I went to a wedding in Chicago!
How did the midwestern football set handle the west coast Doll?
Mostly avoidance! A lot of fleeting eye contact. Zero acknowledgement of the change except for one guy who declared himself “too busy” to bother with my pronouns. 🤣
I’m not upset: this was done for science. (But I am amused)
In my experience, men generally, do not have the toolkit to process meaningful deviation from a norm. They’re the cultural/social equivalent of the picky eater: grilled cheese and coca cola for every meal.
As the girls say, “they simply haven’t done the work.”