I can vividly recall the day the penny finally dropped. I had increasingly less vague inklings for ages then one day, I caught myself thinking about a friend in one of my tutorials. Run that one by me one more time. Although the realisation caused me no angst, it was a little while before a vague sense of befuddlement left me. A real sense of complete happiness and ease have been constant ever since.
Family are the next challenge.
I told my sister recently. The news was greeted with a big hug. Perhaps I'll tell Dad soon. Mum is ill and would go bananas, so I might just dip out on that one. Perhaps she'd get the message if I got the boiler suit.