Finding space and/or people where your gender expression is accepted can feel awesome, like a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22pink+fog%22+OR+%22blue+fog%22+gender+OR+transgender">dream come true</a>.

<p>Unfortunately, if you're not careful, it can also turn into a <a href="http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2005/10/18/typical-yes/">particularly nasty form of escapism</a>.  Or you can end up <a href="http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106619">using it to avoid intimacy</a>.

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<li>definitions of "pink fog"/"blue fog"
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    <li><a href="http://fantasiafair.org/Workshop_Descriptions.aspx#187">Trankila</a>
    <li><a href="http://www.yvonnesplace.net/yvonne/pinkfog.htm">Yvonne's Place</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122158">tips for avoiding the pink fog</a>
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    <li>Unless you're ready to be full-time, remember that the other half of you has real needs too.  If that's the half that makes money, then its needs are more important.
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    <li>Don't be so self-centered.  (I don't mean that in a "all women are narcissistic" way) While it's awesome that you're finally able to explore a part of yourself that you've ignored your whole life, your other relationships absolutely still need nurturing.  When you have time to spend with others, make them a priority, since you always have plenty of time to explore yourself.
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