"I'm a better CDer than you because..."

[Beverley Sims]

My memories of dressing have been triggered by events that other people have experienced.
Three years ago I had very little recall of any of my dressing.
I still look at previous posts and realise I had remembered something that I left hidden in my subconscious.
Even events of my world tours need the video playback to remind me of what I have done and where I had visited.

So posts by others here do jog my memory and I find it a great tool for memory recall.

[Eryn]

Put any group of 5-year-olds of either gender in a room with a box full of high heel shoes and within an hour every one of them will have clomped around in them.

The same would apply to any shiny, attractive toy. It means nothing as far as their gender identity, but many CDers cling to a childhood memory of this as an "origin" of their crossdressing.

I've had a poorly-defined "special interest" in things feminine all my life, but I didn't CD completely until I was in my 50s.

Does that make me a better or worse CDer? I don't care. It's not a competition. It is simply me finding out more about myself and learning to lead a happier life. I'm proud of my accomplishments and like to share with others but it is for social, not competitive reasons.

[NicoleScott]

Others will also flatly insist that Nurture has nothing to do with CDing... in essence, declaring that the countless hundreds who have declared here over the years that NURTURE did [in fact strongly] affect their CDing... are all Liars.

Saying something you believe to be true even if it isn't and unsupported by facts might make you wrong, but not a Liar.