Girlie triggers when you were younger?

[erika_kerrie]

Quick question?

Do you ladies remember when you were much younger growing up what girlie triggers did you have? The reason I bring this up is because I just saw Whitney Houston's "wanna dance with somebody," music video and I remember when I was younger loving this video, loving the way she was dressed, her heels, and her lipstick. This was one of the triggers that I remember watching and thinking, wow I would love to be able to look like that. I also remember anytime any makeup commercial would come on, especially any lipstick commercial, I always thought, I would love to be able to wear that lipstick...now I can :)

Anyways just wondering if guy ladies have any triggers like that?

Cheers,
Erika

[Roberta Young]

Erika, Also a lipstick girl. Taylor Swift melts me. Hugs Roberta PS pretty avatar!

[Tina B.]

I never needed a trigger, I had a big sister with a closet full of formals, and everything a young boy like me needed to imagine being a girl. Given a chance when no one was looking, I loved going into her room and just feeling her dresses, and things. When I could lock a door and no one would wonder why, I would sneak her stuff and play with it. I also collected things out of the rag bag, that she had out grown or worn out, and hide them in the tool shed, where I would go after school and try them on. I really hated it when she got married and took all of her pretty stuff away.
Tina B.

[zorianacd]

Anyone with long , well done nails.

[Megan Briana]

As a young boy, my triggers were; ladies boots, Linda Carter makeup commercials, ladies jean commercials from the eighties, and for some reason pigtails. Nowadays, seeing an outfit I like gets me in girlie mode ( I have had a few slips in front of friends and family because of this too, lol).

[Barbra P]

I used to sit and go through the Sears and Wards catalogs dreaming of what it would feel like to wear the body shapers, there were pages and pages of them. I also had interest in the silky slips and garters and stockings. Mom put red nail polish on me when I was five or six, Bobby my best friend kidded me about nail polish being only for girls but I didn’t care I loved it. About the same time Mom told one of her friends that she had put lipstick on me and I didn’t like it – too greasy. At the time I wondered why she said that because I did like it and I wanted her to put it on me more often but she never did.

Then when I was about twelve or thirteen and boys wore mostly jeans, dull shirts, and dingy brown shoes or Keds I was fascinated by what the girls were wearing. Dresses, not the little girl dresses but dresses resembling what adult women wore, or skirts and blouses, and feminine looking flats. I sat behind a girl and many of her blouses were sheer enough that you could see the shoulder straps from her slip, and I was green with envy. A year later things got even worse, girls started to develop breasts and wear bras and I so much wanted to do the same.

Freshman year in High School, Halloween, I found a strapless long line bra that my Mother, as far as I knew, never wore and in a spare closet a pair of wedge espadrilles. I also found a skirt and blouse that fit, and of course her lipstick was in the bathroom. I didn’t have a wig so I tied a silk scarf over my head and out I went. I loved walking in the wedge shoes but best of all I had boobs, and the skirt felt so good brushing against my legs – I was in seventh heaven.

Unfortunately Mom made me take it all off when I came home, but she did let slip that I looked good as a girl. Dad had to work late, or he had stopped off for a few drinks, and Mom said I had to change before he got home; I wanted to go back out and be a girl – never quite got over that desire.

[Karren H]

my triggers were..... pretty much breathing related.... inhale... I want to go dress up..... exhale.... I want to go dress up......

[Kathy4la]

Don't know if I had any tiggers but I grew up living with my mom,dad,aunt,grandma and grandpaw. Most of the males were gone half the time. I was the only child. My aunt was in her twenties and she had all the kool 50's and 60's clothes, I loved to go in her room and play. The neighborhood kids were 99 % female and I played all the time with them. Well I guess this may have been a tigger for who I am but all I know is I love being a CD and always will.
Love Kathy

[Barbara Jo]

I never needed a trigger, I had a big sister with a closet full of formals, and everything a young boy like me needed to imagine being a girl. Given a chance when no one was looking, I loved going into her room and just feeling her dresses, and things. When I could lock a door and no one would wonder why, I would sneak her stuff and play with it. I also collected things out of the rag bag, that she had out grown or worn out, and hide them in the tool shed, where I would go after school and try them on. I really hated it when she got married and took all of her pretty stuff away.
Tina B.

Gowing up in the '50s I can relate to all that as I also had an older sister I used to "borrow" clothes from etc .
My mom had clothes from the '40s and my sister had clothes from the '50s.
I never did identify with being a male and was jealous of my sister. :)

[Beverley Sims]

I had these annoying girls come into my room (in a shared house) and say get dressed we wanna" go out.
So I did.:)

[NicoleScott]

Yes, I can relate to the lipstick trigger.

[KarenCDFL]

I grew up with my mom in a single parent household and every Saturday my mom would go to the Beauty Parlor and of course I had to go with her.

It was usually at least an hour or two or more on hair color days as she got her hair washed and set plus a Mani and Pedi.

And here I was sitting in one of the unused Naugahyde bound Hair Dryer chairs watching all of the women in the place get beautiful with all the smells that a Salon floating around in the air.

I sat there breathing in all of the hair spray, nail polish, hair color and the only thing to do was to read the beauty magazines while I waited for her to get finished.

And the last thing my mom would do before we left is re-do her lipstick wishing that I could too.

I knew even at that young age that something was wrong between my body and my head and this weekly foray into this World of Beauty just cemented they way I would feel for the rest of my life.

[CONSUELO]

It was coming across my sisters' slips tossed on a chair or on a bed. Instant interest and arousal. Then watching my sisters dress and put on makeup including lipstick. I still remember the lovely smell of "maquilage".

[wilt575]

Don't know if it would count as a triger. But had three girle cousins living just down the street and we always played together mostly dress-up etc. There were not very many male kids in the neighborhood. Also my older sister would dress me up in her friends younger sisters clothes when my parents traveled on business, which was often. So really didn't seem unusual at the time.

[Angela Campbell]

When I was younger it was panties. Now ....just driving past a department store!

[ArleneRaquel]

No triggers here, when the mood hit me I dressed, many times just under dressing is what I had to do to satisfy my urge.

[Miss Mandy]

It was always women smoking 120 length cigarettes...

[May(be)]

A particular smell did it for me, though i'm too embarrassed to say what the smell is

[Layla Michelle]

My trigger had to be high heels and nylon hose. The look and feel was intense. As a young boy I would actually sit in the floor at church and rub on my mom's lower legs to feel the hose. When I was home alone I would sometimes put on a pair of her hose and heels and walk around like I was a girl, then masturbate to pictures (of girls) and put everything up. When my feet became bigger than hers I never dressed again, Until earlier this year over 40 years later after actually buying a pair of heels and thigh highs.

[karusiskaru]

A particular smell did it for me, though i'm too embarrassed to say what the smell is

Aww dont be shy If not here then where?

[karusiskaru]

Before I started school and making friends on my own, most of the family friends were girls.. So i remember spending days with them.. now I feel that was it.. In so many subtle ways I started reacting to things and talking about things like a girl.. Like I remember I had asked this question as a kid that If those girls can wear shirts and pants why cant I wear a skirt..

[outhiking]

The Sears catalog did it for me and of course the Wish Book. I still remember the intoxicating aroma of a freshly opened Sears catalog in the fall and graduating from looking and wishing for the toys to wishing for the clothes.

[ArleneRaquel]

I have to admit the Sears lingerie section was very inspiring, especially the 1950='60' catalog.

[Trishasubcd]

AVON is a trigger for me. My mother was an Avon lady and I would "borrow" her samples and page through the book like most young men would page through a Christmas catelog.

[Frédérique]

Do you ladies remember when you were much younger growing up what girlie triggers did you have?

I remember girls being nice to me, NOT cruel like boys, NOT noisy, and NOT demonstrative. They were also mysterious (they still are), and they wore very interesting clothing. I viewed them from afar, and it was somewhat inevitable that I wound up dressing like them and adopting their non-masculine ways. In many ways, observation triggered my MtF crossdressing – I also found I could get a little closer to females, so I accepted the invitation…

BTW, I’m not a lady. I only dress like one… :battingeyelashes:

[sinderella]

My first trigger (No pun intended...I promise) was a pretty Indian girl on the Roy Rogers show wearing a loin cloth, I went straight to the bathroom and stripped down, put on a belt...then tucked a wash cloth in the front and one in the back like a skirt and was caught by my christian mother (oh boy). I was only 4 at the time as I hadn't even gone to school yet. But I knew I was pretty in that mirror ;)

[Leah Lynn]

Ithink mine was the sight of a well dressed woman. That included stockings and heels. Mmmmmm, Stockings! Anything feminine would make me want to use it, wear it, BE it!

[Jenniferx]

I'm so old- women didn't have pantyhose, they wore stockings with garter belts, god I loved the sheer silkyness of them. I always wanted to dress like the beautiful women of my youth, and still do LOL.
Jenn

[Launa]

My triggers were having to go get my hair cut by my mothers' hairdresser at a womans salon instead of a barber. I sat in the girly chairs with my longer hair and all it was super fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I became a salon lover real fast and went to them all the time when I was older for cuts, highlites, washes and you name it. Now the damn hair fell out and I have to wear wigs which is not as fun cause ya can't go visit the salon the same treatments you can do with real hair. :(

[lingerieLiz]

Panties got it started. Sundresses and pettycoats expanded it when a teen

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Erika, Well dressed ladies always did it for me.

[Maia C]

School uniforms always did it for me. Plaid skirts and knee socks.

[StephanieJ]

I had an unusual experience when I was about 5 years old. My younger sister and I we were all ready for church one Sunday and my mother sent us outside to get in the car. On the way there my sister and I got sidetracked by the kiddie pool that was set up in our driveway. I’m not sure what prompted her to do it, but my 3 year old sister decided to take a swim in her red frilly Sunday dress. I was delighted to see the how red tooling and white lace looked in the water and didn’t give a thought to why this would be a problem. I had put one leg in the pool and was just about to join her when my parents came out...

I remember my mother was furious! She swished my sister back into the house to change her clothes and after a stern talking to. There was never anything sexual about it, but the image of my sisters red and white frilly dress and white tights all dripping wet never left me.

[sonna]

believe it or not bugs bunny ............i want to spin around and change too, it was just that easy for him, didn't work for me just got dizzy

[I Am Paula]

My mother is the epitomy of society matron. Throughout my childhood she had formal events to go to almost daily that required new clothes. All my earliest memories were of being in women's clothing stores, hair salons, and the like. By six years old I knew the difference between a Gucci and a Pucci. My sister is four years older than me, so I became the crash test dummy for her and her girlfriends make up experiments. What it boils down to is, I was so surrounded by femininity, it would have been a miracle if I didn't grow up wearing ladies' clothing. If there was a single trigger, it was my mother in formal wear, she was so pretty in her floor length gowns, heels, and with a clutch purse. (may explain bizarre purse compulsion of mine).

[SheriM]

I was the second child and my mother really wanted a girl and often said that I was supposed to be a girl. Don't know if this had an effect but sometimes I too wish I was a girl. As early as I can remember, probably 3 yrs old, I was fascinated by my mother's girdle, (yes they wore girdles when I was 3) and to this day, I still enjoy doning shapewear. As soon as I was able, I would sneak into her dresser and put one on. As this was long before puberty, I often wonder if it was sexual or not.

[Kelley]

My trigger is a well dressed shapely woman be it on TV or a magazine. I just love the look and feel the urge to get dressed.

[Marcyme]

I still remember my first day of Kindergarten....All the girls had their hair done so cute, curls, bows, pigtails etc. I was so jealous and SOOOOO wished I could be one of them. Cute hairstyles have always been my trigger! No surprise there :) check the avatar.

[Amy Milnet]

My older sister was a square dancer and I would see that dress and petticoat and I would have to put it on!

[Kerigirl2009]

Triggers- Pretty much seeing a girl wearing a skirt or dress, the jealousy that I felt. This could be in person or a television commercial. I grew up with mostly girls in my daily life so it was always just around the corner.

[daviolin]

My earliest girly trigger, was Betty Boop. I used to come home from school to eat my lunch. Maybe 8,9 and 10 years old. I would watch Soupy Sales lunch party. He always showed Betty Boop cartoons. I was mezmerised by that cute little lady. I'm still a big fan at 64. Daviolin

[JamieG]

Oh, I had tons of triggers. When I was younger, I was very intrigued by tights and leotards. I would always anticipate when the Sears catalog would arrive so I could turn to the women's aerobic wear section and admire all the wonderful clothing. In one of our high school yearbooks, there was a picture of a girl in her ballet practice wear that made me want to be her so much. Then of course there were music videos. Two in particular stick out: Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video and Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around Here Anymore." I so wanted to look like one of the Palmer girls, with sheer black hose, short black dresses, and striking makeup. And Tom Petty's Alice in Wonderland inspired video had a couple of girls who wore checkerboard unitards that I longed for.

[Jannis]

I was raised by my mother and an aunt who took me everywhere with them - to the grocery, hair salon, nail parlor, drug store, dress shop, etc. They used me as a mannequin to hold their possible purchases up to me to see how they would look. I remember once being very young and wanted to try on lipstick and blush at the makeup counter. My Mom and aunt both loved to make me dress as a girl on Halloween. They made special dresses or hair ribbons and such for me to wear. They tried to out duel each other with who could make me more feminine. I eventually outgrew the period but always wanted to dress up and never have stopped to this day.

[AvidFan]

I never really got to indulge myself as a kid. My sis dressed me once or twice. But having 2 older sisters that were both girlie girls. triggered a lot of frustration.

[Tara D. Rose]

I know it may sound strange but it was after I got a daily beating from my Father and I went and hid in the garage or went and hid under the house, that it would trigger that desire to become Tara

[Saffron]

One of my first trigger was putting on a wig my mom had. Looking at the mirror I didn't know why but I felt more me. Difficult to explain.

Also I remember watching almost all m2f transformations in movies and tv series, like ranma 1/2, and wishing it was me.

I've been with girls a lot since childhood, without doing it by purpose, and I'm not and never was attractive, so it must be another reason.

I'm not effeminate at all, if I was born as a woman I probably would be called a tomboy. But even like this, I loved to try my cousin dresses.

[Lucy Lou]

First time is as a teenager and putting on my sister's dress in the bathroom. A few years later it was my girlfriends stockings and that clinched it. Haven't been able to stop since. Lucy

[Jenniferpl]

When I was young, my trigger was simple. Whenever I had the house to myself.

[michele60]

When I was younger (5-6) I would watch my mom get ready for work every morning, watching her put on her clothes, it was different and it made me corious. When I was 7 I found my sisters bra and slip in the bathroom, I was about to take a bath. I often wondered what it felt like to ware a bra, this was my chance. I put on the bra and slip the rest is history. Today 50 years later I have countless bras and may slips and to this day both are my favorite.

[Desiree2bababe]

I'm dating myself but whenever I saw Ginger in a sexy gown, I dreamed of wearing the same and would often raid my sister's collections of prom dresses. Then came Farrah Fawcett and that beautiful hair, my first wig purchase was a blonde one styled just the same. Then came Loni Anderson of WKRP. Far as songs, the biggest trigger was Shania Twain's "Man, I feel like a woman."

[IngeInCO]

My grandmother was really cool and I would play dress up when I went to stay with her

[Desiree2bababe]

Oh, I had tons of triggers. When I was younger, I was very intrigued by tights and leotards. I would always anticipate when the Sears catalog would arrive so I could turn to the women's aerobic wear section and admire all the wonderful clothing. In one of our high school yearbooks, there was a picture of a girl in her ballet practice wear that made me want to be her so much. Then of course there were music videos. Two in particular stick out: Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video and Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around Here Anymore." I so wanted to look like one of the Palmer girls, with sheer black hose, short black dresses, and striking makeup. And Tom Petty's Alice in Wonderland inspired video had a couple of girls who wore checkerboard unitards that I longed for.

YES YES, I forgot about addicted to love. The eyes and lips of those girls made me into a self taught makup artist along with the blonde hottie from Knots Landing.

[Nicola2876]

As a child I was fascinated by tights. Sheer, opaque, tan, black whatever. I still always wear hosiery when I dress.

[sometimes_miss]

For me, it was the shampoo commercials showing girls with long, silky, shiny hair. Long, pretty hair spells 'female' to me....which is why all my wigs are beyond shoulder length.

[Chazity]

I had fourth sisters , sof when they would wear dresses I was so jealous.

[Rogina B]

Well,I had a cool mom that supported my curiosity,so my triggers were/are many. Girdles,stockings,skirts,dresses,leotards.tights,e tc..My mother helped me explore all of this with an open mind..Sears catalog,gymnastics[gymnastic pants...first out and about crossdressing..elastic,nylon,white,etc] As a teenager,with short skirts and opaque tights the rage,I was so jealous of the girls that the vice principal put his ruler to in order to check the "legality" of their hem length..lol Remember that? Lipstick,eye makeup[blue shadow lol]and how some girls were appearing much older than the other young teens and were able to use that to their advantage[power of the pussycat introduction". So for me,triggers were everywhere from the closet to the catalog to the shampoo commercials on TV.. And by scanning all the posts here,THE CURIOSITY OF FEMININITY IS SOMETHING WE WERE BORN WITH!!!!

[Slip Affinity]

A big trigger for me has always been seeing the edge of lace from a slip peeking out from under a dress or skirt.