It may not have helped that when I returned from Thailand as 'me', following facial surgery and going full time femme, I met up with him and his mother.
He was 10 years old. He stood there looking me up and down, turned to his mother and said:
'She's more elegant and beautiful than you.'
Later though he started getting teased at school which is where the trouble started. I'm going slightly off topic here but it became a very 'uncomfortable' time for everyone involved.
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