Hi,
I've been a member of this forum for a few years now and, aside from here, have only disclosed my cross-dressing to my best friend. Tonight I told my Mom. Probably shouldn't have done it but it's out now. She visited me at school last week and saw a make-up bag in my apartment. The one piece of feminine stuff I forgot to hide before her visit. She asked about it yesterday and I told her the reason for it today. I'll be telling no-one else ever perhaps with the exception of my future wife after I marry and perhaps not even her.
Mom's reaction was shock, sadness, and a the all-too-typical concern for my heterosexuality. I told her there was nothing to be concerned about and that these activities in no way make me any different than I always was - sexually or otherwise. She's bewildered and afraid for me and I find myself wishing I hadn't let the cat of the bag, so to speak, but since she was asking about the item in my apartment and I was tired of keeping it from her for so long that I blabbed. Perhaps not the best strategic thinking on my part but keeping secrets from those closest to me doesn't become me. In a strange way, come what may as a result of my disclosure, I am relieved to have spoken the truth to her.
Best,
Gunda