[ WP ] Every 2 years , everybody switches genders .

I stared down at it. The unthinkable had happened. But what else should I have expected. I knew it would likely happen one day. I just didn ’ t think it would be me. 
 
 I slipped on my dress and prepared to meet my husband for dinner. Tonight was our date night. I stared at myself in the mirror, making sure everything looked right, then walked out to the living room where he took my hand and escorted me to our car. 
 
 As we were sat to eat, I looked around. The world was in an odd cycle right now. Some people had adjusted better than others, that was for sure. But it pretty much gets on everyone ’ s nerves when your gender, or I should say your sex, switches every two years along with everyone else. 
 
 As we waited for the server, I reflected on everything that had led us here. I still remember when it all began about a decade ago. I was taking a bath, minding my own business, waiting for my wife to return home. The bath was so nice, so warm, and it really soothed my aching muscles. But then all the aches disappeared, replaced by a numb feeling that had spread throughout my body. I found myself slowly sitting back, relaxing, as pleasant sensations ran through my body, sort of like when you taste something really good. 
 
 Before I knew it, my chest felt weird. Lets just say that I got a large surprise when I finally looked down. The tingling had stopped across my upper body, but it was still happening below my chest. I could feel it on my belly, slowly starting to subside. I wanted to scream, or freak out, but an odd calm had taken hold of me, and I merely laid back and let the sensations fully take grasp of my body until they disappeared, my male body with it. 
 
 When my wife returned a few minutes later as my husband, lets say I got an even bigger shock. She was quite handsome. We later found out that some people have their orientation and genders changed too, not just their sex. Apparently, when I changed, I became a full fledged hetero, girly woman. The same happened with my wife, except she became a full fledged, hetero man. 
 
 I snap back to reality as he reaches his hand across the table and takes mine. It still feels weird, after all these years, for his much larger hands to grasp my tiny and dainty ones. 
 
 And suddenly I can take it no more. I ’ ve been having a hard time keeping it in. I was always terrified of this day, but now that it was here, I ’ m not sure why I was so scared. It ’ s kind of exciting actually. 
 
 “ I ’ m pregnant, ” I blurt out. He simply smiles back at me. 
 
 “ Whew, ” he said. “ I know I was the one born female, but screw that, you can do that part for us. ” 
 
 But in all my excitement I forgot that tonight was the night. It was the night everyone switched. The tingling took over my body, as it did with everyone else ’ s body. But I couldn ’ t be a man again. Not right now at least. What would happen to the baby? But no matter how hard I tried, the tingling sensation overcame me. I would be a man again in a matter of seconds. 
 
 When the tingling sensation left, I started to cry. Really, really cry at the loss of my baby. A tiny hand with long finger nails stretched across the table and wiped away a tear. I looked over at my wife, who was still smiling. And when I looked down at myself, I saw why. I was still female. Everyone else had changed. But I hadn ’ t. And, as I ’ d find out later, I never would again. 
 
 I may have kept my baby, which was great, but my wife and I couldn ’ t handle two year periods of us both being women. We simply weren ’ t attracted to women as women. And so we split, agreeing to remain friends. But as I hold my baby, I cry over her. How can I ever regret my decision? I gained my baby girl here, but lost my wife. 

