beginner to advance crossdressing ?

[krista65]

Hi..I was just taking a survey on where girls think they are in their crossdressing stage?

1. beginner

2. intermediate

3. advanced

4. expert

5. I am a GG

and please state why you feel you are in this stage..xx Krista

[Sarah Rabbit]

Are you talking, how they present themselves or how they feel emotionally?

For Myself I present fair, could do better. mentally I hover between male and female. Must be a hormonal thing!!

Hugs, Sarah R. :bunny:

[krista65]

I guess I am asking what stage they feel they have progressed to in their lifestyle..I would consider a beginner a person who only occasionally puts an article of women's clothes on and gets excited about it to the other end of the spectrum ( the advanced) where I think a cder can dress as a woman all day long and just feel joy.

I have progressed to where I can dress as a woman all day without any arousal and just feel wonderful from being dressed.

hugs Krista

and I think the "expert" is a girl who can comfortably pass in the community..(I am not there yet)

[Teresa Amina]

Transitioning from beginner to intermediate. Not too good for 35 years experience! I look real good from the neck down but haven't played with makeup and nails yet.

[maryjanecapri]

i'm not sure how to answer this. i guess when i first read the question i thought you were asking where you are in the transgender spectrum and then you were relating it to beginner to expert.

but then i thought maybe you were just asking about exerience. if that's the case i would have to say i am an expert but only because i wear women's clothing 100% of the time. BUT i don't dress to pass. i don't do wigs or make up (outside of the occasional eye liner and mascara). so i guess that might take away from my expert ranking???? :wink:

[Shelly Preston]

Advanced - I think

[Shiny]

I agree with the satisfaction aspect of dressing and after all these years I would say: Somewhere between expert and GG!

[Sam-antha]

Advanced enough for me. Whatever that qualitficaton may mean. But i'm happy with it.

[Angela Burke]

If dressing as a woman all day and feeling wonderful makes you "advanced", (whatever that means). Then put me down as very, very, advanced.

[Billijo49504]

I would say I'm some where between advanced and expert. Because there is always room to improve. The other day we did some pictures, and the wife and I saw a different person there, not the male me. I think one of the things that sets us apart from GG's, is we try to be perfect, and a lot of GG's don't. Some days I feel like a girl playing with my makeup, it's fun.

[Robingirl]

In my case I would say intermediate. I feel like I am resonably good with make-up and I don't over dress or in-appropriate for my age - 56. I am out of the closet a little, but not enough and my wife knows, does not like, but can tolerate it and I accept how she feels about it. I need more girlfriends in this femme world joined Tri-ess this year and am going to my first Renaissance meeting next weekend. I could use some fine tuning and appropriate advice as well as more socialability which I hope to get. I am a South Jersey CD. Huggs- Robingirl

[wendy]

I would say intermediate, I've now begun wearing a wig and abit of make up (lipstick and sometimes nail polish and eye shadow).

I used to just wear the clothing, but now include the clothing and above items. If I can move towards full makeup (blush, foundation, ...) and breastforms I would say that is more advanced.

[JoAnnDallas]

I would have to say I'm somewhere between "Advance and Expert" as I have now been going out enfemm in the daylight. I know I have room for advancement and will never be perfect, but if I can be respected as the gender I present, then that is all I can expect.

[Liberty]

I would have to say beginner because I have never tried to pass or be fully dressed. But if time in grade means anything, then I am intermediate since I know the names of many fashion items and know my fabric types. I am good at matching outfits and have overcome much social stigma while wearing pieces of clothing in everyday life. Been carrying a purse since the first compact cell phones came about...

[CharleneCD]

I know some would argue with me after my day out gown shopping, But I must say intermidiate. I am still clueless on make-up without my wifes help. Also While it looks like I have been dressing longer, I have been doing this for less than a year. Given that I have made some other CD friends and am starting to go out more I am probobly not far from advanced. I just need a bit more practice.

[Rossie]

I can not say in wish crossdressing stagethat I am. I always feel happy when I am in feeling of woman, dress like woman, seeing me woman and acceptance my feelings, but in closet. I discreetly drive my car in the city and return to thehouse. I never have been dressed like woman and mixed public place among people. :eek:

[Jodi]

I would rate me somewhere between advanced and expert. I judge this on the fact that I go out freely to straight venues with no hassles. When shopping at a mall, I will purposely pass by groups of teen girls and have never gotten a reaction. This past New Years Eve, a group of us went (for the second year) to a large straight party. While there, two women came up to me to tell me that they heard there were trannies at the party, and then politely asked if I was one of them. I replied with a smile--"yes, and thanks, it is a compliment for you to ask." They said that they had seen me talking with the other girls and they weren't sure. I took this as passing.

Jodi

[toniloraine]

beginner

[Fallen Angel]

I really dont know what to anser on this ,some where between advanced and expert maybe.theres days now matter what i do im not happy with the results I really feel I still could use some fine tuneing and imstill working on getting my voice a bit higher but im still happy any how xxxxxx

[suzie]

I feel I am a beginner as I still have to learn to wear makeup, buy a wig, clothes to wear in public etc. Need suggestions. Been adicted to lingerie since i was 13, but only now learning what it feels like to be dressed as a
woman. Luv the feeling.

[sparks]

I'm not allowed to shave my legs and look like a Yeti in hose. Only dabbled in make up. I AM A MESS. Marriage really sucks sometimes! After 30 years of feminine belongings total beginner. Yeah I know I suck big time here and in this small town of lumberjacks if I was caught enfemme I would be taken as someones bitch Yeti legs and all! Kind of complimenting though!

[Tiffy]

I would have to say advanced. Maybe not because I am good at dressing or even look good. But mentaly, after 20 some years of fighting myself I am mostly at peace with myself now. Therefore I feel I am advanced. Still got further to go yet.


Kisses, April Marie

[Holly]

Don't know how to rate this... I'm comfortable being me at home or out. I know that I'm not the most passable CD but I'm at peace with that and really enjoy being on this road. Plus I've met the greatest travelers along the way!

[calliekat]

Hi..I was just taking a survey on where girls think they are in their crossdressing stage?

1. beginner

2. intermediate

3. advanced

4. expert

5. I am a GG

and please state why you feel you are in this stage..xx Krista



I am 1) A beginner.
Why? Because I am no further along with my dressing then I was last year when I started.
Why? Because where I live doens't allow for it, unless I go out of town and I don't know where to go in that case.

[jackie]

Some Where Around Advanced , But Hoping To Do Better

[Shayla Thomas]

I believe I am advanced to expert,except for the voice, which is below average, ha ha. I tend to be a perfectionist in life so CDing isn't any different for me. I am also very lucky to have been born with a CD freindly body, ha ha.

[Kimmie W]

I would say I' m becoming somewhat more than a beginner since I started reading this site and fully accept who I am now. I do know that I now feel like I have the right to look on the outside as feminine as I feel on the inside. I'm no where near there yet, but I'm working on it (and loving every moment of it).

[Jodi Lynn]

I would have to say after all these years I am advanced, but only in the past five years have I really came out and accepted who I am.

[Aileen]

I think I am advanced.

At a guess, I would explain the categories as:

1. beginner: dresses, lingerie, high heels, but still has most body hair

2. intermediate: dresses, lingerie, high heels, shaving legs and chest but not arms, no make-up

3. advanced: dresses, lingerie, high heels, shaving legs and chest and arms, fairly proficient with make-up.

4. expert: dresses, lingerie, high heels, shaving legs and chest and arms, fairly proficient with make-up, also wears jewelry and paints nails. Can pass fairly well.

5. I am a GG: God has blessed you.

[Jenny Warren]

Well, I don't know about this.

I do the weekly grocery shopping as Jenny.

I go to lunch/shopping with my SO as Jenny at least twice a week.

I go shopping with my SO's daughters, (14 yrs & 16 yrs) regularly.

At a TV/CD venue someone once asked me whose wife I was.

A neighbour once asked me who the man who goes into and out of my house and drives my car was. (It's me in male mode).

I used to have a part time job as Jenny.

I guess I'm intermediate, on a good day.

Jenny

[AprilCD]

I would put myself just a bit above intermediate. By far I know I'm not a beginner yet when going out in public I think I recently promoted myself to intermediate class. This is because just wearing the clothes is only a small part of cross dressing. Becoming the lady in posture, attitude, the walk, the dance, your character and demenure, plus many other thing that makes a woman what she is, is always under scutany in the public eyes. Lets face it genetic girls really have it tough in this world. It is hard work to be like them and yet the payoff is more then worth every minute spent in there world.

[Jessica1]

Intermmediate to Advanced

I say this because I have been out a few times now (to eat, to the spa, clubbing enfemme) and I have begun to have my facial hair removed via laser. But I am ever-improving as they say! lol :D So maybe I'll graduate to the next stage in the near future!

[trannie T]

After about twenty years of experience I rate myself as an advanced beginner. I do pass - from a distance and if it is dark. At 6'3" and 350 pounds I harbor no thoughts of passing, my voice is very masculine, I am as graceful as a buffalo and my wardrobe is basic thrift store. In spite of all this I enjoy my time in women's clothing, and enjoy going out.

[carol ann]

I am in confusion as to the gradings. I know that at times I dress completely except for coloured nail varnish and I am fortunate to have no body hair and a reasonably balanced figure. I also have a nice selection of clothes and lots of lovely lingerie. I dress in lingerie and tights or stockings under my outer male clothes most days and I love shopping

On the negative side, I am definitely still in the closet and would not consider sharing my feminity with my family (my wife is aware but believes it was a one off and certainly would not accept it). Further my voice is closer to baritone than soprano and I probably walk like a football player and am six feet tall and my breasts are about 38aa.

I guess that might make me an expert beginner or an intermediate moron!

[Bridget]

Advanced. I have clothes and makeup fairly well done. I just need to hone my voice and mannerisms a little, and work up courage to go out more often. I also need to pierce my ears. My hair is already gender neutral (about shoulder length), and I know I can pass in public, as long as I don't have to open my mouth, and I stay cool. I dress more often in denim and sneakers (like a GG) than in dresses and heels, and like how i look.

[Barb Valentine]

I've been dressing for over 40 years so I guess that I'm an intermediate.

[Jolene]

I am 1) A beginner.
Why? Because I am no further along with my dressing then I was last year when I started.
Why? Because where I live doens't allow for it, unless I go out of town and I don't know where to go in that case.


I am a 1

This quote fits me. Started with undies last summer and have been slowly moving along.Been a pleasure and now with all of you I feel less alone ... Jolene

[Sweet Susan]

What is an expert?

[natasha]

Wow, if guaging on actually executing thoughts and desires i would say beginner. If guaging solely on wanting and hoping i would say intermediate. As one who had a restrictive upbringing (only father and a younger brother) access to an immediate female influence didnt exist, but somehow I always knew it was there. My wife (of 13 years) suggested going as a woman last halloween..............bingo!!!!!!! The cat is out of the bag. The ball is rolling. Learn as you go. Hell she even has me ironing clothes, and I weirdly can say I enjoy it:eek: She commented last night that I have more high heels and lingerie than she does!!!!:p

[Bernice]

I see everyone else is too modest to claim expert. So I will conform and claim only advanced. No, I'm not very passable at 6' and 250#, and cannot shave my legs this year, and I have a baritone voice, etc.

I'm advanced because I have at least tried at least once to do everything there is to do, short of dating another man - which seems very unethical, or medical intervention - which is unaffordable and also too late to be cost effective. I've taken crossdressing about as far as I suspect I am able to do so, in over forty years of experience. I accept myself for who I am. I'm as comfortable being crossdressed as I suspect I will ever be, which is so comfortable at home that I forget how I am dressed. In public, at least in this bigoted state, I will always be wary and uncomfortable. Makeup is an area where I could definitely improve, and someday I will have my own silicone breasts, but these are relatively trivial issues.

Hugs,

Bernice

[MarieTS]

Expert!

Why? Well for starters it all feels so comfortable, so natural. Much more so than drabbing it. Getting dressed as Marie is second nature now; everything from cosmetics to fashion sense. It's not about hype; it's about being me.
And although there is always more to learn, it's no different for genetic women. I'll bet there are many of us who could teach some gg's a thing or two about style.
If I were suddenly tasked to go out shopping, function in the business world, or attend a gala event I could prepare for and participate with more finesse than I could as a guy. Yes, everything from -- the walk -- to using a purse -- to typing in an office -- to dining at a retaurant -- to helping a friend select an outfit -- or cruising through a twenty mile bicykle ride.
If you feel this proficient about being womanly, than I believe that you too are also an expert.

[Deidra Cowen]

Advanced.

I gotta work on my voice and then I would be pretty happy with how far I've come with this CDing.