What do you have going for you that lends itself to your feminine side?
With me, it's a comfortable size. 5' 10" at 150 lbs. Size 12 dresses and size 11 shoes.
Add makeup, wig and jewelry and, I blend in pretty good.
On the down side, big man hands at the end of long arms and broad shoulders.
Sometimes I look like a lobster in disguise.
Aging face that requires masonry skill to apply makeup.
But, I do have legs to die for. My Daughter told me that.
So, what's your plus and minus?
I've waited so long for this time. Makeup is so frustrating. Shaking hands and I look so old. This was a mistake.
My new maid's outfit is cute. Sure fits tight.
And then I step into the bedroom and in the mirror, I see a beautiful woman looking back at me.
Smile, Honey! You look fabulous!
I might have to say that I am pretty much the same as yourself. I can fit into size 10 shoes, some confidence is one thing though that will help any one blend in. A big smile means a lot too.
Contessa
[COLOR="blue"]Contessa Marie D
I'm TG. A fem-male so I look male sometimes.
Dressing is necessary, the type of clothes you wear not so much.
This above all to thy own self be true!
Carla,
You are one of the hottest women on the board and I love your postings. You have such a narrative ways of describing something.
Why, thank you so much!Originally Posted by cdinmd206
I've waited so long for this time. Makeup is so frustrating. Shaking hands and I look so old. This was a mistake.
My new maid's outfit is cute. Sure fits tight.
And then I step into the bedroom and in the mirror, I see a beautiful woman looking back at me.
Smile, Honey! You look fabulous!
5ft 6-7 145-150. I have a petite build and very nice legs as the result of daily exercise. I have been told I have nice feminine features; high cheekbones, small mouth, smallish hands. Bad side. Very thin and getting thinner hair. Wish it were plush and I could grow it out so i could dispense with the wig.
5'4", 200lbs, looking much like a guy,
Nothing really going for me. Hard to find nice clothes
to big for regular womens clothes, to short for most everything.
Although size 10 shoes are not all that hard to find, but with my WIDE feet
that can be an issue,
So on the plus side, I think the 42dd's aren't all that bad
on the minus side, just about everything else.
my sister's reply when I told her how I prefer to dress
"Everyone has there thing, all that matters is that you are happy, love what you do and who you do it with"
Carla,
If I wasn't a CDer I wouldn't have the same problems you list !
I just tell myself age has been kind to me then have a good laugh when I look in the mirror !
My legs are getting quite a following especially among the GGs and also a guy in my painting group who commented on my sexy knees !
At 5'4" on a good day my height definitely has its advantages and shoes are easier to find. I just wish I had a better butt and hips. My sister has a big butt and I'm left wondering how come I didn't get those genes lol!
I am reliably advised by many GG friends - legs, butt and smile complete with dimples - in no particular order.
On the downside - hairy arms (that's the one area I don't shave, just bleach), fingernails that I can't seem to grow beyond about 2mm before they break or split, muscular masculine shoulders (about strappy tops and sleeveless dresses), being very tall (at 6'4" in my stockinged (usually) feet I always stand out!), deep voice which I have not really tried to train.
Michelle
xxx
For me the up-sides are definitely my legs, although since hormones my butt, thighs and hips are looking really good and my waist has gotten smaller. My breasts are getting there. They are on both sides good because they are there(38B) but bad because I wish they were bigger(at least a C cup). On the down-side I also have big man hands, size 14 women's feet, broad shoulders and at 6'2" and 185lb I stand out. Being almost 50 can be up or down because older women aren't held to as high of a standard as younger women, but make-up can be a bit of a challenge.
B almost C cup breasts (leftovers from being fat, then skinny, then fat, repeat ad infinitum), slowly growing fair colored facial & body hair (none in the ears and none coming out of the shnozola), pretty blue eyes, rather small genitals which makes wearing female underwear pretty easy, and, of course the most important, a brain the can remain delusional for long periods of time.
Some causes of crossdressing you've probably never even considered: My TG biography at:http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...=1#post1490560
There's an addendum at post # 82 on that thread, too. It's about a ten minute read.
Why don't we understand our desire to dress, behave and feel like a girl? Because from childhood, boys are told that the worst possible thing we can be, is a sissy. This feeling is so ingrained into our psyche, that we will suppress any thoughts that connect us to being or wanting to be feminine, even to the point of creating separate personalities to assign those female feelings into.
Well, I'm told that I have a nice smile. Other than that ...
Good question, Carla!
Size 10 shoes; five feet seven inches(170 cm) and 144 lbs(65 Kg); no butt at all; slightly broad shoulders. Size 10 dresses. Wrinkles around my eyes and face. Passable on a good day. (From a suitable distance.)
I almost hate to say this because I know so many here are self conscious about their height. Like Taylor, I'm very short and I would bet I am one of the shortest girls on the forum, including the GGs! I come in at a towering 5'2".
Pretty much everything that I am terribly self conscious about in male mode is what helps me me as a CDer... my height, I'm more of a grower than a shower so my dangly bits are quite small, I'm somewhat overweight and getting to an age where I have small man-boobs, I have very small feet (a women's 7.5 - 8) and skinny calves.
On the down side I have man-shaped hands that i think are completely gross for a female look and frankly not very nice for a male for that matter because they're small and stubby. I have no hair on the top of my head so fake hair for me en femme yet I have hair everywhere else in places I really wish it wasn't.
Quite a catch for the GGs huh.
I am not a woman nor am I a man... I am an enby. Hi, I am Wren.
However you can wear those pretty elbow length gloves that I can't even get my hands into!
Some causes of crossdressing you've probably never even considered: My TG biography at:http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...=1#post1490560
There's an addendum at post # 82 on that thread, too. It's about a ten minute read.
Why don't we understand our desire to dress, behave and feel like a girl? Because from childhood, boys are told that the worst possible thing we can be, is a sissy. This feeling is so ingrained into our psyche, that we will suppress any thoughts that connect us to being or wanting to be feminine, even to the point of creating separate personalities to assign those female feelings into.
Thankful for my long hair decent legs and small feet .On the other side of the coin i have no butt and hips
I have a hubcap diamond star halo
Seems to me like everything I have naturally works against me. And I have to work really hard to pull off this look. As far as blending in. I don't and I don't really care either.
Plus:
Thin frame that fits US size 2 dresses nicely (last measured: 34-24-28 @ 168cm)
Small feet that make shoes very accessible (EU38)
Full lips
Youthful facial features
Minus:
Shoulders are rather broad
Eyes don't take very kindly to makeup
Insufficient butt
Body hair grows unusually fast
Good side = butt somewhat survey figure not allot of muscle and smile
Bad side = 5 o'clock shadow, belly....hair in general
No regrets except I should have got dressed & stepped out sooner.
On the plus side, 5'8", 157 lb, size 9 shoes. down side, no butt, barrel chest, larger hands and old age.............................Debra
My plus-5'-7',long natural hair,138lbs,size 9 shoes, size 8/10 clothes.
Minus- skinny bowed legs, stubbly wide hands, and not so girly voice, old man face.
I don't know how I get by when out and about.
"you are a strange species and there are many out there;shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you ,you are at your best when things are at their worst" ...[ Starman]
It may of course be a bit disturbing to sense that one is really not so firmly anchored to the gender one was born into.
You get by when out and about because a great many people are not all that attractive, whether by the luck of the genes or neglect of what they have. Just look around, listen, observe (but no staring). People like us tend to hold ourselves to extreme standards of appearance because we're trying to become (whether permanently or a half-hour at a time) something we are not naturally, trying to pass (more or less) as one who has different chromosomes and secondary sex characteristics. I suppose it's effortless and totally persuasive for a lucky few, but, as the OP queried, whatcha got and whaddya lack? From your avatar, I'd say you cut a winsome figure. Enjoy aging (like we have a choice).
My legs and b-natural breasts are pretty nice, but I have a FINE ass. (and every other male in my family has a flat ass which barely holds up their pants) I was blessed. I wish my face was a little younger, or perhaps I just need a professional make-over to learn how to properly apply make-up.
Plusses: Smooth skin (I love sleeveless and spaghetti straps), very little body hair (long-gone to the razor), light arm hair that responds to bleaching and thinning (waft a Norelco shaver over it gingerly from time to time), slender (6-1, 173), nice (slender) legs, VERY little facial hair (plucked out of existence daily), androgynous facial features (for the most part; see minuses), narrow feet (see below, however), slender fingers (ditto), nice nails, still have most of my brunette color at 67 (and the grey is a nice tone; my wife says lots of women would love to have that color), well-trained alternate voice, not-too-broad shoulders and torso, small hormone boobs that look good in a bra but can be flattened in boy mode.
Minuses: Too tall (6-1), somewhat prominent Adam's apple, moderate male-pattern thin hair on top, broad shoulders, slim hips, the search for my butt goes on, large hooves (12A male on Brannock device), large hands (men's large gloves), my father's nose (ugh!), deep "radio" voice, legs getting veiny with age, age.
Regarding the voice, I was talking with a nice guy in a San Francisco T bar years ago, and he said he liked that I didn't have a put-on voice like so many other CDs. I dropped down to my usual baritone and said "Oh really? That's nice of you to say." He about fell off his stool, and I went right back up. I recently went to a Halloween event as Little Red Riding Hood (my wife was the wolf), and I told her I had to be careful not to shift into my other voice around our straight friends. It's all but automatic for me, so I guess that's a really big plus.
On the plus side, I'd say everthing from the neck down. Negative, everything from the neck up, OMG I'm a hot mess 😢
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