How long have you been CDing?

[darla_g]

This one begs for a survey question, but I know we can't do that. So let me ask how long have you been CDing.

0-2 years
less than 5 years
5-10
10-20
over 20 years

for me its over 20.

[Penny-Leyne]

Between 10 and 20. Most of my life.

[docrobbysherry]

Or, about 1/6th, (17%), of my life!:brolleyes:

[Angie G]

Closer to 50 years Darla and loving every bit of it.:hugs:
Angie

[Jenniferpl]

I probably started when I approximately 10 years old. The early years were exciting enough but the best years have been with the involvment of my wife. Without her,this would be rather boring.

[Gabrielle Hermosa]

Since I was about 4. Didn't have access to real women's clothes at the time, but my t-shits made decent makeshift skirts... and made my mother question their stretched neck holes. :doh:

[Sherry-Stephanie]

ah about 14 months now....
I'm a "newbie"....

[happygirl]

started around 13, you do the math:D

[TSchapes]

But not consistently or contiguously. I'd say since the Fall of 2007 has been a major uptick for me.

-Tracy

[PetiteTonya]

...On July 28th, 2008. That was the night that my life changed forever.

[Nicki B]

First experiences when I was 4 or 5.. (A bit more than 20yrs ago ;) )

Then through adolescence, before I got married; then first completely dressed, made up etc ~10 yrs ago - been going out regularly the last 8?

[erica12b]

started about 9 and im now 43 , long time lol

[AmandaM]

since I was three, so that's forty-errr, twenty-something years.

[Krista1985]

0-2 years, a practicing CD for 5 months to be exact.

I've had the feelings since about 13 or so, that's 11 years ago. I wasn't inclined to act on them due to lack of information and fear, then I found this site. Now I embrace CD'ing without fear, armed with the information and support found here. :thanx:

[Karren H]

Now over 5 decades.... sigh....

[Maria in heels]

I've been cd'ing for about 35 years now..actually started with wearing heels with one of my sisters...:)

[Alice Green]

0-2 more serious, but for a long time just being a kid dressing up.

[5150 Girl]

Well,, as long as I can remember I've been intresed in palying with bits and pices. I was in my 20's before I was in a positon to put it all together. (I'm 40 now)

[Jilmac]

Well let's see, I wore my very first panties and dress at age 7, experimented with the clothes of my three older sisters until I actually started dressing in girls clothes at age 15, I'm 64 now, you do the math. :doh:

[lisalove]

Really I started at age 5 when I found my first pair of panties while walking to school. But it was at 18 when I started wearing nothing but women's clothes. So it's been 25 years. AndI'm not about to stop now lol.

[Jessica Who]

about 20 years, I started when I was around 7 :eek:

[Miranda09]

I started when I was around 13 or so and dabbled in it off and on till about 2 months ago when I stopped dabbling and started in full swing. So about 40+ years.

[Dressing Jill]

OMG I fell like one of the dinosours.LOL...

I remember at age 4 and lots of times when I was a child. When I was in school as I had 4 sisters it was easy to get clothes to wear. I am only 52 now so that is 48 yrs.LOL.....

But seriously only 48 yrs....


Hugs :hugs:

Jill

[Marcia Blue]

More than 4 decades.
Many more to go.

[Barbara Dugan]

Just 13 months

[sissystephanie]

Now over 5 decades.... sigh....

Sorry, Karren! Over 6 decades for me, and counting! No "sigh" here, just glad I can still count them!

[Christina Horton]

Knew at 4 been going out dressed since Aug 9 th of 08. So 35 years now add it up I am......... Oh phones ringing gota go.

[featherelizabeth]

damn near thirty beautiful and chequered years....wheeee!!!

[Colleen03]

I started when I was 10, just a harmless childhood game of dress up with my sister, so I've been at it for over 20 years

[chrissy_crossdresser]

umm well i started around 13 and im almos 20 now so about 7 years :)

[Katie80NIU]

I'm 28 now, started around 8ish I believe. Time definitely flies by :)

[Lisa Golightly]

Bit of an odd one for me but I'd say I considered myself largely CD with the odd TS crisis for 31 years from the age of 5-36yrs old. At 36 I had my epiphany (not that it was a great revelation in truth) and realised I was simply transsexual...

So I've been dressing as a bit of a girl for 36 of my 41 years :)

[Tanya C]

Close to 45 years and still loving it.

Tanya

[audreycd]

I started at 8 so something like 31 years (OMG)
I wore pantyhose at 5 once but it was for a school show ^^

[Samantha Kelsey]

Hi, for me its Over 20.
In reality it's nearer 50 and I hope to get at least another 20.

[Deborah Jane]

I originally started c/ding when i was a kid [about 6 or 7 years old], but stopped when i was about 16.
It completely disappeared until i was about 45 years old [i thought about it occaisonally but never did anything about it during this time], but i've been dressing regularly since it's return.

[loardata]

Hi darla: for me it was about 45 yaers ago. saw my mom nude through a cracked door the fem things caught my eye.

[Pamela]

[B]Have been crossdressing about 50 years.......

[Secret Sis]

Almost 40 years for me... since I was 9 or 10... (48 now...)

[Joanne108]

This one begs for a survey question, but I know we can't do that. So let me ask how long have you been CDing.

0-2 years
less than 5 years
5-10
10-20
over 20 years

for me its over 20.
For me ever since I was 5 and tried on a bra!

[Aleca]

I first put on female clothing in 1977 at age 15. This has been something on and off since then, sometimes throwing clothes, wigs, shoes, accesories out from feeling ashamed. I miss those clothes at times. It depends when I am alone and how I feel about dressing up.

[Elvira]

I was abott six years old when i was scratching througg my mothers closet and found one of her bras and tried it on. I'm almost 42 now so i've been dressing for almost 36 years! Your friend from S.A.! Elvira.

[jasmine57]

I've been dressing ever since I was 13, which was 38 years ago but it's only been the past couple of years that I stopped denying who I am and have more serious about it.

[gwen cd]

First started around 4 or 5 on and off till 9 then tried to shake it off but it caught up to me at 19, tried to shake it off again, caught me again at 25 and been hiding it, got married at 27 and came out to the wife at 30, so seriously cding for about a year or so.

[Tasha McIntyre]

Over 20 years.....about 31 or 32 years (from age 11 or so)

Cheers

Tash :)

[gender_blender]

Since age 3 with photographic proof; 23 years now.

And I've nevered "purged" my things or questioned myself.

Charlie

[steviejt]

Over 50 years now, but only for the past one within a thoroughly understanding and mutually supportive relationship

[Carly D.]

I've been in this for over twenty years.. maybe even thirty plus years... egad..

[AlannahNorth]

At about 8 I found I was drawn to panties & earrings, until I got caught wearing them a couple of times and avoided anything for a few years. From about 10 on I would occasionally sneak something from one of my sisters for an hour or two, but about 15 to 20 I would sometimes wear panties for part of a day or evening occasionally. Once I found an entire cardboard box of panties someone has discarded; and for a few weeks I was quite happy with that. Then my mom or sister found one pair - nobody said anything - but that put me back into 'full stealth mode' for a long time. I finally ditched everything for fear of further discoveries. A few times when I was married I borrowed one of my wife's panties (without her knowing) and I believe a couple of times when she did (it didn't seem a big deal). Once we split up however - things did change. I bought a few things of my own - so from about 11 -12 years ago I've always had something of my own to wear. About 5 years ago I began to really experiment, to the point I could be fully dressed if I wanted.

So - in summary - I started at about 8 years old, and became seriously interested about 5 years ago. So - really CDing for about 5 years.

Alannah

[JoAnne Wheeler]

Almost 55 years - I am getting to be an old girl.

JoAnne Wheeler

[suchacutie]

Coming up on 4 years! On one hand it seems like just yesterday that I started and on the other hand the changes in perspective and knowledge are incredible and certainly life-changing.

tina

[RachelB.]

I'm with Karren and some of the others 5 decades and counting.

As the old tv commercial exclaimed "I'm not getting older, I'm getting better"

[Patricia1]

Now over 5 decades.... sigh....

What she said.

[Trish]

My wife got me into my first dress before we were married. It's been about 40 years now.

[Elizebeth]

Over 20 years

[AndreaCD1963]

My favorite Halloween costumes were always femme (princess etc.) ... as I got older, so did the look (my last time trick-or-treating was at 16, dressed as a hooker). School plays and other "dress up" opportunites, I wanted the femme costume/role. Always wore undies whenever I could ... and then about 4 years ago, decided to go all out .. got my own wardrobe and shoes ... started going out when time permitted. So to answer the question ... probably in the region of 40 years in one form or another ... but 4 years as an accepted part of me and who I am :)

[LisaM]

I have to admit to 46--since I was 5.

[JuLo]

About 35 yrs for me as well. It seems like for ever!:daydreaming:

[Diane CHILDS]

Well can anyone else remember an old Queen called Victoria?

Di

[RobynB]

50+ years.

[dutch-anita]

started at 5 but my mom told my recently (when I came out to my parents) that I stole some panties in a shop when I was 3 (lol) sadly I have no memories of this. I'am 41 now so ....36 years (35 in the closet.... )

[EjayeCD]

Ever since I was 5-6 years old, so it's 50 years. I had to play with my older sister & her friends because there were no boys my age in the neighborhood. So we played all girls games including dressup. I got hooked dressing really young, and even after I was older & didn't play with the girls any more, i dressed secretly & never stopped.

[StaceyJane]

I've been CDing for about 20 minutes now. Well that's just today.
I first wanted to CD about 38 years ago but I don't think I actually did put on my mom's clothes until about 33 years ago.

[Meg East]

Over fifty years and counting...........

[KarenSusan]

Now over 5 decades.... sigh....

:yt:

[Melfina]

Hmmm...

Well, I started off just wearing shoes, and then stockings and shoes. That was on and off since my late teens.

I decided in my early twenties that I wanted to have the whole package and went to WildSide in Toronto. When I saw the finished product in the mirror I said to myself "yep, this is definitely the other me". :o

In total I guess it's been around the 20 year mark for me.

[bobi jean]

10 X 5 + 1 or 2 = 51 to 52 years, THANKS A LOT. I hadn't thought about ituntil now!!! geeeez how time flies when your having fun!!

[Michelle_NY]

over 30 years now here

[grace@4]

l been cross dressing for almost 7yrs never been in public place just at home

[Michala]

Between 40 and 50 years. Started a long time ago by wearing my mother's and sister's clothes. Then quit for a few years and am getting better and better at it as time goes by. Used to love staying home from school so I could try on clothes and loved those older stockings with garters. Much better than pantyhose. And of course a bra stuffed with stockings. :daydreaming:

[ClaudiaDawn]

... that I barely remember. I may have started when I was about 4 or 5, with my sisters clothes. But I wasn't able to fully dress until about a year ago. Counting the early years it has been a 30+ year long roller coaster ride!

Hugs,

Claudia

[DonnaT]

About 44 yrs

[Fancynancy]

For as long as I can remember or fifty plus. Fancynancy

[dennisGTS]

About 10 years for me.

[Faith_G]

Started at 5 or 6, so a little over 30 years now.

[valrc]

about 2 years

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Question, please. Does this mean the feelings of being CD or being out as CD? If it's the former, then for <mumble> years. One of my earliest memories is of looking through a Sears-Roebuck catalog (why yes, I am that old, thanks for mentioning it <lol>) and telling my mom I wanted a dress for Christmas. I was about four years old or so. If it's about finally getting up the courage to be myself, then about 5 years ago. So far it's been fun, all in all, especially the out part.

Hugs...Joni Marie

[patricia 402]

im OLD ive been me for 40 years and feel better and younger every day :battingeyelashes:

[sissystephanie]

I think I have the rest of you beat!! But surely I am not the oldest on this Forum at only 77? But starting at age 7 makes for a long time! I know I said over 6 decades in my first post on this thread, I should have just said 7 decades, but I didn't want to hurt Karren's feelings!

[CD Susan]

i started when i was 5 years old and I am 61 now. So I think I have been doing this for a very long time. I have no regrets and will continue doing this as long as I am able to.

[Bobbi Lynn]

I started trying on my mothers and grandmothers panties at age 4. I am now in my 6th decade.

[Chris100]

Since I was about 13, I think.

Very thrilling, but frustrating as well because it had to be done in great secrecy and was always limited by my circumstances and strong feelings of guilt at that time.

Chris :daydreaming:

[trisha59]

40+ years Wow thats a lot of nylon

[stephaniedoes]

since i was 8 i have been but went out the first time last yr..

[ChristineRenee]

I started when I was 12 and I'm 57 now so 45 years. :eek: :heehee:

[Rachaelb64]

Mmm......... about 30yrs plus :)

[KarenCDFL]

Almost 50 years!

[lynnmcarthur]

Since I was 3

[Carola]

Since 7, but the last couple of years worth for 20 before.

[karen_75cd]

Um, let's see, including all the starts and stops--about 20 years

[SweetCaroline]

I'm a life long dresser. I was around six years old when I first put on my sister's night gown one Sunday day morning. So technically the answer is thirty years. It wasn't until I was around nineteen that I started dressing fully from head to toe (or as much as I could given my limited resources at the time).

Now, of course I'm fully out-and-about for almost two years.

[monika]

About 3years with full makeup and wigs.
Just tried on womens clothing before that.

[miss janel]

Nearing 30 years.

[Misty G]

For me almost as long as I can remember. However out for only about 12 yrs. But dressing iin the closet another 30+

[Marcia Sue]

over fifty years and I am loving it more now

[andieRay]

i have been cding for about 28 years off and on, right know its more on then off

[Nancie64]

Boy, what a question. Started when I was about 14 and now just over 60. have been lucky over the years to have a SO who is somewhat understanding. Right now I have more clothes in the closet for the female than the male side. Think of all the dollars that have been spend on those sexy outfits, and all of those that no longer fit. Love the heels and the boots, but the best is a knee length skirt with a nice sweater, and of course, knee high boots. Kohls, a good place to shop.:hugs:

[vivian fair]

5 to 71 !

[jolanda_trav]

I started dressing frequently when I was 12 yrs old, so I'm dressing now for 26 yrs.
Before that I can remember only (at least) 2 occasion where I tried on some girl stuff.

[joann07]

2 years and 7 months.
I was a late starter at age 37.

Hugs!

[TJ Tresa]

Is this just a ploy to find out old we are? LOL.
I've been cross dressing since I was about 8or9, I can not remember a time in my life I didn't want to be able to wear the pretty clothes that girls get to wear.
So let's do the math, I'm currently 51 - 9 = 42, so 42 years is the best answer I can come up with. However I would like to add, that since I have found my wife and she enjoys the time that TJ Tresa spends with her, I would have to say that 7 years would be a better answer.

[karinels]

Since I was 3, or at least my earliest memories are wanting to wear female attire. We moved when I was 5 and I remember dressing long before we moved. I will be 40 this year, so naturally, my answer is 20 years and longer.:love:

[Carly D.]

I've been cross dressing for as long as I can remember, so like three days now after that it all get's fuzzy... just joking I think I answered earlier, just thought I'd throw some humor in there such as it is..

[darla_g]

Is this just a ploy to find out old we are? LOL.
.no of course not! there are subtler ways to spill the beans on that. I am just curious.

the next logical followup question is for people who have been doing this for a while, lets say over 5 years or so . Have your attitudes changed? has it changed for your SO?

[luvlysublisa4u]

26 blissful years

[Samantha43]

35 years or so........damn, I'm getting old.........

[Lacelover]

Over 40 years. That is a long time to spend in the closet, but worth every minute.
Lacelover

[Denise01]

Seriously and mostly full time now for about 10 years. Had the desire for more years than i like to count

Denise

:):):):)