I was at the gym today and watching a small group of women interacting in a good friendly way. I found myself drawn to them as I liked the way they talked to one another. By way of contrast I then saw a group of men in the weight room and the way in which they talked and interacted made me want to avoid them.
That got me thinking about how I relate to other people and what, if anything, it had to do with being a cross dresser. I have always been attracted to women's company and, for example if I am at a party, I much prefer to be 'hanging out' with women and chatting with them than with men.
When I see a group of men at a party or any other social gathering I do not feel like joining them as I find I do not have much in common with them and I don't enjoy the 'masculine shorthand that they use in their interaction. I don't have a group of male friends and never have wanted one, but neither do I have a group of female friends. I do relate to individual males around specific interests but I don't feel a 'male bond' at all.
I then began to wonder if this had something to do with being a life long cross dresser and whether it somehow makes you socially isolated. Am I drawn to women and their company because I am a cross dresser or is it just some other personality quirk? This site is full of threads about the relative contributions of nature or nurture to one's cross dressing and I wonder if this attraction to female company is something that marks us out. Do other cross dressers feel similarly about female versus male company?