All Comments on 'The Right Fit'

I love it! Cute, sensitive, realistic, sexy without being objectifying 😍

Very sweet, very respectful. I wish the rest of the world was.

@ALL - thank you, will responsd individually when recovered ❤️ Emily

Love this. Thanks for the smile.

This is wonderful and sweet :)

I must be starting to understand you better, as I again saw it coming, but a gentle revelation fits the tone better than a blunt reveal.

Indeed, a thoughtful and kind nod to friends, and a thoroughly deserved "Up Yours!!!" to your excuse for a President!

Wonderfully short, but it would be great to be extended!

This is perfect, right down to the title. It is also the story we need right now.

What shines through in this vignette is the humanity. Your humanity. Eloise’s humanity. Daisy’s, perhaps most of all. The failure to see our shared humanity is the root of all our troubles. Well done.

Delightful. Has so much potential for a bigger story.

I really loved this little parable. We can all learn a lot from it.

I love the little “telling” moments you have dropped in here:

“Miss Harris? It is Miss Harris, right?” On the surface it’s just Daisy checking to make sure she’s got the name right. But Daisy is also confirming her gender identity putting her mind at ease…validating her from the very start.

Eloise worried about her register being too low. I’ve been working on a novel for a few years and the main character is trans, and she’s also so careful with her delivery, especially when she gets anxious, excited, or upset. I did some research on IG with a trans vocal coach from Australia named Jasmine Vine. And she helps trans women through these little worries. Good resource if you are going to continue to write trans female characters.

Daisy validates her first name now with the other female employee, “‘Eloise right?’ She turned to confirm my name.” Daisy continues to do everything she can to put Eloise at ease to let her know others see her as she sees herself. I imagine for a trans person those little moments…confirmations … have to mean the world .

“Alone at last” - Daisy saying you’re safe with me and I’m going to work to help you make that “fantasy” of how you see yourself a reality. Eloise is worried about gender dysphoria, but Daisy is there to provide the very opposite… gender euphoria.

The final surprise for Eloise circles back to the start. “What was I thinking?” Before she went in she worried the appointment was a mistake. Then when Daisy opened the curtain and saw the “perennial problem” for a moment Eloise was sure it WAS a mistake, but not only was Daisy kind, but she was also just like her. Daisy was the epitome of “feminine” that she wanted to be. But, more than that she was the very opposite of everything she feared at the beginning. The universe….or maybe God…was on Eloise’s side today. I’m often doubtful there’s a God up there, but if there is, I don’t doubt for a moment that God is also an Ally.

Love this little story, Emily. 750 words of loveliness.

@ALL - am reading the comments - thank you so much - will reply when less 😷 Emily

What a sweet encounter. It must take a tremendous amount of courage to decide to present yourself to the world as another sex and even before the surgery. This well done introductory story breaches on the subject.

I love these little stories, especiall endings like this one. Very subtle ❤️

I love the little clues you drop along the way. And then that ending! Perfect! Nice to see this. Respectful, as you say. That sums it up.

@VitriolHack, @CupidCupid, and @WaxPhilosophic - thank you all so very much 😊 Emily

I find these 750 stories great fun, especially when there’s a clever twist. Thank you for writing and sharing.

@Davestee37 - thank you 😊 Emily

What a delightful story. To me one of the hallmarks of a good 750 word story is does it leave me wanting. And boy do I want more. Thank you.

@Cracker270 - thank you so much 😊 Emily

This was sweet! Very nicely done.