This has been brought up I am sure in different forms many times, but once again I am confused to why there always has to be an excuse.
Such as in "You can blame your wife (daughter, cat dog the neighbor) for the nail polish (make up, shaved legs)". And usually in the same post or thread is the comment of "My wife (daughter, cat, neighbor) hates it when I do this".
Ok going out on a limb here but I am going to say it (forgive me for this sexist comment) "cowboy up!"(that's how we say it out west). For once just say "I did it!" You want people to accept you but you sneak and crawl around and make excuses. Try it once. Just look at the person who says anything and say "Yeah so? I like it." Usually they either smile and compliment you on your taste or nerve or they wander away mumbling. Either way is better than a see through lie.
My new rebuttal?
"Don't ask questions that you don't really want the honest answer to." or "Do you really want to know?" If they say yes, then I tell them. If they don't want to know they usually hang their head and walk away or just change the subject.
And you all thought this thread was going to be a group of new ways to weasel out of owning up to who you are, didn't you?