Correctly gendered while dressed in drag!

Well today on the way to work I had to go to the refuse tip to get rid of some bags of rubbish.
As you know I am not full time yet as work don’t know so I was dressed in shirt and tie, with my ever growing hair brushed back to look as masculine as possible.
I drove in and there was a lot of building work going on there so I was unsure where to go. So I wound down the window and the man said “Hello Love”. I was speechless. Here was I dressed n a shirt and tie and he said that. I wondered if I had misheard! He then asked what I had to get rid of. After telling him he said “straight down there love”
Now I nearly burst out laughing. I drove down to where he said and was grateful for a wonderful start to the day.
After work I went to my Mums for a quick change and a bit of dinner. It also allowed me to give my father’s day gifts to my Dad as he spent yesterday playing golf. We shared a hug and he thanked me for his aftershave and chocolates.
Then off to do our practice counselling exam at university.
Our groups of 3 were picked randomly and I was in a group with a lovely woman and a young man. We were examined on the counselling content for a 10 minute session. We all had to play the role of counsellor, client and observer.
Each of us had selected a real area that caused us some pain and indeed we all got rather emotional in the test. It made the whole thing seem so real.
We all passed. The comments and feedback from the tutor were constructive and I know where I need to improve, but we all did well. I was lucky to share the experience with these 2 people and we all had a hug afterwards! It really is amazing how bonding sharing true feelings can be.
I got home a little earlier than usual and sat in our conservatory with my wife and shared a glass of wine. I mentioned in my last blog that I had told the last member of either of our families that didn’t know about me. Well this was my wife’s brother who I am probably closest to in her family. He happens to be a GP and took the news well really. Turns out he has worked with a couple of patients who have been through this.
But obviously this is different as my wife is his sister. I suggested to him he may want to call my wife and it seems he did today. They had quite a long chat and he was quite supportive to her which is great. He mentioned to her when they talked that someone in his wife’s family some time ago that one of them had told him before that I look quite feminine. I was a little surprised although pleasantly so.
So maybe it is true that those closest to you don’t notice changes caused by growing your hair, electrolysis etc, but new acquaintances certainly do.