How long can you stay dressed up? How close were you to full time?

[Pink_Butterfly]

Personally, I'm closeted so I can't answer but I'm curious.

[Karren H]

I have stayed dressed for almost a week, full time. And personally trying to look that good, for that long is exhausting! Do not think I could go full time.

[kimdl93]

Personal best? That would be 13 days. The pandemic really turned my life upside down. I was maybe 3/4 time before it set in, then the extended periods of isolation kicked in and I lost a whole lot of opportunities for interaction and lost a whole lot of confidence.

[RoxieChristine]

Just over 24 hours so far. Would love to be longer. Not sure I'll get that chance being deep in the back corner of the closet.

[CrossKimmy]

Only 1 day sadly but I could go longer if I had the time

[NjJamie]

For me it was 4 days, quite a great adventure but not likely to happen again anytime soon. I noticed that I hardly ate as well as a few other changes, all good and enjoyable, hope you get the chance soon!

[CrossKimmy]

Jamie, I also never eat when dressed up and im not exactly sure why. But I think im just too preoccupied in my head with the experience.

[Stephanie47]

There was a period of time in my early retirement days when my wife visited our daughter in Chicago for seven to ten days each fall. We have lived in our home for over forty years. At that time our neighbor to the south had very tall laurel bushes which obscured our back yard. The yards to the west and north fell off and provided privacy. I was able to be en femme for those days with the exception of making one or two grocery runs en drab. Other than that it was dresses and heels. Our mailbox is at a community location (20 homes). I picked up the mail in the darkness of the evening when I left my home for evening strolls in another neighborhood. A long time ago I decided full makeup, including nail polish, was not worth the effort of applying and removing; lip color and some facial makeup to conceal sun damaged skin was it. I doubt I would ever want to attempt going full time all the time because my comfort zone does not include presentation of self to our adult children and relatives. If my wife was accepting it would be nice to be able to relax in dress and heels. It ain't going to happen.

[Natalie5004]

I am spending most of my work week dressed these days. I change out by 5 pm.

But I have dressed when my wife was home. We talk about it. She does not want a woman in the house, she wants her man.

So now it is only on selective days I will dress with her, maybe once in 2 months or so. I have to be careful and try to put a lid on this dressing thing before I get totally out of hand.

[CynthiaD]

I was 24/7 during the lockdown. How long was that?

[April Rose]

Seven straight days last year at Fantasia Fair. I dress at home most days ,but change if I go out, usually.

[Christie ann]

10 days. I am not sure if my face could take the close shaving for much longer. But otherwise it was fantastic.

[Tanya silk stocking]

Most for me is 72 hours

[Linda Stockings]

I've had a few weeks when my wife was traveling for her company. It truly WAS EXHAUSTING! Constant shaving, makeup and removal, runs in my stockings (that's when I learned to always carry a spare pair in my purse). My wife knew I dressed, but I seriously doubt she would have tolerated weeks at a time. But it was worth using my vacation time that way!

[RADER]

I do not dress out of the house. But in house, I have stayed dressed for 12 days strait.
I have been dressed and went n the car to dive through's and for curb side service.
Being Handy Caped, I know where to get that service.

[Jessica Secret]

I'm closeted and 99% of my wardrobe is romantic lingerie - I dress every single night but not during the day except once in a while on the weekends when I lounge in my lingerie during the day if I don't have anywhere to go that day.

[Taylor186]

Fourteen hours. Started dressing at noon, finished and left for a party at six, and returned home at two a.m. That was great fun and plenty.

[CrossKimmy]

Anyone else find the feeling of returning yo boy mode off putting or depressing? There are long periods of mourning I go through when I have to change back after a long period of girl time. Like my male clothing doesn?t fit right or something.

[Lana Mae]

24/7/365 but I am a transwoman! When CD. was 3 full days 24 hours a day at my transformation! I drove there en drab, changed when I got there and changed again to drive home! Hugs Lana Mae

[Cheshire girl]

Yes I understand what you mean CrossKimmy. If you have a long period dressed and going out it’s a big come down to go back to make mode especially if you don?t have any more girly time planned! Always nice to have another time planned ahead.

[MarinaTwelve200]

I have done it for 3 days once---Inside---I do NOT go out. But having a DOG now that has to be let out and walked from time to time, that puts a kink in my "long haul" dressing sessions. I can trust "max" to be let out on his own at night, but I must still walk him in the morning. So I have to undress then and do it. So I am now limited to about a 24 hour time duration at a time. With no breaks. CD does get interesting after a couple days, one seems more aware of one's different body shape, instinctively not hitting boobs on door frames, etc. ;)

[Heather76]

The longest I have been fully dressed has been about half a day - all inside the house. I can't imagine ever dressing full time. If given the opportunity (meaning my wife is out of town for a week or so) I can see myself being dressed most of each day that she is gone. I would also go out in the evenings when I could escape the neighborhood undetected in my car. However, because I have a dog that would need walking, I'd have to spend some time in male mode so those in the neighborhood didn't think he'd been kidnapped by some really homely old lady.

[Misiokaku]

I started dressing just this year after I told my wife that I wanted to start dressing in women clothes. I have been wearing wigs with long hair for two years prior to that regularly at home after I told my wife that this kind of hair is what I wanted since I was a child. After confessing her that I would love to try wearing women's clothes in December it is now the first week when I am not dressed regulary. For one reason because of the heat and sweating with the long hair. The other is a visit from my parents for a week so I had to hide my wardrobe and the wigs. But otherwise at home I am dressed every day. I don't go out dressed so there are a lot of hours during the day when I am not dressed, but a soon I am home, chilling and calm i try to have the complete package with my wig and clothes. My wife accepts it as I try to achieve an office style style with my clothing or otherwise kind of soccer mom styling, this is how she called it;). I consult my clothes with her, try on and she accepts them or not. I also realised I seldom eat when dressed but I think it is because of the hair. It is not this easy to tie it into a ponytail for cooking and eating, because I am afraid of damaging the style which would lead to new styling and therefore damaging. And I love my wigs! So this is something I have to figure out and get better with to spend more time dressed, which I definitely Lan on doing. But right now I would say the longest I spend was a whole day and otherwise several hours almost every day.

[bridget thronton]

About 1 week on vacation with my wife

[Helen_Highwater]

As I've posted many times, once a year for well over a decade (excluding lockdown) I go a full week enfemme doing the full outandaboutery thing each day.

As others have said, it's hard work doing makeup and close shaving, not to mention the toll it can take on your legs and feet if you over do the heel wearing.

Is it worth the effort, hell yes. Would I like to go longer, yes if just to see if it got any easier. Would I do it more often if I could? Again yes. Being enfemme every hour of the day, asleep or awake is something every CD'er should experience at least once.

I can see the logic in asking those considering trans surgery to live enfemme for a period. You need to know you can stay the course before making such a commitment.

[Debbie Denier]

24hrs a day when the family were away I never have the time to dress as much as I would like. I have never tried make up either. It would be too much time and hassle to remove. My fear would be leaving the smallest scrap of evidence as my SO would be on to it like a flash.Would love to have a makeover and stay overnight There is a girl that provides this service in North Wales . Maybe 1 day.

[Karmen]

I wear women's clothes all the time when I'm at home. Usually without makeup, just women's shoes and clothes. Fully dressed up with makeup and wig, usually for a few hours, when I go out. I spend a whole day in my apartment fully dressed too a few times in the past, but rarely do it. I don't think I would ever want to do it full time. I would just wear women's clothes, not present myself as a woman, if that would be widely accepted.

[dawnmarrie1961]

I'm 24/7. I'm on hormone replacement. Which I pay for myself. No insurance. People say that makes me "Trans". But I don't buy into that logic. I'm still a crossdresser. I just do it all the time.
I go to work dressed. My co-workers call me whatever they want. He, She or it. I don't really care. I'm me. I work in health care. My patients love and respect me. What they might say when I'm not around doesn't interest me. I do my job very well.
Is this a LIFESTYLE?
No.
It's LIFE.

[AllieBellema]

With the fact that I regulary wear hoop skirt dresses when I crossdress, I usually only keep it to a couple hours at a time. Most I've done was about 5 hours last year for Pride. That was my one public appearance, beyond that I just dress up at home so it's hard to keep me excited for a long time whenever I do dress up. I would like to try to go longer though, but I need an event to wear my dresses to just to keep me going instead of sitting and staring at my computer.

[sometimes_miss]

A couple of weeks. As I change into my 'man uniform' to do tasks which would be easier in guy clothes, I don't consider that going back to drab, as I only do it for a few hours, just long enough to get 'the job' done. The rest of the time I'm dressed in girl clothes (when at home).

I consider my male clothing a 'uniform', the same way a fireman or policeman does for their work clothes; nothing more. Otherwise, wearing guy clothing always leaves me feeling like I'm in the wrong clothing for my gender. While I'm not transgendered, due to what happened to me during developmental years, I'll likely always feel like I'm supposed to be.

[Jenn A116]

I've gone probably 3 days full femme at one stretch. But I'm strictly an in the house CD'er so at some point I do need to get out for necessities. I have ventured all the way to the curb to my mailbox a couple of times while dressed, but that was late at night on a poorly lit street.

[Donna St. Marten]

I'm good for six hours. After that the wig and heels are more than I can bear.

[Deborah G]

My usual longest time is a weekend, including running errands. My work environment, unfortunately, is not conducive to my dressing. If I work from home, I'll tack on another day enfemme. One time I had a 7 day vacation, where I dressed everyday. It was grand.

[Teresa.Smith.VA]

I remained dressed non-stop for five weeks this spring when my wife and I took a long vacation. We had a wonderful time being "girlfriends."

[Cheryl T]

Completely presenting as female for me was about two weeks. I'm not full time, though it does feel like I'm heading that way.
I'm dressed nearly every day and the only variation is when something calls for the male self to activate. Some family function or some household activity that means getting dirty and greasy since I don't have any femme things that I want to destroy.

[Jane G]

What a great question never seen it before. Loving reading the posts. For me I would say 36 hours is about it. Though I dress pretty much every day these days I spend a chunck of time each day drab too. As for full make up. I don't go out and so I escape the daily requirement and often just apply a little lippy and some dangly earings. I still find them so girly dangling about, even after all these years.

[Billie]

For the last couple of months I've started the day getting dressed, aside from forms and makeup. After my wife leaves for work I add forms. After work I'll add makeup. I stay like that till bedtime. I've brought more clothes for cycling and gym for when I do those. My wife was really upset last Friday, Saturday I wore one of my guy t-shirts without a bra or forms. I thought that I was what she was mad at, it wasn't, but we had a nice long talk and she felt better. During that talk, she told me I didn't have to wait for her to leave to add boobs. She hadn't realized I was doing that for her.

[Amanda77]

Iv stayed dressed for 24 hours as i whent camping 🏕 in a secluded park in the middle of the week. No one else stayed there that week. Had lots of fun and plan on doing it again this summer, but maybe for longer stay.

[NancySue]

With retirement and a very supportive wife, I?m dressed, to some degree, every day, definitely panties and a bra, sometimes thigh highs, and includes a touch of makeup, eyebrows, eyes, mascara and lipstick. It all depends on my mood, the pink fog, etc. My biggest option is whether I wear a wig.

[*ROXY*]

I had a pro makeover but could only do it at 12:00pm, that took couple of hours then went into Manchester for a hotel stay, that was the first time I'd been out dressed during the day and the only time (apart from my little shop excursion the other week). I stayed dressed all day, changed to an LBD for the evening and went out drinking and dancing then all off again about 3am. Was very sad to take off the makeup that day.

[CeCe]

Thanks for asking. I am enjoying this thread. I can fully dress at home and underdress when I go out for a maximum of about five days straight. After that, dressing in a bra and stockings starts to feel routine, not special, and the thrill is gone. I dislike that feeling of dressing being ordinary. After five days of dressing, I prefer to go drab for a while and look forward to another time when dressing can feel exciting again.

[Misiokaku]

Hello everybody

CeCe had an interesting take on this about being exciting. As for me I actually kind of don't want it to be exciting. In a certain way it is because I just recently kind of came out to my wife, just about half a year ago, but I have been wearing wigs for almost two years now. I want the dressing to become "normal". I want it to be normal to be at home with the long hair, jewelry and dressed completely like a woman. I know I am not a woman nor want to be one. I just think women look better, have better options regarding their style, hair and accessories, and I just want to look good. And looking good in my opinion means to look like a woman. This is why I try to dress daily and hope to get to some kind of "full time" at home. I also try to look good as a guy, I work out try to dress well. But being in guy mode is like dress code for work. Dressing like a woman is being me.

[Denice]

I'm full time 24/7. I only have women's clothes. If one was to put a label on my wardrobe it would be androgynous. Everything was chosen from the ladies' section.

[Michelle Crossfire]

3 days while at Keystone. My feet were tired from heels for that long also.

[TAG]

24/7 so all day everyday.

[MonicaPVD]

The limiting factor in the past was the time frame when my family would be back home. Why? Because after you have been wearing a wig and a corset for more than a few hours, you start to get deep yet temporary marks on your forehead and around certain parts of the body that don't disappear in an hour or two. That can take many hours and you have to factor it in.

[Lea]

During the Covid lockdown I dressed two weeks straight. The only thing I would occasionally cheat on was the wig.
I have gone longer than the two weeks however I would change back to drab to mow the yard, walk the dog in the mornings or go grocery shopping. Once done with those I would change again. That was a four-week period.
I enjoy it most when it reaches the point that shaving my legs, moisturizing, doing my makeup, getting dressed is just a daily part of my life.

[CDMargret]

My wife knows all about my dressing and is super supportive. I dress almost everyday usually without a wig as I have not found one I like just yet. They get so hot. Wearing something each night too. I have gone out during the day and late evenings fully dressed for drives or short walks. Even while camping I always get to dress and have some fun. She and I have an awesome relationship.

[missjoann49]

I am full time so that would be 24/7 and love it

[Kitty Sue]

Tried and lasted no longer than a couple of days. Way too much work for me to get ready and look presentable. To look my best enfemme I need about 2-3 hours to bathe, shave, apply makeup, skin tape, eyebrows, hair etc.

[TerriLynnCD]

Dressing at home is very limited in opportunity. I was able to go to diva Las Vegas last year for 2 days and that is the most I've done on a 24/7 basis. I was very sad when I had to go back to drab to head home. This year I'll get to do 4 days and the only drab clothes I'll have is the ones I'm traveling in. So looking forward to it.

[Jamie001]

I am 24/7 in my normal feminine male mode.

[prene]

For me 3-4 days is my max.

[Vintage4sarah]

Several times a year, I get away for special Tgirl weekends with friends at special places such as Provincetown or New Hope. I have also been to events and conferences like First Event, etc. In each of these outings I have had 2 to 3 days to spend 99% of the time as Sarah. The only problem is when they end and it is back to drab !

[Patience]

I'm full time right now. One week and three days so far. This has been my longest run yet.

[pattyattimes]

I get 3 to 4 days at a time when my wife if off on mini vacations with her sister or friends. I plan ahead, so I don't have to go out for food and such. Then it is all-day, every day as I explore my female wardrobe anew, sometimes changing 2 to 4 times a day depending on my mood and the weather. I especially like putting on my sundresses and short skirts with camisole tops. Our place is somewhat secluded, so I can venture outside. I even get on the tractor and mow the property in a skirt and tank top. In the evening, I put on a favorite dress with strappy heels and make a nice dinner before going down to pick up the mail at dusk.

[Rachel Anne]

At this point, it's easier for me to think of it in terms of "how long can I stay in male mode". I have a very few remaining obligations that require it, and my quantity of male clothes is diminishing rapidly. They're banished to the guest bedroom closet. I tie my hair up into a tight knot, and nobody seems to care.

[nancy58]

Within the last year I've enjoyed two weeks when my wife left town and I've switched to femme mode as soon as I returned from the airport. The biggest hassle has been running out of outfits. Both times it took me several days to go from being thrilled simply by the fact I was wearing femme clothes to the simple fact that, yes I needed to put on clothing and make-up, so I'd be presentable as Nancy. I would like to rip the band-aid off and go full-time, but I treasure my marriage, and I would just as soon not upset my mother.

[Paula_56]

About 4 days, the interesting part of it is how easily I fell in the role, I had nails put on so it forced me to stay the weekend, so after a day out, I slept in a night gown and because I need the nails for Sunday I spent Saturday and then Sunday as a woman. I t was like a mini real life test and I have to say I passed with flying colors I gained so much confidence. My voice and movements became very feminine and I didn't to think about it it just flowed Come Monday when I had to fly home I even stayed enfemme for breakfast and a few more hours out.

[Elizabeth Marie]

For me, the longest is ten days. I do that two or three times a year when I take vacation from work. It can be exhausting and shaving extremely close everyday can be tough. For me it's worth it to wake up as a woman, go to bed as a woman, and be treated as a woman when I go out. I also spend at least one day every weekend as a woman. If I don't, stress and anxiety tend to take over my life.

Retirement is looming close, and I'm looking forward to being able to be a woman almost full time. I probably will never buy men's clothes again.

[JohnH]

I haven't worn trousers (pants) for over a month, not even to church. Out in public (shopping, church, etc.) I wear sleeveless maxi-dresses, and at home I wear knee length dresses.
My voice is anything but feminine as I am a bass singer and sing clear down to C2, 2 ledger lines below the bass staff. Nonetheless my voice doesn't seem to phase anyone with my feminine presentation.

[NoraTV]

Ten percent in real life. It's complicated. 100% spiritually.

God, that sounds like such a cop-out.

[NaughtyMichelle]

A week has been the longest with going out every day and night. Nowadays it's usually just a day on short road trips.

[Donna St. Marten]

I can stay dressed up with full make up, wig, foundation garments and high heels for 6 hours. It's the same fro me as golf, even though I love to play, after 13 holes I've had enough. Maybe I just have a short attention span.