Sometimes Steffi
08-18-2024, 08:09 PM
I was inspired to write this by the post "Venturing Outside".
Many of the posters had a desire to meet someone like themselves and even make a CD friend.
At one time, I thought I was the only one in the world "like this". Then I discovered CD.com. There was a frequent poster here who lived in my area. I PM'd her and we had a PM conversation. She was the kind of girl who was Out and About all the time. We arranged to meet at a local LGBT restaurant and bar. We just talked about our experiences. It was great to come out of the shadows, IRL, not just online.
She introduced me to two CD friends, and they introduced be to two friends and they introduced me to two friends. Soon, I had a group of about a dozen friends and acquaintances. I went out with them almost every weekend it seems. It helped that my wife was out of town for weeks at a time.
One of the girls formed a Yahoo group. Yes, it was that long ago. She set up monthly social CD meetings at her house, that could draw 20 girls. She offered rooms for those (like me) who had to change "off premises". Eventually, so many girls started coming that we needed to find a larger venue. We went to one hotel many times with 30 to 40 girls. We only stopped going there because the hotel only seemed to be able assign one bartender to take drink orders.
We moved to another hotel. We usually got 30 to 40 girls on a Saturday night that was usually a dead night. 30 to 40 girls who drank like men. It was a good business model. The hotel seemed to get it and staffed our girls night out appropriately.
Pretty soon we were 60 to 80 girls, and topped 100 once. Some of the girls talked about the Keystone Conference, a two hour drive where I could be a girl all day and all night. Some years there were 500, 600, 700 or 800 girls. I asked my wife for permission. She said yes. My big secret was that I was going to go with permission, or ask for forgiveness. Her big secret was that she thought if I went, I would get it out of my system. She hadn't read the Crossdresser's Manual.
I met a girl at Keystone, who was there with her wife, and we became very good friends. They also lived in DC and we went to the Meetups and shopping and eating out a lot.
Once, when I was in Denver, I snuck away from my colleague and met a bunch of local Denver girls for dinner at a muggles venue and then a private after-hours shopping event at Maurice's.
In short, there are many ways to make friends. You just might to take the first step. A number of members participate in GNOs in Detroit, Orlando, Sacramento, DC, SoCal, Sacramento. Look for them.
But, make sure you practice a safety protocol. Don't meet in someone's room until you have met them in public and made a rational safety assessment.
Many of the posters had a desire to meet someone like themselves and even make a CD friend.
At one time, I thought I was the only one in the world "like this". Then I discovered CD.com. There was a frequent poster here who lived in my area. I PM'd her and we had a PM conversation. She was the kind of girl who was Out and About all the time. We arranged to meet at a local LGBT restaurant and bar. We just talked about our experiences. It was great to come out of the shadows, IRL, not just online.
She introduced me to two CD friends, and they introduced be to two friends and they introduced me to two friends. Soon, I had a group of about a dozen friends and acquaintances. I went out with them almost every weekend it seems. It helped that my wife was out of town for weeks at a time.
One of the girls formed a Yahoo group. Yes, it was that long ago. She set up monthly social CD meetings at her house, that could draw 20 girls. She offered rooms for those (like me) who had to change "off premises". Eventually, so many girls started coming that we needed to find a larger venue. We went to one hotel many times with 30 to 40 girls. We only stopped going there because the hotel only seemed to be able assign one bartender to take drink orders.
We moved to another hotel. We usually got 30 to 40 girls on a Saturday night that was usually a dead night. 30 to 40 girls who drank like men. It was a good business model. The hotel seemed to get it and staffed our girls night out appropriately.
Pretty soon we were 60 to 80 girls, and topped 100 once. Some of the girls talked about the Keystone Conference, a two hour drive where I could be a girl all day and all night. Some years there were 500, 600, 700 or 800 girls. I asked my wife for permission. She said yes. My big secret was that I was going to go with permission, or ask for forgiveness. Her big secret was that she thought if I went, I would get it out of my system. She hadn't read the Crossdresser's Manual.
I met a girl at Keystone, who was there with her wife, and we became very good friends. They also lived in DC and we went to the Meetups and shopping and eating out a lot.
Once, when I was in Denver, I snuck away from my colleague and met a bunch of local Denver girls for dinner at a muggles venue and then a private after-hours shopping event at Maurice's.
In short, there are many ways to make friends. You just might to take the first step. A number of members participate in GNOs in Detroit, Orlando, Sacramento, DC, SoCal, Sacramento. Look for them.
But, make sure you practice a safety protocol. Don't meet in someone's room until you have met them in public and made a rational safety assessment.