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For me it's a long satin nightgown - often with a sports bra and soft forms. Lovely to wake up with and potter around in the morning before going to work.

Wouldn't it be so much easier if there was a simple answer.

Balancing the happiness of a long term partner who has shared all the ups and downs with you and now has to face something which they...

When I met my current wife, CDing wasn't part of my life, so there wasn't anything to discuss or disclose.

It was the early 1980s

In the 1970s I'd been through all sorts of "over the edge"...

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A definite no for me.

So if I address the original question -



I guess I'm just a "regular crossdresser" - i.e I enjoy dressing, but it is very much a part of being me - a heterosexual male. I am closeted...

Absolutely - I "pretty myself up".

In comparative terms I may not compare with the aforementioned singers, but I certainly look prettier than when I'm in drab !!

Pamela,

One of the things joining this site has given me is the opportunity to explore and question why I like to dress pretty (a term that came from a post I read - can't remember which one).
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Marcie,

I've been there - a very similar experience when my wife was away for an extended period. I "overindulged" and found I had scratched the itch and then didn't dress for a while, but I knew...

What do you mean, "shouldn't have done it".

Sounds like exactly the sort of thing that would have been a blast to have done.

Good on ya.

Why, oh Why OH WHY?

I don't think any of us knows or understands it.

But the thread opened a lot of questions about CDers generally being latent transitioners. The one thing that hasn't been...

Isha,

I've just seen this thread and there's nothing really I can add that hasn't already been said - just take this as a "get well soon" card.

I have long periods of drab. I find it helps that at the end of one I'm likely to get a few days of Jean at a time, and then back to drab, but at least it's a few days which I find does quench the...

I'm with Katey on this one - yes and no.

Most of the time, no - I enjoy the experience of just being Jean with no hassle or restriction, and I'm quite comfortable with myself for company. Every...

I think fear does play major part, but also there is the social interaction part.

If we blend in with social norms then for the most part our interactions with others are based on who we are as...

Some very interesting comments and observations here.

My main point was to those closeted folks among us, would we be comfortable dressing in our SOs presence?. I have thought a lot about it, and...

Haven't posted recently, but have been following most threads most days.

The thread on where people hide their clothes got me thinking again - the closeted ones amongst us tend to stay in the...

The difference in "I'm going to bed now".

In drab, 10 mins - en femme, 30 mins.

So maybe there's an upside to it not being every day.

Kate,

To get a wee bit philosophical, surely the only ultimate goal is Nirvana.:)

I have never actually had a goal with my CDing. It's been an exploration of my other self which so far has made...

Yes, my wife's cast-offs bag that she is sending to the local charity shop is always worth a rummage - don't pick up much (size incompatibility) but occasionally....

So many of us reading the threads in this forum.

My SO is not aware of my dressing (well at least it's not discussed - she may suspect). So my time as Jean is limited to time alone in the house. ...

I was a freak, back in 1969/70/71/72/73/74 etc, but back then, hey man, it was cool to be a freak....

It's all invective and as someone here already said, insecurity - the "gang" mentality. "I...

Samantha,

Well said - I think it's how we feel about the way we look rather than the actuality.
But the main reason for the reply is a bit off-topic.

It's great to see someone quoting JJ...

Buying a lot on line, most of my purging has been to simply get rid of stuff that didn't quite work out the way I thought it would - or got worn out, or that I simply got tired of, as I have limited...

When I'm in drab, I'm not one to really spend time on my appearance - I dress for comfort first and foremost.

But when I'm in Jean mode, then I take a lot more care with how I look - even though...