Whose the Fool Now!

Every once in a while I run into a person who thinks presenting as a woman in public is compared to "fooling" someone.
Of course I get a just a tad frustrated. I am just trying to be me. I am definitately not trying to fool someone. I would be less than truthful however,  if I told you I don't crave any attention I may receive as any sort of an attractive woman.
Ironically for the most part, the people I have known the longest toss me into the "so you think you are fooling the public?" category.
I can understand them clinging to who I once was-but dammit I'm certainly not trying to fool someone.
Part of me wants to just shut them off totally from my life. Another part wants to educate them.  I'm not the fool, you are!
The truth is I am slowly moving past them. The way I have chosen to live my life with a gradual introduction of hormones will move me past them and you know, I never really have thought of them as fools.
As many of you probably already know, maybe a clean break from the majority of people is not a bad idea!