I made a new friend today...

OK this weekend was just one of those really odd weekends. After Lisa & Jamie
Lee left to go home Katya wanted to play with her best friend from school who
just happens to live down the road from us. Rain called them up and set it up
but I took Katya so Rain could get some things done at home.

It started out like any other play date for the girls really. A few weeks ago
Katya went to a birthday party for her friend and I took her that day (as Joe).
The mom is really interested in learning photography and has a digital SLR
camera. I ended up trying to help her get some better pictures with the camera
but many didn't turn out right. The mom asked me about the pictures and we ended
up talking cameras for a while.

During the conversation she happened to mention that some comments were made
about me at the party. I asked her what sort of comments were made and she told
me that someone was being quite rude and putting me down because of my nails.
She then went on to tell me that when her husband heard the comments he got
quite pissed at the person making the comments. Now I should say that neither of
them knew anything about me being a cross-dresser. When her husband heard the
comments from this person, he told them "Look, this is my daughter's best friend
and that is her dad. They are here at our invite so knock your &#*^ off."

Needless to say I was both shocked and surprised. The mom commented on my nails
and mentioned that she had noticed them but "so what if he has fake nails". Of
course I felt things out and ended up showing her a picture of Heather. Her
comment was "Damn, you're hot. You make a better looking girl than you do a
guy." We ended up talking a bit about Heather and transgender in general. In the
course of the conversation she commented on my eyebrows (she is a hairdresser by
profession) and offered to wax my eyebrows for me and get me a little better
shape from them. I didn't know what to say at this point, but she talked me into
letting them grow in for 2 weeks and then she will see what she can do to help
me shape them better. I can't wait. This is actually pretty exciting.

It looks like we will be trying to get together a little more often and hang
out, etc. 2 weeks ago we didn't even know each other except to pass as we
dropped our daughters off at school. Its funny how you can make a new friend in
the strangest way some times. :)