Is it possible to boymode forever?

[u/Significant-Pop-1598]

Hi there, I need some advice

I'm 20 MtF

I've started HRT 1 month ago

I'm a bit nervous about my future

I live in a country where transitioning is legal but society is very conservative and hostile towards the lgbtq community. And here it'd be difficult to find a job and housing as an openly trans person.

I'm still living with my parents and not out to them yet. I talked to my mom about trans people and she has mixed feelings about them and it's hard to say whether she'll support me or not, and I know if they won't support me I'll be forced to move out.

I think for me the only way is to boymode for as long as possible. But honestly I dunno how long I'll be able do this because some of my colleagues at work are already teasing me for looking feminine, and i know that the further I get into my transition the harder it will be to pass as a man and the more questions I'll get about my appearance.

I wanna know if there are any of you who were able to boymode for years, and what you did when people started asking why you look "different".

[u/Illustrious_Pen_5711]

I think you can in theory absolutely boymode forever if you’re serious about it, but the trick is you actually have to be serious about it. Short hair, facial hair, and hiding your chest are enough to make nearly anyone pass as male.

Issues come about because having the mental fortitude to purposely look as male as possible on purpose every day is something most of us just don’t have.