Naive Living

[vickinetmoor]

Ever since I was a little girl I had taken all precautions not to get caught !!!
Waiting for everyone to leave the house and waiting till it was safe. I was very careful, skirts and dresses were replaced exactly as I had found them !!
Last weekend at a family get together we were seated around a large table and during the inevitable reminiscing phase, my elder brother blurts out "Well you use to wear dresses" !!
It was not the statement that concerned me, it was the reaction of the others - no reaction is a better statement.
So with all my due care and attention - all the family knew.
My SO knows (unsupportive as it may be) but I had no idea that everyone in the family knew.
Anyone else had that embarrassing situation ???

[RachelDenise]

As far as I know, only my mother knows as she once found my things. But after your story I'm less certain that nobody else knows...........

[Kate Simmons]

How could they live with you and not know? Peter Parker was kind of shocked (in the Spiderman comic) when, on her deathbed, his Aunt Mae revealed she always knew he was Spiderman. She said to him:"How could I live with you and not know?" She never mentioned that because she felt he thought it was important to keep it a secret. Sometimes it's the same thing with our family and neighbors. They just never mention it because they feel we want to keep it private. People are more intelligent and observant than we may think. Just because they never mention it doesn't mean they don't know. I know my neighbors have seen me as Ericka but the subject never comes up when we speak. Some people are cool about it even though it may not be their personal thing. Imagine that!:happy: Ericka/Rich

[Scotty]

This is a great topic, makes me wonder.
My older brother saw me dressed twice when I was 14, but even as rough and tough as he was he never said anything, to his friends anyway but he sure roughed me up over it :)
I do think my mom knows, but now I'm really wondering if my neighbors do know.
I repaired my fence this summer because of knotholes in it, :D , but if I go out back they can still see between the boards.

I was in a summer girls strap shirt last night with short shorts as it was quite warm in here and I had the blinds open, went to get coffee and the neighbors pulled up - they could not have NOT seen me......

But nobody has ever said anything. I've always wondered if they knew as I stopped being so shy in my own house.
And once this summer I was in a half T-shirt, naval pierced with a very flashy ring in, and shaved legs etc - 3 or 4 neighbors stopped by while I was washing the boat.

So if they don't know, they probably suspect.

Things that make you go hmmmm

[Janailene]

I guess that friends and family did not want to cause embarassment. That makes me wonder if all those years when as Janice I walked our dog around town people knew but didn't talk.

[Donna Marie]

One time I forgot I was wearing large "diamond" earrings that definitely do not fit my male image. I had taken the dog out for a quick pee and a neighbor came over with his dog. We chatted a while and I went back inside. Only after I was inside did I realize I had the earrings on, but he never seemed to notice it.

I was also out a few times en femme in daylight before my subdivision was built out. One warm summer day I walked the dog around our trail while wearing shorts and a tee shirt along with the wig, forms, and all. Anyone could have seen me from their back windows, but there have never been any comments or odd looks. I'm thinking maybe the trail is far enough away that I wasn't recognizable - or - no one was looking - or - that maybe they just chose to ignore it. Who knows?? In any case, the neighborhood is completely built up now and there are just too many windows looking out. I no longer have the courage to step out - at least for the time being. Maybe I will get over it. It'd sure be nice to not have any worries about who sees what.

[Stephenie S]

This is far, far, more common than we want to admit. It's hard to keep this from our family. I tell the story of my kids getting into my clothing stash. I found that out years later, after they were grown. We may think we have the ultimate hiding place, but we may be dreaming. I agree that most family members may be just too polite to mention this.

Stephenie

[Annaliese]

My daugther and her family came to see me at work and my granddaugther was sitting on my lap and look in to my eyes and said grandpa you have makeup and start to tease me her mother said now stop that. We were sitting at the food court at the university and there were students all around us no one look or took notice. My daugther just look at me an smiled, she is 31 an I have tried to hide it from her and her bother. So like your family, she new and has for a long time.

Anna