I am somewhat new to the CD community. Been dressing in private for a few years and recently joined crossdressers .com and another CD forum and have enjoyed the new experience. I'm married and no one I no in my personal life knows I crossdress. Well went out to dinner with my wife and some friends and the subject of transsexuals and crossdressers came up. I tried to just listen for the most part not wanting to give myself up but also anxious to find out what others in the "normal" world think of us. These friends are nice people but as I listened I had the eye opening experience that people in the "normal" world pretty much consider us freaks. Very dissappointing to me especially s I have been hopeful to someday inform my wife of my CD'ing. Well looks like that will never happen because it would turn our life upside down. Don't think she could handle it and probably neither could I. Also funny to find out how little "normal" people know of us...They think we are all just gay and all the same, ts's cder's etc..Sorry for not using abetter word than "normal" but was just trying to make a point. What's normal anyway?