how are you referred to by others (e.g. "buddy", "friend", "ladies", "dear", etc.)?

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Pre-transition: “bro”, “dawg”, “bruh”, “bruu”, “broseph”, “dude”. From my friends it was endearing and used ironically (I assume) since I’ve always been effeminate. From strangers mostly just “hey! you!” Some people said “brother” unironically and 🤮 unfriended instantly

Currently: when I’m alone I get “buddy” and “sir”, which is weird because basically nobody referred to me as sir pre-transition. A lot less direct references to my gender. When I’m with other girls it’s always “ladies” at least.

I hope to someday pass, sounds nice

Currently: when I’m alone I get “buddy” and “sir”, which is weird because basically nobody referred to me as sir pre-transition.

Yeah, welcome to getting older. I get sir’ed and m’amed about 50-50 now depending what I’m wearing. Before that, I frequently got “big guy” (I’m kinda short) 🤮