Well after reading that, it gives me the impetus to do the same. I told a group of my so called friends 17 years ago. I had them all assembled in a pub and promptly came out with what I wished to do ( transition to a female ). Well what a disaster that was!!!! That night my friend count went from 40+ to about 3. My so called friends deserted me at the time I needed them the most I realised at that point, friends are only the people that we call friends. True friends stick by us no matter what happens. Mind you, if I put that statement on my FB page, I think my friends that I have now would just tell me to get on with it and tell them something new I think they realise, but won't say anything until I bring the subject up. I think that family are the biggest headache to tell, as they become all righteous on us, whereas friends just seem to let things roll past them. I hope that everything works out ok for you and your Grandpa learns to understand you better. What gets me about the religious types is, In the bible it tells us to love thy neighbour, but none of the religious types ever seem to want to do that. Why is that the case?? Any thoughts on that anyone?