If anyone ever saw my responses to other posts, you would know that I was pretty much in the closet about my dressing, the only exception being when my wife was in the mood to have me dressed in the bedroom. I did not know how she would react about my dressing for myself and since she was dealing with a lot of issues of her own, I didn't want to place an additional burden on her. That all changed the other night.
I was relaxing upstairs after dinner and decided to dress for myself for a while. I was all dressed up except for makeup and on-line at the time when I hear her coming up the steps. I had just enough time to take off the wig & earrings when she appeared in the room. It took her a moment to see what I was wearing & asked me what I was doing. I finally admitted to her that I was dressing for myself, that I liked the feel of the clothes & how they looked on me, and that it was something I liked doing outside of the bedroom. We went downstairs and talked for about two hours, but the end result was that she said she was OK with me wanting to dress for myself. She thought it was a little weird, but I reminded her that I was always a "unique" individual, reassured her that I was still a male who was attracted to women, and that I wouldn't do anything that would make her feel uncomfortable with the whole thing. She even said that she was jealous of the hourglass figure that I had, though she thought the red wig I was wearing wasn't flattering (she prefers blondes or brunettes).
I want to thank all of you for all the advice you've given out to others who have been discovered. I really believe that all the advice I read greatly helped with the positive outcome of this situation, and hope that others will also greatly benefit from your sage advice.
Paula