What's Your Longest Stretch Without Dressing?

[windycissy]

I'm so spoiled these days! It's been two whole weeks since I've been Cissy, and I won't be her again for another two weeks :sad: Of course, there were much longer stretches in the past, months and even years sometimes, but she always came back and now she's here to stay :) What's your longest stretch without crossdressing?

[SabrinaDubh]

About 5 or 6 years. Didn't purge or anything like that, I just didn't have the time or energy to make the effort.

[Engendered]

The longest I've gone without is 10 days whilst on vacation to a friend in the US, although I did go shopping! :)
I'm very lucky that I get to express myself daily here (although outside is obviously still scary!)

[CharleneT]

5 years ... in recent times, about 10 minutes* :)




* depends on how we are defining "dressing"

[Deborah Jane]

28 years, but since it came back about 4 years ago, the longest i've managed is about about 3 weeks maximum.

[Colleen03]

My longest drought was 3 years, no purging, just too "macho" to do it back in my high school days.

[JulieC]

The longest for me was about three years. I'd purged on starting a relationship with a woman who I ended up engaged to for a while (though we broke up eventually, nothing to do with crossdressing...she didn't even know).

I spent three years wanting to crossdress, but not doing so. I was trying hard to break the 'habit' and 'urge', thought I could cure myself and not have to worry about it anymore. It ebbed and flowed. At times I thought I was over it. At other times, I struggled mightily to resist the temptation.

It all came apart one day, and I bought a pair of pantyhose. I just could NOT wait to get home from shopping. Seconds after I was in the door, I was putting on the pantyhose.

The mental, spiritual, and emotional explosion inside of me was intense and awe inspiring. I was absolutely dumbfounded by the reaction I had. It proved to me that crossdressing was a part of me, an undeniable part of me, and that I could never permanently resist it. This was long before the Internet. I was alone, in isolation from any other crossdressers. On this forum now on hearing this story, we'd say "Well of course you couldn't resist it! Duh!" :) But I didn't know, had no way of knowing. This was crucial, pivotal turning point in my life.

I swore then I'd never purge again, never try to repress my true self again. I did purge once more on starting to date the person who is now my wife, but only because I wanted to tell her about my femme side on my own terms (which happened a few months later), not by accidental discovery. I lost a few things in that purge that I regret losing, but it wasn't a major loss.

[Lainie]

...but it has been a few months without much pink in the fog. Today finally in heels & dress--feels lovely!:battingeyelashes:

[Miranda09]

So far it's been during the past 3 weeks or so. Today is the first time since then and it feels wonderful!!!! :)

[jessica millen]

14 years. oh no, that was before i started to crossdress :)
recently, it was about 3 weeks, i had gone to see my sister (who was told at the time) and when i got back i was too drained of life to make the effort, due to my break up. happily enough, jessica was ready to pop out of her box when asked to, goog girl that she is.
jess

[AllieSF]

Too many years before I started about 3 years ago, and then maybe 2-3 weeks dry time since then. Recently I have been getting out dressed from 1-3 times a week and I love it. I do not know how I would feel if I had to go into a prolonged drought. I hope I would survive!

[Danielle Gee]

A year or two for me..10 or 15 yrs back.....don't remember why

[Dekka]

Not counting pantyhose, 10 (long) years.

[joann07]

For me, about 3 weeks.

Hugs!

[Jessica Who]

Currently, it's been two months since I last got dolled up as Jessica. In the past, I've probably gone several months, but probably never close to a whole year. Even when I couldn't dress fully, I'd partially dress in the privacy of my apartment / room.

[AliceSandra]

Does partial or minimum count? I have not had any chance for more than 5 years but I tried to have panties on all the times.

[Marcia Blue]

Two years for me. It was while fighting my x, for custody of my son. I was an insomniac bitch to be around.

[DianneRoberts]

Impossible while in college with roomates.
Impossible with a cast or two on, or when in the hospital with a smashed-up body.

Other than that...... maybe a month.

[sherri52]

15 days during my two week guard duty. I didn't have my own room and we usually did everything together. Back then don't ask, don't tell meant don't tell my wife I cheated on her. Not me I was devoted. I mean some of the other guys.

[ArleneRaquel]

In recent years the longest that I have gone without dressing enfemme is two days.:)

[windycissy]

Does partial or minimum count? I have not had any chance for more than 5 years but I tried to have panties on all the times.

I guess I meant totally dressed, I can see where it would be a little escape to wear something frilly underneath...for me it's all or nothing, and the times when I couldn't dress (or worse, when I had to start all over after a stupid purge) have been so frustrating!

[Nicole Brown]

Except for vacations, the longest I go without dressing is 2 days, Saturday and Sunday.

Nicole

[docrobbysherry]

Over 50 years! :eek:

Can anyone top THAT!?:devil:

[PhillyGuy2Girl]

Since I started CDing, the longest I went is maybe 3 or 4 days if I'm away with my friends or a relative.sometimes it nice to take a break but by the 5th day,Felicity is yearning to come out. She doesn't like to be locked too long.


Felicity

[windycissy]

Over 50 years! :eek:

Can anyone top THAT!?:devil:

Yikes, that has to be the record! Did you try on your sister's First Communion dress and then go cold turkey till you went on Social Security?

[Angie G]

In the time I've been here the longest time with out dressing as been maybe a week.Years ago it was a few yearsAt one time.:hugs:
Angie

[Susan.]

Over 4 years while I served in the military.

[Glenda58]

Never I always have something on day or night. But full dressing up 1 yr.

[Maia Saturn]

While I was growing my hair out I sort of lost interest for awhile. Can't say why. Just got busy I suppose. Maybe 6 months or so...

[briannad]

At the moment it has been 13 months and counting, I suppose it will be several years before the count stops..

[AllieSF]

OK Sherry, if you are counting from when you were born, then I would have 60 years before I started dressing. If you dressed as a young girl, then you have me beat. Way to go girl!

[Sophie Lynne]

24 years. Seriously.

[AliceSandra]

I guess I meant totally dressed, I can see where it would be a little escape to wear something frilly underneath...for me it's all or nothing, and the times when I couldn't dress (or worse, when I had to start all over after a stupid purge) have been so frustrating!
Of course, I love fully dressed up but I can only wish...:sad:

[JiveTurkeyOnRye]

After my first time going out dressed, two years ago september, I wasn't feeling that great about it. I went to the "Tparty" hosted by urnotalone.com and I felt so out of place there, I was so much younger than everyone and I felt like an outsider to all of them. It felt like, oh the only thing we have in common is how we're dressed. Honestly, it was boring and it was sort of a let down for all the time I'd wondered what it would be like out dressed. So I decided, oh this must not really be something I'm into because i didn't really enjoy it, and I took down all my pictures online and kind of took a break from everything involving dressing except wearing panties sometimes, which I still liked. I didn't dress again for almost six months, because I just didn't want to. Finally I started getting the urge again and I ended up going out again with my friend Lauren who is a lesbian, we went to a bar she was fond of and it was such a more fun night because I was just out with a friend having a good time and happened to be dressed.

[docrobbysherry]

OK Sherry, if you are counting from when you were born, then I would have 60 years before I started dressing. If you dressed as a young girl, then you have me beat. Way to go girl!

U GOT me! It never occurred to me to try on women's things until I was in my 50's!

And u were in your 60's before u began? WOW! :notworthy:

Windy, to answer what I think was your intended question: After I SERIOUSLY began to dress, I've had breaks of 3 or 4 months, max!:devil:

[MizT]

Wow...just finished a 3 year stint after a huge purge. I was miserable the whole time. Never going through that again. No more purges either.

[windycissy]

Allie is phenominal, in more ways than one: I was with her the first time she went out, and she is such a natural! I do think her history is unique in that most of us got into this as kids, in my case I thought I'd kicked it when I started going after girls and it was about a 17 year stretch before I rediscovered my feminine side...

[Debbie new]

Since i accepted crossdressing as part of me, and i love myself for it, over twelve years ago the longest has been about two months.

[Sarah V]

My longest has been 8 months. Have also done 6 months twice and 3 months. All have been when on business trips out of the country.

[Charla McBee]

Somewhere between one and two years without even coming close to going all out. The end result is that I joined this website, immediately worked up the courage to go shoe shopping (twice!) then a month or two later completely lost it and spent $150 at different Walmarts. (at first over 300 miles from home at 4Am with a real cashier, then in broad daylight at home via self checkout)

Long story short, if you go too long without, you may completely lose your mind to the point that you stop caring what might happen as long as you get your CD fix. Now I can indulge whenever I want and the only complaint is that I don't have enough outfits and makeup options! That's an odd problem to have so soon since just a few weeks ago I had almost nothing!

[NikkiBeth]

I am going on 5 month's now, been so busy getting the business off the ground, I have not had the urge to dress.
Now, with business picking up, and a staff starting to build, I am kicking myself for not taking full advantage of my alone time in the office.:sad:
Oh Well, where there's a will theres a way!:)

[allisonrn06]

I think my longest stretch is probably about two years - from the time I started dating the girl who turned out to be my second wife. Eventually got to where I couldn't resist the urge any longer and told her about it. Dressed in secret for most of our ten years together, until I found the courage a couple of years ago to bring it up again, and found that somewhere along the way she had become accepting of it, and now encorages me to dress!! :o

[shyschoolgirl]

The longest i went was about a year and a half. I didnt know how my girlfriend would take it and i felt gulity hideing it from her. Now I have a new girlfriend and I think she knows :)

[AndreaMarie19]

very very short i mean very short a week at longest.

[Sarah Doepner]

I will count from the first time I dressed, all those years ago when I was still a teenager. During College I went almost 3 years without dressing. After I got married there were a few stretches of 1-7 years without dressing. However since the moment I finally figured this out and accepted crossdressing as part of my life I don't think I've gone more than 6 weeks without dressing partly. Rarely do I go more than a couple of months without dressing full, all the way to full makeup, jewelry and scents.

[AmiFL]

It has been six years since I had a chance to dress...... far too long. Now that I've started chatting about it, it has been too long.

[Myojine]

I shaved my legs today. for the first time in a LONG time...
theyre so smooth...
omg i missed that.
This is my symbol that i wont turn back. i had been playing around and going back and forth and now ive desided, im not a man, I am a woman.
Never again shall i have hair on my legs!

[Annemarie]

13 months and counting...forgotten how to do make up !

[Speck]

I did purge once more on starting to date the person who is now my wife, but only because I wanted to tell her about my femme side on my own terms (which happened a few months later), not by accidental discovery. I lost a few things in that purge that I regret losing, but it wasn't a major loss.

Julie, I'd say you found way more than you lost!!!!!:2c:

[windycissy]

Three weeks down, five days to go, I've been climbing the walls...Tuesday it's a girls night out in the big city with two of my best friends and Wednesday this guy I know is taking me out to dinner, it will feel so nice to put a dress on again!

[StaceyJane]

I went a bout 18 from crossdressing as a teenager to the time I really started up again. Thought about crossdressing and even having SRS alot during that time but I wasn't able to really do anything.
Currently it's been about 10 minutes since I had to change out of my girl clothes and that's been way too long.

[Suzy Harrison]

I started all this at 12 years old. Thinking back, the longest period ever was about 2 months.

In the last 20 years the longest period was about a month

In the last 15 weeks, the longest period has been ZERO :) - as I'm now full time and loving my new life.



:hugs: Suzy

[Sarahacd]

My longest is 7 weeks for the school holidays

[JulieC]

(on doing a purge when starting to date my now wife)


Julie, I'd say you found way more than you lost!!!!!:2c:

Oh heck yes! Absolutely!

What I lost in comparison is like a grain of sand compared to all the beaches in the world :)

[cd_jamie]

my longest time of not dressing was 18yrs.... I did a no no a few weeks ago and barrowed some of the wifes clothes. I do like her 1 dress i bought her 4 years ago and she wore 3 times.....

[KarenSusan]

About 20 years, from about 20 to 40, then CDing took over and seems to be getting stronger all the time.

[Rebecca Jayne]

Over 50 years! :eek:

Can anyone top THAT!?:devil:

Since you are hands down the winner I will conceed my 5 year stint, followed by my 14 year stint.


Now share you time with us here .

[allin]

Two years. I was "caught". By a nurse atendant at theretirement commuuity i live at. I wa dressed in under garments, a lovely ruffled, white blouse and a devine black, grey,red, white Talboit's skirt with blace hose. I looked and felt wonderful. Why i pened the door I'll never knpow, but I did. She almost fainted. I thought I was a gonner. However, I went to the nusing home to see my ailing wife and stopped in to see her mother. She said to me several weeks later, Are you behaving yourself?" I treplied, " I don't hurt a sole. Nothing has been said since then.

[borbiusle]

I'd say about 3 years. Was very busy in high school. After I graduated, probably about 6 months max. My cross-dressing is mostly tied into my sex-drive. If I'm seeing a girl, I hardly ever dress.

[RachelZ]

My longest break was from last November until the end of June.