You gotta roll with the punches and laugh. Everyone will come around. I was at one class and the guest speaker said, good morning ladies and I stood up and answered in my highest voice, "Good Morning". At one meeting I changed my name-tag from Dave to Davina! And just one other time, a snowstorm we probably should not have gone to a class in, we arrived at the meeting place, went inside, a lady comes up to me and says,"Thank goodness your here, follow me,". As we entered the bathroom she said there it is and it doesn't work, I looked back around the room at the anxious faces and decided what the heck and looked at the toilet. Just a stuck flapper valve-- no problem. As I said all was o.k. and the line was forming. The lady says they told me you couldn't make it, I said "I'm not a plumber-I'm here for the class---Good Laugh . Didn't get any discount though, she did buy lunch-LOL---Dave B. Take Care and just Do-It!