Quote from: Steph2.0 on February 21, 2018, 07:09:29 AM
I'm back at my primary doctor's office this morning for some lab tests. One of the things I planned to talk to them about is the way my name is listed in their records: Stephanie (Steve). Before I got to that the nurse came out to call a group into the lab waiting room. I heard "Steve?" Oh crap, now what? "Steve??" At that point I decided, nope, that's not my name. She called one more time, then paused and said, "OK... Stephanie?"
"Oh, that's me!"
I got up grinning and a lady facing me smiled up and said, "You don't look like a Steve!"
"I know! We need to get that fixed!"
Heh heh...
...and the adventure continued. We were seated on folding chairs in the lab waiting room (you can sit here in the waiting room or you can wait here in the sitting room...) and the other lady in the room started bantering about these seats were so much more uncomfortable than the ones out front, and we chatted for a while. The nurse called me out into the hall and whispered, "do you want to be called Steve or Stephanie?" Stephanie for sure, we need to get rid of that "Steve" stuff.
When she called me in for the blood draw she asked, "You used to come here before, right? How long ago did you make this change? Your hair used to be short." Considering that my hair is about 14 inches from the nape of my neck, it would have had to have been a long time for it to grow that long. I assured her that my hair has been long ever since they've known me. It was just tied back. I then ended up being educator. She had all kinds of questions about transitioning, and I answered them all honestly, including, "Are you happy now?"
Big smile. "Oh, yes."
A few more questions... and suddenly something changed. I imagined an almost audible "click." And she was off confiding in me about her boyfriend, how he made her knees melt, how handsome he was... She dug out her phone and pulled up the picture of them together, "Look at that smile! His teeth are so perfect!" I've got to say, he did nothing for me, but I don't lean that direction. Trying to think of something complimentary, I said, "Wow, look at you two together! Gorgeous!" She smiled happily.
Somewhere in there I stopped being Stephanie (Steve) to her, and became just Stephanie, somebody to share girl talk with. How very cool...
Stephanie