How do you acknowledge your femme side?

[Freddy12]

When you are in male mode, how do you (if you do) acknowledge your female side?

For me a now always shave my underarms, and sit when in the bathroon.

How about you?

[Kate Simmons]

There really is nothing special one has to do other than accept the feelings. Women don't sit to go to the loo because it makes them feel feminine. They do it because that's the way it works. Most of what we do one way or the other is due to societal programming.:

[StaceyJane]

I underdress with panties all the time.

[Emma Jean]

I underdress with a minimum of panties everyday. I have my brows done regularly. And, on the weekends I pretty much dress all the time, although I haven't worked up the nerve to venture out yet.

[Nicole Brown]

I tend to agree with Denise, I don't really do anything special, I just think and behave like Nicole does. And wish that I was Nicole at that very moment...

[Tina Dixon]

Don't do nothing special because she is all ways pounding on the inside of my head to let her out:eek:

[Ronni Seymour]

For a little everyday Ronni expression; undies, painted toenails, selective shaving. :battingeyelashes:

[Bobbie Bee]

I buy her new clothes and things.

[Staci G]

Nicole and I are right there as far as wishing Staci (Nicole on her part) was present. (sounds schizophrenic) She is always beating in my head like Tina said. I like the feminine side of me and I want to break free so she is always lurking somewhere. OH yeah I do wear panties, and polish toes, (paint is for houses) so that helps.

[gabimartini]

To me it has to do with acknowledging my feelings, rather than a specific arbitrary thing such as underdressing or sitting down to pee. I don't dis those who do, I'm just saying that to me it runs a bit deeper than that. I don't repress my emotions anymore, try not to be so rational about things all the time, that sort of thing. Regardless whether I'm in drab or not.

[Frédérique]

When you are in male mode, how do you (if you do) acknowledge your female side?

I do several things…

I cross my legs at the knee. I NEVER sit with my legs wide apart…
I physically turn away from violence on TV, and I distance myself from bad language…
I talk about gender-queer behavior in an obtuse way, i.e. people don’t know I am…
I read the dictionary, looking for words I’ll be dumping on people later……:heehee:
I pluck my eyebrows, and then I take "John and the twins" for walkies…
I think about my boyhood, and what experiences I missed…
I dress my video game mavens as ballerinas…
I cry when I watch emotional scenes in movies…
I maintain my composure when I lose my 50th straight four-suit Spider Solitaire game…:straightface:
I yearn for the next moment en femme…
I wear a highly visible pink SOMETHING everywhere I go…
I think about the friends I’ve alienated here – I didn’t mean to…:sad:
I think about writing “there is NO female side” for the umpteenth time…

[teather]

i shave my underarms, feet and toes, occasionally paint my toenails - sometimes clear, sometimes bright red - depends what i'm doing. I underdress quite often - but not always. I've just started trying to gradually shape my eyebrows.

[Toni_Lynn]

As above -- panties, bra, nail polish -- special treats along those lines when I've had a tough day -- and I must admit that my wife has said to me, as she did just the other day - "You had a tough day, go put on a dress and relax!"

But, the other part, is that I let her, the girl within, let lose her playful tomboy side every so often, and she wears boy-cut girls panties and undershirts, as she sits and dreams of being a real tomboy girl dreaming of sneaking into her brother's room and trying on HIS clothes.

Huggles

Toni-Lynn

[Sherry-Stephanie]

I do subtle things...just to keep my female side from feeling left out.:battingeyelashes:

My toenails are always painted...

My brows get waxed every three weeks and yes, they are "femmed" in & not one person has commented on my femmed shaped brows, including my wife!!!!...imagine that???

My ears are pierced two locations on each ear and I wear studs all the time..

and I always wear panties...

So for me, I am able to keep some of my femme side 24/7 so she does't feel neglected....and that works for me...

[Kaz]

I agree with all us girls who say it is about our emotional side and how we feel. However, I have been body clean shaven for three years now - the last time I grew back my leg, arm and chest hair was for a holiday 4 years ago! My toe nails are painted as standard - it comes off for special occasions (sandals, etc when in drab). Eyebrows are shaped enough to be femme but not too thin (as has been said above nobody has said a word or even looked concerned... wife and kids included).

Under my drab I tend to wear pantyhose in winter, thongs in summer, but mix and match... again the exception is male kit which I do every now and again to stay in touch and also on special occasions when I need/want to be attired that way! Also making sure stuff appears in the laundry often enough!

I have now found I think pretty much as Kaz most of the time... but sometimes want to escape her clutches and then enjoy it when I do!

Have embraced Kaz for a few years now (after years of self-denial and trying to "get over it")... she just needs looking after as a permanent feature... and yeah... I buy her presents every now and then!

[Elizabeth 66]

Physically, i don't have anybody hair, i always wear panties, my toenails are always painted.

Mentally im never out of fem mode, i watch all the woman to see what there wearing and to see how they act, i practice walking, i was in town yesterday and kept stopping to look at clothes, that is something i never did as a man, i hated shopping, because i never liked anything that men wear.

You know i was sat on the couch tonight and was looking at my legs and arms, thinking to myself from me coming out to myself there is not much difference apart from my body hair, and its true, because I've always been a woman, and now i just act like a man sometimes rather than all the time.

[Christina2008]

Well it's got to be as simple as dressing "nice" every now and again :)
Also I help with girls when they ask me advice on shoes and clothes "Do you think this looks nice, do these shoes go with this dress?" I always seem to get caught up in girl conversations as if it were normal. But because I'm a bit of a girl I secretly I love to get involved.

[Angiemead12]

panties, 24/7
permanently removed my body hair from the beard down
I have shoulder length hair
long manicured and pedicured nails
wear stud earrings
oh yes and plucked eyebrows

[TeriAnn]

I always underdress with a different color pair of panties every day I always have my toe nails polished either red or bright pink. I wear ladies jeans where ever I go (winter) and ladies shorts (summer). If I didn't have such close neighbors I would dress fully all of the time. Shave my entire body except my hair and letting it grow as long as possible. I just love feeling like a female as much as I can

[joann07]

I wear panties and pantyhose almost every day, I shave my legs every day, and my toe nails are always painted.

Hugs!

[johnboy23]

Um for me I just dress. That's it no wig, full time guy mode but pretty much always dressing unless I go to visit my fiance's parents or work.

[Samantha_Smile]

I keep my torso shaved all the time and keep the short and curlies neat and trimmed.

Sit down to pee when not en femme?
Ive got a willy... I'll use it appropriately as god intended....


Pointing at the pub wall after a lock-in :D

[Barbara_MacKenzie]

When in female company I do talk at some length about such things as Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters, both of which I avidly follow. Also happy to sit in the bathroom.

[Karinsamatha]

I under dress most of the time now, I have started to shape my eyebrows, and last but not least I have removed the hair from my chest, and legs. When at home I wear my Brest forms, and sleep in a nighty. :)

[Empress Lainie]

I am a transwoman and no longer have a male side at all. I refer to him as my "late husband" in conversations if it comes up at all. Or when a woman asks me if I am married, I just say I have been widowed since 1989 (when my last wife died).

My gg friend said that before my transition people would ask her if I was a transman.

[Wen4cd]

I keep a talisman.
(...or is it a taliswoman? ;))
It's this cute wallet, with a picture inside.

<--- (this picture of myself)

I try channel the energy that 'she' brings to the mix when it's needed and available.

I meditate, and occasinally yoga.

I journal.

I try to do 'what she would do' if the energy is swayed the other way.

I keep 'her' posture, and make it mine. Walking yoga, sort of, this poise is a part of 'her' that makes 'our' life happier more of the time.

I 'use her eyes and ears' to view the world whenever I can, which is hard to explain, but I think people here will understand.

I can't really make mush more of a list. I sort of just live to acknowledge my 'femme' side. It's like my requirement for wholeness.

[Jilmac]

I always sit in the bathroom (even when I'm using a public can) and keep my legs shaved.

[Freddy12]

JiFem9ll, we are kindred spirits. I also always sit. It just seems like the way it should be. While I don't always shave my legs - my wife would ask, she does not seem to notice that I have been shaving my underarms.
Thanks for the affirmation.

[Farrah]

Well, for me, I put a little twist in my walk when in the store sometimes.

[Cassandra]

I'm a woman 24/7 now and don't have a male side anymore. I'm known as Cassandra. I've recently moved from Michigan to Pennsylvania where I will be living all the time now and only have a female side here and will never go out in public as a male. I have an apartment and everyone here knows me as Cassandra, most people call me Cassie. I will never reveal my male side while I'm here.

I wear panties, bra, tighter jeans, normal t-shirts and shoes.

[mapletree]

i try and find an hour or two everyday just for cindy

[maggiecdva]

First and foremost it is a state of mind. I do tend to act a bit different, my voice is softer and more "sing song".

I also always wear panties. I use womans deoderant, have toe nail polish and wear woman socks.

hugs - maggie

[Rianna Humble]

He tends to acknowledge me in fairly subtle ways - how he walks, having my my favourite colour on his toes the under-dressing etc. but I also like to wear nail varnish on his fingers so he doesn't forget I'm there unless he has to attend a function where that would cause embarrassment to others.

[sherri52]

I am completely shaved and I dress half enfemme.

[Elle1946]

I always have one female article of clothing on (UNLESS I AM NUDE). It is usually socks or panties. Socks are hard to tell apart but as long as know that they came from the woman's department I am happy.

[LisaLedoux]

Other than the fact that I am always a woman in my mind, I shave my body, paint my toenails with clear polish, occasionally underdress, and always wear a ankle bracelet. Not much, but it keeps me in physical contact with my true feelings.

[sissystephanie]

I am a man, but I do like to dress as a female a lot of the time. After all, I am a Crossdresser!! My toenails and fingernails are always painted, toes in bright red and fingers in pink. The only visible body hair is on my arms and always will be! But I do wear panties most of the time, and if it won't show through my shirt a bra! I am happy with me! Can all of you say that?

[Starling]

I keep my legs and feet smooth, use moisturizing body wash, and underdress almost every day. I'm fortunate to have sparse body hair and a light beard.

Unless I have to butch it up I wear sandals or clogs, but when I'm driving any distance, no matter how I'm clad I wear my pretty blue faux-croc driving flats.

Most of all I try to comport myself as a person who is at home with herself no matter how she must present.

:) Lallie

[Jeannie]

Fem side, let me see hmmm. I wear panties, bra, skirts, blouses, makeup, high heels, pantie hose (sometimes garter belt and stockings). I use Oil Olay body wash everyday. Fem side, hmmm.

Jeannie

[victoriamwilliams1]

Nothing special here! I do keep smooth legs:)

[Rachel Morley]

Oh gosh, I guess you could say I'm a fairly girly guy :) I shave the whole of my body, I wear a bra and panties as my regular underwear, I wear girls jeans and tees (even at work) I wear a girls hoodie or cardigan and at work it's a girls one but somewhat unisex hoodie. I have both my ears pierced I paint my nails (shiny clear at work) with color as often as I can. I try to wear fairly obvious girls clothes that are not that feminine on a woman but are quite feminine on a guy. Oh ... and eye makeup outside of work. So yeah, I guess I do acknowledge my femme side quite a bit :D

[Brandi Wyne]

Like most of the girls here, I wear panties 24/7, keep the body fully smooth exept above the ears, finger nails painted clear and manicured, toes are red or frenched, brows shaped and tweezed, my ears are both pierced and I wear studs or danglies. I buy special things for Brandi and wear my breast forms or inserts full time. I often wear nylons and garters or pantyhose when dressing under. Shopping now includes looking at the closeout racks and I am always thinking about how something I am looking at will go with things I have. I am much more conscious of things like moisturizing twice a day and a good cleansing at night. I do practice the walk, am conscious of crossing my legs properly, sitting to pee when presenting as Brandi.

I LOVE the time I now have to just be me. :heehee:

[suchacutie]

I work at keeping my masculine and feminine selves separate but some things just don't work that way since I only have one body, so:

My eyebrows are shaped, I've been getting my body in better and better shape while losing weight (corsets and waist cinchers work so much better with less mass around the middle), I get facials, I moisturize everywhere, I really work at keeping my face in great shape (moisurizer, sunblock, work on those dark circles, lips moisturized, etc.) and I use clear mascara to keep my lashes in line (lt. brown sometimes too!). I am always working on my nails (OPI Nail Envy always and that as a base en femme) and hands.

Now, let's be honest in that all these actions are a plus in male mode as well! Frankly, I look better in male mode now than I have in years, and I like it a lot! I looked around one day and just started to realize that guys just don't take care of themselves!!!

And yes, I do wear panties and only women's jeans (they're the ones that fit!), and sometimes women's sweaters as vests for my suits (impossible to tell the difference and they fit better!).

So, it's just part of taking care of one's self better! :)

tina

[Annaliese2010]

When you are in male mode, how do you (if you do) acknowledge your female side?

For me a now always shave my underarms, and sit when in the bathroon.

How about you?Hah! You're lucky girl. My guy side's too head-strong and fiercely determined to be so nice. A real tiger that one is. Ya gotta let 'em out now 'n then ya know. Conquer by bending over, timeless strategy. Yeah...like 5 days/week, all day long too... Grrr...

[JuliaKay]

I wear panties, toe nail polish, shave my chest & armpits. Don't have to shave my legs, have never had hair there. I carry a simple, darkbrown purse
or shoulder fossil clutchwallet.

[Victoria Anne]

this is easy , my attire is entirely female save for top and yes a bra everyday , I wont have a choice in that soon I should think and shoes totally shaved except fore arms and they are trimmed sooo short , eyebrows jewelry ,I guess I'm really not doing a good job of hiding it am I ?

[jenna_woods]

I can't think of anything, except I can always feel my soft skin and shaved body.

[Kali]

I don't really think about it, the female part is always the and affects many things, but I never make a concious choice to aplly one part of me ofr the other.

Though sometimes my fiance realizes that conversations about three people in two bodies is a little strange :)