do you ever play the halloween guessing game?

[dragdoll]

i guess the game is "spotting the real cd's"...

i, like a lot of people on this forum, love halloween for the simple fact of being able to get fully dressed and go out, pretty much anywhere. my favorite question is when someone asks "what are you supposed to be?" and i always say that it's not a costume, i just like dressing this way. also, i think there are some people, females in particular, that can tell that there is way too much effort put into your elaborate "costume" for it to just be a halloween costume. every year i see more and more men in drag on halloween, which is awesome, but do you ever wonder when you see someone if they are a true cd or just a costume wearer? sometimes it obvious they aren't a real cd, sometimes its kind of obvious they are, but then there are all the ones in between.
do you ever wonder or have asked someone (on halloween) if they were a real dresser or not? what was their reaction?

what gives it away the most? i always look at the shaved legs/painted toenails/perfect make-up/expensive heels as a dead giveaway.

[JiveTurkeyOnRye]

I think a big thing to look for is what their costume is. If it's a guy dressed up just as "woman," and wearing what looks like borrowed/thrift store clothes and comically stuffed boobs it's probably a good bet that he's just wearing a costume, but if he's actually gone through the trouble to seek out a traditionally female costume, I tend to think he might be one of us because just dressing in women's clothes wouldn't be a "costume" for him.

Though I also tend to think any man who dresses for halloween probably has at least some desire to do it in general, and perhaps only does it on halloween because it's the only time he thinks it'd be ok.

[PretzelGirl]

It seems you can't win. I recall previous threads about Halloween saying if you dressed like a standard woman, then you would look too good for someone just doing it for that night. So it is usually said to wear a costume to avoid. Now if you wear a costume, you must be a crossdresser because you are avoiding dressing like a woman.

This answers the threads about the percentage of men that are crossdressers. It is 100%! You are either wearing woman's clothing or not wearing it so no one will guess you are a crossdresser.

[Misty G]

I for one prefer to go out dressed as a woman in a costume. Maybe a fairie, Witch, bopeep, snow white or french maid or something along this line at least you can get the idea

[kimmy p]

I for one prefer to go out dressed as a woman in a costume. Maybe a fairie, Witch, bopeep, snow white or french maid or something along this line at least you can get the idea

I'm doing Snow White this year. I did Little Red Riding Hood last year, a plain female the year before. All to the best of my ability, and all properly accessorized. Earrings, necklaces, the right shoes for the right dress.... And most of the guests that haven't seen me before assume (at least for a while) that I am a female. If my friends don't at least guess that I have more than a passing interest in Women's clothing then they're not as smart as I think. And they're pretty darned smart.

[Teri Jean]

The girls in our admissions office (university) said last year that I looked great but they also asked who did my makeup and where I bought my wig. Then one asked what I was wearing under the dress. I said the same as her.LOL Yes the women will figure it out fairly quickly but the guys not a clue.

Teri

[JiveTurkeyOnRye]

This answers the threads about the percentage of men that are crossdressers. It is 100%! You are either wearing woman's clothing or not wearing it so no one will guess you are a crossdresser.

I was saying wearing a traditionally woman's costume, not wearing a costume so as not to make someone think you wore women's clothes. This isn't always true, I see plenty of guys who dress as not-so-sexy french maids or such who are clearly doing it for a laugh more than anything else, but I've also seen guys who have dressed basically as sincerely in a women's costume as a woman would in the same costume and I doubt that those guys don't at least in some way have a desire to wear women's clothes.

[Stephanie Miller]

I think I see where your going with this... and yes, IMHO there are a couple of give-a-ways to a "true" CD vs. a guy in a female costume. (Although I would have to venture the idea that ANY guy in a female costume is out for the curiosity of "what is it like") I always look to see if
1) If she is wearing high heels - can she walk "too" well for a first timer?
2) Painted toes and fingernails? (most first timers don't want to go to the trouble)
3) Watch how they avoid messing up thier make-up
4) Feminine hair flips
5) "Plops" when sitting or is it a gentle sit - with a possible skirt smoothing from the rear end.
and of course .......
6) If in a dress or skirt does she always remember to cross her legs?
Little things like these add up to someone that has "girl time", and I take time to chat with them and see if they fess up.

[kimkat]

Stephanie, dont forget to add:

1) Did they shave their face before going out?
2) If they are at a party, resturant, etc, are they eating like most women eat or swallowing it whole and chewing it never?
3) Scratching themselves in certain places?

These are good signs that they just might not be a true CD'r

[dragdoll]

good examples would be...

a jocky frat boy dressed like a cheerleader or and old lady, hairy legs, horrible $3 wig from k-mart, really bad make-up job = probably not

guy dressed like a dominartix, fishnet stockings, shaved legs, stripper heels, $50 wig, looks like he spent 3 hours on his make-up = definitely

then again there are some guys that have their girlfriends dress them and do their make-up, but i think some of them have a scret desire to cd.

[Sally2005]

I think we tend to do it naturally. But, I like playing the game from the point of view of keeping people looking at me quessing. Its kind of fun to dress well and play it dumb for your friends who know you as a male and walk like a lumberjack, but go full female body movements in the same venue when away from your friends. Parties are great fun and no matter how well you dress, your friends will not guess...other than thinking you and your SO went way overboard...but you got the best costume (yet again this year)!