Hey all! My name is James and here's the deal:
Ok, so... I'm kind of new to this forum. Well, I should say that I am more of a long time reader, first time post. Over the past month and a half, I have slowly started coming out to my friends as FTM. I told my new girlfriend about me before we even started dating. I wanted to make sure that she could handle it before we started anything serious. You see Jen and I have been crazy about each other since high school (that's about four years total) We dated once, but somethings happened and she ended the relationship (long story short - she wasn't ready to admit she was gay... or into women I should say). Anyway, we're back together now and I'm absolutly nuts about her. The thing is I don't think she really takes my gender seriously. Our best friend meg does and so does Sammy, but Jen still seems to be struggling with it. I talked to her about it one day last week and she said that she didn't really understand it. So, I took the time to explain it too her and answered any questions I could. I tried to make it simple for her to understand. So, I used the example of someone coming up to me in a store, tapping me on the shoulder and saying "Sir, can you hand that too me?" I told her that I would be more comfortable with someone saying that to me because I'd feel like they were seeing me. Rather than if someone came up to me and was like "ma'am can you pass me that?" Thing was the next day, after explaining this all to her, She sent me a text message that said "yes ma'am" lol epic fail... So, my question is: Does anyone have any suggestions for me to make this a little easier to talk to her about or to get my point across to her? Without sounding like a total jackass.
