my new friend group of work girlies said they gave me the nod because, and i quote, "she seems like a little bit of a bitch," and that really warmed my cold tranny heart to hear :')
not to be all holier-than-thou, but it really does seem like in general, being fake with people only leaves you with fake friends in the end. though that isn't to say I'm not sympathetic to a wide range of situations in which being fake is the only option available. I guess relevant to my own experience, it was eye-opening to realize that this is was a maladaptive pattern held over from past traumas and not something I have to keep doing forever