[Elisaustin]

Doodlebug my heart goes out to you.
My circumstances are a lot different but on the other hand similar in a lot of ways. Telling someone straight on that you are transgender and want to be in touch with your feminine side can be done and I have done it.
I almost guarantee not everyone will understand and one thing you face by doing it is rejection at some level.
From my experience its better to keep a feminine level you can live with and
only get into explaining it when someone else broaches the subject.
And even then I would be careful how in depth I explained.
As you have noticed here there a lot of opinions on the what and the why
we are like we are. Meaning its hard to explain to yourself at times let a lone try to explain to someone else who knows nothing about it.

Or You just say you are on a medication (PM) that seems to be having
certain side effects on you and call it a day.

In the famous words of Ricky Nelson "you can't please everyone but you can please yourself"

Good luck