What was your first expierence with crossdressing?

[VanessaVW]

I'm just wondering if anyone else started because of someone else's influence? A friend, family member, etc.

[lisalove]

I started all on my own. I don't know why I started, and don't even care.

[Princess Ludwyna]

Well...
I have to say my sister forced me to wear one of her night gown when i was 8 for a game. I hated it! lol.

Funny to see a few years after, after another dispute with my sister, I sneaked secretly in her room as a vengeance and wore a nice outfit and surprisingly i found it rather cool and I got troubled.
That's how it all begun.

So i'd say it went by myself but indirectly in reaction to my sister who annoyed me at the time as well.

[Bunny Girl Zoe]

Started myself guess feeling was allways there deep inside till one day it surfaced.

[NikiMichelle]

I started wearing my sisters leotards when I was about 5 all on my own. I had no idea why other than it made me feel good.

[Samantha_Smile]

Started by myself without any encouragement/provocation.
Don't know why I did it.
Probably started as the curiousity of youth, but couldn't say 100%... It's easy enough to forget exact feelings in after 15 years. I guess I must have enjoyed it though or I wouldn't be here right now :)

[Randee]

LIke Niki Michelle, I started with my sister's leotards and tights over some silky panties out of curiosity. I would guess the influence that started me off was when a girl in my class at age 9 wore her leotard to perform a dance for us. My thoughts drifted off to the times my sister and her neighborhood friend would play in house in their leotards and tights and the girls in her dance class, making me curious of how it would feel to be dressed in them myself. I was so titillated at the silky all over squeeze on me in a leotard over tights, seeing a leotarded me in the mirror as I minced about the house home alone dressed, even the anticipation of slipping them on, that I have been hooked ever since.

[Deborah Jane]

I accept full respnsibility for my present state of gender confusion!!
I would like to blame someone else, but I can't....This is all of my own doing!!

[MeaganDee]

I did it all on my own,,, found a box full of clothes and then I was hooked

[Ruth]

I would suggest that even if somebody else sowed the seed, it had to be fertile ground.
In my case no-one else was involved.

[Brenda456]

totally and completely on my own.

[Karren H]

I've always been a self starter and this is no exception.

[Diane Smith]

I am quite sure that the urge to dress was always in me, but I am certainly aware of some "triggers" early in my life that got me started actually doing it. Mainly this was seeing my mother and her friends all dressed up for special occasions -- I was fascinated by their clothes, shoes, jewelry, hair and makeup. My mom, who really expected a girl and was rather surprised when I popped out, enabled my fascination with the feminine to some extent -- she would put lipstick and nail polish on me from time to time, let me get my ears pierced, and bought me my first pair of heels -- but I don't think any of this would have "taken" if I hadn't had an underlying predilection toward transgenderism.

- Diane

[Nicole Erin]

I started all on my own. I don't know why I started, and don't even care.

Same here

[Stormgirl]

Being the only child in the family--read: rotten spoiled brat:eek:--I was a self starter.

[dilane]

Introduced

An older neighborhood girl I played with alot was really fascinated with dressing boys as girls, and I was her guinea pig. At first I resisted it. But I'd always had a fascination with costumes, and something clicked. She was 11, I was 7 or 8 when it started.

A majority of my best friends were girls, and I was not into sports at all, or rough-and-tumble play.

So I was not a self-starter, but I became highly motivated, dressing completely w/makeup by age 11 or so (oh to be size 4 again :daydreaming: ). I was never focused on a particular article of clothing, but the complete presentation.

-- Diane

[sherri52]

My mother used me to make clothes for someone less needy. I hated it then but started dressing about 2 years later. I don't think that 's what started it, but who knows what goes on in an 8yr olds mind.

[Paula G]

I started on my own. Tried to supress it for many years, but now it's a integral part of who I am as a person.

[VtVicky]

When I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, I apparently ran out of clean underwear for school one day, and my mom had me wear a pair of my sisters panties.

During the day I noticed a certain level of arousal, or, what ever passed for arousal in a little kid. As I look back, it seems a pretty obvious classical conditioning sequence. In any case, as I matured the conditioned response to silky underwear flourished.

I suspect there is a similar conditioning sequence at the root of most transvestic fetishes.

[ArleneRaquel]

I doed all by myself !:o :battingeyelashes: e

[DaisyG]

I can't say I was "introduced". Instead, call me a co-instigator. I had two neighbor brothers as playmates when I was age 6. One older than me, one younger.

When shoes became available again toward the end of WWII, their Mom threw several pairs of her old heels into the trash. We retrieved them and jointly decided wearing them would be fun. Strutting around in those heels was great until their Mom saw us. Well, it was fun while it lasted.

About 3 years later I had a weekly opportunity to get into my Mom's closet and try on just about everything she had. That was completely solo; I had no outside influence. This adventure came with a good measure of guilt, so I was extremely careful to leave no traces. That went on for several years. I never had reason to believe Mom ever knew.

No one led me down the path of temptation. I found my own way.

Daisy

[suchacutie]

My wife and I were joking around and when she saw me dressed in stockings, heels and lingerie she made a fateful comment: "We have to buy you a dress"!

And that was that!

tina

[eileendover]

pulled myself up by my own bra straps.

[Missy]

a best friend and me played roll playing games I was always the girl so I dressed as one
also my mom said I should be more like my sister i missunderstood her completly
and also it was fun

[Alice C]

As an only child, I didnt have any sisters to borrow things so i would sneak some time with moms stockings, slips, etc. Was always fascinated by womens clothes and my first big opportunity came wen I was pledging for a college fraternity in 83. All pledges had to show up at a party in drag per the pledgemaster.
I nervously mentioned it to mom and she smiled and shared she thought some of her things were streched out a bit and we would have to go shopping and we were off to her local dress shop. I admit I was embarassed when she advised her SA friend and our neighbor but she was great.
Took me to a dressing room, took measurements and came back with a corset and panties. I blushed deep red and she said lets go and I had the panties on and she was lacing me in to the corset. I swam on the college team and my body was clean shaven . When she put the stockings on, what a sensation. Black dress and accessories followed. Had to undress and stopped with mom for a pair of pumps. On the day of the party, my mom drew me a bath with oils and started to help me dress. She set my hair in rollers and painted my nails in her favorite red color, a first on both counts. I finished dressing and was off to the party. I was shocked because I was the only pledge who went all the way, some guys just put on a dress , amkeup and a cheap wiig. I go a little too much attention , especially from girls who complimented me on the loook and gave a pinch or two.

[Frédérique]

I'm just wondering if anyone else started because of someone else's influence? A friend, family member, etc.

I was a self-starter, but I’m self-taught about nearly everything. I had to discover all about crossdressing on my own, one step at a time, and that process continues to this very day. I wish someone had introduced me to this secretive world at a tender age, so I could have tapped into my true self earlier. An imaginative babysitter, a kindly aunt, a playful older sister, or a crossdressing boyfriend would have been just the thing. I daydream about what never happened, but it’s too late to go back…:sad:

[Madilyn A.]

I was a self starter, at 5, then the workd by 8.

[MargaretJ]

Self starter at about 4 years old.

[Melissa73]

wel i think i started with a game,at night when i was young. MY brother, and my 2 sisters and i were playing in my sisters room. And out of nowhere, my brother forced me to slip on a nightgown of my sister's. they thought it was funny...i didnt. BUt after that, i was naturally drawn back to my sisters clothes.....especially that night, when i slipped into her room to try on that gown again. And of course i was caught! All i could say was "my brother forced me too."

[gabimartini]

Definitely self-starter!

[Erica Lauren James]

All by myself

[kimdl93]

as a child I was totally a self starter-my sister didn't at the time, know that I was wearing her things.

As an adult, my x-wife got me started a second time by inviting me to dress in her things - to live out a lesbian fantasy. After that, I was hooked.

[Jenniferpl]

Self starter all the way. No one had to push me.

[LisaM]

Self-Starter here!

[HannahF6]

I am sure I would have ended up dressing in girly things without help. But I got a lot of help from my mother. She made dresses at home and specialised in weddings. A young boy is often about the size of a young adult woman, so my brother and I were frequently used as live manequins.

I think in my youth, with my mother;'s help, I must have worn maybe 30 or 40 wedding dresses and lots of brdesmad dresses. I remember one time wearing a particularly pretty dress and we got a bit silly and dolled me up completely and pretended I was getting married. My mother thought it was pretty cute she often said it was a crying shame I had been born a boy because I'd have made a very pretty girl.

Hannah

[wanda jackson]

To the best of my recollection, my earliest memory of dressing as a girl was being dressed by my sister. She said I was like her "doll". She paraded me outside to show me off. My Mom was outside hanging clothes on the clothesline, saw me and said "get him back inside and take that stuff off him!", which I would say was a little bit disapproving.
In one sense, that would be my "introduction". But did it happen because my sister wanted to play dress-up with a life-sized doll OR did I put myself in that position eagerly and without consciously being aware of what I wanted?
After that earliest memory, I have been totally self-taught. When I would be left home alone, I would dig through my sister's drawers, trying on her stuff. She seemed to always notice (I was not so careful putting things back the same way I found them) so eventually I started using my Mom's stuff (OMG! Those Hanes stockings!!). My Mom would go visit my Grandmother all-day every week or two and I figured out that if I was "sick" on one of those days, I could play dress-up for a long time.
After I graduated from high school I started using make-up and started doing complete transitions.
And since then, I have done nothing but gotten better, all through self-teaching.

[Being Paige]

I would say that I started all by myself and yes it has been gender confusing at times for me also. I have had struggles with my identity on and off for a long time

[renee k]

I guess I was nudged by my mother. She and one of my Aunts dressed me as a girl for Halloween at an early age. Then again when I was in High School by her and some of her neighbor lady friends. In between those times I had been raiding her closet. She would let me try on new shoes. And gave me some old ones to wear around the house. Maybe that's where my fetish for heels came from. LOL!! It was nice being an only child from that stand point. My Dad didn't say too much, plus he was away alot.

Renee

[Laura_Stephens]

Self starter at a very early age.

[Jezebella]

Started all on my own. Don't really remember how old I was, but I'm pretty sure I was in middle school at the time.

[chris80]

started on my own, no sister, eldest boy of three. enquired about 'why can't I wear dresses' to my mum and grandmother at age 3or4. never got one but an old dress my size appeared in a chest of drawers where bedding etc was kept, in my room at some point, also a teen bra(certainly not my mother's) appeared in an airing cupboard. A pair of white satin shoes and a fur coat were kept in my wardrobe too. never discussed anytime by my Mum, and she never knew the extent of my dressing after my marriage.

[marlacd]

Was my own decision. I wanted to know what it was like to dressup like a girl. Discovered that it was more fun than I had expected.

[dominique]

Self starter.

[NicoleScott]

Not just a self-starter, at about age 10, but totally alone in my crossdressing activities for decades. There was no internet when I started, and I dared not to discuss my desire with anyone else. So I learned makeup and dressing from magazines, and I was always interested in reading all I could about crossdressing in psychology books.
When I read a post about someone asking for tips about putting on makeup, eyelashes, etc., my tip always includes "practice". I guess that's because everything I know I learned on my own. Not a burden, though. I always enjoyed learning and practicing.

[kiratvx]

I have a vague recollection of being dressed in girls clothes by my sister as a kind of a live doll at a very early age. I am sure this was the initial seed.

Started dressing again during puberty and even now it is still a sexual rather than a lifestyle thing.

[Josie Flannagan]

My sister used to dress me up in her Swimming Costume and Nightgowns thats where it all started when she stopped dressing me i used to sneak the clothes from her and my mom.

[shem650]

I'm a self starter though I started out late and as an "admirer". This was all due to discovering a crossdressing magazine at the local ABS. I found myself intrigued and attracted to M2F transgendered. Following years of being a "trannychaser", I finally became intrigued enough to start dressing and have been happily doing it since.

[erickka]

Started all by my lonesome. Didn't seem to need any coaxing in this area.

[Jocelyn Quivers]

Self initiated activity from day one.

[drushin703]

this crossdressing thing started all on my own with no introduction to
or provocation by anyone else.It is a manifestation of my own curiosity
and puberty gone mad.But what a thrill ride it has been..........dana.

[Loni]

all by my self, i am a self made woman.
always liked the finer clothing that women get to wear..
now i have more clothing for loni than my male self.:heehee:


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[Elsa von Spielburg]

Done with the help of my GF. I knew it was there before hand, but having her bring it up and help me act on it is what truly got the ball rolling.

[Christie ann]

AS far back as I can remember I have wanted to be a girl. The dressing started at 7 or 8 when I realized that there was a whole closet upstairs with mom's out of season stuff. If I couldn't be a girl I could try to look like one.

[lissetta]

Im a twin my sister was and is a tomboy so from day one we switched things up i got her a carhart jac for our birthday she got me a print nitegown and so it goes....

[charlie]

All from somewhere within.

[Josie]

My earliest memory of dressing is wearing my sister's sweater when I was about 7 years old. My mother didn't like it so I guess that makes me a self starter.

[Toni_Lynn]

Oh how I wish that I could say that my mum saw the girl within back when I was in grade school, and saw the pain she felt trapped in her cocoon. I wish that she intuitively knew exactly what was needed to soothe that pain and would have surprised me with a dress and panties, and nail polish. I wish that halloween would have been that very special time when I could get all dressed up and go out trick-or-treating as a girl.

Sadly none of that occurred except in my dreams at night or my thoughts as I lay in my bed with my radio for comfort.

But it is was there where I figured out what I needed to do, and there where I formulated my plan of action. It was there where I saved my allowance. It was there that measured myself so I knew what size dress, bra, and panties I needed. I was there that my dreams came true, because I took action on my own.

Sigh -- I'm really depressed today

Huggles

Toni-Lynn

[sonia_dargency]

For a long time I thought that was because I walked in my parents and saw my dad in black tights...
Later, I believed that in fact, it was because of that babysitter who was walking around in pantyhose and bra...

But I went on my own to my mom's drawer at age 5.

Now I care only about enjoying it.

[jetta]

Self starter here.....no encouragement needed:D

[bridget jones]

I started on my own. I still don't know why but it felt so good I kept trying more and more to dress and look like a girl. Make up is so much fun to play with.

[Carly D.]

I fell into the abyss on my own.. I started with shoes (I think) and it escalated from there.. I did wonder, and wrote about this in my own blog elsewhere, what it would have been like to start now in my life.. Or for someone else who is mid thirties to be in his office one day and, being around women dressed up all day, wonder what wearing that clothing was like.. And then going to a store and buying some pantyhose and heels and dress and going home and trying this all on.. To me.. hmm.. I am thankful that I started way earlier in my life.. I can't imagine what it would be like to fall into the "deep end" now.

[Byanca]

My mother said I used to try all sorts of clothes. And I could get into almost anything. I suppose I found what I liked. My parents have never approved of my dressing girly. So I'm a self starter. Even earlier then my earliest memories, and I suppose that's around 5.

[Faith_G]

My older sister used to play dress-up with me, but once my younger sisters came along my mom put a stop to that. I felt left out. :( I kept raiding the dress-up box in secret, though.

[terri7]

when i was a chubby little boy ..the kids in the neighbor hood teased me about needing to wear a bra ...so i started trying on my older sisters bras .. my first girl friend at college asked me if i ever thought about buying a bra ..giggled at my embarrassment ..
now many years later my best friend buys me bras ..teases me about my developing girlish figure ..is nice having a friend to play with ...

[RachelDenise]

I was self starter, drawn to my mother's lingerie drawer and her bras around age 11. So not an early beginning but I come along over the years. No encouragement from anybody however. I find that is something that I miss and desire!

[allisonrn06]

I had wanted to wear tights and pantyhose before kindergarten, but didn't actually try them till about age 14. Started adding my sister's heels a couple of years later. Didn't think about fully dressing until I read about the exploits of some other crossdressers in a magazine, then I wanted to try it. Dressed fully fem for the first time in my early 20's, and have enjoyed it ever since. So I guess you could say early on I was a self starter - with the hose and heels, but was influenced to dress completely.

[Nicola2876]

Started all on my own. Never needed any encouragement

[charla42]

It all started at about age 12 when I started growing breast. In those days I was a lean, mean, swimming machine. Thought I was becoming a girl. Started dressing on my own when the folks where not around. Breast grew for two years to about AA and stopped. Took a lot of verbal abuse over them. Kept my feelings under wraps until my Loving wife passed away. Joined a Support Group and started dressing again. Now days I under dress 24/7.

[tammie]

HI All:

MY story is I was, a 14yo self conscious teen boy with tits.

My tits were large and my nipples huge so...................

One day a MILF got close to my face (I could smell her perfume and see the tops of her lace cup brassiere

She touched my nipple and said "your tits R as big as mine U should be wearing a bra".

Still today I have no idea what h er motive was, other than to tease me or make me feel worse than I already did.

But a week or so later I saw my older sisters black lacecup underwire bra on the floor and I picked it up and it spoke to me

The feel of it was so exciting and before I knew it I had stripped off my tshirt and I put my arms thru th e straps

I reached around and was able tohook the bra as I had seen my mother do

and it fit me like I had been fitted for it,

when my little boy titties were into those lace cups, I was a crossdresser forever.

As I Left her bedroom I saw the matching LLPG and took it too

I wore them for 3 days and then put them into the laundry.

They were missed and had stains in the wrong place for a girl so I was busted inside of a week.

So next was my moms lingerie and then to keep me out of her lingerie drawer,

my mother bought me my first UW bra, panty girdle, and slip
and then had me try them on in front of her.

So was I started or did I start myself ?

[jennyscott]

I wish I had a great story to tell but it was so long ago. Place me in the 'self starter' category.

[Joanie_Shakti]

I think there were hints for me early on, but it didn't hit me until I was about 12 years old. I remember in Cub Scouts, where my mom was the den mother and she had to put on a skit. I was to play a girl if no one else volunteered. Another guy did and when I saw the laughs he got for really "camping" it up, I was sorry that I hesitated to do it myself. I remember trying on my mom's wigs a few times with her permission, and even little samples of lipstick that she would get from Avon. I remember once asking to try on a dress with a wig to see how I'd look as a girl and was disappointed when she let me put on a dowdy housdress instead of something nice.

I also remember at around five years old, being fascinated with my grandmother's smooth legs as we rode in a car. She always wore gartered hose and I liked the feeling of them.

But it wasn't until one evening when I was babysitting my brother and sister and I caught my brother trying on our mom's pantyhose. I joined in trying them and panties on. I was immediately aroused in the hose, which my brother made fun of. I don't know how far my brother has gone with it, I do know he stole some panties from me which I had bought when I was in my late teens/early twenties, but from that night on I was hooked. First it was just panties but after I graduated high school and got a job, I branched out to shoes and dresses.

I dressed off and on for decades, found the urge was stronger when I smoked pot. (Wondered if the fact that you smoke the female flowers had anything to do with it, but I think it was just my body was more sensitive to stimulation then.) And If I had a lot of contact with females, such as a date, the dressing seemed a little creepy to me. Late 2008, something happened to me and my dressing really took off. I think it was seeing the economy tank, changes at work, including random urine tests, and the knowledge I was turning 50 the next year had a bit to do with it. I spent $1000+ on new clothes, hadn't bought anything since the early 1990s. Also bought a wig, breast forms, and makeup and joined this place. I dress up almost daily now, even if I've been on a date or two. Right now, I'm not wearing the wig, but other than that, I'm fully dressed.

Funny, I hated being teased for having breasts and was called a "titty boy" in school. Now I love the feeling of a bra and my forms feel like a natural part of my body. They are my favorite accessory.

[Freddy12]

For me, and I think most folks here, crossdressing was my idea, and was not welcomed by my SO. I have heard that in some cases wives or girlfriends have started their SO's down this road (I should be so lucky to have such an adventurous SO). What has been your experience?

[prene]

Have a few GG friends that help.
I think they see me as an experiment.
I feel lucky.

[Deborah Jane]

For me, and I think most folks here, crossdressing was my idea

Now I finally know how this all started....It was your idea:brolleyes:

[Freddy12]

Good point Deborah Jane!

My crossdressing was my idea. Was your crossdressing your idea?

I don't think most people get very far without support. In some cases, support get almost to the point of pushing.

[Simply_Vanessa]

I gave into the curiousity when I was ten :) Wish I came out way earlier...

[Deborah Jane]

My crossdressing was my idea. Was your crossdressing your idea?


My crossdressing just sort of started when I was younger, so yeah, I guess it was my idea.
My S.O. is also a member here, [she joined before I did and we met on here] so I guess she's supportive too :)

[Veronica Nowakowski]

Even though it is my idea, I would be thrilled to death if I found an SO who thought it was their idea. It would make coming out one hell of a lot easier.

[t-girlxsophie]

All my own Idea,never recieved support until got Divorced and started going out.First got it from the other girls at meeting i started attending,Support has really taken off though since I met my Wife,she is and has been there for me all the way:hugs:

[gabimartini]

Though I didn't have anybody's help at age 6, when this rollercoaster started, it sure wasn't my idea either. It just sort of started on its own, you know?

[Madilyn A.]

I started at 6, my idea.

[jenifer m.]

i got started at around age 4 or 5 and it was all my doing.

[Tina B.]

Another one that started at around 6-7 years old, And I have no idea where the idea caim from, but I'm pretty sure I did it all by myself. But I was lucky enough to find a very supportive woman for my second wife. The first one, not so much.
Tina B.

[Frédérique]

For me, and I think most folks here, crossdressing was my idea, and was not welcomed by my SO. I have heard that in some cases wives or girlfriends have started their SO's down this road (I should be so lucky to have such an adventurous SO). What has been your experience?

From one Freddy to another...
It was my idea completely, the last step in a series of “what if?” moments. I gathered little snippets of inspiration here and there before I took the plunge – as such, it is, and always will be, a very private activity for me. I wish I had a mentor during my youth who had introduced me to this hidden garden of delights, but I really don’t know how I would have responded at the time. On the surface I was a boy, but my true self appeared over time, affected by life’s setbacks and disappointments, trying to find my own way and locate something to hang on to. The fact that my choice of clothing eventually expressed my true self is indeed a miracle, but I did it all myself (somehow)…:battingeyelashes:

[RachelPortugal]

I did dress occasionally when young and as a teenager but it was only after my wife asked me to try on a rara skirt soon after we started dating that the spark inside me was ignited again.

Sometimes I think she regrets encouraging me and complimenting me on how good I looked. After that her wardrobe was not sacred, although in recent years she has borrowed some of my clothes.

Rachael

[Holly]

My idea. I accept full responsibility but none of the blame. :D

[Tomara]

I accept full responsibility for my cross-dressing it all started when I was about 6 or 7 years old , my mom tried to discourage me but some how it never went away and now that I accept it as part of who I am I am much happier in my life.
Tomara

[SexiBobbi]

For me it started when I was 12 or 13. Resurfaced again about 6 weeks ago. This time around it was Freddy12 idea. :D

[Cheryl T]

All my idea (and desire) since I was about 8 years old.

[Sarah Doepner]

I don't know if it was even an idea, but more of an impulse. There was little or no thought involved and I don't know where it came from. I do know that I nurtured that impulse and helped it grow. I never got any encouragement along the way, in fact there were several times when I got just the opposite, but that impulse stayed viable and is still with me today. Now I have support and all sorts of ideas for which I take full responsibility.

[Lexine]

Crossdressing was definitely my idea. I recall back when I was little I was dressed up as a little girl by my aunts and my mom (even have photos of it somewhere) and had a genuine curiosity with high heels. Also, I wanted to take my interest in gender ambiguity from the internet into the real world to see if I could actually pull it off with the help of a friend.

[Tranny Tee]

I don't think it was my idea to become a crossdresser. I know it was not anyone else's idea. It is just something that is,

[jenna_woods]

yes, not sure how it all stareted but it was all my doing, asand i am better for it

[janet p]

I know you didn't do it but I'm blaming you any how:heehee::heehee::love:

[Rachel05]

All my own idea from about 8yo

[mapletree]

For me I was about 13
I just tried on a slip once and and since then over the years I have stopped and returned and stopped and returned. This is me

[Erica S]

I can only blame myself. And this is quire new intress for me, just few years back was the first dress-up.

Didn't really aim for it from the beginning, but here we go...

[Stephanie Michelle]

My idea since 6 years old. Had a somewhat supportive wife but ex now. Enjoying it as as single person now.

[Karinsamatha]

I am guilty as charged for giving in to the compulsion to dress :D. We can't help who we are.

[Soriya]

It wasn't my idea. It started very young when my mom dressed me up but it became my idea the older I got into my teens. I imagine it flicked a switch that I had already had.

[Princess Chantal]

My curiousity for legs in pantyhose started the brief period (a couple days) for me when I was a pre-teen. In adult hood it was my girlfriend's idea to dress me up for Halloween as she seen Phil Donahue's show on Toronto's Wild Side. However, the phenomenon presence of "social" crossdressing (social as in non sexual) on the net had brought on the idea to check it out with a different mindset and to explore first hand.

[suchacutie]

I haven't got a simple answer to your question. We were looking through our amoires and my wife had some things that didn't fit her. I jokingly (no kidding) said that they'd now fit me (I had started to lose some weight) so she smiled and I tried them on (lingerie). Then I joked back that I'd need stockings and heels! She joked back...do it.

6 months later I had amassed the items: opaque stockings, 6" platforms.

We were on an overnight trip so there were no little prying eyes around and she asked "well, am I going to see your outfit"...so off I went to change.

I came out of the bathroom in the first manifestation of my femme self (no wig or makeup or anything...heck I could barely walk in those heels!) and my wife's mouth dropped open saying "look at those legs! We HAVE to buy you a dress!"

That started it....not quite 5 years ago. One thing kept leading to another and now Tina is a full-fledged member of our partnership.

Who would have thought.....

And I must say...without my wife's help, enthusiasm, patience, and instruction in how to be a girl (and how a girl learns to be a girl!) Tina would not have made it very far. Tina and my wife enjoy a gf relationship, and my wife and I clearly understand each other much better than we did 5 years ago (oh, we understood each other well 5 years ago, but you know what I mean! When do guys discuss the finer points of eye makeup with their wives???)

:)

[mklinden2010]

At age 3, two of my older sisters thought it would be great fun to dress me up as a girl as a way of entertaining themselves - and, probably, to pull a prank on me.

I suppose I was so used to being picked up and carried around, having clothes put on and off me - that I didn't pay much attention until they stood me in front of the mirror...

Wow! That was amazing!

Later, as I grew from a child to a boy and then a man, applying this early experience seemed a natural thing to do and it probably didn't occur to me that someone would have a genuinely negative opinion of it until I got to college.

Ah, the perils of formal education...

[charlen]

my idea alone

[Toni_Lynn]

Crossdressing -- way back when -- was my idea. Somehow it was something that I absolutely wanted to do, but I had no idea what it was (I didn't know anything about crossdressing) and just wanted to see what I'd look like as a girl.

Fast forward to now -- my wife definitely has ramped it up. As she has said, "I think you should crossdress as often as possible" She has also said, "If I were a guy and a crossdressing I'd be CDing all the time". GGs -- go figure :daydreaming:

Huggles

Toni-Lynn

[VanessaVW]

I think it may have been partially mine and partially my grandma's, but it doesn't matter. It's a part of who I am and I'm comfortable with that. It is so nice to have others on this site who understand!!!

Here's an old thread that is related to this one.
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125632

[Nikki A.]

Yes it was my idea but Karen made me do it LOL

[sherri52]

The devil made me do it. God helped me get better at it.

[Ms Jennifer]

i had the urge to dress as a very young child before i even started school.I was fasinated with dresses and makeup and being girly.but in the 60's that was taboo in Ms and really is today. I can't honestly tell you how many beautiful outfits I have purged since then.I even joined the military thinking that would man me up. NOOOO didnt happen.And the bad thing is I may purge again because the idea is always there but the need to be girly is always there .And will always be :daydreaming:

[ellieparsons]

It wasn't entirely all my idea, my mothers pantyhose made me do it, they made me wear them over & over again.

[Dixie]

When I was young the babysitter would dress me up. Later I would "borrow" panties and bras from my mom or sister without them knowing. When my ex and I started dating she wanted to dress me up. With her help I did the full makeup for the first time and loved it.:daydreaming: Ahhhh those were the days.

[ArleneRaquel]

It was all my idea, over 50 years now. :)

[tiffanyjo89]

When I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, I apparently ran out of clean underwear for school one day, and my mom had me wear a pair of my sisters panties.

During the day I noticed a certain level of arousal, or, what ever passed for arousal in a little kid. As I look back, it seems a pretty obvious classical conditioning sequence. In any case, as I matured the conditioned response to silky underwear flourished.

I suspect there is a similar conditioning sequence at the root of most transvestic fetishes.

Oddly enough...that's close to how it happened for me.

I had ran out of underwear. But that wasn't necessarily the start, I got curious a year or two later and snuck a few pairs of my sister's underwear (maybe even the same pair I had worn before :P )

[Jaclyn NM]

I started all on my own, and to this day, I don't know why. From my earliest memories, I just loved putting on my mom's clothes, and they felt so wonderful. It's been that way my whole life. I just prefer wearing female clothing. Go figure!

[Kendra (Tx)]

Yes...I did It...Guilty as charged....All me..No body else got me to do it...Well...I was around 6 or so and being a "Latch key kid" in the mid 60's like I was, I had some time to myself after school before my parents got home from work ... TV was boring...And I didn't do much with many of the other kids in the area being a few years younger than the current crop of "military brats"...This one day for some reason this "voice" called me from my moms closet and dresser drawer...I have no idea why...But I had to follow...The feeling of a bra under a silky full slip, with stockings was unbelievable....And it felt RIGHT...Even at that young age, I KNEW how to wear those articles of fine feminine clothing...And that began my journey towards into discovery of my "prettier" side....And I've never looked back.....Yes...I'm guilty..No one urged me to try it, and I take full responsibility....:heehee:....I did it All on my own...and I'm glad I did...:battingeyelashes:

http://kendra954.com

[Christina89]

i started CDing on my own. just wanted to know what it felt like to wear women's clothing and i just went ahead and did while my mom was at work.

[Terry V]

My aunt when I was about 6 years old. I went to her house for a few days when my parents were away and she started to tell me what a nice looking girl I would be and asked if I would like to see for myself. Of course I said no but the next day after thinking about it I asked her if I could see. She took me up to my cousins room and got out a pretty Easter dress she wore that Easter I took off my cloths and started to put on the dress but she told me if I wanted to see myself as a girl I would have to wear everything and she gave me panties,my cousins undershirt (she was only 8 at the time) and a petticoat, Maryjanes and little sox with lace at the top. At that point I wasn't so sure I wanted to do this but she encourged me to try them on and if I didn't like it I could take them off right away so I did and when I looked in the mirror at myself I could not believe that was me I was a cute little girl and more then that I liked the feel of the slip and dress as I walked around and told my aunt I felt really nice and for the rest of the day I stayed dress up that way. The next day she asked if I wanted to do it again but this time my cousin would be home and I would have to let her see me in one of her play dresses, I thought about it and said yes that would be OK if she would not tell so she asked my cousin if it was OK but she could not tell anyone and she agreed to keep the secret so I went ahead and for the next few days I was a little girl until I went home. About a week later my cousin told my mother and there was a big fight between my mother and my aunt and I was not allowed to stay at my aunt house after that but I was hooked and tryed to dress any time I could but now I trusted no one and did it in secret until I was married and told my wife after 10 years of marriage and after a lot of taking she said it was OK to be me around her and I have been open about it ever since. Thank God for an understanding wife

[StaceyJane]

Ummmmm....
My dog told me to do it or he would bite me.
I should have told that to my therapist, it would have given us lot's to talk about.
Instead I took responsibility for my own actions.

[Katie1234]

I think a little of both.

[Diane Smith]

I was born in 1957. My mom really, really wanted and expected a girl and was a little lost about how to deal with a male child, although she did her best to not damage the development of my own gender identity too much. From when I was 2 - 3 years old, probably, she used to play with my appearance a bit, putting nail polish or lipstick on me, or styling my hair some. But she never had me wear any feminine clothes, and I think I developed my interest in lingerie, shoes, clothing and jewelry pretty much on my own. Knowing that it wasn't entirely taboo to consider such things in our household probably helped make it easier and less guilt-ridden for me, though.

By the time I was 12, I had pierced ears and was wearing nail polish, lipstick, mascara and heels pretty regularly -- and although mom indulged some of my interests by buying me stuff, she never did anything overt to encourage it. I think most of the impetus came from inside me. I did wear short hair and boy clothes (aside from the shoes) all the time then, however.

- Diane

[Susan Thomas]

I think I was about eleven and we were visiting my relatives in Ontario. One day at the vacation cabin, my aunt thought it would be a good idea to put a bra on her nephew. I remember being quite upset and actually crying. After we got back home to Oregon, I remember being fascinated with my older sisters clothing. I snuck into her bedroom and slipped on her swimsuit and later her panties. I hadn't cross-dressed before the trip to Canada, so maybe that was the trigger. It was funny that a few years ago my aunt sent me a picture she took of me wearing the bra. It actually looked like a nice white padded bra! I sometimes wonder if I would be wearing a bra and panties right now if it hadn't been for my aunt in Canada. Any thoughts?

[docrobbysherry]

If ANYONE HAD suggested I wear, or ever HAD worn, women's things, they mite have swallowed their own TEETH!:Angry3:

Now, it would NEVER occur to anyone that I do this!:eek:

[RichardCD]

Self Starter Here, when I was very young, best recollection 5 years old. I found my mother's wedding dress in the basement and for some reason tried it on. It felt so wonderful for reasons at that time were unknown to me. But I can tell you the basement was my new playground for a long time after that. Since my sister who was 18 months older then me hated the basement for reason of fearing the unknown, I never got caught and enjoyed it for a long time. Puberty hit very early. I was around 8. I stopped and started to be more interested in girls themselves and not so much the clothes. though my teen years it was a passing thought, but never acted on it. I was in the Navy, when I got out I got married. I used to enjoy helping my wife when she went shopping for clothes. She always liked what I would pick out for her and valued my opinion. But still only passing thoughts of wanting to wear anything. After a couple years of being married before my 1st son was born the thoughts of dressing got more frequent. So I started by joking with my wife about wearing her panties. She had the I don't care attitude. She gave me one pair. But when I tried to joke about wearing her bra, night gown, or heels she called me a freak. So I fought the desire as long as I could (wich was not very long), then started to dress in secret. She is my ex-wife now and none the wiser. The love of my life now knows about my dressing, and was trying to be supportive but I pushed it too far too fast and she back off. All my fault. But she says she don't care as long as she does not see it. I would love to fully share this with her, but I love and respect her so much it has gone back to being my dirty, lonely secret.

[JazmyneCD]

I started all on my own. I don't know why I started, and don't even care.

Heh. Me too. Was in Mom's lingerie drawer one day and tried on some nylons. Haven't kicked it since although I tried a few times.

[Joanne08]

On weekend moringings when I was about 6 my sister would dress me up in various feminine costumes and parade me in front of the whole family, Mom Dad and my other sister, to great laughs and jibes. I still have one picture of me in a hula outfit. I began to secretly wear my sisters and mothers clothing occasionally over the next 15 years or so. Nothing too serious or of any duration. After I became engaged to my first wife she said to me several times that I have the most beaitiful eyes and she would like to make them up. Well, after we were married for a year or so, she said it again and I said go ahead! And that is when Joanne emerged.

[Freddy12]

Thank you all for the many responses on this question.

Certainly many here are self-starters, with triggers early in life also being important.

[mklinden2010]

**I think it is interesting how it's OK for females to wear masculine clothes, but not so much the other way around. If an aunt were to dress a girl in boy clothes, there would be no problem, but have that aunt dress a boy in girl's clothes, and there is a problem. We're not very consistent, are we?


Well, I think the FTM crossdressers might have a few things to say about there being "no problems" with a female being dressed or dressing as a male...

And, I don't need to say much about uncles dressing nieces - of any age - as boys, do I?

But more to the typical MTF situation, "we," may be very consistent - if all of society is counted as the we...

On the face of it, MTF crossdressing is humorous/baffling/worring - as when a child/boy/man (repeatedly) trades a dime for a nickel and winds up worse off for the exchange.

A male, with all the extra pay and perks that comes with being a male, and none of the monthly downsides or high daily upkeep of being a female, seems to be trading the dime for a nickel in life.

This is a problem when you see your child/husband/boyfriend/coworker/buddy taking what seems to be the sorrier deal in life. You only have so many "for sure" people in your life and seeing one of those "somehow" diminished is a loss to you personally and something to attempt to "fix."

Nope. Pretty consistent when you think about.

And, for some good reasons. Many of them very reasonable reasons...

"It's not us - it's you."

[alleycat2009]

I had a girl dress me and we did some bondage play, I really found that I enjoyed the way lingerie felt. But sadly its been far too long sense I've done either.

[Debbie new]

Started on my own wearing my mum's clothes when she went out, no particular reason why apart from wanting to try dress up as a woman. The rest as they say is history.

[Rachel Lea]

I basically started on my own but only after a friend of mine was dressed as a girl by by sister for halloween, I was so jealous. After that I just started with anything I could find at home, pantyhose were the first item.

[charlytuna]

I got started when my older sister and her friends dressed me up as a girl for holloween once when about 8 hated it then but a few years latter sneaking into her room and clothes hamper dig out her bra and panties even got cought by her once wearing them although nothing was ever said about it that how I fell in love being dressed as a women

[kimdl93]

My cross dressing is entirely self induced - it started very young and although it has fluctuated, it has never gone away. Im fortunate in that my wife is supportive...but not the instigator!

[victoriamwilliams1]

Partially on my own plus I was the child who had to do the fitting for hems on my cousins dresses. Also when my mom would shop she would say things like "I wish you were a girls! the selection is much prettier" so those two events began who I am.

In a nutshell it was via my mother, grandmother and for them it was not intentional all the events started the trigger in me which has been going on since age 5.

[becky9300]

I would say self starter. Had a facination for heels and hose. I would wear stuff of my mom and sister. They were real casual though. The best stuff was the ladies I would babysit and housesit for. They had it all, the cute and sexy clothes and high heels. From there I was hooked. Also had a neighbor that I told about this and liked seeing me in panties, hose, and heels.

[Penelope Marie]

As a child my mother dressed me in my sisters hand me downs. however, whether that had any bearing on who i am today i know not. Several decades went by and about puberty i noticed i had a strong attraction to lingerie hanging in the department stores. I'd walk by it just to feel it brush my hands and arms. after my sister moved out she left one of her bras here which i found. that night i put that bra on and stuffed it with socks. that was like lighting a roman candle for me. i also as a teen would slip into my mothers clothing while my parents were away. i just loved it and it felt so right for me. years of struggling with myself and seemingly wrong desires and seeking the how's and whys of it all. finely i gave up the fight ans accepted me for who i am after purging for about 4 or 5 times. really i think it was always there. everything has it's trigger which starts the motion.

[inessa]

I had to play a part in a school play in kindergarten. My Mom put me in a pair of tights to complete my outfit. That was probably the trigger that started it.

[Sharon michelle]

Self starter.....earlier than I can remember. For me. Just normal, always on my mind thinking about pretty things.
Shari

[Kelly Greene]

same as the majority:
I started on my own, I don't know why but some how I came to the conclusion that it was better to be a girl than it was to be a boy.
Of course it came to me at the age of 5 and I did not know what to do about my discovery.

[Chessu]

I just started wearing my mothers and sisters clothes one day, I don't even know why I did it, put from about the age of 11 onward I was raiding the clothes hamper for bra's panties and anything else I could get my hands on

[dawn-sussex]

For me it started when I was 3 or 4 and my sister dressed me in her yellow dancing tutu. When she showed my parents, they told her not to do it again as "he may get to like it"!
Next I remember when I was about 12, the whole family going on holiday to a holiday club, and we were put into teams to act out characters from history. I was in a group with some ladies, who decided I should be Cleopatra, and duly dressed me up with bra, panties, low cut dress and a wig (and a painted asp going down my bosom!).
After that there was no stopping me!:)

[RachelDenise]

It was on my own trying on my Mother's bra first and going from there. I have never had anyone help me or force me to dress, much to my disappointment.

[seyken]

The urge was all mine,although those leaving those pile of clothes in plain sight are
slightly guilt too!

[Mona]

I liked panties from an early age, raided my sister's panty drawer, but it was after a date bought me a pair of thighighs that the long uphill spiral started!

[charline4994]

I started at a young age (7ish) and would play with my mother's clothes (I was a child and she was 300 pounds so sizes were horrible) pretending that I was turned into a girl. I kept hidden from my mother all the time and kept a decent amount of underwear hidden in my room. Around 10 to 12 I stopped picked up again until I was 16 from there I stopped again and once I got my own credit card it was open season and I went out for clothes (though a college freshman is really poor).

[StephanieDragg]

I started on my own, I can remember thigh highs hanging over the shower curtain all the time, it seemed so natural to try them on, I was 9 or 10 yrs old. I also had 2 older sisters and can remember sitting in thier closets admiring their shoes, later my room had an extra dresser that held alot of older stuff no one wore any more.... except me I guess!

[jif]

The origin of my CDing was a fetish for girls' jeans (the skinny ones, not the boyfriend style :D). I wanted to have and feel these wonderful clothes myself. So I began wearing them and liked to feel like a girl in them. My CDing still is primarily a fetish thing. I think women are so beautiful that I sometimes want to feel like one.

[zoe m]

As far as I can remember, it was my idea. It was just sort of there, it seemed natural to me.

[k lynn]

It was all me at age 4 or5 when at the store mom always found me feelling the panties and bras or looking at shoes instead of playing withtoys She just said your special.

[Keely]

Yes, all my idea too. Over 50 years now.

[Jennifer Marie P.]

I started on my own and became serious when I played dressup with the local girls.

[~Michelle~]

Self starter, started around the age of 8 and it could even have been earlier, I don't have such a good recollection of my early years. There was nothing that initiated it, it was just there.

[Carly D.]

I'm a self starter.. I was influenced by my mom wearing pantyhose and heels to school functions with my dad who was a teacher back when I was a weee lad.. And I tried on those shoes one day as well the pantyhose.. When I saw that legs could be shaded a different color I wanted that.. Same with heels.. I loved how heels look.. There's just something about heels that dazzle (?) me.. I can't explain it..

[Bobbi Lynn]

Self starter, I started trying on my mothers and grandmothers panties around age 3 or 4. To this day I have no idea why.

[Jessica S]

I was helping my mom sorting socks and a pair of my mom's Kneehi's were in the pile, I was around 4 or 5. Something clicked and I had to try them on. Then came pantyhose then panties etc, etc.

[Rachel2000]

Self starter as far back as I can remember into my early childhood.

[Fab Karen]

One of those roving T-girl gangs jumped me one day as I was walking out of church, the rest is history.:)

[JenniferRose]

I started it on my own, something about seemed right lol been doing it since

[Almalexia]

I've been wearing girl clothes since before I realized most people thought it was weird. I remember my older sister dressed me like a girl sometimes when we were little kids. From then on I just liked girl clothes. Not for any sexual excitement but because they seemed way better.

[leatherderek3000]

I started by myself. I was home alone in the house and I said to mysely 'why not'. So I tried on my girlfriend's cream silk dress and yes it felt good. That was only about 3years ago. I do have a fetish for pvc and leather especially skirts. It just feels good.

[kristinacd55]

self starter here, with my sisters slip b4 a bath when i was 6 or 7. Heavenly! :daydreaming:

[NatashaCD]

Self starter here went to my aunties wardrobe and put on a pair of vintage kneehigh boots i was also around the 7 - 8yo mark

[AKAMichelle]

I started on my own. All I can remember about it is that I started dressing in kindergarten. I don't know why, but I remember trying on women's dresses and loving it.

[girlygirl152]

I always wondered what it would be like to be a girl and where dresses but never really acted on it. Well when i was around I was playing truth or dare and ended up in a mini skirt. So i guess that was the initial spark that lit te flame

[eileendover]

"I'm a CD, and Crossdressing was my idea."

Actually, my great-great-great-grandfather, Ben Dover, invented crossdressing. He passed all patents and trademarks down to me.

You each owe me $1.98.:heehee:

[theresa]

Earliest memories are of wanting to be a girl So I would say it was some sort of genetic thing. Nobody else influenced me, although mother supported my desire to try girls clothes out.

[Emma73]

I started all by myself around 9 then stopped. I started up again for a few years later in my teens and stopped again. Then I started wearing some of my wifes clothes around 8 years later. I finally bit the bullet and went and spent a heap of money on clothes, shoes, makeup and wig. I felt a lot better after that. Just wish i had more time to do my thing. (CD)

Luv Emma

[Amanda Styles]

Another self starter here, I remember looking at the lingerie sections of
catalogs at a very early age and with no sister, borrowed stuff from my mom. Needed no encouragement to dress then, or now.

[Gerrijerry]

I started myself at a very young age. Don't know why I just felt that I was dressed wrong.

[Victoria Satin]

It all started at the age of 9 with one of my mothers satin blouses. I can still remember how it felt along my skin. The rest is history and I dont ever regret dressing up.:)

[suit]

I was not dressed up by anyone that I can remember, ther was some thoughtless comments about wishing for a girl ( nice way to say I did not get what i wanted,no mater how they then try to retract. ) but then curiosity and tring to understand allthe sillythings infomation is lacking in ..got me to go looking! belive it or not I was looking for info about the kid next door s rubber pants.and instead found somthing more intersting..a whole draw fullof girdles...now opening that draw up and being assulted with e aromas....didi I self start or was I tricked?

[BonnieJG]

Started by myself without any encouragement. I allway whated to a girl. My wife allways tell me "That you should a been a girl " I would if she is trying to tell me something ? She lets me dress in the house but NOT out side .

[teather]

Self-starter. I can't remember which came first but two things stick in my mind from when I was 5 or 6. I can remember borrowing and wearing my mum's stockings. I can also remember being facinated by a neighbour's girls who wore their leotards whilst playing in the summertime. I wanted to try one on - I had to wait until my sister got one. Since then I have always had the urge - I have considered the idea that it was the misunderstood first feelings of attraction to the opposite sex that made me want to dress and look like a girl.

[Georginamilnes]

Self starter from before I can remember,but definately glad I did start!!:love:xx

[Ocean Mist]

Like many others, started very young.
I don’t know what started it and I can’t remember the very first time.
I also struggle to remember how it made me feel or what sort of emotions were going through my mind when doing it, if indeed there were any specific emotions attributed to dressing.
Strange really. But then much of life is immeasurably confusing :)

[donnah]

At about age 12 I started sneaking into my older sisters drawer and trying on her clothes.I dont know why but that was it, still enjoy dressing all these years later.

[VtVicky]

As a fetishist, my initiation was a little different than most described so far. My first experience in girls panties was around the first or second grade when my mother ran out of clean underwear for me, she had me wear a pair of my sisters to school. I recall a vague awareness of something stirring within, and that I liked it. But, I don't recall any follow up.

Then, when I was in the 5th or 6th grade, a buddy described how much pleasure he got out of rubbing his mother's panties on "himself". [I am trying to avoid getting banned. :-)] So, I tried it. At some point I figured if it felt this good to just rub, what must it feel like to wear. And, later, if panties were this much fun, what about the rest of the lingery ensemble. And the rest is, as they say, history.

[donnatracey]

I accept full responsibility. Something just made me try on several of my mom's dresses when I was a teenager. I do remember those zippers in the back being rather tricky. Not like I could ask anyone to zip me up!!! Then I found her dark red lipstick and I was hooked!.....:heehee:

[Annie M]

Started at 8 on my own, then on and off till 24 but the last 6 years as often as I can.

[girlygirl152]

As an only child, I didnt have any sisters to borrow things so i would sneak some time with moms stockings, slips, etc. Was always fascinated by womens clothes and my first big opportunity came wen I was pledging for a college fraternity in 83. All pledges had to show up at a party in drag per the pledgemaster.
I nervously mentioned it to mom and she smiled and shared she thought some of her things were streched out a bit and we would have to go shopping and we were off to her local dress shop. I admit I was embarassed when she advised her SA friend and our neighbor but she was great.
Took me to a dressing room, took measurements and came back with a corset and panties. I blushed deep red and she said lets go and I had the panties on and she was lacing me in to the corset. I swam on the college team and my body was clean shaven . When she put the stockings on, what a sensation. Black dress and accessories followed. Had to undress and stopped with mom for a pair of pumps. On the day of the party, my mom drew me a bath with oils and started to help me dress. She set my hair in rollers and painted my nails in her favorite red color, a first on both counts. I finished dressing and was off to the party. I was shocked because I was the only pledge who went all the way, some guys just put on a dress , amkeup and a cheap wiig. I go a little too much attention , especially from girls who complimented me on the loook and gave a pinch or two.

Good that sounds like fun! I wish I were that lucky

[Emma Chase]

Self starter here ... was about 5

[StacyCD]

Self-starter here--way before I knew what sex was!

[tamarav]

I started at about 4 dressing in my cousin's slips. After that my sisters found out and started dressing me. When I was about 5 to around 10 they kept me as a girl and took me everywhere with them. I even went with them on some of their dates.

So I started it, and they helped me along...

[STEFFICAPRI]

I believe that it was my own decision as I found women's lingerie and clothes so exciting..........I guess I was 6 or 7 years old and do not think there was anyone else within my family who crossdressed........but do we really know ! :battingeyelashes:

[MissyW]

Self starter here

[Julezz]

I started on my own. My first clothes were my mother's old clothes and I would do it really discretely and was always terrified my parents would find out. But I guess that made it all the more exciting.

[MonicaGirly]

I know this questions probably been asked a million times, but i'm new to the site and it's sort of an interesting topic.

My first time was during the summer right before the seventh grade. i saw a pair of my moms white heels just lying around and the first chance i had i slipped them on. at the time there was a miror leaning against the wall and i could see my feet in the reflection. it was such a thrill! i loved the way the heels felt and looked!

[Rianna Humble]

I can't remember exactly how old I was, probably about 8 or 9, I tried on my mum's tights, some shoes and one of my sister's dresses. I only had a very short while, then I had to put them back :sad:

[Mandy]

My first experience & memory of crossdressing, I was about 7 or 8years old, I was trying on my Mums green cord skirt & brown suede boots, loved the feeling, Guess who was caught in the act too:D:heehee:

[Miley]

I can't remember the first time, but one of the first experiences was when my mum left some of her old clothes in my wardrobe because there was space. There was a cute pink dress hanging and I was desperate to try it on. When my parents friends were over I was in my room undisturbed, this was my chance so I tried it on.....The greatest feeling rushed through me, never to be the same again hehe.

[Mirani]

http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96753

Happy reading!

[MrKunk]

I felt my step sisters tights and swimsuit while she was wearing them as children,
then I got into her dresser and got them and tried them on, I liked the feeling and
the rest is history.

[Lori_Anne]

I worked in a bar in AZ a few years back and the theme for Halloween was all the male employees dress as woman and the ladies dress as guys. Being an older gent and a bit on the heavy side, one of the gals there helped me out with an old lady getup. A curly blue haired wig and a granny dress, some gaudy clip-on ear rings and support hose. I refused to shave off the mustache, so I looked quite ridicules but we all had a lot of fun. I must admit though it stirred the girl up that was hidden deep inside me. :o

[Danielle Gee]

Wow, does this post ever bring back fond memories.......I was a first or second grader and was the only boy of three children. I was an incurable snoop, and was caught by my older sister rummaging through her lingerie drawer. Well, needless to say , she had me in her clutches then!!

She forced me to strip down and don her panties and bra, then her petticoat and dress. Then she added a pair of short white socks and Mary Jane shoes. I was having great fun till she said " OK, you look cute......Lets go downstairs and show Mom and Dad what a Sissy they have for a Son.

I believe it's fair to say my life took off on a completely different tanget at that exact moment!!


Danielle

[Chloets]

My first time that I put on a pair of heels (3") was when I was trying on shoes at Payless with my wife. I only had white thick socks on and I couldn't fit into my dress shoes (men's). So my wife gave me those "footy" nylon socks from the store. While I was trying on shoes I saw a pair of black pumps that were size 11. So I tried it on...it was fun. My wife came back and I showed her and she looked around hoping no one was looking...hahaha. Then she asked "did it fit?" and we laughed all the way home.

[MichelleA]

I am glad this question was asked. I was 8 years old when I discovered my moms nylons. I immediately put them on and started to admire myself in front of the mirror. I was the happiest, even at that young age it had a meaning, needless to say, I never stopped.

First her nylons, then her slips, then her high heels, then her lipstick...and so on and on .....

[SuzanneBender]

Not sure how old I was I just know I was young. I would sneak into the laundry room and abscond with some of my Moms stuff to my room. I remember looking in the mirror in the first time think I look goofy. Well of course I did I was a little kid wearing a full size woman's stuff...:heehee:

First experience fully dressed was high school. I went to a Shakespearian theater camp at UMKC. It was a week long and final project was an scene from Midsummer Nights Dream. I "volunteered" to play the part of Hermia. The makeup and outfit were campy but I can remember sitting in the dressing room staring in the mirror in awe at the woman that was staring back. I am surprised I didn't pursue a career in Shakespearian acting :daydreaming:

[AlexisWest]

5 or 6, I would take moms nylons and a pair of pumps out to the back yard, strip down naked put on the hose and shoes and strut around.
Mom used to put lipstick on me when I was little

[Dana]

AS absurd as it may sound? I watned to underatamd girls, amd in my intellect that the best way of doing so was to become one or at least dress like one?

Truth is? I've always been attracted toward feminniity since a young age.

I've tried to deny and kill off my feminine side ~ doing twenty years in the Marine Corps, marrying for twleve years, living with another GG for six and half years ~ its never going to go away.

[Jenniferx1]

Remember it well..........No one at the house all day.....wore my mothers underwear and dress............Cannot remember exact date.......however it was the opening day of the 1970 World Cup.........
I was 12

Crumbs I am getting old :eek: :eek:

[kellgrl66]

Yea was in my early teens and home alone after school. I found myself putting on my sisters dress and nylons and walked around the room and mirror studying it all. Felt the chills up my body and knew then this was so wonderful.

[vikki2020]

Oh wow! I slipped on some nylons, and can still remember how great I felt! I had to be only 3 or 4 at the time.

[FemmeElastique]

Mine was when I was like 22, 23. A good friend of mine was having a Halloween party and we went to a costume store to look for stuff to wear. And I decided to be a nun. It was so funny! And I looked very similar to Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act. I already had some platform shoes that went perfect with it. And I bought some fishnet stockings to go with it. It was a good night :)

My first official time was when I was in France. I decided to go to a fetish party. I went to a fetish store to find something to wear. For some reason, I decided to look for womens clothes. I found this corset and this nice, short, vinyl skirt. I was like "OUI!!!".

[kayegirl]

I have been crossdressing for so many years that I honestly cannot remember when although I do remember being put into my sister's bathing costume, after I fell into the paddling pool, about age 5 or 6. But I was never tempted to try any of my Mother's clothing or shoes, only my sister's.