Things that make you go <muffled!>

[sandra-leigh]

Random times recently when I should have, or did, stifle myself.

- weekend caregiver for the other person who lives with us was saying a couple of weeks ago that she wanted some of the HUE leggings my wife has. My wife referred her to me for information on where to buy them, saying I knew more about it. Which information I promptly gave, and then realized that how I was implicitly outing myself. :o

- same caregiver mentioned today to my wife (with me in the room) that skinny jeans were on sale at a particular women's store in one of the bigger malls around. Fortunately I caught myself before saying, "Ah, but that store doesn't carry my sizes!"

- out to dinner this week, I was looking down at the menu, and the waitress came by the first time and said, "Hello, ladies!". I looked up, she looked at me and then apologized, explaining that she hadn't looked closely and had just gone by my long hair. I stopped myself from saying, "No, no, you were right the first time!"

- earlier this week, the weekday caregiver for the other person who lives with us glanced at me as I walked by in my nightshirt, and said, "Your dress is inside out!". And indeed in my haste, it was, the fabric-care tag showing on the outside. My wife and I just smiled and just sort of "hmmm"'d in agreement.

The clothing item is on the borderline between "lounge wear" and "black silk dress", and calling it a dress is not at all incorrect, but I guess I've sort of been hoping she would just parse it as "lounge wear" like my other dress-like nightwear (which is also technically a dress...) Caught. :o (I don't blatantly cross-dress in her sight, and she in turn has refrained from acknowledging that she's probably seen my large and obvious racks of clothes in the basement.) I must admit to some temptation to see if it could be taken a bit further -- e.g., if I'm headed off to an appointment and wearing a skirt or dress, it would be nice not to have to wait until she is out of sight and change just before going out the door.

[JohnH]

My wife saw her woman boss wearing black 4 inch stiletto sandals. Before my wife caught herself she said to her boss that "You shoes look just like John's". Her boss tried to continue the conversation several times but she repeatedly changed the subject.

[Sarah Doepner]

I was at a family gathering and the women at my table were complaining about how difficult it was to walk in heels across the cobblestone entrance to the rented hall. I was halfway through comparing it to a walkway in one of the Las Vegas casinos when I had to do some fast talking to make it an observation of others discomfort rather than my own experience. My brother, who doesn't know about my crossdressing, was at the table and I'm sure he noticed my discomfort halfway through the story.

Sometimes it would be better just to keep my mouth shut.

[Jamie Parks]

I have made so many of those little slip ups(I think they are called froidian slips) to even remember. I do remember this one time years ago a guy i worked with and i were wasting time between jobs walking thru a mall, a very pretty woman walked by us and I said I have the same shoes(came out before my filter could stop me)I just acted like I was talking about a kid that had tennis shoes on that was walking in front of us....whew I just got away with that one

[Kathi Lake]

Sometimes it would be better just to keep my mouth shut.If only I could do that, my life would be a lot less complicated - but also a lot less fun.

:)

Kathi

[Rianna Humble]

weekend caregiver for the other person who lives with us was saying a couple of weeks ago that she wanted some of the HUE leggings my wife has. My wife referred her to me for information on where to buy them, saying I knew more about it. Which information I promptly gave, and then realized that how I was implicitly outing myself. :o

You may have done just that, or the other person might have thought that you bought them for your wife as a present.

[dominique]

Watching the tv with my wife the other week. Noticed that a few of the women had the same style of shoes on was about to comment that to my wife. I had the words formed and then I stopped and I could feel ny cheeks getting red lol

[Jeanna]

My wife and I were at the cosmetics isle and she picked out some lip stick. From 10 feet away I said "Are you sure you want to use that? It's a lip stain." She looked at me in a puzzled way, read the label and said "You're right. I'll put that back". I thought to myself, oh here we go, you dummy Jeanna. She picked out something else and we continued shopping, nothing else was said about the lipstick whew!

[sandra-leigh]

You may have done just that, or the other person might have thought that you bought them for your wife as a present.

Not a chance, I wear mine too often, and I said too much. On the other hand, "Maybe I just happen to like pant-like leggings" ? -- though she, too, has seen me in my night-dresses.

By the way, she thinks I have really good taste in jewelry (presents for my wife) "for a man".

[Chari]

A few weeks ago I was doing some banking business in Chari mode, with a 30 something GG bank manager who was wearing a very cute hounds tooth (black & white pattern) short skirt, black bulky sweater with big grey buttons, dark grey strappy 4 inch heels, & light grey stockings. Suggested to her to change her light grey stockings, which IMO did not go with the outfit. "How would you know what to wear with this outfit?" she quizzed. "I have been in Fashion Design for many years & know your outfit would get an extra kick if you wore darker grey or black patterned stockings instead" I replied. She smiled, blushed, and said "I promise I'll wear my black hose next time with this outfit". Recently I was again in the bank to complete some business, and the GG manager came up to me saying she "feels so much better now and had gotten many compliments about her outfit" as she showed me her black patterned stockings! Now she is suggesting "WE go shopping for her new clothes next time".

[sandra-leigh]

A few minutes ago I was down getting some papers from our admin assistant. I was standing wearing my black 3 inch heeled ankle boots (yes, at work), because (A) darn it, why not ?!; and (B) because I mistaken when I thought I had left some spare shoes at work. My boss happened to be in an adjoining office whose door faced where I was standing; when he left the office, he looked down and chuckled and asked, "High heels?". I continued going through the papers...

Guess I missed a chance to twirl and say, "Do you like them??", but I didn't think of that response until later. My actual thought was more, "No, not high heels, these are boots!"... but I didn't want to discuss the difference.

[JohnH]

A few minutes ago I was down getting some papers from our admin assistant. I was standing wearing my black 3 inch heeled ankle boots (yes, at work), because (A) darn it, why not ?!; and (B) because I mistaken when I thought I had left some spare shoes at work. My boss happened to be in an adjoining office whose door faced where I was standing; when he left the office, he looked down and chuckled and asked, "High heels?". I continued going through the papers...

Guess I missed a chance to twirl and say, "Do you like them??", but I didn't think of that response until later. My actual thought was more, "No, not high heels, these are boots!"... but I didn't want to discuss the difference.

Tell him you got your ideas from hhplace.org.

[Christina2008]

II love this thread, I have had so many of these nearly outing myself moments.

Just recently I was talking to two women at work and the conversation turned quickly to shoes, when one said “I find it hard to walk in wedges, I think heels are easier” I was about to burst out are you kidding, wedges are a breeze to walk in!
I was so close to saying it, I was already thinking of my excuses for why I’d know such things.

One of these days I’m going to get in real trouble.

[JohnH]

Last night while I was at the community chorus rehearsal we were talking about clothes that women should wear. The director who is male had no clue of the relative size of women's clothing when he mentioned a dress of size 6. I blurted out that is rather small, and my dress size is 18. Maybe I should have volunteered that I have a black velvet dress of size 18 for some lady to wear. My avatar shows me wearing that dress.

I do agree that wedges are very easy to walk in. My 2.75 inch wedge sandals allow me to walk with my normal masculine stride, but the 4 inch stilettos do change my stride.

[sandra-leigh]

I blurted out that is rather small, and my dress size is 18..

Did they get the blood-stains off of the wall you then went and pounded your head against? :)

[JohnH]

No, I did not pound my head against the wall. I already have some clues that I might cross-dress - long hair, shaved arms and legs, and painted toenails. I have mentioned that sometime I should wear a skirt.

So, everybody accepted my comments without any reaction. It does help me that I am the only basso profundo, able to go down to Db below the bass staff, and I sing that low note at the end of one of the songs. So no one is going to impugn on my manhood.

[suchacutie]

On our very first time alone together when my wife and I had been shopping for Tina and expected to go back to the hotel room for the very first hair removal and modeling of all that Tina had collected (hair, breastforms, top, shoes, short skirt, stockings, etc) my wife pulled me into a CVS as we were walking back to the hotel. I gave her a strange look and she smiled, saying that there were other things that Tina would need. So we're standing there as she puts mascara and an eye pencil into my hands and in a louder voice that I think she intended said, "see, Tina will need these now". She smiled and I knew she was having fun!

Tina

[t-girlxsophie]

Most of my boobs have occured in my workplace e.g. I was in work and when I was bending over to do something,my panties must have peeked out from my work trousers a workmate,a GG came by and said to me "nice panties" LOL,this happened after my shift knew of my dressing,but before Everyone knew of my secret I asked for a new pair of work trousers,when I was asked what size,before I knew it I had said "size 18 please:doh:" no wonder my secret aint so secret anymore LOL

:hugs:Sophie

[sandra-leigh]

I don't care to hazard a guess as to how many people at work might have seen a peak of my panties or tights. My inseam is 32", which is not uncommon for females, but I am 6' tall, so my height is mostly in my torso. The implication of which is that a lot of tops are just barely long enough for me (especially with my tummy bulge), and there may be a gap above my pants when I move or bend. Fortunately I spend most of my time at work sitting in a chair turned away from the door, in an office of my own, but there are coffee breaks and other random occasions where I might be "on display".

[georgia_937]

I was heading back to class the other day after a smoke break, when the just-past-high-school girl that had gone out with me (I'm about 3 times her age) noticed another GG wearing some 3-4 inch spike heels going into an adjoining room and made the comment "I don't know how she can walk in those things!" Fortunately the comment that I had a similar pair managed to get bitten off, but I wonder what shade of red my face turned!

[JohnH]

I was heading back to class the other day after a smoke break, when the just-past-high-school girl that had gone out with me (I'm about 3 times her age) noticed another GG wearing some 3-4 inch spike heels going into an adjoining room and made the comment "I don't know how she can walk in those things!" Fortunately the comment that I had a similar pair managed to get bitten off, but I wonder what shade of red my face turned!

I guess I'm a bit more hard-boiled in my old age because I would have said to her that I have a similar pair and it's no big deal to walk in those things.

[Elizabeth Ann]

. My inseam is 32", which is not uncommon for females, but I am 6' tall, so my height is mostly in my torso. The implication of which is that a lot of tops are just barely long enough for me (especially with my tummy bulge), and there may be a gap above my pants when I move or bend. .

A little off topic, but I share your problem. In college I was 6'3" and a 33" inseam. (shorter by an inch in my old age!). I had no clue about proportions until an artist friend asked if I could pose for him. He then looked a little apologetic and said, "I hope you don't mind, but I will have to shorten your torso."

Liz

[GingerLeigh]

I bought some sexy lingerie for my wife. She never owned a garter belt in her life, so imagine her surprise when I knew how to put the belt, and the stockings on her with ease. She asked me how I knew about that kind of thing and I said that I had something like them when I played hockey as a kid! (I did really, there was a garter belt to hold up those annoying wool socks that go over the knee pads)

However, I own several other more feminine garter belts.

Ginger

[sandra-leigh]

A long-time GG friend of mine, who has never visited this city before, was in town on business this weekend. On Saturday, after she had finished, she and her colleague went to take a taxi to one of the restaurant areas, but mangled the name of the street, and were delivered to another street. Not knowing where they were or where they were going, they started walking along that road, and eventually wandered across a used clothing store that quite impressed my GG friend; she bought a coat there, and would have bought a couple more if she had a bigger suitcase.

When she was telling us about it that evening, my wife and I laughed out loud, as the store she found was one that is about 6 blocks away from our house, straight up our street to the second major street, and the store is one I have been to often (usually gender-bending) and bought quite a few items from. As the owner does not purchase anything retail, prices there are a bit... fluid... and more often than not the owner gives me about a 50% discount. The owner knows fully well that I cross-dress, and encourages me to come out of the change room and show the various items to the staff and which-ever customers happen to be in the store; not one of the customers has ever reacted badly: instead the customers give their opinion about fits and colours and what they think looks best on me.

My wife and I didn't even stop to think about what our laughter and reference to me shopping there was saying about me. Not that it mattered in this case, as this particular GG is one of the very few people "back home" who knows about my dressing, but the feline would definitely have been out of the container :D

[AKAMichelle]

I know what you mean by having to watch what we say. I have to do it often when I comment on purses or womens clothes.

[JohnH]

Last night while I was at the community chorus rehearsal we were talking about clothes that women should wear. The director who is male had no clue of the relative size of women's clothing when he mentioned a dress of size 6. I blurted out that is rather small, and my dress size is 18. Maybe I should have volunteered that I have a black velvet dress of size 18 for some lady to wear. My avatar shows me wearing that dress.


Last night I asked if there were any ladies that needed a black dress. One said that she did not have one, and she is the same size as I am. I volunteered that I have such a dress that fits me and it should fit her. I really got ribbed by the ladies for that one! The men did not say a word - maybe they were a bit stunned! After that disclosure, the lady later said she had a suitable dress.

I felt that if I was going to be provided with a tuxedo for the performance I should help others in any way I could.

I told one female buddy that I made the dress for my ex-wife, and she left it with me. She was amazed that a man could sew. Then I talked to another female buddy and she said that if I were a tenor it might work out for me to wear the dress for the performance, but my voice is obviously too deep to hide behind a feminine presentation.

None of the other men are cross-dressers as I know, and they simply do not relate with the women the way I do - I can have women as buddies that most men simply don't do.

[GeorgieMacD]

A recent memory stands out for me. We had a crew or 4 guys in to replace a tile floor and they asked me to move some small things out of their way. I absently bent over to take care of the mess. When I stood up and turned around they were all staring at me with mouths open. I had given them an accidental view of the top of my pantyhose. None of us said a word. I just walked away.