Just recently, I started talking to a GG who messaged me on some dating site this past Saturday. After going through the motions, introducing ourselves and whatnot, I had a feeling that she was fairly open minded. However, I still had doubts and wanted to make sure that it was a genuine feeling, so I had skirted around the idea of telling her that I CD. You see, as a general dating rule since I started CDing, I wanted to let the girl who I'll be potentially dating know anything that I think might prevent them from pursuing anything further with me as a sign of respect.
Finally, in one of the messages I sent her, I clued her in on the fact that I dressed up in an androgynous outfit at Disneyland. She said that it sounded like a lot of fun, then proceeded to tell me a story about how back in high school she and her theatre friends would go to a local coffee shop and pretend to be people who they weren't.
So I got more comfortable and told her that, from time to time, I'd go out in girl mode and hang out with friends and even shop for women's clothing as part of my lifestyle, to which she then told me a story about how back in high school, she helped a couple of guys from another school dress up as girls for her school's homecoming dance, only to have one of them outed. She even added that, "Societal conventions are boring and you seem like you're having fun every time you do it!" She was so interested in our gender identity/bending/CDing conversations that she recommended a movie, "Zerophilia," for me to watch tonight (loved it by the way), and even proposed we finally meet up in person!
So my question to you all then is this: Have you ever met any potential dates/partners who you've outed yourself with at the very beginning, only to be completely surprised by the fact that they are completely open to the idea?