Hi Kathy,
Your story reminds me of a time that my wife Marla kinda outed me. Both of us were shopping together at JC Penney for Prom dresses for an upcoming TG formal ball we were going to. I was in boy mode. We took the opportunity to check out the clearance section and we found some gorgeous full length gowns.
Anyway, I had such a scare (or should that be thrill?) at the checkout because as the sales assistant rang up the items, the woman said to Marla " ... so ok .... now you have two dresses here right? (it was hard to tell with the massive amount of material, skirting, netting etc that was on the counter) .... Marla says "yes - that's right". The SA says "did you know that they are different sizes?" ... "yes" says Marla and then my wife goes on to ask the checker about what if they get marked down, would we be able to bring them back and get a reduction price etc. The woman said "no, this is the sale price we don't mark them down any more". Marla then turned looked right at me, not really thinking, and said in a loud voice (remember I'm in boy mode) "oh well,
we can keep these dresses anyway, they'll be insurance for
both of us.
We'll at least have something to wear if
we can't find anything better". My eyes widened and I looked at Marla and grinned from ear to ear because the woman checker stopped what she was doing and looked at Marla with a slightly surprised look that then changed to a huge "knowing smile" on her face. I was thinking OMG darling! thanks for outing me! I felt a bit shy but otherwise took it well. I absolutely know the woman behind us heard everything too. I don't mind really, as it wasn't exactly being outed it was only suggested that I would be wearing one of the ball gowns.
Anyway, this sort of thing might not seem significant, but I got quite a kick out of Marla seemingly inadvertently "forgetting" I'm in boy mode and talking about "us" wearing the dresses just as if we were two women going shopping. Afterwards, Marla told me she can't help it as the CDing seems a "normal part of our lives" and so she often talks about it openly. She said she sometimes "forgets" I'm in boy mode as we often go out together with me dressed.
Anyway, your story made me smile - thanks for sharing