Vallari
01-02-2005, 02:48 AM
Well I decided to spend my last night before new years eve en femme. I drove around Austin (TX) and visited popular places like our mall, and downtown. I ended the night by walking into a Walgreens drugstore completely en femme and just browsed around for a few minutes. I didnt really think anything of it as I approached the door. I kind of decided to do this at the last minute because I figured, what the heck, it'll be a cool way to end 2004 - hopefully on a high note. When I saw myself coming through the automatic door via the security monitor overhead, it hit me and I became somewhat nervous. When I saw myself, it was like, OMG! - thats me entering the store as a young woman!! :eek: But I stayed cool and browsed the store. It was like around 4 in the morning by this time and the only cars in the lot were the employe's. Not even they could be seen in the store so I browsed a little longer and walked out, got into my car and went home.
New Years Eve was spent hanging with a GF of mine (in guy mode) and her family at a fire hall. It was pretty fun and we celebrated the beginning of '05.
Tonight however was when the real fun began. I dressed en femme for my GF's for the first time and hung out with them. They said I looked pretty good and we just hung out and had fun. We then decided to go to a Olive Garden restaraunt to eat dinner. I spent some time considering this situation and thinking about possible consequences, etc......I went as Rachel. :) This was kind of nerveracking as it was our local restaraunt that my family eats at occasionally. The place had a good number of people inside, but we went in the lobby, and were eventually seated. This was my first time wearing a denim skirt above my knees to a truely public place - so I learned the ettiquite pretty quick! It felt kind of weird as I could see people were staring at me but we made our way to our seats. I wore a denim skirt, a black top w/ speghetti straps, heels, and my wig and jewelery and all those other little necessary things. Most of the staff were younger so they of course acted a bit akward, but they were cool for the most part. When our waiter took our orders he referred to me as "sir" which kinda bugged me. My friend mentioned that she saw a few of the staff stare and maybe giggle or whatever amongst themselves, but I didnt let it get to me. The whole meal went pretty well. We paid our bill and left. On our way out, a waitress (looked a bit older then the other employees) saw my GF's and me and referred to us as "ladies", as she asked us how our meals were. I thought that was cool. On the way out the exit we passed some more young people - probably a few years older then me (Im 18). We passed a guy and two girls he was with. They were all pretty attractive looking but they also looked like snobs. I could see both girls looking at me as I walked passed them out of the corner of my eye but I kepy my head up and foward with a confident look on my face. They never said anything to me.
That felt so good to do! :cool:
According to my GF, the guy gave me a dirty look but I didnt notice it. Frankly I could care less. The whole trip was pretty good though.
Later that night we drove around, and visited a fast food place later in the night. Standard situation for such a place - young skater/punk dipsh*ts lurking everywhere looking and laughing amongst themselves, etc, but I didnt get bothered by it.
I notice that younger people tend to have difficulty with this then older people. I know this is probably due to expierence (or lack of) when it comes to handling these situations. It would be nice though if they were more accepting, but with media, politics, religion, family, and all the other stuff I guess it warps their views a bunch.
I find that it just helps to laugh it off when people stare at you or laugh or whatever. When they laughed at me I laughed back and had fun with the situation. My friends were great of course and were supportive of me.
All in all the night went great. There were a few rough spots like I mentioned, but it could've been worse. It was a good night and not a bad trip for my first official time out in public!
Happy New Years Everyone!
New Years Eve was spent hanging with a GF of mine (in guy mode) and her family at a fire hall. It was pretty fun and we celebrated the beginning of '05.
Tonight however was when the real fun began. I dressed en femme for my GF's for the first time and hung out with them. They said I looked pretty good and we just hung out and had fun. We then decided to go to a Olive Garden restaraunt to eat dinner. I spent some time considering this situation and thinking about possible consequences, etc......I went as Rachel. :) This was kind of nerveracking as it was our local restaraunt that my family eats at occasionally. The place had a good number of people inside, but we went in the lobby, and were eventually seated. This was my first time wearing a denim skirt above my knees to a truely public place - so I learned the ettiquite pretty quick! It felt kind of weird as I could see people were staring at me but we made our way to our seats. I wore a denim skirt, a black top w/ speghetti straps, heels, and my wig and jewelery and all those other little necessary things. Most of the staff were younger so they of course acted a bit akward, but they were cool for the most part. When our waiter took our orders he referred to me as "sir" which kinda bugged me. My friend mentioned that she saw a few of the staff stare and maybe giggle or whatever amongst themselves, but I didnt let it get to me. The whole meal went pretty well. We paid our bill and left. On our way out, a waitress (looked a bit older then the other employees) saw my GF's and me and referred to us as "ladies", as she asked us how our meals were. I thought that was cool. On the way out the exit we passed some more young people - probably a few years older then me (Im 18). We passed a guy and two girls he was with. They were all pretty attractive looking but they also looked like snobs. I could see both girls looking at me as I walked passed them out of the corner of my eye but I kepy my head up and foward with a confident look on my face. They never said anything to me.
That felt so good to do! :cool:
According to my GF, the guy gave me a dirty look but I didnt notice it. Frankly I could care less. The whole trip was pretty good though.
Later that night we drove around, and visited a fast food place later in the night. Standard situation for such a place - young skater/punk dipsh*ts lurking everywhere looking and laughing amongst themselves, etc, but I didnt get bothered by it.
I notice that younger people tend to have difficulty with this then older people. I know this is probably due to expierence (or lack of) when it comes to handling these situations. It would be nice though if they were more accepting, but with media, politics, religion, family, and all the other stuff I guess it warps their views a bunch.
I find that it just helps to laugh it off when people stare at you or laugh or whatever. When they laughed at me I laughed back and had fun with the situation. My friends were great of course and were supportive of me.
All in all the night went great. There were a few rough spots like I mentioned, but it could've been worse. It was a good night and not a bad trip for my first official time out in public!
Happy New Years Everyone!