I am fairly new to the forum and this is my first posting/new thread. Currently, I am separated from my wife of eleven years and after recent events, it is obvious that our marriage is irreparably broken. As we start down the path of divorce and I consider custody of my young children, I am very curious about experiences other CDs have had when their crossdressing was brought up as an issue in court and the bearing it had on any custody decisions.
I am still hoping that we can handle this through mediation, but my wife's moods flip-flops from day-to-day, to say the least. In fact, I am debating whether to go for full custody anyway due to her increasingly erratic behavior, which has been witnessed by far too many family and friends. Of course, going this route and heading to court obviously opens up my crossdressing for her to attack. By the way, we live in the not very progressive state of Missouri, so God only knows how well that would go.
As a little more background information, I did a poor job of telling my wife about my CDing before we were married - then again, she's a head-in-the-sand type that didn't ask any questions. Before the kids came along she came to know the full extent of my desires and even started showing signs of support (let me dress as a French Maid for Halloween and complimented my appearance, bought me a formal gown and gave it to me for Christmas, didn't mind if I wore panties). After our first child was born, a complete 180, and she has been nothing but terrible toward me regarding this issue since. Now that we're separated, I dress only on days where I don't have the kids and any female wardrobe I own is kept locked up. As far as I know, they don't seem to know about my girly side, although God knows what she's told them.
Sorry for rambling. It's late and I can't sleep (mostly thinking about the impending divorce and the effect on all of us). Would greatly appreciate any feedback on experiences similar to what I'm going through.