16-08-2019, 11:57 PM
Thanks for the encouragement.
Yeah, to try and blend in, is exactly what I’m intending to do (and I can hear the laughter already) - although, I could slip into being "outrageously fabulous", and just go full drag-queen, but that would kinda defeat the objective.
I’m not going to be travelling to Tucson en femme, so I’ll be changing somewhere, although not sure where, or when – I’ve got some ideas, but will probably just play it by ear.
The concept is to transform (as such), as soon as possible, and be seen as “full time” from the airport, until I leave to go to Vegas 3-days later. But, as we all know, the “best laid plans of mice and men”, and all that...
Look, in all seriousness, I figure there are some pretty ugly, big-boned women, with lived-in faces, out there, so whilst it’s hard to consider that I might get away with it, it’s not totally beyond belief. However, the possible reality of not blending in, and, instead, actually being that sore thumb, and a target of derision, is by far, my biggest mental confidence-killer.
Having said that, I’ve recently come around to the thinking that most folks, are like gold fish - our passer-by visual attention span is about 10 secs before we shift focus. The only time we really focus in, is when someone or something stands out enough to distract us from the next thing.
So, if I dress like everyone else, act positively, as though I do it all day every day, and keep moving (coz moving targets are more difficult to hit), people will see, but, hopefully/maybe, not register, or question, too much.
But, there are situations where “being stationary” is the only option: restaurants, elevators, check-outs, gas stations, and a thousand others. And then, the biggest concern of all, the public rest rooms... which I see as being the riskiest, the most uncontrollable and potentially unavoidable, of all situations – coz when you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. But my plan is to steer clear, unless absolutely necessary. However, I've decided that, if I actually don't back out of this ridiculously stupid idea between now and then, I WILL go in, oh yes, I will go in - even if it's only the once.
Yeah, to try and blend in, is exactly what I’m intending to do (and I can hear the laughter already) - although, I could slip into being "outrageously fabulous", and just go full drag-queen, but that would kinda defeat the objective.
I’m not going to be travelling to Tucson en femme, so I’ll be changing somewhere, although not sure where, or when – I’ve got some ideas, but will probably just play it by ear.
The concept is to transform (as such), as soon as possible, and be seen as “full time” from the airport, until I leave to go to Vegas 3-days later. But, as we all know, the “best laid plans of mice and men”, and all that...
Look, in all seriousness, I figure there are some pretty ugly, big-boned women, with lived-in faces, out there, so whilst it’s hard to consider that I might get away with it, it’s not totally beyond belief. However, the possible reality of not blending in, and, instead, actually being that sore thumb, and a target of derision, is by far, my biggest mental confidence-killer.
Having said that, I’ve recently come around to the thinking that most folks, are like gold fish - our passer-by visual attention span is about 10 secs before we shift focus. The only time we really focus in, is when someone or something stands out enough to distract us from the next thing.
So, if I dress like everyone else, act positively, as though I do it all day every day, and keep moving (coz moving targets are more difficult to hit), people will see, but, hopefully/maybe, not register, or question, too much.
But, there are situations where “being stationary” is the only option: restaurants, elevators, check-outs, gas stations, and a thousand others. And then, the biggest concern of all, the public rest rooms... which I see as being the riskiest, the most uncontrollable and potentially unavoidable, of all situations – coz when you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. But my plan is to steer clear, unless absolutely necessary. However, I've decided that, if I actually don't back out of this ridiculously stupid idea between now and then, I WILL go in, oh yes, I will go in - even if it's only the once.