A very interesting thread. When I transitioned the first time in mid 80's my next door neighbour , a really nice young woman aged 29 - A marketing Manager with a Software company and I became great friends and she invited me out to dinner one evening with a group of her gorl friends (5) so making me the sixth member. The thing here though was that she had told them I was trans, but that I was living full time, was on HRT and had been working by them for about 5 months as a woman. Naturally they were very curious and a lot of that first diner at a local wine bar and then our at aother of the groups houses was about me, what was it like, how was I finding transitioning, what was good, what was difficult etc etc.
But after that evening my girlfriend next for neighbour drover us both home, she said that when I was jun the toilet, all the girls said they wanted me to be part of the regular group. They met once a month as they just thought I would be great to have around and felt that they could also help me. From that moment onwards I was Judith one of the group. Theuy treated me from then on just as any other woman, although once discussing one pot the girls periods, Katie said well at least Judy yopu don't have to go thru that and they all giggled when I said no not the bleeding, but that I do seem a to get symptoms of PMS which reminds me then I need to be on my Progesterone cycle. It was just normal conversations, but as I think Aleah said how you interact with other women is quite fundamentally different as a Transwoman and somethings that you have to lean. As Magggie (my girlfriend) said - until they get to know try to be quite submissive. They will then be more relaxed with you in their coterie. It was tvery true. I only stopped going when Maggie moved to San Jose with her job from Buckinghamshire we we both lived.
