My wife and I hosted a surprise birthday party for her mother saturday. She cooked all day for it (I was banned from the kitchen, lol)... pasta, meatballs, sausage, rolls, salads... and it turned out GREAT.
But it was just SO wonderful to see nearly her entire family all at once... 18 people at one point crammed into our one-bedroom condo, ages 1 year through 70, lol. But it was a lot of fun, everyone was so happy to see one another and catch up. And it was especially nice for her mother to see everyone like that, from great-grandkids on up.
And I made a new friend! Her niece's boyfriend, whom I'd met only briefly before. We sat around all night and talked about everything imaginable, *including* religion and politics, lol. That was fun, being able to just be me with someone who apparently doesn't give a darn that I'm trans. What was nice was we didn't talk about TSism at all... until he was literally leaving, when he gave me a hug and commented something like,
"You should never have waited so long to do this. No one should have to suffer living in the wrong body like you did. You're very courageous!"AND, a neighbor I've always wanted to get to know dropped in. Turns out he's a super-nice guy! I just told him about Kate a few days ago, so that was so cool. A friend of his came by too, and he just introduced me as Kate without any weirdness and awkwardness.
I wish *I* could view all this as casually as everyone else seems to, lol.
Anyways, it was a great day!
But I'll be working off the weight I gained for a month now...
Oh, and I got a very pretty blouse as an anniversary gift from my wife's sister too
~Kate~
