My kids are homeschooled but occasionally take classes at a homeschool co-op. One of the women there is one I was best friends with in Junior High. The other is another parent who my ex and I used to hang out with occasionally and our kids played with their kids.
Anyway, I filled out the paperwork and put my name (Jay) in the slot for parent, and my email which is my name. We get up to the registration desk and there is one of them behind the desk (the ex's friend). Here I am with male haircut looking like a hot male, LOL. She comments on the haircut and glances me over, then turns to the paperwork, where I've written Jay. Says nothing, but as we were finishing she gave me a good once over. It was loud and chaotic and I figured it wasn't the place to come out to her.
As we were leaving I ran into the other friend (junior high) and we chatted a bit.
I'm going to be seeing these ladies over the next several months on a weekly basis. I figured I should come out to them. So I fired them off an e-mail when I got home. I didn't want to have to be called *female name* by them on a weekly basis, and my legal name change will be final in 2 weeks. So...
Not sure if email was the proper way to come out but when classes start there are tons of people there and probably not the time to come out. This way they know what's up with me and if they want to ask or talk about it I'm fine with it.
My daughter was concerned about what to tell her friends about me; like if they ask, is that your mom? what should I say? I said yeah, you can tell them mom if you want, or oh that's just Jay, or whatever. She doesn't want to have to explain me (she's 14).
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