This is more of an observation that a complaint. Unless the other male knows I crossdress or is transgendered himself, I'm just not interested in developing a friendship. There are two things that stand out to me:
- The assumption is that I'm a "typical guy" and I loathe this assumption. I'm so not a "guy's guy". So to not be known as who I truly am means I'm just masquerading and that feels so awful that I cannot do it.
- I just don't like typical masculine ways of thinking. Things like viewing women as sexual partners and a "might makes right" attitude when it comes to conflict.
I'm quite happy with my chosen friendships, but I realized that they are all with women or with genetic guys like myself from this forum (who I love dearly). Once I consciously decided last year to stop hiding my trans-ness from the world, pretending to be a "regular guy" ended, thankfully.