I'm on a trip to Boston currently, and got really excited when I was accepted as female, no double takes and didn't appear to be the "trying to be kind" gendering. I was even told I was pretty.
Up til this point I haven't had a lot of time one on one with people I knew pre-transition, and part of me felt that I didn't pass 100% or "looked pretty..for a trans but still clockable"
I have bad eye issues, and the trip was medical related. I was here last year presenting as male for two weeks. Allot of the same staff at the doctors office and no one recognized me (name was legally changed). Got a lot of "nice to meet you's" from staff that I had spent many days with constantly. Very surreal. But so amazing!
It's times like these, the ability to interact with others in the correct gender. I knew that at some point I would be cultivating new relationships with people that will only know me as Brooke, but still wasn't quite prepared for the experience- always felt it was in the realm of fantasy.
I was quite shocked that I was not recognized. Anyone else have that? And how do you handle it? Do you tell them you've met before or start fresh?
In any case it's felt like a Huuuge landmark and has put my second guessing about passing to rest.
Times like these where the pains of transitioning are totally worth the effort!
Hugs,
Brooke
