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Meredith, one of my other hamsters || Trans Megathread from May 12th, 2025 to May 18th, 2025

Hi! I've been extremely tired this week and nearly forgot that I was hosting one so I'm writing this last minute! I couldn't think of anything so I'm going to write about one of my hamsters who is not Biggs; Meredith

Meredith was another hamster of mine from a few years ago during the early days of COVID, and she was the absolute sweetest little creature I had ever met. Very friendly, very gentle. She loved exploring anywhere I put her into and never bit me okay she did once ever. She was an absolute sweetheart and bundle of love and was with me during some of the rougher parts of my life

She unfortunately died very suddenly out of the blue one day at a terribly young age showing no symptoms of anything wrong with her prior, which breaks my heart to this very day

I never had her as long as any other hamster of mine but I don't think I had any other hamster touch my heart in quite the same way. I miss you, girl

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  • hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i'll add you to the list!

    the list as it stands:

     
            SadArtemis* (5/19 - 5/25)
    yewler* (5/26 - 6/1)
    AshenWolf* (6/2 - 6/8)
    PeeNutButtHer (6/9 - 6/15)
    oscardejarjayes* (6/16 - 6/22)
    GayTuckerCarlson* (6/23 - 6/29)
    Eco* (6/30 - 7/6)
    Disaster_of_Passion (7/7 - 7/13)
    peanutbuttercupola* (7/14 - 7/20)
    BountifulEggnog* (7/21 - 7/27)

    ​ * after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters

  • I got ma'am-ed in public for the first time ever, by someone selling me noodles.

    Ma'am/sir is somewhat less common in Australia, but still present.

    I was wearing high waisted baggy jeans, converse high tops and a light sweater over a padded sports bra. Long hair in a messy pony tail. I have pretty good breast growth for only 3-4 mths HRT.

    Honestly it kind of stunlocked me in a good way.

  • got a new haircut and we're kinda back?? it came out shorter than I expected but it actually feels more feminine this way. And my hair is definitely less ratty now

  • Don't know if it's a me thing or whatever but whenever I hang out with friends I feel a little high afterwards, prob dumb seeing social interaction like this but yeah it makes me happy since I don't do it often enough.

  • When random people I don’t know well bring up trans rights stuff while talking to me I’m always a bit suspicious that they clocked me and that that’s why they brought it up.

  • I was leaving the bathroom as some guy was going in and he had to go back out to double check that he was in the men's bathroom lol

    • Reminds me of this time I was going to the restroom, and there was this old white dude behind me going there, too. I was thinking that he was just going to wait his turn and go in after I left, but when we got to the bathroom doors, he just tries to go into the men's restroom first, and I let him. I wait outside for him to get out, and he sees me standing there and says, "Oh, you were trying to use the men's restroom?" with a pretty baffled face and tone. And I just responded with a masculine voice and said, "Yeah..."

      What gets me is that this was much earlier on in my transition.

      On this note, fuck these gendered single-person restrooms especially.

  • Mfw I'm somehow getting gender euphoria from a damn pen. It's not even anything femme it's literally just a nice simple pen that feels great when writing and twirling. Why is my brain like this.

  • Finally a good day 😒haven't happy cried in a long time and have been off and on all day. Mostly about telling my friend but also reconnected with one of my online friends and played some CS/the finals and it was a really good time. idk today has been a good one.

  • dipshit customer: "hey how come you're the only one here wearing the mask?"

    the answer i should have given: "the same reason you're wearing sunglasses indoors"

    the answer i actually gave: "personal choice"

    the REAL answer: "i'm a trans woman and didn't bother shaving today"

  • I would like to announce that last month my egg may* have possibly cracked. Does anyone have any advice for experimenting with presenting fem when in a very masculine coded & non LGBT friendly field? (HVAC)

    *I say may because I'm not sure what to do about these feelings or whether they make me trans or not. This describes my experience pretty accurately

    I've also changed my mind on the button thought experiment, for most of my life I would decide to push it just to try out having a female body for little while but keep the opportunity to change back if I didn't like it. But now I think I would want to push it even if the changes were permanent.

    • Well, if you can find women's pants and shirts for your work that can be a small affirming thing and no one will be able to tell. If your hair is long enough you can try styling it sometimes at home. If you are alone/safe at home you can also just get whatever clothes you want to experiment with, preferably by thrifting so that it's cheap and you don't feel as bad if a piece doesn't look great (but I understand that can be stressful so if it's too much buying online is fine too)

  • It's that time again, goodbye for now comrades

    Be aware of your own enjoyment of the site.

    • If you find yourself no longer having fun, do something else. There are many different comms on Hexbear, and many different ways to shitpost and have fun.
    • If the site as a whole is just not cutting it for you, take a break. We'll still be here when you get back. Nothing should compel you to stay.

    https://hexbear.net/code_of_conduct

  • I just went to the knitting group I’ve joined for the first time today, and it’s been absolutely wonderful. The people there were so damn nice and didn’t care at all that I’m trans. They also gave me a lot of help, which I desperately needed, because I’m still a complete beginner, so I was very grateful for that. The only thing that I had to get used to was that everyone else was twice my age. There are younger people of course, but they couldn’t make it today.

    And today is also my 5th anniversary of starting HRT, which still boggles my mind how it’s already been half a decade. I know it shouldn’t surprise me that it feels a lot shorter than the 5 years I had to wait before I could finally start but it still does. Like, if you told me that it’s only been 2 years, I would fully believe you.

    The only thing that really annoys me though is that I’m completely overwhelmed by my emotions now. It’s like a tsunami composed of all kinds of emotions hitting me head-on. I wish there was some kind of switch that could turn them off, because I’m having a hard time calming down again.

  • After waking up my curls still look pretty nice. I’m really shocked at how effective hair gel is. Without it my hair would be such an utter mess by now, and I would always dread looking in a mirror because of dysphoria.

    I feel so pretty still.

    • She's been gel-pilled. On her well-kempt hair arc. Total haircare-cel

      • I use Estrogel for my E. So I’ve been one with the gel for a long time.

        Although, I should have realized a lot sooner that if gel is good for my boobies, it would also be good for my hair. Silly mistake.

      • We need to haircare-pill more transfems, I'm on my own haircare arc rn and even something as simple as adding a saltwater spray has big effects (provided your goal is adding volume and waviness to straight or wavy hair)

  • I’ve had 2 recent experiences where I felt like a gay guy was flirting with me and there’s no way that’s actually what was happening because I don’t really look like a guy yet. It does make me excited for the future though

  • An old person (like forgotten generation) after a long talk already asked what my progress badge meant and I explained it and they said they "didn't know why people were so hateful to you" and wished me luck.

    And it's so funny because they clearly didn't know what my specific deal was (a butch trans woman who mentioned a female partner). And I didn't explain and they didn't push it like a boomer might have.

    Perfect way to act. I don't understand and I don't care it's fine.

  • Turns out I'm actually a very expressive person. Been having so many online meetings at work and the amount of times I just smile or have some visible reaction to people is really cute I think. Maybe even starting to actually like my smile after years of hating it.

  • I'm like 4 years too late to the party with this game but there's this one little detail about Hades that I noticed and absolutely adore and need to talk about for a second?

    almost every character has a unique thing they refer to Zagreus as. "Prince Zed/Your Highness. Lad. Boy. Little Hades. Nephew. Grandson. My Kin. My Little Godling. Cousin. My Son. My Child. Zag/Man. Stranger. Hon. Boyo. All of those are from different characters and it gives the game so much life that half the cast has a unique thing they refer to Zagreus, the player character as and it's just... MMMM. peak writing

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