I “thanked” josie for his response because I think he’s spot on here. In my testing I’ve seen it, where people in my life had to come to terms with the new me…you can almost see the puzzled look on their faces.
Some of them reacted favorably, others pushed away but eventually came around.
Let them get used to you…Radman posted a thread awhile back on transitioning your new phero sig in stages…great friggin’ thread. You don’t have to follow this exactly, but it may give you ideas on how to tailor this to fit your needs:
Also, don’t worry about what aunts, sisters, girls you work with or hang with think for the most part they are not your targets…they have you pigeonholed, cramped, pushed into a little box that is marked “fragile handle with care.”
It reminds me of the time when my mom first saw hair on my chest, it was a shock to her and I was in my late 20’s at the time. It was as if she finally realized I was an actual man…LOL.