What do you see when you look in the mirror...

[Alexis.j]

When you look at yourself in a mirror, what do you see? I'm referring to your face, and not necessarily all made up.
Me personally, have been noticing a woman looking back at me, hard to explain really, but somewhere my female side is pushing through more these days, or I might just be imaging things....

[NathalieX66]

I walk into my office building every morning,that has a glass front, and think to myself "Fk, I look like a girl" when I see my reflection.

My hair is down past my shoulders after 2 years of growing it from nearly nothing, and I lost a lot of weigh in the past two years. Sometimes I get the jitters from knowing I made an image change, but for the most part, I'm glad I did it.
No, sorry, I'm thrilled I did it. ....I DID IT!!!

[Marleena]

Alexis, lately I just see old so I'm avoiding the mirrors.:D

[Naomi Newman]

i think in reality we see what we want to see, its just a state of mind, i might be wrong, but when i am in male mode i see male, but when i do my hair in girl mode i see a girl, its not hard to change your state of mind when u change the basics of anything.

[Alexis.j]

Thanks for you input ladies, much appreciated. You are probably right Naomi, and others haven't commented on it yet, well even if I wear some light makeup nobody really says anything either... I expected q lot of "are you gay" questions and snotty comments but until today not one negative comment. Well I would not know if they are talking behind my back. But who cares really.

[DeeArel]

How deep in the south are you?

[Geena75]

I was absolutely startled once, about 30 years ago. I had avoided shaving and haircuts for a while and when I glanced in the mirror I saw a stranger. I may have been right, because I was starting down a relationship path which was really wrong for me.

Now I look in the mirror and wonder what could be.

[Janet Bern]

I see me with makeup. I have trouble understanding how I
can possibly pass as a woman. Then sometimes I can.
Go figure

[Gwinnie]

A confused ugly guy trying to look like a woman.

[Sheila11]

I see a really happy person. I am content as a loving husband and father, provider and businessman. And content as an occasional middle age woman covering the lines and wrinkles and looking pretty in dress and heals.

[Robbin_Sinclair]

Some old guy who looks like me, a little bit. I can start messing with my hair a little, put something on that feels more comfortable and decide what I want to be then. Boy, girl, diplomat, currier. And then walk away from the mirror. Congratulations to all who are happy. Life is special.

[marny]

I see potential ......in the next life. :bonk:

[tall2826]

I see a female body with a male head/face which happens to the most masculine thing about me I'm so skinny I have curves.

[Barbara Maria]

In male mode,I look in the mirror and see a bald old man.In female mode I see a tall,vibrant middle aged woman,almost kinda pretty in a way.Feels good to see that.And like you,Alexis,my feminine side is getting stronger all the time,and I love it.Barbara

[PaulaQ]

Mostly, I see lies.

[Tilly Vega]

I see the girl I wish I was. Tilly is confident,sexy,free willed,all the things I'm not in drab. Thats why I love her so much,she's the girl I've always wanted. In fem I sometimes daydream about dating my male side. Tilly is just a name for this 2nd person inside of me. She never liked other girls. Subconsciously I believe she caused me to devastate past relationships or attempted relationships. So in a weird way Im in love with a jealous woman lol Overall I see the perfect woman :)

[AmyGaleRT]

For me, Alexis, it's mostly dependent on my hair. I look in the mirror at my face with my hair parted on the left and pulled back in a ponytail, like I usually wear it, I see my male self. But if I take the ponytail holder out, brush the part to the middle, brush it all out, and arrange it that way to cascade more across my shoulders, I see Amy. I don't even have to be fully "dolled up" on my face to do so, nor do I need the barrettes or headband I frequently wear in that mode. (But that all helps! :))

- Amy

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Alexis, If I look hard enough sometimes I see my mom or my younger sister
looking back at me depending on which wig that I'm wearing.

Other times I see the lady that I want to be.

[Anneliese]

I see someone who would be a beautiful woman if I only shaved off my beard. Someday...

[Kate Simmons]

When we look into our core being, we see many things that a physical reflection may not reveal. Becoming comfortable with that is the real skill.:)

[Alexis.j]

Thanks for all your input ladies. Now if I could just find a solution to my balding head. .. lol

[Beverley Sims]

I see hills and valleys.

It is not much of a road map, I do not know where I am.

[Laura912]

The bloody things keep breaking when I look in there, but on occasion there is what, a not half bad looking woman gazing back?

[Lynn Marie]

I see a relatively handsome older gentleman. I've been fairly successful in taking care of myself, and even though I'd like to look like Antonio Banderas, looking more like Bob Saget isn't all that bad. Of course when madeup and dressed, I see a relatively handsome older woman with a little style and some class. I kind of like the old girl. Gee, I have two good friends in the same mirror!

[Cheryl Ann Owens]

I see a potentially beautiful woman who got stuck with a male body. Umm, can we have a re-do of my birth?

Cheryl Ann

[docrobbysherry]

I always like what I see in my mirror after I FINISH dressing. However, since I'm near sited, I don't believe what I see until I review the photos. They lie less than my mirror. But then, I get to EDIT PICS! Ha ha!
Thanks for all your input ladies. Now if I could just find a solution to my balding head. .. lol
I can strongly recommend wigs! If you're bald like me, U can never have enuff of them!

[Cheryl Ann Owens]

I often avoid looking in the mirror because there is, in real time reality, a the image of a man staring back. When I'm dressed, I have a sense of self esteem seeing the real me.

Cheryl Ann

[EmilyPith]

Well, when I look at myself wearing men's clothing, I see a woman in the wrong body and the wrong clothes. But, I figure there has to be a reason, so I get on with it until I can wear the clothes I want and and be who I really am.

I have explained this to the wife... she gets it and appreciates. She knows who she married, and has occasionally commented that this way we can be married and not have to move to another state. Complimentary plumbing and all that.

Being in man-mode is a pain, but it's acting for me... man-mode is pretending and doing what has to be done until I can relax and be me. I can feign an interest in football and trucks... but when the guys oogle women, I'm usually the one checking out her shoes or sizing up her makeup, then I respond with something like, "yah, that was a great rack... unk, unk." A lot of the time I feel like an undercover agent, secret agent woman... (cue music here)!

Man-mode is what I consider crossdressing, if that makes sense. When I dress in my real wardrobe, I feel normal. I am me. Men's clotehs... meh. I do what I have to to seem like the average guy-next-door.

She jokes that in the next life she will be the man. Maybe she'll sign up for this site.

[Luna Nyx]

i usually dont know what to expect when i look in the mirror. i have changed so much over the past year. But it happens what mindset I'm in. If I feel like I'm in Luna mode then i see her looking back. If I'm in boy mode then I see boy me looking back.

[Brynna M]

I see me. When I'm girl dressed I see me. When i'm boy dressed I see me. They both look and feel like me. Some times I think look ok. Most of the time I think I look meh.

[Brittany CD]

I see a guy popular with the ladies who dresses as one

[HannahF6]

The first time I took great care with my dress, makeup and wig and just took the time to get everything right I took a picture and when I saw it the picture absolutely freaked me out, then I grinned. I looked so much like my sister it was unreal, I could see my sister looking back at me from the photo.

Hannah

[Jaymees22]

Yes, I think I see more of my female self in the mirror lately. Also I've been feeling a slight twinge that I should be a woman doing the everyday things that I'm doing at that moment...Jaymee

[Lynn Marie]

New answer for "What do you see when you look in the mirror". My avatar! What you see is what you get.

[Robbin_Sinclair]

Thanks for all your input ladies. Now if I could just find a solution to my balding head. .. lol I thought that was the easy part. A wig covers a bald head. Perhaps, you don't need a wig cap under it. Isn't that an advantage?

I just finished a long set of plane tips to make it to New Orleans. Why can't more men dress as women? Why is this so hard? So many manly men on these long trips. They seem to fixated on being manly men. Huff and puff and swagger.

I walk confidently with my ladies' clothes under the male dress (the ballet slippers with the big cute bow may be a give away, though) sucking in my gut showing off my nice tits while manly men suck in their guts. For what?

Poor world that allows people to be only one gender. Life's too long to not live it as a girl, sooner or later. Love to you all.

[Angela Campbell]

Since the first time I dressed fully and looked in the mirror I see ME. It is strange, I do not see a man anymore at all. It scared me the first time it happened. I had cleaned all the makeup off, removed the wig taken a shower and it still looked like I had makeup on! I got out the makeup remover wipes and used about 10 of them trying to get it off. No difference. I am used to it now. I look and see a girl with short hair every time. No one else seems to see it so far.

[noeleena]

Hi ,

Alexis.

I have no hair ,& dont like wigs , so its headwear. like my pic on the left though most times i wear it around my head like a turbin style , it works very well. & i go over seas like in my pic, i allso have many other scarvs similar ,you could try our cancer soc they do & make headwear for our women

www.headcovers.com/headwear

www.chemosawy.com

www.softhats.com

or you could just buy some scarves as i do, they need to be at least 4 foot across x 24 in's or a 4 x 4 doubled over, & ether knoted or use a hair band at the back.. & its a good look.

...noeleena...

[Alexis.j]

Thanks for all of your replies and advice, much appreciated.

[Lee Andrews]

Looking in a full length mirrror I start at the floor and slowly work my eyes up. Sadly for me I think I look pretty good till I get to the neck and above. Pretty rough from working outdoors for years, not a soft spot on this mug. LOL
Oh well I still have fun and thats all that counts.

[sometimes_miss]

Used to just see an old fart wearing teen age girl clothes. new wig, glasses, has changed that. Wig was purchased on ebay, the photo name has the ebay item number if anyone wants to look at it there (just right click on the photo, click on 'save as' and you will get the item number, wig I think cost me about $20 and so far has lasted me since last summer). I still avoid mirrors, but at least I don't see 'me' when I casually pass one, now I can at least delude myself that I really have long beautiful hair (instead of the receding hairline with damaged hair that I really have. Wig is this one, it's longer than it looks in the picture:

[Vieja]

Alas all I see is a little old fat guy in a dress. LOL!


Vieja

[BillieAnneJean]

When dressed enfemme I see someone who is at peace with herself and having fun. Amazed that she can walk through a mall and be ignored. She is always amazed and smiling at the reflection. Thank you America!

When not dressed I see someone who is at peace with himself because he can get dirty, cuss, spit, fart, tear something apart, put it back together, cut, weld, fix, design, build, ride motorcycle, fly, get the car to start, and do guy things. BUT he knows that he can enjoy the feminine side as he chooses. He has a reflection that looks like he knows something most guys don't.

Neither of the reflections has any regrets.

[Kerigirl2009]

I have seen a woman looking back at me on occasion. This happened the first time I saw how much I resembled my mother and sister, (I actually cried) Lately I don't see the woman inside me looking back at me which makes me sad. I see an ugly man though. I am told I am a good looking guy (on occasion)but I am so much happier when I catch my reflection and Keri is staring back at me.

[Norah_joy]

Keri makes a great point. I am always amazed at how much I look like my female relatives. Always leaves me feeling happy and sad, at the same time.

Norah

[Lynnmorgan451]

When I look in the mirror I see the troubled look on my face from the confusion. I see a girl who hides who she is for the benefit of those she loves most. I see a beautiful woman and a sad man. And yesterday I saw facial hair that made me freak out and shave immediately when I got home from work! Yuk :-p

[Stephanie47]

When I look in a mirror I see reality. I see a 'mature' male. No doubt about it. When I have makeup on I still see a 'mature' person. Makeup does not help. I do recall not like being kissed by my 83 year old grandmother because she had more hair on her upper lip than I did at age 16.

Reality really sets in when viewing photos of myself. What the mind wants to see, the mind sees. Pictures do not lie. When en femme around the house I stay away from mirrors with the exception of the very nice full length mirror (at a distance of ten feet or more).

[shayleetv]

It's kind of funny this post coming up when it did, I was just thinking about this. I was in male mode shaving when I realized I wasn't looking at my face ever I was just looking at my features, just parts of my face. Like my cheek that is hard to shave or the log bushy eye brow hairs that should be pulled or whether that hair that grows on the side of my nose needs to be pulled. I hardly ever just look at my face in male mode, but in girl mode it's an entirely different. I do look at the parts that I am working on but when that is over I look at the face I have become. And yes I admire the transformation. When dressing in male mode it is to make sure everything is in its place including the fly zipped. In girl mode checking the clothes and looking at the face. My wife has commented on the way she sees my looking in the mirror in both modes and always gets a chuckle when she says I model in girl mode but never in male mode. after all these years I am still fascinated by the transformation.(I'm about to turn 72)

[thechic]

I just see Yuck,Man wishing to be born a woman.

[Tracii G]

I tend to see the girl in me most of the time.

[Ciara Brianne]

When I look in the mirror I see me. A bald male with a strong feminine side. When I look into my eyes in the mirror and look within I see the girl inside that doesn't want to be imprisoned anymore.
When I am dressed and I look in the mirror, I see a decent looking lady, with some flaws that need refining.

Ciara:<3:

[CynthiaD]

I always see a woman looking back at me. In male mode, I see the wig, earrings, lipstick, etc. in my mind. The only exception is right after I take off my wig or my breastforms. Then I see something that makes me want to cry.

[coolguy123]

This is an interesting topic, I have never been happy with my appearance, and avoid mirrors and being in pictures. But earlier this year, while my parents were away, I went all out, makeup, false lashes, breastforms, bikini top with a skirt, and after I put on the lipstick, I smiled. It kind of scared me, I shouldn't look this good! Hopefully I can do it again.

[KateSpade83]

When I look in the mirror I see a good looking enough asian guy that isn't married or have a girlfriend now because I'm unemployed. God only has to bless me with money and I'd turn to a woman instead of crossdressing but God doesn't help me or answer my prayers.

So when I look at the mirror in drag I see the possible woman I would have been if I was born a woman. And I really wish I was born a woman.

[Danielle_cder]

When I look in the mirror and I'm dun up I see a woman and all I can do is stare at her boobs;)

[MysticLady]

When you look at yourself in a mirror, what do you see?

I see another part of the whole me. I feel that Im made up of so many different parts and I need those parts to make the whole me. I enjoy this "part" of me tremendously I must say:heehee:

[Jackie7]

Alexis, my solution to the balding head is, shave it. I've even gone out that way, dressed, made up, shaved head, no wig. Usually do wear a wig of course, but with the right outfit it can work without. For me, my long blue Chinese-style dress, silver Mid-heel booties.