A Sense of Humor

[Crysten]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing? If not, WHY NOT? Honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, what good is life? I understand the issues we deal with are serious ones sometimes, no question. BUT, laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, of course. Then, laughter would definitely NOT be the best medicine. In fact, you may want to see a doctor at some point.

Crysten

[Kathi Lake]

Oh, good Lord, yes!! "What am I doing?!" seemed to be my thought at the time. I laughed so hard that my eyes watered more than if I had poked one with the mascara brush. I love laughter, and laugh at mself much more often than others who see me in the street (in boy or girl mode). Still, more than laughter, I like the soft, gentle smile I get when I look in the mirror.

Kathi

[Zenith]

You clearly haven't met me yet...:bonk:

[Lorileah]

I don't remember laughing but I do remember thinking "what are you thinking?" And when it comes to this forum, I am either dead serious or totally whacked. Whacked is more fun...

[Jenny J]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing? If not, WHY NOT? Honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, what good is life? I understand the issues we deal with are serious ones sometimes, no question. BUT, laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, of course. Then, laughter would definitely NOT be the best medicine. In fact, you may want to see a doctor at some point.

Crysten

I understand what you are saying but I do have to differ with your thoughts about a sense of humor. There's Karen Hutton and TXKimberly and I think they have a great sense of humor.

I always get a good chuckle at some of their posts.

Jen

:rose2:

[Christina Horton]

I have a great sense of humor . I can laugh at myself, after I am the funnest person in the room now..... hummm no one else here .....oh well. I have a twisted sense of humor and I love to pun a lot. When My uncle and I get together and start puning the rest of the family leaves the room. SO there you go bye bye see ya.

[Deedee Dupree]

What the heck took you so long to bring humor up since that train wreck back there?

When I first began to dress fully so much was funny, and I love when that happens now. Concerning cancer, or any other terminal disease, I know from first hand exp. that laughter is good medicine
in addition to what the doc's can do.

On the forum I try to not make too many wise cracks... but it's getting harder to control the urges and I know the urges are not going to go away. Sooner or later when I can't repress it any longer, the clown within will emerge and take over...

dd

[Christina Horton]

What the heck took you so long to bring humor up since that train wreck back there?

When I first began to dress fully so much was funny, and from time to time it still happens when I dress.

On the forum I try to not make too many wise cracks... but it's getting harder to control the urges and I know the urges are not going to go away. Sooner or later when I can't repress it any longer, the clown within will emerge and take over...

dd


I will make you a deal hun If you want to make jokes you may use all of my threads to joke with just joke about the stuff I talk about myself with some others might not take it so well if you joke about something they said. SO feel free to laugh at me I will not be offended hun.

By the way your mother wears combat boots and dresses you funny.:heehee::confused2::lol::ohgoon::rofl:

[jennCD]

Lack of sense of humor? Oh no, I disagree. At least in my case, I laugh at myself at some point every time I dressed myself up. It's just a defense mechanism I think, cos if I stopped and took myself too seriously, I think I'd end up in a worse place than I am now with regards to my trans nature.

Safer for me to take myself lightly...

:)
jenn

[daviolin]

I laugh every time I dress up. Because I am just so damn happy. I love being a girl. :2c:Daviolin

[Hope]

My brand of humor (rude-ees brand off-putting humor) tends to be a bit more sarcastic and dry. Which is simply a bear to translate into text, because once you have explained the joke, it is suddenly not funny any more. Perhaps you have missed it.

Also - I think folks tend to come here with some pretty serious pain and some pretty heavy questions, and some pretty obvious vulnerability. While that is probably the place where a bit of gentle humor is most needed (not rude-ees brand) it is also not always conducive to a lot of humor.

But I agree with your whole heartedly. Anyone who hasn't laughed at themselves in the shower shaving their legs, or at the gremlin sized mat left in the drain when they are done - is going about this all wrong.

[Joanne f]

Why would anyone want a sense of humor as life is far to serious, i would never ever think about making a joke about something and as for laughing , well it took me 3 hours to trowel on the makeup if i laughed it will crack and the filler never seams to go on quite right after the rest have set.
AND if you put a laughing smilie in the WRONG place you are in deep poo. Not that i would know :laughing::lol2::rofl: how did they get there :doh:

[Persephone]

There's Karen Hutton and TXKimberly and I think they have a great sense of humor.

Jen :rose2:

I'm sorry, Jen, but I'm confused; does that mean they have one sense of humor between them?

[Annie D]

This is serious stuff! Don't you remember the first time that you pulled on a pair of panties? I bet that not one of us laughed. It was such an incredible feeling that we all wondered where that one single event was going to take us. For those who have become more relaxed and accepting of themselves, then I think we can look at ourselves in a more humorous light. It is only when we truly accept ourselves as we are, then we can find humor in our journey.

We laugh at our own fear of that first time out in public; we laugh at our lame attempts of putting on make up and we laugh at our reflections in the dressing room mirror when we never dreamed that the outfit we picked out made us look that way. The more confidence we have with ourselves, the more we are able to laugh at the way we look.

[Sheila]

Debs and I laugh all the time about all sorts and yes :doh: even about CDing occasionally ... well she is blonde and does blonde very very well :brolleyes: :brolleyes:

[Jan W]

Crysten,

Your blood is worth bottling honey.

A - this if fun

B - it is funny

and C if it wasn't for the humour it might just drive us mad.

Keep laughing,


Jan

[Kate Simmons]

One of the main things I have learned is to just be myself and not take myself that seriously in either mode. Seems to work for me.;):)

[Georgia Rose]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing? If not, WHY NOT? Honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, what good is life? I understand the issues we deal with are serious ones sometimes, no question. BUT, laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, of course. Then, laughter would definitely NOT be the best medicine. In fact, you may want to see a doctor at some point.

Crysten

Crysten, laughter is always the best medicine irrespective of the circumstances. Anyone who has not had a laugh from their CDing attempts at times is just taking life too serious. This is usually a fairly serious forum but every now & then I come across a comment that causes lots of laughter.

Maybe we need to set up a jokes or funny stories section to lighten things up a bit.

:drink:

Mod Note: We do have a joke/humor section... you can find it here (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30).

[TSchapes]

How can I have any humor? CDing is a very serious business! Now look what you made me do! You got me all upset, and my mascara is running...

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm4/TracySchapes/ResamDarnYou.jpg

[Anna the Dub]

I do have a sense of humour, a quite vicious and sarcastic one which is very prevalent in my everyday life. But, when I am on these forums, a lot of the time I am opening up about things that have dominated my whole life, and some of it is very painful and continues to be painful at times, and I just can't be flippant about it.

[Tal'Aura]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor.

Jolan Tru,

If you are looking for a humorous atmosphere in this forum, then you are definitely in the wrong place. Do you want a jokes? Take a comic strip...

[Teri Jean]

No sense of humor? I think not as there are a number of girls here seem to find humer at all times. As for me, I find myself looking into the mirror while putting on my makeup and have to ask what is my late wife thinking as she looks over my shoulder. Then there is the time I spend with her sisters and laugh at the silly things we do are talk about. Humor has it's place and then there i the serious moments, you just have to look for it.

Wow where did all that come from? Oh yah I have my blond wig in the closet. Huggs Keli

[Melani]

All the time I mean really who am I fooling, not me that's for sure

[Deb The Brunette]

No sense of humour? ...... you ain't met me then lol



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[Sarah_new]

Sense of Humour. Oh yes I have one, I mean when I look in the mirror I need to have one otherwise I wouldn't continue with this.

You'll notice there are no face pics of me. One reason is that I'm still working on make-up techniques etc and until such time as I stop looking like a clown there will be no face pictures. My sense of humour is one of things that helps me keep life (in general) in perspective. However, my sense of humour my not be to everyones tastes so I tend to keep it at bay unless I really know someone.

[MJ]

God has a sense of humour just take a look around you. you haven't met me yet either

[cindym5_04]

I'm told by my friends and my wife that generally I'm not serious enough. I find humor in pretty much anything. Seriously.



:heehee:

[Tiffany Tuesday]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing? If not, WHY NOT? Honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, what good is life? I understand the issues we deal with are serious ones sometimes, no question. BUT, laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, of course. Then, laughter would definitely NOT be the best medicine. In fact, you may want to see a doctor at some point.

Crysten

Hi Crysten,
not done the mirror laugh, ususally it is a cry "oh gawd i look awful" there, but i totally agree laughter is theraputic and can help in dealing with life.

As for mirrors or overly worrying about passing when out ... of course do your best but in the end have fun enjoy life because otherwise you cry alone. Have attached some piccies of me being a banana btw the Knickerman piccie is not of me but of some buddies and we gave him a burial on the River Thames off the end of the boat:)

Love
Tiff x

[Sarah Doepner]

Take a look at some of the "First Time Out in Public" stories. Sometimes we have experiences that are terrifying while we are in them, but with a little perspective they are both instructive and funny as hell!

Humor has it's place in the forum, but so many of the questions are posed by folks facing serious issues and it's hard to put a laugh in without making them think they are being laughed at, not laughed with.

As for me, my attempts tend to fall flat, but it's not for lack of trying.

[LisaM]

My SO and I have had many wonderful laughs about this side of me (along with a number of tears as well).

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Sense of humor. Oh my sweet girly tush. If I didn't laugh, I would cry. Besides, I'm funny as hell, look at my pix.

Hugs...Joni Mari

[pamela_a]

Joni just stole my line...If I didn't laugh I would cry.

Seriously though, I have a great sense of humor though it can be sharp at times and I've developed it as my coping mechanism. Besides, you just can't take life too seriously, there are just too many funny things out there.

-Paula-

[Stitch]

I'll tell everyone a funny story.

My now lovely boyfriend first came out to me as a CD on our second date. We were having a lovely meal and I thought that since I liked him so much it was only polite that I informed him that I have a fatigue syndrome and thus get tired very easily.

He was very impressed with my honestly. Despite the fact I never considered it a secret. So he decided to tell me something very important.

He lent over and very quietly said with a straight face that he was a TV. In my naively I thought he was playing around and burst out laughing thinking he meant he was in fact a Television. :eek: When he didn't laugh I though OMG did I mishear him. I felt terrible. I then racked my brain for what TV could possibly mean. Perhaps he meant TB, that he had Tuberculous. My next thought was then, but I've had the injections for that and I'm actually immune anyway. How do you even catch TB?

Upon seeing my blank expression he finally put me out of my misery and told me what TV stood for. I just about wanted the ground to swallow me up then. I was far more busy being horrified at myself and worrying if he hated me for laughing then even taking in what he truly said. I was very glad he didn't have TB.

The rest of the date went wonderfully and without incident. The story still makes me cringe though. Lol. :heehee:

Here we are now almost on the anniversary of that date, which falls on the 11th July. A day which is wedged between my birthday (the 10th) and his (the 12th)

Thankfully we both have great senses of humour and never take ourselves to seriously.

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Sorry, hon, I really didn't mean to. If I'd known, I would have let you go first. I think we're kind of alike, though. I use my humor to fend things off, as a coping mechanism, as you do, and to keep people at a distance. So far it works, though not always all that well. I still cry sometimes.

Hugs...Joni Mari



Joni just stole my line...If I didn't laugh I would cry.

Seriously though, I have a great sense of humor though it can be sharp at times and I've developed it as my coping mechanism. Besides, you just can't take life too seriously, there are just too many funny things out there.

-Paula-

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Hi Stitch-

You're bf is a very lucky girl. And if I may say so, I love that "...not perfect...but pretty awesome." part of your signature line. I may have to steal that. I mean, if you tell someone upfront that you're taking something, then it's not really stealing. Is it? More like borrowing?

Have a wonderful day. FWIW, I so love it when g-girls are a part of this little corner of the universe.

Hugs...Joni Mari

[Anna the Dub]

When I was very, very deeply in the closet, my GG best friend revealed something very personal about herself to me. Now, I had gotten so close to her, that I was really feeling to need to open up for the first time about myself. So, it was now or never. I said to her that I had something to tell her too. And she got all panicky thinking I was ill, or going away or whatever. And I said (not being able to say it straight out) that I was like Eddy Izzard (the British crossdressing comedian). She sat there for a moment, looking very puzzled, and then said 'So, what it is? You're a closeted comedian?' Needless to say, she finally got it, and here we are 15 years later still best friends. Of course I wasn't really a CDer as such, I was TS, but that's another story.

[Deedee Dupree]

"So what is it? You"re a closeted comedian? :lol:

Thanks for that, love Eddie Izzard... "so what will it be,"cake or death?"

So happy to hear it turned out to be "cake" in your long term relationship with your friend.

dd

[Stitch]

Hi Stitch-

You're bf is a very lucky girl. And if I may say so, I love that "...not perfect...but pretty awesome." part of your signature line. I may have to steal that. I mean, if you tell someone upfront that you're taking something, then it's not really stealing. Is it? More like borrowing?

Have a wonderful day. FWIW, I so love it when g-girls are a part of this little corner of the universe.

Hugs...Joni Mari

Lol, go ahead. I sort of borrowed it too. Its such a fun phrase that I couldn't help myself. :)

[battybattybats]

Well some humour is destructive, jokes can cross into teasing fr some and having had an alcoholic family member who would use 'humour' as a very cruel weapon and having looked at the harm racist and sexist humour has done indeed it can be bad and we should be careful about whether something is good humour or harmful humour...

However. Eddie Izzard is brilliant!

The cake-or-death skit.. the crossdressing paratroopers.. the cafeteria on the death-star!

Had me weeping with laughter clutching my guts i exaggerate not an iota!

[cindym5_04]

Stitch,

I still remember the first time the subject was brought up about me being a cd/tv. I was laying in bed with my then girlfriend and we were chatting about some random stuff. Out of nowhere she just says "you're a crossdresser aren't you?". I was like "huh? what?". And she goes "you like wearing women's clothes and looking like a woman. It's totally okay. My ex-boyfriend did too". So we chatted, I told her how long, etc. and after that we would randomly dress and go out.

That relationship and all really prepared me for the wonderful woman that I'm married to today.

Humor- oh the story that I could share about a tv friend of mine that went out to a club with me and my wife and what happened the next morning!! HIL (wait for it) ARIOUS! I won't share it though to protect the not-so-innocent. :heehee:

[Lorileah]

there is only one person on this forum who does not have a sense of humor. You know who you are don't you? Come on fess up.

(that should keep some people chasing their tails for a bit ) :heehee:

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Bats, my dearest new girlfriend, you need to chill, honey. I'm sure nearly everyone recognizes that pretty much all humor (been looking for an exception and can't find one, gimme a few) has an element of cruelty at its core. No need for a lecture. As an ex-girlfriend of mine used to say, "Kidding is serious." Let's go knock back a couple of Fosters. Whadda ya say?

BTW, you mis-spelled "humor". no need for the extra "u". This will save you hundreds of keystrokes in the course...or perhaps corse...of a year.<lol>

Hugs...Joni Mari




Well some humour is destructive, jokes can cross into teasing fr some and having had an alcoholic family member who would use 'humour' as a very cruel weapon and having looked at the harm racist and sexist humour has done indeed it can be bad and we should be careful about whether something is good humour or harmful humour...

However. Eddie Izzard is brilliant!

The cake-or-death skit.. the crossdressing paratroopers.. the cafeteria on the death-star!

Had me weeping with laughter clutching my guts i exaggerate not an iota!

[sandie johnson]

Yes humor is great medicine.There are some very good writers on this form that write with a humorous twist. Me I can barely type...So no long joke. I think if you can laugh at yourself in just everyday life you are ahead.

[Kate Lynn]

I have always found that laughing at the world is better than the world laughing at you.

[Persephone]

BTW, you mis-spelled "humor". no need for the extra "u". This will save you hundreds of keystrokes in the course...or perhaps corse...of a year.<lol>

Hugs...Joni Mari

She may be from Great Britain or Canada or one of those places where they have difficulty spelling in English. Many people in those places toss an extra, gratuitous, "U" into humour, colour, and a whole bunch of words, a lavish excess in today's environmental and economic conditions.

[Anna the Dub]

She may be from Great Britain or Canada or one of those places where they have difficulty spelling in English. Many people in those places toss an extra, gratuitous, "U" into humour, colour, and a whole bunch of words, a lavish excess in today's environmental and economic conditions.

Indeed, Great Britain, where England is located, and the language we are writing in? Oh, yes, English!

[Lorileah]

Anna I write 100% ameri-ken. I am red white and blue. That English is fer sissies. We don't waste letters too neither. We say crick and warsh (wait where did that "r" come from...oh yeah Boston cuz they leave them off words).

[Anna the Dub]

Well I speak 100% Irish-English, which is very different than British English (it's actually called Hiberno-English). Some of our spoken grammar is unique, to say the least, along with our sentence construction. Probably why so many people around the world find the Irish accent so odd.

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Hi Persephone <what a lovely and so classical name>

I so agree abot the extra "u" thing in so many spellings. How much extra energy is used every year by everyone who uses sch antiqated spelling. Jst think of how mch energy we could save every year if we smply omitted one or two vowls here nd ther? I mean, wht is this hngup abot speling anywy?

Hgs...Joni Mari

[NikkiT]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing? If not, WHY NOT? Honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, what good is life? I understand the issues we deal with are serious ones sometimes, no question. BUT, laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, of course. Then, laughter would definitely NOT be the best medicine. In fact, you may want to see a doctor at some point.

Crysten

I think if you're going to make the decision to wear womens clothing out in public, you need to have a sense of humor about it. It doesn't matter how good we all think we look, most people will still see us as men in dresses. If people are going to laugh, it's better you're laughing with them than having them simply laughing at you.

[tricia_uktv]

All the time! I think most of us do. Read my blog

[Kate Lynn]

If you don't believe God doesn't have a sense of humor,the next time you're dressed,just look in a mirror.:tongueout

[Jeanna]

I was out and about last week. I thought I might enjoy a beer at a local tavern. I was in drab so no real problem. Until a fellow next to asked me my name and I said "My name is Jeanna". Well did he laugh. I laughed too. I finished my beer quickly and left.

[dilane]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing?


No. I am, tragically, unable to laugh.

But on several occasions when out and about, young girls have taken one look at me and burst out laughing :)

-- Diane

[Nicole Erin]

Some people here are hilarious, whether they intend to be or not..

Now why do some folks not have a sense of humor? There is a medical explanation for this - they have a corn cob stuck up their butts.


You clearly haven't met me yet...:bonk:

OH dear gyod, yes Zenith comes up with some crazy stuff, like in her avy she used to have this gas mask, I wondered if it was going to start a "Have you ever fought a chemical attack en femme"? thread.

[Gabrielle Hermosa]

One thing I've noticed here on this forum is a distinct lack of a sense of humor. Question - have you ever gotten fully dressed up - to the nines - looked in the mirror, and busted out laughing? If not, WHY NOT? Honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes, what good is life? I understand the issues we deal with are serious ones sometimes, no question. BUT, laughter is the best medicine. Unless you have cancer, of course. Then, laughter would definitely NOT be the best medicine. In fact, you may want to see a doctor at some point.

Crysten

I think I have a pretty good sense of humor about myself.

I've shared a couple of humorous moments (http://www.mycdlife.com/?s=Humorous+Moments+in+Crossdressing) in my life if you care to take a look. Please, enjoy a laugh or two at my expense. :)

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[Pink Person]

Crysten,

I thought your recent posts in the "broken English" thread were hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

Pink