Well, in the last couple of weeks, we have brought more people into the circle. My wife told two of her closest female friends and I told one of my oldest friends. The latter is a friendship that goes back to when we were teenagers. All of have generally positive. Shocked at the news, of course, but supportive. My friend I think is having the hardest time wrapping his brain around it. He seemed to be thinking about it more like a nose job. A cosmetic change, in other words. Took several emails back and forth to get him to see it as more than that. He is still having a hard time thinking about what constituted my old identity and what was Melody. Can't blame him as sometimes I have trouble with that myself!
Also, my youngest sister, the only one in my family I have told, ended up telling my sister who is one year younger than me. My family knows I have something brewing and they were starting to concoct some crazy ideas, so my youngest sister thought she might nip it in the bud. Supportive reaction there too, but I don't think this will be secret much longer from the rest.
