Lol! My dad mixed up mine and my mom's clothes.

[Loretta]

It was laundry day, and I had a bunch of my femme clothes in the wash
(Including my favorite skirt).
After laundry was done, I noticed that a lot of my femme clothes were missing.
I look in my mom's closet, and there they are.
I tell my mom about it, and asks me what's wrong.
After I tell her, I say, "Well, I've borrowed your clothes a bunch of times, so you can borrow mine!"

[cassandra54]

so your mom is cool with you dressing up? that's awesome

[Loretta]

so your mom is cool with you dressing up? that's awesome

Everyone I know has been really accepting so far. I've come out to my entire immediate family, who have all been accepting. My mom has given me makeup lessons (the results are depicted on my avatar pic), let me borrow her clothes and shoes, etc. She told my dad and little brother without my consent, and amidst my tears, they both accepted me for who I was. I later told my aunt in time for a Relay for Life Drag pageant, and she turned the car around and bought me a pair of wedges at ROSS, and then continued to spend around 20 minutes teaching me different ways and techniques for applying eye makeup. I told my best friend, and he was accepting. I told another friend, and she admitted that A) she was jealous of the size and roundness of my breasts, and B) that I had an excellent fashion sense and (as she put it) "feminine sensitivity". I came out to yet ANOTHER friend, and he told me that he had known for years (since a high school event called "opposite sex day", when I dressed to the nines), and was just waiting for me to admit it to myself (he was accepting.) Then I told another friend, and he said that, even though it was completely out of the blue, we were still close friends.
It's been a wild ride so far, and I hope things keep going well!

[mendy]

wenever my wife finds my clothes they get cutup and tossed

[Wendy_Marie]

It was laundry day, and I had a bunch of my femme clothes in the wash
(Including my favorite skirt).
After laundry was done, I noticed that a lot of my femme clothes were missing.
I look in my mom's closet, and there they are.
I tell my mom about it, and asks me what's wrong.
After I tell her, I say, "Well, I've borrowed your clothes a bunch of times, so you can borrow mine!"

this is going to be one of those life long memories that will bring smiles to your face for many years to come.

[docrobbysherry]

Loretta, I hope u realize how lucky u r? To have such wonderful, accepting family and friends?

I've mixed my daughter's and Sherry's undies up a few times. Fortunately, she's bought my, "Who knows whose they r and how they got in there?", stories! I think!

[Cynthia Anne]

Many of us can't even dream of having what you have!:daydreaming: I'm jealous! Hugs!:)

[Loretta]

Many of us can't even dream of having what you have!:daydreaming: I'm jealous! Hugs!:)

Sure you can. Many Crossdressers are just afraid of the word "no".

[Feeling_Girly]

That is just wonderful news! The only one accepting my crossdressing has been my wife. My parents don't accept it. Sad to say. :-(

[Jessica86]

I came out to yet ANOTHER friend, and he told me that he had known for years (since a high school event called "opposite sex day"

I wish MY high school had an opposite sex day. I would have stumbled in there in heels and decked out just to see what my teachers would say and look like.

[Loretta]

I wish MY high school had an opposite sex day. I would have stumbled in there in heels and decked out just to see what my teachers would say and look like.

I wore gold sequined wedges, but the results were just as funny.
Strangely, my Algebra II teacher said that there was a past student of hers that looked beautiful in a red dress, and had came to class dressed to the nines. She also said that he looked a bit better than I did.

I frowned at that.

[Swottie]

Sure you can. Many Crossdressers are just afraid of the word "no".

How true that is, and I suspect is the main reason people dress behind their SO's back. Not because they want to be deceitful but because they fear rejection.

[t-girlxsophie]

regarding my mother and my Crossdressing,can anyone hear the theme from the omen?

[Tina B.]

I loved that last line, I know I would have to right to complain if my mother was wearing my clothes, for the same reason.lol
(Sure you can. Many Crossdressers are just afraid of the word "no".) As you get older, and have more to lose, No can get very complicated, it can lead to loss of family, income, and a roof over your head. But it's good that you have such a great family, you have not had to deal with that.
Tina B.

[DebbieL]

Sorting Laundry at my house used to be a bit of a challenge, because my wife and I were both the same size. The satin and spandex undies were mine, the cotton ones were hers, but she was constantly taking my slacks and sweaters. The skirts were obviously mine.

But now that I'm going out more often, I've been losing weight and now my clothes are too small for her to wear. We're both losing weight, but she get's mine after I've shrunk out of them.

I'm down to Size 16 and XL, but would like to be down to size 14 an L by the end of October.

[DebbieL]

How true that is, and I suspect is the main reason people dress behind their SO's back. Not because they want to be deceitful but because they fear rejection.

For many of us it goes much deeper than that:

1 Being a "sissy" made you a target for the bullies.
2 Being effeminate at 12-16 was often confused with being gay.
3 A girl who showed interest in effeminate men became a target for "Real Men".
4 Most really feminine women were looking for "Real men".
5 We often became "One of the Girls" which made us un-datable.
6 We tried to hide our femininity, then when we hinted at wanting to dress - were rejected.
7 If a girl found out - you would become the subject of lots of gossip - most inaccurate.
8 There are so few media examples of well-adjusted transsexuals and cross-dressers. Most are killers and psychos.
9 Most plots of nice men dressing as girls were due to circumstances rather than an actual desire to dress.
10 The most visible cross-dressers - drag-queens, are gay men who do it for money, not pleasure.
11 Until about 1980, cross-dressing was illegal in most states.
12 Until about 1995, employers could discriminate against, and fire transgendered workers (F2M as well as M2F).
13 Health insurance programs STILL don't cover hormones, cosmetic surgery, or SRS.
14 Most CDs and TSs try very hard to pass, making them almost invisible.
15 When most CDs get clocked, they are embarrassed and avoid communicating.
16 For many us it's mostly a world of secrets, dual lives, and deceptions both as a man and as a woman.
17 After working hard to be accepted and loved as masculine, we then reveal our desires to be feminine.
18 When the truth comes out, there is often very little communication immediately afterward.
19 Our SOs experience shock, but we often experience that as rejection.
20 We try to minimize the pain of rejection through justification, and invalidating our SO's feelings and concerns.
21 When hurt, we often revert to our more jerky male roles - but with attitude - retaliation.
22 Often the gentle, kind, affectionate, and effeminate man they fell in love with, disappears, not to be found in male or female form.
23 Our SOs often don't realize that the reason we are so gentle, kind, and considerate is because we are TG.
24 It's never just about the clothes.
25 Our revelation forces our SOs to re-examine their own sexualitiy. Are they bi or TG themselves?
26 Women don't have the same pressure to conform to strict gender roles - it's a different universe for them.
27 Since they don't know you as a woman, they don't know if you want them.
28 What will you want in the future? A man? A more feminine woman? A dominatrix?
29 What ELSE are you hiding? Forced Feminization fantasies? 3-way fantasies?
30 Pandora's box is opened, she's afraid to look inside.

Any or all could play a part. This is why communication is so important. If it's important enough or you to risk your marriage, it should be important enough for you to communicate with her enough to save the marriage.