What was the funniest, ot most unexpected reaction when you came out?

[Tysilio]

Her response:  Is that all?   I was afraid you were going to be unable to help with the grant program.   

I love this!

There's a joke in there somewhere that's pretty much the opposite of "Apart from that, Mrs. Kennedy..."

[KylieW]

Some of my favorites while slowly coming out to friends have been,

"If you grow bigger boobs than me, I'll kill you." (Female)

"Just make sure you marry a rich man to spoil your ass." (Female)

"I still won't want to see you naked." XD (Male)

"I know the perfect dress for you!" (Female) And she was right, I absolutely love it. XD I just need the ~170 bucks to buy it.

"Oh god, are we going to have to watch chickflicks together now?" (Male)



As I slowly come out to more and more people I realize how accepting most people are. I've only had one or two adverse reactions and only one person say they didn't care at all. I just hope my family reacts in a similar way...

[RoseH]

My grandparents were the best.
They (along with my parents) visited me while I was living abroad and I was terrified to tell them. Plus I was on the verge of a break up. I was 20 y/o at the time.
When I told them I needed to live as a girl they both said simultaneously 'We know'.
Full support ever since, even if they forget the pronouns now and then 

[RoseH]

When I told a couple of people they thought I was a girl who was transitioning to male. I took it as a compliment that they thought I already looked fem enough that I was born that way.

Haha, I had the same reaction from men on a chatting/dating site. It is a great compliment 

[Swayallday]

You can be my bridesmaid 

[Yenneffer]

Exact same thing

[rachel89]

When a friend seemed unable to crack s joke about bring transgender. This is especially funny because he loves the Rocky Horror Picture show and usually loves telling sick jokes.

[FreyasRedemption]

The reactions of the people I have told (in chronological order):
The one person I could trust with my coming out: Shocked silence for almost a minute.
The school psychologist: "I figured that out already. I was just waiting for you to say it."
Mother: "OK."
A teacher I was in good terms with: "It's perfectly fine with me, just don't run off crying in the middle of a school day so damn often."
Another teacher: "(Before I tell her) As long as you haven't killed anyone, anything is fine with me. (I tell her) Including that."
Father: "This is a really big thing. I'm glad that you told me. Now, we won't tell your step-mom, won't we? And we're still going to see that war movie, right?"

[Yenneffer]

My grandad said don't you think your walking around with me with breasts.my support worker said your full of surprises.my friend said don't hit on me lol.my mom said I knew I was a girl when she had me .another friend said I don't know who you are I loved that one

[Destiny Marie]

I when I told my superintendent the only thing he asked was "Will you still be able to do your job? Because the rest of it we can deal with as it happens." He is my #1 hero, he even took it to his upper management and had them write up policies more my protection and well being.

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[Jayne]

I've got several funny reactions

My mums response was "you're old enough to choose how to live your life.... Ooh doesn't the dog look cute"

I told one friend as he was drinking his beer and about half of the pint came out of his nose, I choose my timing with a bit more care nowdays.

Whilst in hospital last year I was in a private room, dr's & nurses would enter the room, pause, say sorry for entering the wrong room and leave. Then I'd start a slow countdown from 10, as I reached 2 or 1 they'd poke their head around the door to ask if I was Jayne, I almost felt sorry for them

[Venom]

From my eldest sister:

"I always used to think of you as a guy anyway, but I didn't tell you because I thought you'd be offended."

Seems like everyone in my family knew, except for me. I'm glad I didn't miss the memo entirely, even if it took me until I was almost twenty-two to realise.

[Kaydee]

  It took you only 22 years.  That is much quicker than some of us.   

My sister responded:  This way I get the sister I always wanted without losing the older brother I always loved.

[Pizzaparty78]

I have 2 internet friends who assumed I was a cis guy, as I told them I was, but when some of my other friends started accidentally saying "she" when talking about me online, they become suspicious. I finally decided to tell them last summer that I was born female, they couldnt believe me. "I knew your voice was high for a dude but there is no way you're a girl". "I need some sort of proof, I need to see like some medical record or something" haha it was so awesome that they were accepting and completely knew me as a guy. I had to show them a childhood picture of me with a caption from my sister saying directly I was her 'sister'. It was my first experience with being treated as a guy, and they still do, they tell me that they can never imagine me being a girl . What's awesome is that they back me up on everything when people question my gender online because of my voice too. "I'm just a late bloomer"

[Cheska]

"As long as your boobs aren't bigger than mine".

[Promethea]

Yes, I did have to think about it for a moment -- what came out was pretty much my regular illegible signature, but shorter and with the new initials. (If it works, don't fix it? )

That's how I do my new signature too! In my case I just have to change the first initial a bit to turn it into a P.

Some people I met after transitioning, when told about me being trans, also asked if I was going from female to male. I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or what...

But the funniest I recall right now is from my sisters son and daughter. I transitioned in a different country, and told my parents first via email. They told my sister. When she wrote to me expressing her support she said she had told the kids, and they spent the whole afternoon repeating "auntie Promethea" to remember it and make sure they don't misgender me.

[StrykerXIII]

Hands-down, the best reaction came from the woman who would soon become my bestie. Initially, she thought my facebook account had been hacked by someone with a seriously weird sense of humour. When she realized it was me, and that I wasn't joking, she immediately told me I had to make a trip back to my home town at some point so that we could go shopping, get makeovers, and swap fashion advice.