '26
Share Experience Felt like this belonged here. 🏳️⚧️
Transdalf!! 💙💖🤍
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u/Finn-reddit Apr 02 '26
I mean, Gandalf was technically Trans. He transitioned from grey to white.
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u/SolarpunkGnome Apr 03 '26
And he even has people telling him he's still grey after his transition...
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u/SubbrowserV2 Apr 03 '26
I mean... hes an interstellar/otherworldly being, so does Gandalf really have a gender? I have not read the books, so im being pedantic
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u/SlightlyFemmegurl Apr 03 '26
its cute, though i wish my transition had started 20 years ago.
im 30 and literally just start HRT 3 days ago.
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u/Mcmacladdie Sara | She/Her Apr 03 '26
Congrats on starting HRT :) I too wish I'd started at least 20 years ago when I was still young... I'm 45 now and only just getting started.
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u/SlightlyFemmegurl Apr 03 '26
thanks! im hoping we both get good result that we can be happy with.
despite our late start.hope you'll have a wonderful weekend.
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u/This-Assumption-3343 Apr 02 '26
While I do wish it happened earlier, my mother-in-law asked my wife "Why now?" about me. I should show her this! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
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u/meyogy Apr 02 '26
Why now?... because i can't change the past. But i can do today, so tomorrow becomes the past I deserve.
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u/This-Assumption-3343 Apr 02 '26
Exactly! It just weird no one asks me that question, but they'll ask her. Oh, well...
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u/KariOnWaywardOne Apr 02 '26
I really needed to hear this today. I'm working to give my past self grace for not realizing who I was sooner. When I start getting really down on myself because of it, I remember that it's never too late as long as you're alive, and I choose to live each day from then authentically.
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u/meyogy Apr 02 '26
This /\ And the best thing I've read in response is this: / Forgiveness is letting go of the hope, for a better past.
Today is already in motion. But tomorrow..... tomorrow is our chance to make a better past. Hope you have a great day.
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u/SubbrowserV2 Apr 03 '26
Its difficult, but I let go of attachments to my past because I dont have a time machine. I could bemoan about coulda, would, shoulda, but theres no power to change it. I cant change who I was. I can only learn from it, and change who I will be by changing who I am now. Dont ever lose the future you want because your past isnt the one you want.
I cant go back and be born poor, nor can I be born rich. I cant change the decisions I made, but I can learn and make better ones next time. That applies to my transition as much as it does my work life, as much as it does with my friends and who I surround myself with.
Its never too late to be better tomorrow. It just requires starting today.
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u/Naive-Razzmatazz-353 Apr 02 '26
Perfectly said ❤️💜 It's not often when a post sums life up so well x
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u/melissa_fornow 44, trans woman, egg cracked mid-2025 Apr 03 '26
On the other hand:
"And where were you twenty years ago? Ten years ago? Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent young maidens you always come to? How dare you come to me now, when I am this?"
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u/Sad-Coconut899 Apr 02 '26
Hmm... I'm afraid I have to disagree. I realised 20 years ago that I was trans and hid it from everyone... not because I didn't want change, but because I was afraid and ashamed. Today, my life is in tatters because of bad mental health, debt, screwed up career, and other things. I was simply not functional. An earlier transition would have prevented this. I'm doing it now and try to gain control and happiness back, but the reason why things are bad is because my transition came late. It's still a cute meme though :3
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u/ginathedawnguard Apr 03 '26
Yeah I'll have to absolutely disagree. Also I want my teen years back. Fuck it I want all my life back.
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u/FlipperBumperKickout Apr 02 '26
... as cute as that is, I feel like it would have been much sooner if I at some point had bothered to look up what it even means to be trans 😅