What do you feel when you dress up?

[charliegg]

Just thought I'd give you an idea of what i's like from my viewpoint. I don't see my partner at all when he's dressed as Katie. He is Katie 100% and it's all a bit surreal but I think that's how I accept it. And when everything is taken off and make up removed I have my partner back. It takes some getting used to but it works that way. Any other gg's out there feel the same? When you crossdress do you take on another personality and become that person. I find it all fascinating.

[jamie_44]

I get very excited when the opportunity comes to dress up, it is like a part of me that stays trapped inside gets to come out and play. It is like being in a movie. I usually spend about 2 hours getting ready. I love going out and shopping while dressed. I love pretending to be a woman. I would like to be a woman. Woman are the Earth's beauty.:)

[shea]

When I am dressed,I feel excited, and wanted to go out to show off everyone that I am pretty woman! That way, I may get a treat as a woman from other people, and more easier way and completely relaxed.
Whenever I dressed up, somehow I feel I wanted to be with another woman, and have girl talk, and go shopping together be her as one of another girlfriend. Probably because I have been lonely, and don't have girlfriend yet, maybe dressing up, is the situation when I mostly have strong feelings of having a girl friend to me.

[Paula Rae]

I Feel Pretty, just like in the song from the musical "West Side Story" and I sing, dance around the room, then get my camera out and take oodles of pictures.

Ricki B

[Marlena Dahlstrom]

Hi Charlie, I sure it can be a bit disconcerting. The amount of change probably depends on the person. I know some girls whose en femme personality is quite different. OTOH, I feel like I'm still mostly the same person. I haven't come out to friends and family (I'm single so there's no SO in my life currently :( ), but if they saw me en femme I suspect they'd say I was still fairly similar to myself en homme. But in some sense "Darla" also is partly a character I've consciously created to flex some emotional muscle -- such as being more of the social butterfly, since en homme I'm more on the introverted side.

[tiffa]

hello girls this is a big qeustion :confused: i can only speak for myself i dress to be and feel how i want to :) i can say that as time passes i feel mor fem then hom.gust do what you think is wright for you

[Rachel Morley]

Hi Charlie,

I do feel feminine when dressed in women's clothes, but it doesn't always follow that the more women's clothes I'm wearing the more feminine I'll feel. For example, sometimes I can just put on a pair of low rise jeans, a plain colored women's t-shirt that has maybe a small satin trim at the neckline and my girly tennis shoes (btw I always wear a bra and panties as my regular underwear) and I feel really feminine, sometimes as feminine as being en femme. Then there are other times when I won't want to settle for anything less than being fully dressed.

When I'm en femme I don't become someone else. I'm still me, but somehow it's like I give myself permission to be more of my true self. It's all about gender expression. Am I making any sense? I see myself as a guy...but a very special one, one that isn't a man, but I also know that I'm not a woman either. I'm really a feminized genetic male who identifies strongly with behavior that is considered in our society as female. It's all very confusing. :confused:

I agree with you crossdressing IS fascinating :) There's a huge difference from one end of the scale to the other. I'm somewhere in the middle :D

[geegee2]

I feel young, young,young, like I can never grow old its the bestest fantasticest feeling I have ever know ::D :D :D love kisses hugs GeeGee2

[ladyfydiana]

I have many reasons why I dress Charliegg.Makes me feel like a women when I dress,makes me feel sexy,I love wearing bras and girdles,putting on makeup,wearing perfume and my wig.But with all these reasons only one matters,I do because I enjoy doing it.

Diana

[TGMarla]

I feel, well, feminine when I dress. I'm Marla. But she is not so different from me. My interests stay the same. Even in guy mode I'm drawn by feminine things. I notice what other girls are wearing, I smell the flowers, and I notice a cute outfit in the stores. So mostly I am she and she is me. We're not so different.

[alberto]

I love to wear woman clothes...especially skirts and heels...

[Francine]

Like Shania Twain sings in her songs...
"Man, I Feel Like a Woman" and
"The Woman in Me"

[Brianne_bc]

Myself ;)

[Miss Vicki]

In drab, I am frustrated as my male personna is there but my mind does not think macho thoughts.
When I dress I feel totally relaxed and natural. One year, my wife decided to dress me as her girlfriend for Halloween. We went shopping and I tried on 5-6 dresses. It felt wonderful. Afterwards, we just talked and giggled and I felt like a huge weight was released from me. It was like I had a glow about me and I did not want it to ever stop.
We came home and I wanted to try the dresses on again and make sure I had the "right" look in hose and heels. Still feeling an emotional and v=carefree HIGH.
My wife stepped in and said NO in many different ways. It was only for the one night and then clothes were to be thrown. I pleaded to let me keep the items and that I felt so much more comfortable while wearing them. I told her that I felt like we shared so much more together when we shopped and talked.
Back in the closet and she does not want to hear about or deal with my other natural self.
I am very frustrated and have pent up emotions within me that only can relax when I dress. It is like going to a comfort zone that I want to be at for days at a time, if not always.

[karen marie]

dressing makes me feel like my true self.i realized
some time ago that karen is the real me.
hugs,karen

[Shannon]

For me, part of the allure of dressing is the swirl of emotions and sensations -- it the mix that seems to intensify everything -- the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. So what do I feel: feminine, pretty, softer, more "me", liberated, transformed, a bit less introverted, increasingly confident, back with my good friend and constant companion since I was 12 -- it is really fascinating seeing how we have grown up together, sexy, playful, comforted, joyful, seductive, and once again -- feminine and me.

"I feel more like I do now than I did before"

[Sarahgurl371]

I just fell like.......AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I cannot explain the satisfaction and completeness that I feel. I just feel wonderful. A little remoursfull, because I know that eventually I must change back to HIM again. Its just a total transformation of being. I do feel a little uncomfortable if my SO is around though, cuz I am afraid that I will upset her with my actions or posture. She has commented several times about my "prancing" around the house, I don't want to upset her.

I have found that since i have started totally dressing, I can see Tammy in my face all the time though, It really doesn't matter what I am wearing. Is there that level of acceptance? One where the clothes don't matter. You are just you no matter what others see.

[Marlena Dahlstrom]

Forgot to mention my "What Not to Wear" analogy (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15208) about how I feel transformed while en femme.

[Leilani68]

I feel, Natural & Pretty.
Natural: True to myself & Others.....
Pretty: Sexy,Elegant, & Oooooh soooo Femme........:)

[Denise Robinson]

Not being one to say lots...but I feel me, complete and ever so happy and special, and life feels great.

hugs

[kimmjacoby]

one word sums it up for me!
"comfortable"

hugs,
kimm

[Wendy me]

happy is how i feel if i don't get to dress every day than i kinda get a little grumpy ....it makes me feel like me ....

[Denise Robinson]

Wendy Me :D

same as me..major grumps when not dressed grrrrrr

[MandyTS]

As close as I can get to my true body image as possable...

It does not have to be all "dolled" up with pantyhose, etc, but as simple as a pair of womans jeans and a shirt, etc.

[paulaN]

How do I feel? Wonderful! I love to dress, and most of the fun is getting dressed. Putting on make-up ect. ect. I just find it very relaxing and enjoyable. Most of the time I can only dress part way. It is not as much fun but I still feel comfy and relaxed.

[NikkiT]

I get very excited when the opportunity comes to dress up, it is like a part of me that stays trapped inside gets to come out and play. It is like being in a movie.

That's the way I look at it too! :) I love putting together an outfit before heading out to the clubs, trying to decide what character to be that night. It's like I get to be someone else for a night, and see a whole different side of the world that I'm normally blind to.

[Sakura Kinomoto]

I feel very good dressing,I really enjoy it because I know that my true self is a girl...

Besides that is ts fun to drees up and you have plenty of variety!

Hmmmm and I love specially dresses!

I am a cute girl you know....:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Sissy Jay]

kimmjacoby and tammycd are soooo right! When I'm dressed "I'M HOME" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[LaceThighs]

it makes me feel very sexy! i love to look in the mirror and see me as a women, deep down i wish i was born a girl to be truthful! i dont mind being i guy i guess but thats what i was given to be in life so be it. some reasons i would like to be a girl is many things from the beauty part of it, getting respect more than guys do, guys and women alike are attracted to hot looking girls and marketing sales etc. is all pretty much done with the use of some hot chick or something of that nature. and not to mention all the different things to wear unlike men that only have so much and thats it unlike women when you go into a clothing store its all women clothes and a little tiny section for guys. but getting dressed up and keeping a tone inshape figure so i can try to pull that part off as best as i can really turns me on and now i want to CD just thinking about it;)