I just had the most Amazing day. After dressing to blend, I started with a makeup appointment at the Clinique counter in Macy's. Wow, she made it look so easy! I learned a lot. Then off to shop. Shoes, clothes, food, etc. Everyone i interacted with was amazing.They treated me just like all the other ladies, or maybe a little better but not so much that it felt contrived or insincere. The other customers were just as good, with only 1 exception. It is so much more fun to shop when you don't feel self conscious or out of place. All told, I spent 6 hours interacting with others as Daphne. To be honest, I think most of the people who I didn't interact with directly didn't even really notice me enough to register me as anything but a woman. It isn't that I think I pass that well, I just think that people are mostly that oblivious.
A few highlights:
-A lady complemented me on how nice the booties I was trying out were. When I told here how comfortable they were, she had the SA get a pair in her size to try and ended up buying them.
-2 other customers, made casual comments to me, then did {barely noticeable} double-takes when they heard my voice in response. I blended good enough that they had initially classified me as a woman! Neither reacted poorly to the realization. {Most of those I spoke too didn't react at all to my voice, so they had already read me, and it didn't mater}.
One low-light:
-At the last store, one customer noticed me as soon as they walked in and stared just enough to make me uncomfortable. She was a little brusk with the SA's too.
I should have taken pictures, but at the time I was so in the moment I didn't even think about it.
Daphne