Surprise

[adrienmundi]

Sometimes, people surprise me in good ways. R (consort of P, for those who are keeping track) seemingly out of the blue sent me gender and hormone links previously, sans much context. Now, while I've never really gone out of my way to hide or deny my gender issues, particularly in certain groupings, it's not usually something that comes up (I suspect a reticence on the part of others when confronted with that outside their ken). With my penchant for and fondness of seeing patterns everywhere, I worked hard at deciphering/creating a context in which this made sense, but nothing seemed to resonate.

So tonight, R pulls me aside and explains that he just wasn't sure that those were resources of which I was aware. Conversation goes on enough to clearly show that R actually has some interest, and has done some research (which, even if not done for my benefit, still benefits me indirectly). Too, R apologized for removing the transgressive outlet from my LARP experience, above and beyond the "it's just a game" consequences.

So, I end up being touched, surprised, and impressed; thanks, sincerely.

Comments

[irana.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful. I am very pleased to hear this.

[scottopic.livejournal.com]

Coolness.
Unless he's just trying to recruit you to help out Kendrick (kidding! kidding!)

But it simply reinforces the image I have of him, which is good.

[adrienmundi]

It's a fault I fall into sometimes when I have limited contextual interactions; it's hard to remember that he's not who he pretends to be once a month when that's usually most of what I see. It's good to be reminded of what I already know, namely that he's quite the decent sort.