CONGRATS to your hub <3 And this piece is BEAUTIFUL and well written. You've got a Follower in me!

I'm forty-two and in month three of taking T. I, too, and trying to track daily changes. The only thing I've noticed physically is my mezzo-soprano has dropped to plain ol' soprano, lol. And guy-stink, which is truly gnarly. That pH balance is NO JOKE, and I'm wearing Old Spice "Swagger," or original Speed Stick, now works better than the "Lady" version of ... whatever was competitively priced. The emotional changes are MUCH more trackable. I'm calmer and happier, just like your hub. I feel settled, in some way I can't fully described. I have some mood swings but overall, I'm FAR LESS rage-y than I was in February ... let alone this time in 2021. I expected testosterone rages--and it might happen at some point, when doc ups my dose--but so far, I haven't had a major rage since the month before I started taking it. And I'm just not as angry at EVERYTHING. Still am angry, or outraged, about MANY things ... but they're issues related to societal and ethic problems, not "IT'S NOT A CAVE TROLL OPENING THE BLACK GATE OF MORDOR, IT'S A REGULAR-DAMNED-TROLL!"

(My imagination can also be juvenile sometimes.)

Though, the one thing that does bother me still and MORE ... is getting misgendered. At this point, I'm still identifying as a-gender, but I AM also trans-masc. And I feel SO MUCH better about who I am and how I present, even if that hasn't yet changed much, that being misgendered feels kind of worse, now. Probably because I'm taking concrete steps to address one of my oldest-running dissatisfactions and the world isn't getting with the new paradigm as quickly as I'd like. But, hey. It's still STEPS. And I can feel them, which is what matters most. After forty-plus years, I'm going where I've always needed to be. So ... I can hold on to some patience while the world catches up. Hopefully, quickly.

Anyway ... you seem AMAZING and supportive. Your hub is a lucky man. No jerk-ass in a grocery store can mar that. And they're likely jealous that they will likely never have the example of acceptance, support, and celebration you and hubs are living. CHEERS, to you both!