Current Events > Two customers today asked if I was transgender.

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Which kinda surprises me, since up until now, I've never been asked that question. First was a guy that came up to the counter with some beer, and he was like, "I wanna ask you something, and I don't want to offend you or anything..." and while he was giving his whole warning, I was thinking, "Is he going to ask what I think he's gonna ask?" I mean, I had a feeling he was going to, but it still caught me off guard.

He was like, "Are you a transgender?" And I was like, "Well, kinda, sorta, yeah." I clarified, "I've been taking hormones actually, for a little over a year, off and on." And I explained to him how ridiculously expensive that stuff is for me, and I might have digressed a little, but I had no problem talking about this sort of thing with him. He asked if they were working well for me, and I told him about the limitations hormones have, and what you're born with means a lot more, but I was still going for it anyway. I was curious though, what made him ask in the first place, and he was like, "You have kind of a masculine build." But when I asked that, I was thinking more along the lines of, "I clearly am a guy, what made you think I was trying to be a girl?" Still, I'm not too surprised to hear someone say that about my appearance...

But while we were talking, he said that it was pretty cool, and respects it and all that. Then after he paid, he was giving me some final praise, telling me he congratulates me on doing this, and that it's not always easy, especially nowadays. I'm a pretty quiet person, and never have any idea what to say in any social situation since I lack any quick thinking or imagination, so I just told him thanks.

And then a few hours later, this older lady came in, and she was incredibly tired and exhausted, and seemed to think she recognized me. I figured she recognized me from the other places I had worked at, but she mistook me for someone else entirely. She thought I was someone from a thrift store that she knew, and she said, "He was transitioning, or going through a transition, just like you..." or something like that, and she asked if I was doing the same. I said I was, but I didn't talk that much about the subject with her, though.

Still though, that really surprises me. All of a sudden, twice in one day.

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Did the first guy wanna bang?
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The Admiral posted...

Well are you transgender?

Do you ever read the post before you respond? O_o
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kuwab0 posted...

Did the first guy wanna bang?

I highly doubt that. Not unless he's into guys.

Tryhaptaward posted...

holy blogfaqs

Everyone else can talk about stuff that happens in their life, but I can't? ;_;
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Aristoph posted...

The Admiral posted...

Well are you transgender?

Do you ever read the post before you respond? O_o

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