Diane, I'm not worried about nails in the general public: I'm largely over those nerves (I went to church, a meal out and the gym with them). No, it's more my conservative mother and mother-in-law, my opinionated older brother and certain friend groups (who know a previous generation of me). That anxiety won't last long as I continue to find my courage and strength! There will soon come the time when they'll just have to accept it.
Those conservative people will always be the last to see the changes. Shame (for them and me) that I feel they expect me to present as the pre-packaged "good boy" - no real honesty possible while people hide.
