This one may be for the more, uh, senior members of the forum.
I started dressing fairly young and was pretty active through high school. As I got into college I was still dressing when I had the chance, but it seems that the opportunites and desire diminished. I would often go a couple of years between times when I would dress. Work, family, more school, activities with friends were all part of the mix, but they were always there anyway. I still had time alone, but crossdressing just didn't enter my mind very often. Then in my early 40's it started coming back and now I'm dressing more than ever.
The question is in two parts I guess. First, does this pattern seem familiar to any of you? Second, what happened? Do you think it was just a lack of opportunity or were there other things going on in life that eliminated the desire/need to dress? Is there something that happens in the brain or with our hormones that change our desires on this? I'm just trying to put this in perspective and can't figure out what was going on during that period of my life.