I got a call at work...
"Multimedia Audio-Visual, Karen Speaking, how may I help you?", I said
"Uh, is [boy-name] there?"
oh-h-h-...
"I've taken his place. How may I help you?"
"Well, I really need to talk to [boy-name]"
"Uh, [boy-name] and Karen are one in the same person. I'm him, and she's me..."
(silence...)
"I'm transgendered..."
"This is Karl! Is that you, [boy-name]?"
(my turn to pause and be dumbfounded...)
"Oh, dang! I've been meaning to call you and give you the news, but it looks like I just outed myself to you!!", I said, laughing
Karl (not his real name) had been my commanding officer on active duty.
The upshot was I'm out to another old friend and have renewed the friendship. We caught up on old doings. I answered a bunch of his questions about TG/TS and why I'm doing this. He said he was very cool with it. I sent him the link to the posting on the Executive Officer looking at all the porn that I posted in this reply (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,12701.msg93742.html#msg93742), and he sent me this e-mail:
QuoteKaren, I do remember but it is like the defense attorney mentioning
something in a court trial and it is then fair game for the prosecutors to
"fully" investigate. And [executive officer] had to look and look and look...
I throughly enjoyed your web site. Extremely professional. I am so impressed
with advancing technology where you can link videos to the site. Back in the
day that was just not possible; or at least I had no no way of doing it.
I spent the fricking day trying to locate old telephone numbers for the
[old military unit] and finally decided that the unit no longer exists. I
finally looked in [my wife's] phone book and found an old number.
I really enjoyed talking with you and I want to continue. You and I have
always been friends and nothing will change that. We have so much history
together it would make no sense for anything in our lives to change our
friendship.
Karl
Now I have to find time to spend a couple hours on the phone, catching up ;)
Karen
Karen, you have terrific Karma! You've had some excellent reactions to your good news.
Cindi