Divisions and Precisions

Really just too open-minded/easily-amused for my own good...

I am officially the Yahoo IM Weirdness Magnet. Something tells me I really shouldn't be as amused by this as I am, but this guy I almost felt sorry for.

[Name withheld]: Hi, I read your profile and I am interested in hiring you to help me with a project I have. It only requires a few hours per week, pays well and does not involve you having sex.
lanichols: Okay, now I'm curious. What's the project?
[Name withheld]: I am a gay man and I am undergoing gender reassignment. I am looking to hire a woman to teach me the things I need to learn so that I can become more feminine
lanichols: Wow. I don't know that I'm your best choice for that. I'm not the world's most stereotypically feminine woman.
[Name withheld]: My therapist says I should do this with different types of women so I am exposed to all and can form my own personality
lanichols: Okay... I can see that, but don't you have female friends? That would probably be more comfortable, both for you and for them.
[Name withheld]: well, I own a rather large company and no one knows I am even gay, I am positioning the company to sell so I can move forward with this
[Name withheld]: also, she says with my confidence issues I should try it with a woman I dont know
lanichols: How will that help with confidence issues? And how exactly is she recommending you go about this?
[Name withheld]: By doing this with a woman and feeling better about being seen as a women I will be able to go public
[Name withheld]: She thinks I should start with having make up done and learning to do it and just hanging out and watching your routines
[Name withheld]: I need to learn everyday things like.. Mannerisms, clothing, Lingerie, Make-up, hair, etc.. Basically to become one of the girls
lanichols: Again, I think I'm not the right person, sorry. I don't wear makeup, my hair is wash-and-go, I don't wear lingerie, and I dress like a tomboy. I could probably learn more feminine mannerisms from you.
[Name withheld]: ok, thanks anyways
lanichols: By the way, if you really are serious about this, you might want to work with your therapist on your approach, because this one is seriously creepy.
[Name withheld]: how so?
lanichols: Asking to watch women go through their grooming routines? To me that doesn't spell transgender, that spells fetish.
[Name withheld]: ok
lanichols: I mean, if that's what it really is, fine, but you'd be better off being honest and finding someone who's into being watched.
[Name withheld]: and where does one find that
lanichols: I dunno, that's not my thing. I'm sure there's a yahoo chat group for exhibitionists of all sorts.

Closet transgender, maybe? Either way, he wouldn't learn much by watching me towel dry my hair and brush my teeth, which is about the extent of my beauty routine.