Have any of you ever lived as a girl for an extended period of time?

[MichelleW126]

Have any of you ever lived 24/7 as a girl for a period of time longer than say a weekend like months or years at a time while your life allowed?

I had the chance earlier this year when I moved to a new city to start living as a girl but I passed it up to start dating again. I long to be able to live for a year or so just to see how it feels!

Whats your experiences?

[jenna_woods]

I week is the longest for me, this week I am able to live as a lady for 5 days its great.

[jaynesissy]

No, but I find the idea very intriguing and would also love to hear from those who have.

Jayne

[Carole Cross]

I have only been able to spend the odd day or two as a girl so far but I am almost full time outside work now and over the christmas period I will be able to go 24/7 for a couple of weeks. I will be going full time, after changing my name, sometime next year, possibly June/July. :D

[Nigella]

Yep, for the last 5 years (almost). On the TS road now :) :) :)

[kellycan27]

Almost 5 years for me as well. (in transition). How does it feel? A very beautiful and fulfilling existence. Words can't begin to describe the inner peace and tranquility that I am experiencing living my dream.

kelly

[MJ]

Almost 5 years for me as well. (in transition). How does it feel? A very beautiful and fulfilling existence. Words can't begin to describe the inner peace and tranquility that I am experiencing living my dream.

kelly

just over 5 years for me kelly said better than i could i am post op now and living my dream.

[MaryAnn40c]

Two weeks of fantasic living as a women. One day it will be full time but for now I will take it as I can.

[sherri52]

A week for me but not much travel during that time. Even my shopping was done in advance. Wife was in Florida while I was in Massachusetts. I took the week off work and enjoyed. Most of my outings were at night. I could pass then except for the 6' of woman that I dress as.

[BillieJoe]

I've lived as a woman a few times for a couple of weeks in a row. What a bummer when I had to go back to my drab self.

[Samantha43]

I have done a week (9 days) a couple of times. Unlike most of the other girls here, I was ready to go back to being male at the end of the week. It was fun, but not the way I would prefer to live everyday.

[Karren H]

Yeah.. Fir 3 days... Was a hoot... Would love to do it again someday if I ever get time..

[Lisa Renee]

Last year pretty much for a month. Lost my job, a few times I had to go out in drab to put in an application or a interview, but was only for a couple of hours at a time. Then right back to fem mode. I figure the whole month maybe 14 hours in drab.

[Persephone]

Many years ago I applied to a temp agency and, after completing a typing test, was sent to fill in for a few days as a secretary in the engineering department of a company.

I was awkward and shy, but had a great time there for about two weeks. Just being "one of the girls" was really lovely.

The other women told me to watch out for the corner of the copy machine because it liked to eat pantyhose. They also told me to watch out for one of the bosses because he was a wolf and liked touching women. Don't recall being told those things when I worked places as a guy.

At the end of the two weeks the other secretaries were trying to get me to take a full-time job, and the temp agency kept calling me because the customer wanted me back!

But I hadn't had laser treatment yet, they hadn't invented the Gillette Fusion razor yet, and my face was so torn up from shaving that I just couldn't keep it up. Besides, my two week vacation was over and I had to go back to the "real world!"

A few years later two GG friends and I took a couple of semesters of classes at the local community college. That was great!

I'm sure that more than a few people "read" me, but I encountered no hostility, learned a great deal, made some friends, and had a lot of fun. And, for the first time in my life, I had a straight A average!

I would have loved to have completed an AA degree, but both of my friends decided to quit. A year or so later I would have gone back, but by then some of my son's friends were at the school and I didn't want to run into them.

Still, I dream of either waiting 'til the kids I know have moved beyond that school (which could take a number of years as we have lots of friends with kids young enough to keep the school supplied for quite a while) or going to another community college further away. I'd *L*O*V*E* to have a degree in my femme name!

If you'd like more details on these adventures, let me know.

Hugs,
Persephone.

[GMCD]

I lived as a woman from the time I was 25 until I turned 26. I was doing HRT and RLT. In the end, I decided I was happier as a guy who liked to wear pretty things.

It was an incredible and incredibly difficult time in my life at the same time. I can only sum it up as that I tested the waters, was successful as a woman, and came to the conclusion that it wasn't who I needed to be to be complete.

Today, I am 15 years older and married and happy that I can shop all I want and dress up whenever I like but I can still just "slob out" and be "one of the boys" (in panties). :)

[erickka]

A week was my longest, about 6 years ago. It was really fun, but I still enjoy my man side too much to be a 24/7 girl.

[carolinebrookes]

I may have replied to a similar thread as this before so excuse the repetition.

I lived for 2 weeks, not as a woman, but dressed as a woman. I didn't do many womanly things in the time but enjoyed playing dress up, messing around with makeup etc...

I suspect there is a big difference between living as a woman and just plain old dressing like one.

Anyhow, by the end of my time I was quite glad to get back to being and looking like a man! The daily routine that most women go through to get dressed takes 10 times longer than my male self.

Having said that, I'd do it again at some point, probably when I'm more in a "pink fog" mindset.

[reres]

the longest was 6 months

[KitCat]

Wow!!
You are all so put together
You must have some huge wardrobes
Full to the max
Cat

[ArleneRaquel]

I have lived full time as a woman for six years & I
have loved every minute of it. :eek: :heehee:

[MissyW]

The longest time Has been ten days. It was great. Venturing out was exciting and fun. I can usually manage a couple days at a time every now and then.

[Daphne Renee]

Wow.. I have to say I am a little jealous of some of you. The longest ever for me was about 2 days. I cant say I was really living as a women since I dont think I left the house those days.

[Jodi M]

Living as a woman for a week,that sounds like something I would like to try but it would be hard to arrange the time and the circumstances to permit it. Maybe I should try something like an SCC event.
Jodi M

[Electra]

My longest in full fem mode have been two weekends, one in Wiltshire in England and another in Scotland. Loved both but especially the one in Scotland when I could wander freely on the Grampian Highlands in a long skirt and woollen jacket meeting no one during the walks. Otherwise of course, living alone, I dress in skirts all day long but that's without any makeup and wig.

[Ugly Michele]

sounds like fun if I could would try it buut no ladies are this tall :o(

[Loni]

Would love to do a week or two, maybe start off with a long weekend at a fem fuction, but in a deffernt city. Were I live way to "redneck". And I live in california, go figure.





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[Terri Andrews]

Just a week for me ,usually when we go on vacation or I go to a convention .

[AKAMichelle]

I lived that way for almost a year ending in May 2009. It was a time of reflection and understanding of my crossdressing. When I started, I questioned if I would ever transition. So this started as a semi-RLE. It ended as me finding myself.

The clothes became secondary. After you wear the clothes, for a couple of months you have to realize that they don't change anything. Your life still stinks if it stunk before and your life will not be better because you wearing women's clothes. All of the fantasy views of life as a woman melt away and you are left with reality. I ended up finding balance in my life between crossdressing and my male persona. I am much happier in that area and ready to begin tackling the really big problems still in my life.

I have no regrets about the journey. I highly recommend everyone to go out there and do it for awhile if you can. It changes you. You will be better for it.

[Amy Hepker]

I dressed for about 10 months. then decided I needed a Lady and a job, both of which I could not get while dressed as Amy. It was great time, that is forsure. Getting up early in the mourning and getting cleaned up and ready for the day. Deciding what to wear for that day, you want to fit in, you cannot let the pink fog comeover you and just wear a dress everyday. Most Females wear dresses very little anymore and as a matter of fact usually will wear a skirt before wearing a dress. I did not have much problems finding something different to wear as I had over 170 top 25 dress and 25 skirts, so I was able to wear whatever I felt like wearing. You do get to want to wear some of the same things over and over again, of course only after they have been washed. Keeping clean and neat was a priority, but I found a lot of Ladies did not really care if their clothes were perfect. I see a lot of times a lady will have a skirt on that is shifted to one side or the other and it will be that way all day. Me, I was very awear of what I had on and how it looked. I liked to blend in or try to out dress the other Ladies without going to far, you know always wearing something different everyday. That to me was very important. Never be seen in the same outfit very often. As far as most other things I really enjoyed it all. I donated time at a LGBT church so I would often get good compliments on how I looked. But I was not interested in guys only Ladies as I am Lesbian. But the ladies their wanted real Ladies not guys dressed like Ladies. After a while you find your own self and dress and look simular everyday, I mean hair style and makeup. I had one special pair of shoes I loved to wear, they fit great, but were a high heel and that on a gal that is already 6'1" makes a very tall Lady, Like 6'3". I loved to wear different earings also, well there were so many different ways to look and I tried a lot, even with earings you get into the habit of wearing the same ones.

One thing I did find rather strange that after dressing like a female for several months and needing new Panties, I found it kinda weird to be looking at them. I do not know why, because I never had a problem looking at them while dressed as a guy. Things that make you go HUMMMM. I had stopped wearing finger nail polish and instead started polishing my finger nails with a buff style polisher I got at the mall. My nails wear always shiny and smooth. I still use it today as I think my nails are gross without it being done.

All in all, I totslly enjoyed it and would still be dressed 24/7 if I was not so dang big, big hands, big fingers, big body, all these things say male not female. If I would have passed better I would still be dressed as a female. I made a few Lady friends while dressed and I am still their friend, but as Girlfriends, not as me as a male. They even told me they could not accept me as a male now, because I was their girlfriend. I still talk to them by emails and sometimes on the phone. If only things were a little different,

[StayceeCD]

Longest for me has been 3 days.. At the Beauty and the Beach event.. Shaving so close every day really tore up my skin but I loved it. I was assisting Amanda Richards in the vendor room and was dressed from 9am to 2am every day! Casual and flats during the day, but after dinner we'd go out clubbing so sexy and high heels were in order! I loved it and hated going back to drab! Will definitely be looking into laser this year!!
Staycee

[Marissa Mae]

Longest I have gone dressed? 1/8th of a day. :worried: there's always something to bring me back, usually my gf. Like mommy telling her kid that play time is over. Oh to have the freedom to at least experience a 24-hour non-stop period! Just one!


I lived that way for almost a year ending in May 2009. It was a time of reflection and understanding of my crossdressing. When I started, I questioned if I would ever transition. So this started as a semi-RLE. It ended as me finding myself.

The clothes became secondary. After you wear the clothes, for a couple of months you have to realize that they don't change anything. Your life still stinks if it stunk before and your life will not be better because you wearing women's clothes. All of the fantasy views of life as a woman melt away and you are left with reality. I ended up finding balance in my life between crossdressing and my male persona. I am much happier in that area and ready to begin tackling the really big problems still in my life.

I have no regrets about the journey. I highly recommend everyone to go out there and do it for awhile if you can. It changes you. You will be better for it.

:love: I LOVE this reply and insight. It's as though you've reached a point on the path that is crucial to self-discovery.
My rational, logical, male mind, tells me what I tell my gf, that "it's just strands of cloth woven into a certain shape to fit a body", and eventually it'd become routine choosing skirt, blouse and heels for the day, just like it is choosing my work clothes every morning. Why do female clothes draw me in? That's the million dollar question obviously! It can be likened to when you first get your driver's license: you want it so much, beg your parents to drive, lust over any car, but once you have driven for a couple of months, it's a mundane experience. /metaphor

[AKAMichelle]

My rational, logical, male mind, tells me what I tell my gf, that "it's just strands of cloth woven into a certain shape to fit a body", and eventually it'd become routine choosing skirt, blouse and heels for the day, just like it is choosing my work clothes every morning. Why do female clothes draw me in? That's the million dollar question obviously! It can be likened to when you first get your driver's license: you want it so much, beg your parents to drive, lust over any car, but once you have driven for a couple of months, it's a mundane experience. /metaphor

That is exactly what it becomes. ROUTINE!!! Then you come to that realization that you are still YOU! I don't know how to explain that, but it changed everything inside about my crossdressing. I still crossdress, but it is more a part of who I am. But I don't need to crossdress all of the time like before.

I wish I could explain the understanding that I achieved better, but unfortunately I can't.

[SuzanneBender]

Living as a woman for a week,that sounds like something I would like to try but it would be hard to arrange the time and the circumstances to permit it. Maybe I should try something like an SCC event.
Jodi M

Jodi I was dressed 5 days in a row for the SCC this year. I have to admit I loved every minute of it and felt horrible the morning I woke up and had to go back to life en drab. Conferences and vacations are not the same as dealing with everyday life and work as a woman, but I can’t express how great an experience it was for me.

I am going to Arizona this summer for laser hair removal and I plan on renting a condo and taking a couple of weeks just to be myself. I am also planning on attending Be All and SCC. All total that will be almost a month en femme this year.

[Aeval]

Something I've been dreaming about for a bit now...

I'd love to take a vacation far away from home completely en femme for the entire time - not even bring any drab clothes with me. It sounds like it could be so much fun!

- Aeval

[KylieQ]

The longest I've lived en femme is three weeks. I have summers off and last summer found myself with no commitments and all my family members out of town. I live alone and it was wonderful to be able to enjoy living as a woman for a nice long period of time. Now it's back to drab during the day and a comfy set of pj's or panties and a sleep shirt at night.

[Tora]

Just a day or two is the most. The planning is half the fum. Grow nails out a bit too long. Polish nails & toes. Get ready for bed early, with "Miss Elaine" or Shadowline. Week-ends are tough, women won't even wear a skirt on Saturday. Being 6' 240 doesn't help.

[tiffanyjo89]

Nope, and doubt I'd pass enough to give it a shot.

[sabrina mercedes]

I haven't, but I would love to!
The idea is so delightful.
Each and every day to dress, work, play, shop, sleep as a woman.
Waking up and dressing en femme instead of in drab would be a great opportunity.
Perhaps someday.
:daydreaming:

[charlytuna]

a weekend is the longest for me

[Jennifer in CO]

just over 5 years here...from June 1979 till September of 84. I guess it would be full time female till 9/84 and I made it back full time male around April or May of 85...

Jenn

[jenna_woods]

I am going on my 2 week now and loveing it,

[girlalex]

for me the longest i've been dressed was for about an hour:straightface:

[JennyBaby]

Yes, many months now! I couldn't be happier! :D

[Jennifer Marie P.]

Yes for a year now and happier than ever.

[MichelleW126]

Yes, many months now! I couldn't be happier! :D

I want details!!!

[Sexy_Girl]

I did 3 times in this year for 3 days each and it is extremely fun. I cant wait the first one in 2010, which will be in January and will last for a whole week.

[Shikyo]

Let's see...I'm going on at about 8 months and 13 days and 9 hours and 57 minutes, if my calculations aren't all too of.

To me there is no way back to the old life. I'm enjoying my life way more than I ever did as a "male". I simply feel like myself So depending what fate has decided for the length of my time among the living will be how long it's going to keep going. T

[Cary]

No I havn't.

[Elsa von Spielburg]

Nope, and I can't say that's anywhere my endgame either. I simply enjoy letting "Ms Z" out to play every once in a while and I'm cool with that.

[Charla McBee]

A whole year or more would cut into football season, arena football season, and family events so that is out of the question but it is a dream of mine to at least spend a whole week vacation somewhere as a girl.

[JennyBaby]

I want details!!!

What do ya wanna know?:)

[Claire Cook]

For me, just a couple of 2 day trips driving back and forth to Florida. Just loved every minute of it. Everone in the motels and resturants were so nice. Once I thought I had a Lesbian flirt with me coming out of the ladies' room at a rest stop. Maybe it was just a really nice smile and comment, but I thought was it was very cool.

Looking forward to retirement and doing lots more!

[SweetCaroline]

Since I first came out over two years ago, I've spent every vacation and long holiday weekend en femme. I know it's not the same a really living full time, but since I still perceive myself as "female" even when in male clothes, it as close as I'm going to get for now.

[jandebs]

About four years. I'd already been working as female for a couple of years, but there would be various events and circumstances forcing me back into tracksuit bottoms and sweatshirts -my brother's funeral, airports etc.. I got to a point where it was just too confusing for other people, swapping between female and male presentation. I had a recommendation for reassignment at the U.K Charing Cross Gender clinic from a therapist but never took it up. Was arrogant enough to think 'damned if I'm going to be told by someone else to live as female for two years to test surgical reassignment suitability; I'll find out for myself first'. After realising I was basically getting away with it ( blending in ) I kinda put the HRT and surgery thing on the back burner, because I couldn't contemplate engaging in the whole process without anxiety and a lot of mental confusion. I'd like breast inplants, partly because I have high maintenance prosthetics and its a fag cleaning them each night. ( they're from Amoena, by the way; cunning german bio technology that makes the backs sticky using body heat. brilliant. ) Implants would just be so much more convenient and I guess I could wear lower necklines. But there are plenty of alternative styles, and when I think of the intimacy side of it, fifty other questions pop up. If a partner is that close, I'll still need one hand free to stop my wig sliding down onto my nose. So there's the boobs to be fixed and then there's the hair to be fixed and that's a major hassle, and the process is ongoing. Dunno how much energy I've got, or how far down that road i can travel without it becoming a major preoccupation.

[Denise01]

For the past few years i spent every vacation fully femme, but then it was hard to go back when i got home.
I moved 5 months ago, and now femme full time.
Now in Transition.
How does it feel: Fantastic just wish i could have done it years ago, but that is all water under the bridge now

Denise
:)