So …<\/p>\n
I had previously disclosed a few months ago to my neighbors that live to the immediate left of my house …<\/p>\n
Who were super kewl upon acquiring the knowledge of my function,<\/p>\n
Exceedingly kewl. \ud83d\ude42 (The one guy I think is about my age, a bit younger. Went to Michigan too … likes video games, doesn’t have enough time to play them … and has similar interests as me in movies and sports. I interrupt him on occasion when he is trying to do yardwork because he’s a fun guy with whom just to gab. The other guy is just as much fun with whom to gab and he’s incredibly nice and outgoing … plus, he was sooooo sweet to Lei-lei when she was around … and, get this … he collects Hooter’s coupons for me !! He gave me four just the other day !! How kewl is that? :))<\/p>\n
But,<\/p>\n
I didn’t have any phreaking klue how my neighbor to the immediate right of my house would take to the information.<\/p>\n
Though I knew him better already than I knew the guy that lived in the house before him …<\/p>\n
And thought that my new neighbor he was an extremely kewl guy,<\/p>\n
I wasn’t sure how he’d respond to the AmyNews.<\/p>\n
So,<\/p>\n
Doing what I do best …<\/p>\n
I avoided telling him.<\/p>\n
Which was really hard to do since the way our houses are positioned next to one other in such a way,<\/p>\n
That without a fair amount of effort,<\/p>\n
We are bound to run into one another …<\/p>\n
And see each other,<\/p>\n
Frequently.<\/p>\n
Lately,<\/p>\n
It got to the point that I would refrain from parking my car in the garage …<\/p>\n
To minimize running into him when I was coming or going.<\/p>\n
And if I parked in my garage,<\/p>\n
I’d first check outside my house to make sure it was “safe” to leave …<\/p>\n
Or do a drive-by past my house to make sure it was safe to make my return.<\/p>\n
I had to do this each and every time I came home to or left my digs.<\/p>\n
Yes,<\/p>\n
It was simply nuts. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
It was made all the worse because my neighbor to the immediate right of my house is an outdoors, yard-work, kinda guy …<\/p>\n
Just like one of my neighbors to the immediate left of my house.<\/p>\n
Yes kids …<\/p>\n
It’s true,<\/p>\n
The one chica that hates … HATES …. HATES …<\/p>\n
Yardwork with a passion,<\/p>\n
Has one guy on her left and one on her right as neighbors that have turned their residences into garden-like locales.<\/p>\n
Both yards are phreaking beautiful.<\/p>\n
And then there’s me …<\/p>\n
The one that prefers to let my lawn die from insufficient h2o intake,<\/p>\n
Rather than have to mow it.<\/p>\n
I so belong in a condo ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Either that or get a husband who is krazy about yardwork !!<\/p>\n
Unfortunately,<\/p>\n
He might just divorce me the first time he realizes that I was very serious when I told him …<\/p>\n
I HATE yardwork !<\/p>\n
Oh sure,<\/p>\n
If he needs my help …<\/p>\n
I’ll help.<\/p>\n
It’s not my nature to not help …<\/p>\n
However afterwards,<\/p>\n
Once all the work is done …<\/p>\n
If I deem that he really didn’t need my help with the yardwork,<\/p>\n
That he just asked me to help because he didn’t feel like doing it all himself …<\/p>\n
I’ll make his life miserable until I’m satisfied that he understands that in the future …<\/p>\n
He ONLY, I mean ONLY …<\/p>\n
Wants to ask me to help him with yardwork when he truly needs it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
(No, no, no … this doesn’t mean that I’ll withhold sex … why would I do that? That’d be punishing me too. No … I’ll just unleash a healthy dose of Amy-Sarcasti-tude. Understand the difference ?? Sex with me … good thing. Sarcasti-tude from me … bad thing. :))<\/p>\n
Oh well,<\/p>\n
I had meant to tell my neighbor before I had my boob job,<\/p>\n
However,<\/p>\n
I effectively avoided doing it …<\/p>\n
And have thus spent the last month doing my little hide and seek routine.<\/p>\n
Paying the price of avoidance,<\/p>\n
I now had to tell someone …<\/p>\n
Who had only known me as a boy,<\/p>\n
Who didn’t know me that well, and<\/p>\n
Who had no vested interest in remaining friends post-disclosure.<\/p>\n
Oh yeah …<\/p>\n
And as an older gentleman …<\/p>\n
Late 50’s my guess,<\/p>\n
I figured he might be less receptive to the information.<\/p>\n
Second oh yeah …<\/p>\n
I was going to be walking up to him as me …<\/p>\n
Which would be the first time he would see me as such.<\/p>\n
Nice Amy … nice.<\/p>\n
See what avoidance gets you ??<\/p>\n
Anyways …<\/p>\n
Finding myself succumbing to peer pressure and planning on doing some yardwork this week,<\/p>\n
I figured I had better tell him.<\/p>\n
So late this afternoon …<\/p>\n
I heard him outside,<\/p>\n
And figured I had best just go do it …<\/p>\n
So I did.
\n
\nHmmm …<\/p>\n
I wonder what one says in such a situation?<\/p>\n
Do I just walk up to him and say …<\/p>\n
What?<\/p>\n
I really didn’t know.<\/p>\n
But I had about 15 seconds to come up with an answer.<\/p>\n
I figured that he probably already knew …<\/p>\n
‘Cause really,<\/p>\n
How could he have not<\/i> seen me at least a few times?<\/p>\n
And …<\/p>\n
If he hadn’t seen me,<\/p>\n
Well,<\/p>\n
Walking up to him with my hair down,<\/p>\n
Amanda and Nicole present,<\/p>\n
And just looking like I now look …<\/p>\n
Meant that it made no sense to even attempt a thorough disclosure.<\/p>\n
No …<\/p>\n
If there were going to be more involved questions,<\/p>\n
Well then,<\/p>\n
It would only be after he got the scoop.<\/p>\n
And he was going to have to get the scoop …<\/p>\n
In one fell swoop.<\/p>\n
So …<\/p>\n
I walked out the back door to my house,<\/p>\n
Headed over to his back yard where he was watering his plants,<\/p>\n
And said …<\/p>\n
“Hiddy-Ho Neighbor !<\/i>”<\/p>\n
Just kidding … I didn’t say that …<\/p>\n
I was just seeing if you’re still paying attention. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Actually, I said …<\/p>\n
“Hey Neighbor to My Immediate Right<\/i>“.<\/p>\n
He turned to looked at me.<\/p>\n
“I’m your neighbor, Joe.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
Geezuz … note to self: Work on opening.<\/p>\n
Why did I say that ??<\/p>\n
I have no idea.<\/p>\n
Seemed to make sense at the time, though who else would it be approaching him from that side of his house?<\/p>\n
However,<\/p>\n
If he didn’t immediately recognize me …<\/p>\n
I didn’t want to dally around on it …<\/p>\n
Nor allow for there to be any hesitation about knowing to whom he was twalking.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I know,<\/i>” he replied, as he stopped watering his plants.<\/p>\n
Hmmmm, well …<\/p>\n
May as well just jump right into it now.<\/p>\n
I’m really not crazy about the language I’m about to use, but …<\/p>\n
It seems that bluntness and directness to immediately convey the message makes more sense right now …<\/p>\n
Than taking the necessary time to maintain linguistic integrity.<\/p>\n
“I wanted you to know that I’m having a sex change, and that it’s just me you’ll be seeing over here.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“I know.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
Hmmm … he seems to know a great deal ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And, well, that answers that question.<\/p>\n
“Sorry that I didn’t tell you earlier.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“I figured you’d tell me when you were ready.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I was hesitant. I enjoy having you as a neighbor and well, it’s just not the easiest thing to bring up in a conversation.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
“Well, I’m still you’re neighbor,<\/i>” he said with a nice, easy, friendly smile.<\/p>\n
Hey … kewl ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Then he continued, “How are you doing though. Are you feeling okay?<\/i>”<\/p>\n
We then proceeded to have a really good conversation.<\/p>\n
During which …<\/p>\n
He made some astute observations … “I assumed you put a great deal of thought into it before making the decision?<\/i>”<\/p>\n
Asked the expected type of questions … “Are you almost done with all your surgeries?<\/i>”<\/p>\n
And disclosed his own little surprise … instead of being the owner of his own businesses as I’ve know him to be since he’s been my neighbor, prior to that …<\/p>\n
He was a social worker for 25 years,<\/p>\n
And was originally from Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n
Go Blue !!<\/p>\n
He even gave me his home and mobile phone numbers and said to call if I found myself in need of assistance.<\/p>\n
Yay !!!<\/p>\n
No more sneaking back and forth to my car !!<\/p>\n
Afterwards,<\/p>\n
I asked him where he got some decorative rock that he had recently used in his yard … because I wanted to get some to match and use on my side of the drive.<\/p>\n
He said he had a few bags left if I wanted them,<\/p>\n
And when I asked how heavy they were (50 lbs a bag, too much to life post surgery still) …<\/p>\n
He offered to bring them over to my driveway for me.<\/p>\n
Later,<\/p>\n
He followed up with a phone call offering to listen if I needed anyone to talk to from time to time.<\/p>\n
Very nice. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Anyways …<\/p>\n
I’ve got a little more refining in my post-transition disclosures,<\/p>\n
But for my first such one,<\/p>\n
I don’t think it went bad at all. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Now …<\/p>\n
I just have to figure how …<\/p>\n
How did he know? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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