Went to the movies by myself. Passed scores of people, was ma'amed by the staff. Went into the theater a little late. Looked up at 7 rows of people in front of me. No one seemed to notice. Sat next to three other women. They didn't notice at all. After the movie I again was exposed to many, many people in the hallway standing around. I felt so normal.
Went to a nice Italian restaurant and sat at the sidewalk exposed to many people. Was darlingd and honned by the waitress. Not one person looked at me sideways. Went to the ladies room and put on lipstick in front of another woman. She stood beside me with absolutely no trepidation.
I asked the waitress to take the first picture of me dressed. I'm pretty sure she was clueless. I looked at the picture and said, "well, there's only so much a camera can do." Her reply was", oh, stop it, you're beautiful."
It's hard to describe the feeling of being so accepted as Christina at two venues I have not had the courage to go to as a women as they typically don't go to these places alone, but I guess I passed pretty well.
I wanted to attach the picture but couldn't figure it out. Thanks for listening.
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