My SO has always been supportive and accepting of this part of me, but deep down I always felt like she was just "putting up" with me and my feelings about this despite the fact hat she has never said anything negative about dressing. All she has ever asked for is that I maintain a sense of balance and be the man she fell in love with when she needs me to be that man.
I've always been waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop; I've never been a person to whom good things happened or lasted very long. My SO is the best thing that has ever happened in my life and we've been together 8 years and are getting married in July. But I've still always had that feeling of imminent doom lurking in the back of my mind.
She came back from a business trip recently and told me she had a present for me. She usually brings back little tacky gift shop things or t-shirts, nevr anything serious.
But this time she handed me a small box and when I opened it, there was a ring engraved with the female name she picked for me (from these people http://ringmaster.biz/). She asked me to wear it all the time, regardless of how I was dressed.
For the first time, I really felt complete. I just cried.