When younger, mom used to initiate showing me her clothing and make-up purchases, and still does.
She also taught me to put her hair up and encouraged me to take notice of her friends' make-up/hair/clothes and so on.
Once, she even bought me a girl's blouse and asked me to wear it.
Yet she looked very disappointed when telling me she once saw a crossdresser in a restaurant one night.
Did you eber get mixed messages from one person?