Yesterday, I found myself in a place that is becoming increasingly familiar as I move into month 9 of the real-life experience part of my transition: I was simultaneously creeped out and yet strangely elated.
While walking from the bus station to a place about a quarter mile away to meet a friend, I got followed around by this really insistent cab driver (one of those owner/operator deals) who kept offering me a free ride and insisting that I memorize his number.
Of course, I wasn't going to get into a no-name taxi with a guy who insisted driving slowly alongside me as I walked down the sidewalk. I was close to calling the cops at one point, and I was definitely on my guard.
But over all, the experience actually left me with a huge boost of confidence because this means that I was not just being read as a woman, but as a somewhat attractive woman.
And now I have to re-assess all these guys that turn and look at me when I walk down the street. I thought they were reading me at first but maybe they were checking me out after all.
Anyone else have something similar happen to them, where you met a creepy guy whose actions let them know in no uncertain terms that you were definitely shaping up to be a pretty woman and you actually came out of the experience thinking "wow, I am THERE!" on top of an understandable creeped-out feeling?