I was running some errands in Joanie mode yesterday, wearing a mauve top, denim skirt, black tights, and short black booties. I remembered that I wanted to check out a car at a local used-car lot. I know the owner, who used to be business partners with another lot, where we bought several calls over the years. Rather than running home and switching into male mode, I decide "what the hell" and went to the lot. At first another sales guy came out, and he was very polite and respectful. I asked a question about price, and he had to go get the main guy. I introduced myself as "Joanie", and he said "you look very familiar". I explained who I was -- he knew me as my male name previously -- and he was very surprised. I apologized for surprising him like that, and he said "it's no big deal". Of course he wanted to sell the car, but he was 100% the same as if I had shown up in drab. I went for a test drive, came back, and put a small deposit on the car. After getting a check from my bank, I'll probably go pick it up in Joanie mode as well, because why the heck not? Of course I explained my legal name was still the one he knew me by. I have been dressing almost every day and loving it. This was just one more thing that I decided "why not" on, and as usual it worked out fine.
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