I have been growing out my hair for some time now. So, the other day I went with my Mother to help her find a new dishwasher. Now my Mother knows about Bethany but does not wish to acknowledge her. I look at this as my fault for not recognizing Bethany sooner, and not bringing her out until my late thirties. Also there is a family history that I will not go into here. Long story short, we went to several stores. Finally, we wound up at Home Depot. She seen the dishwasher she wanted at a good price, because of the Black Friday sale. We were standing waiting for a sales rep. to help us. Mind you my hair was down. Also, I am in no way passable right now. I have a linebackers build, and I am about sixty lbs. over weight. So from the back, side or front, I have no feminine attributes besides my hair. As we were waiting, from behind me I hear a man say, "can I help you ladies." Without missing a beat (and seeing the look of being ashamed and shock on Moms face) I turned to face the gentleman, and nicely said, "well you can help the lady" looking at my Mom. I swear the look on this guys' face was priceless as he took in the growth on my face (about four days on). The poor guy did not know where to go next. I swear I thought he was going to take off stepping and fetching like his head was on fire and his ass was catching. So I could not take it any longer ,and had to let the poor guy off the hook. I looked at him and said, "don't worry about it dude it happens." It just has not happened in years. So Mom completed her purchase, and as we were leaving he told my Mom to have a good day. Then he said, and you have a good day to Sir. I thanked him and told him to have a good day also. On the way out, Mom must not have been to shocked or as ashamed as I thought because we started to have a good laugh about it. With baby steps maybe she will be able to accept me for me. All in all I loved it.