The TRUTH about FETISH CDs. Maybe u CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!?

[docrobbysherry]

Sorry, u may not like this post, but I NEED to get this off my chest!!:Angry3:

Some of U seem to pretend ALL CDs like to dress up because we ALL wish we were women. AND that our dressing is "relaxing" and makes us feel "comfortable", and has NOTHING to do with sex! Yeah, I KNOW! You're TRANS girls!:brolleyes:

Well, there r a LOT of us here, who CD because looking and/or feeling like women gets us excited, stimulated, and turned on! Whether it's for partners, or for ourselves.:o

We don't think of ourselves as Trans yet! Maybe someday we will. But NOT yet!

We may be an EMBARRASSMENT to many of u, but we're here anyway! By the thousands!:eek:

AND, I'll bet new CDs dress mostly for the thrill, too. Just as many of U Trans girls got excited when U first started dressing, all those many years ago!
I WISH U would ALL think back to those days. Maybe U would be more accepting and understanding of us fetish NEWBIES!:)

The day may come when I feel there's a woman in me. But, rite now, it's all about LOOKING LIKE ONE!:battingeyelashes:

And, the hotter, the better! So, if it means a mask, a corset, or a fem suit, so be it! My FETISH is looking like an attractive female. NOT that I like rubber or masks! ( I WISH I could toss them out, but they HELP me enjoy dressing!):heehee:


Thank U for reading my rant, and for your patience with me, now and in the future!

I really am fond OF ALL OF U! Fetish, Trans, or WHATEVER reason u put ladies gear on!:hugs:

[Joni Marie Cruz]

No problem for me, what ever butters your boat or floats your toast, honey. It's a big, big tent. A big, sticky, sweaty, hot rubber tent. For what my opinion is worth, I've always liked fetishishness, fetishosity, fetishmentness, oh whatever that word is. You know what I mean.

You keep on keepin' on, girl.

Hugs...Joni Mari

[Jacqui]

Maybe U would be more accepting and understanding of us fetish NEWBIES!:)

Doc, this being your 4,256th Post, I would classify you as an EXPERT!
Hope you don't mind the label!

I think there are plenty of people here who know what you're talking about.
We all have our reasons, some are the same, some are different. I don't mind labels myself, but I don't like hierarchies.

As the old rock group, Blind Faith said, "Do What YOU Like!"

Jacqui

[LilSissyStevie]

I used to feel that way until I graduated to the higher exalted stages of transness.

Ha! Ha! Not really, I just wanted to be the first to say it.:devil:

Next time just tell us what you think. Don't beat around the bush (so to speak.):love:

[Suzy Harrison]

No need to worry as we are all different in our own way on this site.

In any case this should be the last place anyone should judge anyone else - we all need support that's why we're here.

:hugs: Suzy

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Next time just tell us what you think. Don't beat around the bush (so to speak.):love:

Beat around the bush.<snork> Funny.

Hugs...Joni Mari

[GaleWarning]

Well, doc, I prescribe a big helping of your favourite tipple and a good night's sleep.:)
I can't for the life of me understand what caused YOU to rant.:straightface:

[Deborah G]

In any case this should be the last place anyone should judge anyone else - we all need support that's why we're here.

:hugs: Suzy

Suzy you are so right! If we can't express ourselves here, then where?

[TxKimberly]

No need to worry as we are all different in our own way on this site.

In any case this should be the last place anyone should judge anyone else - we all need support that's why we're here.

:hugs: Suzy

I'm with that damn Aussie again. This place is for all of us - enjoy it!

[battybattybats]

Its worth noting that for some CDs who become aware of their gender-variance before puberty there can still be a strong sexual element to dressing during and after puberty.

[Mitzi]

I'm with "u", doc. Been dressing since the 1940's and still haven't reached the exalted stage of dressing for comfort or to be the "real me". The "real me" is the male guy who enjoys male stuff and has no interest in being a woman. The dressing is and always has been all about the huge turn on and excitement. If that were to disappear, I'd be "cured" with absolutely no regrets.

Mitzi

[dawnmarrie1961]

EXACTLY!!!! That was an accurate observation, Doc.

(I resist.) "What's up, Doc!":D:

I guess now we know.

[JenniferR771]

I am with you Robby, no need to transition, if it feels good, do it. Mask? OK! And fetish is fine. Rubber, leather, even whatever.

[gwen cd]

Whatever!
Im just having fun.
"R u"

[Alice B]

You may be right for many and at one point in time I fit the bill. But, as time has passed and I've gotten older I dress more often for the joy of being dressed and feeling like a woman with no sexual gratification envolved. Dressing may be an illusion, but it is an enjoyable one. And reading what others have to say is a big help and comfort. I don't always agree with what others have to say on this site and sometimes feel they may be overboard, but that is just my opinion and nothing else.

[dawnmarrie1961]

You may be right for many and at one point in time I fit the bill. But, as time has passed and I've gotten older I dress more often for the joy of being dressed and feeling like a woman with no sexual gratification envolved. Dressing may be an illusion, but it is an enjoyable one. And reading what others have to say is a big help and comfort. I don't always agree with what others have to say on this site and sometimes feel they may be overboard, but that is just my opinion and nothing else. Over board!!!! Quick! Throw my a life preserver!!!! A pretty pink one!:D

Ever wonder this. If no body created clothing we wouldn't be cross dressing? Hence ,we wouldn't have anything to talk about?:D

[NathalieX66]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alice B
You may be right for many and at one point in time I fit the bill. But, as time has passed and I've gotten older I dress more often for the joy of being dressed and feeling like a woman with no sexual gratification envolved. Dressing may be an illusion, but it is an enjoyable one. And reading what others have to say is a big help and comfort. I don't always agree with what others have to say on this site and sometimes feel they may be overboard, but that is just my opinion and nothing else.

Ditto.
I'm a mere amateur, compared to some of the 'girls' on this forum, but so far I have found this forum reassurring. Crossdressing is my "artistic" outlet when I need to break free.....
I think I am too happy with who & what I am, and I have no intention to going into any transitional stage lifestyle-wise. I think going out as the "Saturday night transvestite" is as far as I'd ever want to go. ...Eeven join a local Tri-ess chapter. Sorry if this sounds annoying. I find myself already spending rediculous amounts of money on clothes, shoes, etc...and even books on crossdressing & transgendersim.

[Miranda09]

No problems here Doc. If you can't let off steam and rant among friends, where can you? Besides, I agree with what you say. I do dress because I like to, BUT, I do dress because it IS a turn on, and I love looking like a woman, and the sexier the better!!!! :)

[Jaclyn NM]

Hell, I know there is a lot of fetishness in my crossdressing. The fact that I love to wear thigh high stockings and 6" stilettoe pumps is probably a dead give away. But I make no apologize, since that's who I am, and I embrace it. I'm just a regular guy who loves the feel of feminine clothing, and gets excited wearing it.

[Kate17]

Hey Doc

Where did you get the "embarrassment "idea. Everyone has their own reasons for dressing and don't they change over time?? For me, it is all of the above and as Gwen said - have fun. Like Alice I can dress with no thought to sex - just the wonderful feeling of fem but I also have a very sexual side and well, don't most of us? How you express that is your choice.

[Sophie_C]

Robby, you're absolutely correct. For many, if not most people here, it is a fetish, a kink. It's what you get your rocks off on, and I say for you to have all the fun you want with it.

Just because the TG thing is discussed often here doesn't mean that it's the most common relationship to feminine clothing, by far.

And, while I fall under the TG side of things doesn't make me not get that it's a fetish for most everyone else. Everyone's got their thing that 'does it' for them, and you know what you like.

[Dressing Jill]

I love my life. Don't really care why I cross dress. There are as many clinical reasons as there are people that crossdress.

Have you heard the saying "whatever floats your boat".

[sissystephanie]

Did you really have to yell that loud?? I had to turn the speakers almost off!! Other than that, good rant!

[AmandaM]

Until they make a site called TS-leaning-transgenderists-who-ain't-gay-or-bi-but-can-feel-sexually-like-a-woman-who-is-a-Christian-etc-etc.com, I'll just hang around here, even if I don't get you.

[Meghan]

Its worth noting that for some CDs who become aware of their gender-variance before puberty there can still be a strong sexual element to dressing during and after puberty.

I think I am one of those types :)

I had trouble early on in grade school...I kept hanging out with the girls because I found them much more interesting. I didn't really have any male "best friends" and even to date, all of my best friends have been female.

I have always been attracted to older, more experienced and smarter women (or at least smarter than I am). And I have always had a strong submissive side. I have always been more turned on by spreading my legs than when I spread a womans.

Yet, I have no attraction to men.

So part of this stuff is the co-mingling of perceived gender roles with submission...

But all of these things happened well before puberty. I was putting on "makeup" by the 2nd grade...and the thrill of getting to do that has been a huge (by occassional) turn on for me, in terms of the rush of excitement both pre and post puberty.

In any case, I have just of much respect for one of us who is totally into dressing for the sex only. Who is to say that she is either better or worse than someone who wants to experience the gender all of the time?

Just because it's identified with the strongest primal urge we all have (to survive and recreate)?

I often think that measure is more true than any other. Isn't that why we are all here to begin with.

Just my $.02

Meghan

[Lisa Golightly]

If it gives you a bigger bang for your bucks then all power to your elbow... Erm that didn't come out quite right, or at least sound quite right, but the sentiment is purity itself... :bunny: :angel:

Lisa x

[sometimes_miss]

Caution; the number of posts someone has made does not classify them as an expert at anything, and does not give any more weight to their opinions that someone who may have, say, only one post to their credit. It just indicates how active they are on discussion boards. You can have chatterboxes with 30,000 posts that say mostly nothing, and wise folks that only write when they have something profound to say.

That said, doc is right on target here.

[Joanne f]

Sherry, the way i look at it is that if i cannot be accepting of all types of Cding and the many reasons for doing it then i should not be here, but unfortunately when you have a large group( or any group come to that) of people you will find that some will consider themselves higher up in that group than others, just take no notice as they are the one`s who loose out in the long run .
You are doing what you want to make yourself happy not to impress anyone else which can only be a good thing , but i must admit that i find some of your pictures quite impressive myself , so you keep doing it and enjoy it .

[kellycan27]

Doc
Live and let live....that's my motto.Whatever works for ya!!!!
Kelly

[RachelDenise]

I think the live and let live sentiment is important. This site allows us to release and share with others who may understand some of our innermost feelings, desires and secrets. I frequently think that I have said things here that I wouldn't tell a priest! Support and not judgement should be the order of the day.

You go Doc! I'm there with you with the more sensual side of dressing. And I'll throw in submissive for good measure too!! :o

[PennyLane2]

I am with you all the way Doc.I am the same has you and my dressing is a massive turn on.I go along with all the feminine feelings bit but essentially I just feel sexy and aroused when dressed.Long may it continue so.
Penny

[Shari]

Thanks Sherry
That's why I do it and have always done it and will continue to do until the feelings go away. (I hope not ever, it's way too much fun)

[Jonianne]

Its worth noting that for some CDs who become aware of their gender-variance before puberty there can still be a strong sexual element to dressing during and after puberty.

I agree. After puberty the sexual element never left for me, as well as my desire to identify with females. It's OK to enjoy crossdressing for many reasons.

[Phyliss]

For me, it was sensual fun at first, really really sensual, (is it getting warm in here?) ... Over the past few years I guess I've gotten a bit jaded and some of the "fun" has gone, but that doesn't mean I'll stop dressing. That part is simply "FUN"

It's what you do for your enjoyment and that's all that counts. As long as it doesn't cause a run in my stockings, I don't worry about what somebody else does, perhaps if I knew more about what they did for fun, I might become interested and want to try it out for myself.

[BarbiB]

Well written Doc. Thank You.
I would like to add a couple more intangibles......
Sensory Stimuli: The flattering shaping and molding of our bodies that women's clothes provides. The exquisite taste and aroma of lipstick and cosmetics. The imagery in the mirror and of other CD's we share our dress up time with.
Tactile Sensation The tension of garters and stockings. The tug of breasts on bra straps. The powerful feeling of tottering heels and tight corsets. Multiple layers of sheer fabric sliding and gliding as if attached to our central nervous system in a clean cool frictionless personal cocoon of sublimity?

Among so many other things....

Personally... It's about being an Endorphin Junkie
Other less enlightened folks might say I'm just kinky.

PS: What's not to like about rubber?

[Kimmy55]

I agree with TxKimberly.In some ways we are all different but in other ways we are all the same and seem to have at least one common thread between us.DRESSING,for whatever reason.

[KathrynTX]

Doc, like you I do get excited whenever I dress. It's still very strong more than 25 years after I first started dressing, and I expect it'll be that way for many more years to come (no pun intended :heehee: ). I also have companion fetishes for pantyhose, women's sandals, and sexy witches, which add to it that much more.

I have noticed a tendency in some quarters of the TG community to try to "divorce" (for lack of a better word) sexuality from the process, the usual rationalization being it gives the community as a whole a bad name.

(DISCLAIMER: The preceding post is not intended to be critical of Crossdressers.com, its management, or anyone associated with it. It is merely my own thoughts and opinions. Thank you.)

[TGMarla]

Over time, CDing tends to find its own niche. I think at one time or another, curiosity has had us all wonder at and try on what can be described as "fetish" wear. I just tended to gravitate toward pretty dresses myself. But I see some girls sporting "fetish" items, and I admit that I'd like to try them on as well. And as for the sexual aspect of it, well, I found when I was young that crossdressing was an exceptional turn on for me. And that's one aspect of it that has never really left me. I still find it very sexually exciting. And I think lots of us do, more so than we tend to admit.

[Sarah Doepner]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I found that rant to be TOTALLY HOT!

Wait, maybe it wasn't the rant, but the new blouse I was wearing when I read the rant. Not only do the vertical stripes help slim my upper body, but it drapes well over my chest and pinches in a bit at the waist before flaring out above my hips. I find that if the image in the mirror excites me at all, it helps me feel more confident about going out, which provides the opportunity to feel a bit more like I imagine a woman would feel like.

Doc, there is so much to crossdressing. It can fill your plate with a great assortment of colors, textures, smell, looks, tastes and responses to each of them. It's a great meal and I haven't had my fill yet. And yes, there is some of the fetishist in the back of my head everytime I dress. It does feel good, not just emotionally but physically as well.

[PaulaJaneThomas]

Some of U seem to pretend ALL CDs like to dress up because we ALL wish we were women.

I can't say I've noticed any post that say that. Is there any chance you could post links to such posts?

[sissystephanie]

I can't say I've noticed any post that say that. Is there any chance you could post links to such posts?

Paula,

The operative word in Doc's post is the word "seem!" There have been plenty of posts that "seem" to express that point of view, even if they don't say it directly. It is all in how you interpret what you read. Posting a link to all such posts would be a great waste of time, and really wouldn't accomplish much.

Granted, here in the U.S.A. we do take liberties with the English language!:2c:

[docrobbysherry]

I was feeling frustrated and a bit angry when I wrote this thread! :Angry3:

But, after reading the posts here, and thinking about it overnite, I realized WHY!

My FRUSTRATION and ANGER is NOT because of what anyone has said to me on this site! It's caused by my feelings about MYSELF!:eek:

If ANYTHING, I usually find CRITICISM about my pics or dressing style, more HELPFUL than not! I LOVE support, of course. But, I CAN'T get proper perspective from positive comments alone!:)

I have ALWAYS felt guilty about my CDing. And I think that mite be the root of my anger and frustration!:brolleyes:

I think this may be better explored in a separate thread!

[Melinda G]

It's always been a turnon for me, for more years than I'll admit to.
Many times, when I'm all dolled up in nylons, ankle strap heels, and a short dress, I think to myself,"Why the hell don't women dress like this". Maybe then I wouldn't have to. Naaaah. I would still dress up!:D:D:D


I have ALWAYS felt guilty about my CDing. And I think that mite be the root of my anger and frustration!

Consider it a gift from God! How many frustrated guys just think about it, but are afraid to, for various reasons.
I look at it as the best of both worlds. When I come out of the shower, all soft and shaved from head to toe, it takes my breath away, and I think, "Ohmygod. This feels so good. Who needs women!:D

[anda_mouse]

i think the sexual aspect applies to me because its the closest i can attain to feeling like a woman at the moment. maybe the turn on would lessen if i went out at all. maybe it would grow....

[Ralph]

Until they make a site called TS-leaning-transgenderists-who-ain't-gay-or-bi-but-can-feel-sexually-like-a-woman-who-is-a-Christian-etc-etc.com, I'll just hang around here, even if I don't get you.

There used to be, but there was so much traffic the site owner kept exceeding her bandwidth quota and couldn't afford the extra charges.

[cindym5_04]

I agree with pretty much everything that's been said. For whatever reason we dress, we should all accept one another. If we can't accept the reasons amongst ourselves, why should anyone else accept who we are?

[cdbethany]

oh yeah baby its all about the sexual thrill,THE SEXUAL THRILL WOOO!(i watch way too much family guy)but at the same time there is some comfort to be had from dressing,the difference between my dressed side and the male me is astounding,the male me is kinda loud,agressive but at the same time a fun person to be around,where when im bethany im timid yet outgoing and always looking for new ways to be a better me,a better cd.

love and kisses
bethany xxxxxx

[Teri Jean]

Doc Doc, girl you are so on and if we feel differently so be it. Am I excited when I dress? I should say there are times where there is a flutter in the putter. And sometimes there is a drive of 320yrs of the tee. But I can relax most of the time by coming home and changing into a skirt and blouse/tee and doing nothing special.

If I desire to go full time later so be it and if you or any of us desire to change our destination we should give support and love for that decission. Now I'm done ranting.

Huggs Keli

[KatGRL774]

Doc -

I'm with you buddy. I am also a "dress for pleasure" type. Always have been! In fact, I think I'd go so far as to say my sexual orientation is aimed at crossdressing first, women second - but it's a very close second.

Guilt.. I feel it too, it was much stronger before - but since joining this board for some reason the guilt has lessened up some. Most of my guilt stems from the fact that I keep CDing hidden from everyone I know. I only take part when the family is away, and that is sad to me. But the fact is, I don't want my family to know me as a CDer, and that's my hangup.

I hope you feel better, and if you need a shoulder to PM - hit me up.

- Kat

[Alice B]

Doc,

First, I think your post was a great one because look at all the great responses it has generated. Not the usual "you look great dear" type answer, but more thought provoking answers.

I think your saying that your feelings of guilt about dressing may well hit the nail on the head for many of us that do not or can not have total acceptance or the freedom to be fully open about our desire to dress. Wow! That was a long sentence.

My wife understands my need to dress, thus accepts my dressing, but not directly in her face. This leads to feeling of guilt or that I must hide in my own home. This guilt does cause some frustration (and maybe anger) in that I can't always dress when I feel the need. I would love to freely dress at home and on occasion go out dressed. Not to flaunt it or strut around, but to just get out. :hugs:

[Colleen03]

Bravo!!! *claps* well said!! I dress for pretty much the asame reasons, enjoyment, arousal, and yes, fetish purposes.

[Barbara Dugan]

Great post Doc because it comes out of your Heart:thumbsup: I think I may consider myself a fetish cd most of the time but the more I dress the more I discover feelings and experiences that that let me thinking what if....but like you I enjoy it doing no regrets and doubts:love:

[Fondew2004]

Sorry, u may not like this post, but I NEED to get this off my chest!!:Angry3:

Some of U seem to pretend ALL CDs like to dress up because we ALL wish we were women. AND that our dressing is "relaxing" and makes us feel "comfortable", and has NOTHING to do with sex! Yeah, I KNOW! You're TRANS girls!:brolleyes:

Well, there r a LOT of us here, who CD because looking and/or feeling like women gets us excited, stimulated, and turned on! Whether it's for partners, or for ourselves.:o

We don't think of ourselves as Trans yet! Maybe someday we will. But NOT yet!

We may be an EMBARRASSMENT to many of u, but we're here anyway! By the thousands!:eek:

AND, I'll bet new CDs dress mostly for the thrill, too. Just as many of U Trans girls got excited when U first started dressing, all those many years ago!
I WISH U would ALL think back to those days. Maybe U would be more accepting and understanding of us fetish NEWBIES!:)

The day may come when I feel there's a woman in me. But, rite now, it's all about LOOKING LIKE ONE!:battingeyelashes:

And, the hotter, the better! So, if it means a mask, a corset, or a fem suit, so be it! My FETISH is looking like an attractive female. NOT that I like rubber or masks! ( I WISH I could toss them out, but they HELP me enjoy dressing!):heehee:


Thank U for reading my rant, and for your patience with me, now and in the future!

I really am fond OF ALL OF U! Fetish, Trans, or WHATEVER reason u put ladies gear on!:hugs:
There is no way I could have said this better!!

I love the look, feel, and thrill of dressing in the most feminine clothes I can find....the frillier, more feminine, the better.

However...I only CD...no further.

Thanks for stating the case so well!

[msginaadoll]

I hope I never lose that excitement and thrill of dressing. Im talking sexual as well as more than it- the mental, and emotional release. When I was able to get clothes for myself I first started with more fetishy things. I loved the short leather skirts, the satiny bodysuits, the pvc. It was such a thrill getting dressed in them. As I got older(definitely not matured) I became more interested in dressing like a woman my own age. I still feel that excitement wearing a skirt suit, heck or even a nice pair of slacks. I guess my fetish if you will has changed to wanting to look like the lady next door. But then my dressing is also more than a fetish and as others have said is who I am. I guess I am even more confused now!!!

[Dahlia T]

For me, at first it was all about the Fetish, but now it's still about some Fetish but more and more it's about the illusion of how well you can look like a woman and hopefully a pretty woman. It's like learning magic and then trying to perfect it or playing Golf:Angry3:

[KimberlyS]

Dress for what ever reason you want. We are all in the gray space of TG,CD,TS. And we do it for as many reasons as there is each of us. Just a guy you likes femme clothes here. They just make me comfy.

Interestingly my wife could handle my CDing better when being a fetish was the only way I knew how to explain it. Upon finding other and so much more information it was just who I was and had a need for my feminine within to look more feminine at times. This seems to make it harder for her to deal with.

kim

[Trycia]

I'm right there with you Doc. Whatever the reason we can all support one another & our "missions"

[Jo Jones]

The reason I CD is sexual. Pure and simple. I've done it to please myself occasionally over the years, and I'm now doing it occasionally to please my wonderful wife who asked me to CD for her in the 'bedroom' cos she wanted a pseudo-lesbian experience. That side of our life continues to grow and blossom as we share different experiences in the 'bedroom', doing different things with each other wearing different clothes.

Seeing myself in the mirror as a woman is a turn on. Wearing womens' clothes (esp. panties and tights / stockings) is a big turn on.

Going shopping together for Jo Jones' clothes, etc, binds us closer as a couple and as a 'team'. We make it as fun and as fresh as we can. We try to have a good time from it (and wearing the clothes later!) and neither think it dirty or disgusting. It's part of our love for each other as well as our sexuality.

I never CD for any reason, other than sexual thrills.

Best.

JJ xx

[Phyliss Hdson]

Is I have been dressing for decades and I still find it excitng and arousing.
I also like the feel of my skirts and night gowns, and my jeans when in boy mode, as the brush against my freshly shaved legs. But I will always be a CD.

Hi KIM, I have the same issue with my wife, when she felt like it was just a fetish she delt with it better.

HUGS Phyliss

[Dana Lane]

I must need to start reading more posts here because I never saw any postings yet that should be construed as outcasting fetish dressing.

[Elizebeth]

This is a place to relax and enjoy no stone throwing. Every on is different in their own way with complex resone. I say don't worry and enjoy the ride.

[tricia_uktv]

Ha-ha, sometimes I'm sweet, sometimes I'm adorable, sometimes I'm a vamp. But I love all three of me. It is about being myself but also about making the best of myself. You've got me thinking about the vamp at the weekend. I might just .... Its all part of being a woman isn't it?

[ginafaye]

its still about the sex with my acepting wife but ive really just like to dressup too

[Joni Marie Cruz]

Interestingly my wife could handle my CDing better when being a fetish was the only way I knew how to explain it. Upon finding other and so much more information it was just who I was and had a need for my feminine within to look more feminine at times. This seems to make it harder for her to deal with.kim

Hi Kim-

Exactly. For me and my wife it started out that way as well. (Don't want to TMI.) As time went by though, I came to realize that it ran a great deal deeper and that, for me, keeping at the CD level was just a kind of denial. Not knocking anyone here, just talking about my feelings. So when I finally came out, it made things a lot more complicated. Fortunately for me, I have an understanding and accepting wife.

As far as the fetishy parts, that actually hasn't really gone away. A girl can still have her fun, too.

Hugs...Joni Mari

[Tasha McIntyre]

Good post Doc.

The only thing I have to say is re Suzy Harrison and TxKimberly

Ditto, and ditto.

Cheers

Tash :)

[christinek]

Some of those pictures remind me of silence of the lambs- don't know why :2c:

DO what you wish, if it is your thing and you find comfort in it, do it. If the latex work is yours you are a master of the rubber stuff.

Kinda creepy for me, but its not for me so go for it!

Christine

[Blaire]

A nice thread about beliefs is proabably a good way to introduce... seeing as how I've totally missed the intro-forum!

The whole labelling thing is odd to me, particularily over the last two years, where I think my label has changed. So I just took it off and said no more.

I've been dressing for many years, since my... well, a long time. When I started, and up until about a year ago it was a pure sexual thrill... nothing more exciting than the feeling of getting dressed up. It was never "serious" in that I never attempted to look passable, never went futher than the basics.

But over the last two years, and especially the last one, sexy-sleaze-wear has given way to allow room for t-shirt and jeans, cami's and shorts, much more everyday wear in the wardrobe. Hair has become more important. Makeup's a must have - but I never thought I'd be getting neutral tones along side the reds and blues.

Not sure what this means, not sure why it's happening. I've gone from what you might call a "fetish CD" to something less sexual. Yet, talking with some friends, I'm still essentially the same person, same thoughts, same beliefs. Now facing perhaps a different label? I'm not buying that, even if it's on sale. I've only got one label that I use: me: a little of this, a little of that. What's in a label?

I'm more in tune with an earlier reply about the hierarchy, and how some percieve an order of things, which doesn't exist.

Well, there, I've done it... both feet in :)

[AlannahNorth]

I've dressed for a lot of reasons, and many times because of the sheer turn on - especially when I was just beginning. No apologies offered... I've never pretended to be a Boy Scout (or a Girl Guide for that matter).

[endlessresort]

It's definitely interesting to read the different reasons. =) I was born a girl, and even though I'm not too girly myself, I love it when guys are and can pull off a girl. Those I've known have been great people.

[Georgia Rose]

We're all into it for different reasons but the turn-on from dressing was what made me keep coming back. That's not so strong now but still there.

As for the guilt, you need to get rid of that as quickly as possible. Nothing to be guilty about except enjoying something that a lot of others would love to try but don't have the guts to do so.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Doc
Right on it works for me
.................................................. .............thanks....ORCHID

[Melora]

Great thread indeed...
Whether we dress for excitement and or "fetish", or to pass as a lifestyle choice, as just a TG Or a TV.. one thing is For sure..
We are Crossdressers. And this page is for us.. even if some do wear a mask = OK!! :)

[Ms Mira]

Do CD's really judge other CD's for their reasons for dressing?

For myself, there is definitely an extremely strong fetishistic element to my dressing and I have several fetishes related to dressing as well. But, at the same time, I think about dressing far too often and in too many different contexts to seriously say it is only a fetish.