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I thought I'd write a short postscript to my coming out week and work and what a nice ending it had.

Everyone in my office works from home on Fridays so yesterday (Thursday) was sort of the last day of my coming out week in the office. And at the end of the day my boss got a bunch of us together and we left work about an hour early to go across the street for beers. In all there ended up being 8 of us there sitting outside enjoying our beers and chatting away. It was just really a nice way to end the week and a very supportive gesture from my boss. She hasn't said a lot to me directly about my transition other than some words of encouragement/support, but doing a little bit of team building was just so sweet! And everyone else was as friendly as they've always been to me...no awkward interactions or anything, just continued friendship.

I'm sure there will be little hiccups, but so far everyone seems to have smoothly accepted my transition and that's such a relief!

Julie

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That is really cool! I hope it keeps going that way in the future. It is nice when people understand and support us. I Justine it is the same when I feel it is time to come out. It has been positive so far for me. Susan

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Wonderful news Julie! It's great when we can just be ourselves and not worry about being trans. I find this happening to me more and more all the time.

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Yes, it gets easier and easier every day which is what I'd hoped for. I'm still getting used to people calling me Julie at work, though. It seems completely normal in the rest of my life, but I didn't realize how surprising it would sound coming from my co-workers. Its such great blend of being surprised to hear it and being relieved/happy to not have to hide. ❤️

Julie

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Great.  Yes soon your old name will be unfamiliar and you won't become alert every time you hear it.  

 

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45 minutes ago, Jani said:

Great.  Yes soon your old name will be unfamiliar and you won't become alert every time you hear it.  

 

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Ugh I hate that. I can’t tell you how many times I hear Michael at work and I turn my head. There’s like 5 michaels in our garage too. So it happens a good bit. And it’s never me. Lol

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I guess that means people have switched over to Kirsten pretty easily then if it's never you. But, yeah, reacting to your old name would be annoying. Luckily there are no people left in my office named Fritz, so I doubt that I'll have that issue. ?

 

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I had to sign a paper with my legal name the other day; what a bummer! It didn't look right and I was uncomfortable writing it.

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44 minutes ago, BrandiBri said:

I had to sign a paper with my legal name the other day; what a bummer! It didn't look right and I was uncomfortable writing it.


The flip side of that is that I'm now writing "Julie" a lot more, but I haven't practiced my signature so it has that awkward feeling like I'm writing someone else's name. ?

 

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Take some time and practice writing your name out, formally as you would on a check and informally as you would on a note to a friend.  Find the script that feels right and that you can write fluidly and confidently.   I did this years ago but recently my signature has taken on a bit of a flair as I use it all the time now rather than my old nickname.   

 

Enjoy! 

Jani

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