do you think you could live en femme for 3 months 24/7

[MJ]

hi girls
i was reflecting on my journey so far. a good friend of mine told me from the start.. you should live as a woman for 3 months 24/7 then you should see how you feel about your life and how you deal with your femme side. are you certain this is what you want..
after my 3 months i knew this is who i am and what i want ..
my good friend who also did this test knew he wanted to just CD ..
well how many here if given the chance would try that test every day do you think you could do it..
what would you miss about your male side ... " your safety net "?

thank you for your input
hugs mj

[Theresa(TGirl)]

maybe, it all depends on if i'd be able to use breast forms. and whether or not i'd have to sleep like that, i guess i would, but i don't know if i could.

[GypsyKaren]

I've been full time for a few months now, it's the best thing I've ever done, and there are no words to describe how wonderful it is.

Karen

[Sally24]

I've gone for as long as 3 or 4 days while on vacation but it can be emotionaly draining. I'm a perfectionist so it's not just get up, put a pair of jeans on and head out the door. It would be interesting to go for weeks or months. If I didn't have to come back to my job for awhile I would at least try it. I don't have any real desire or need to transition to being female 24/7, but more CDing is always fun!

Sally

[trannie T]

I spent all day Halloween en femme, from 8:00 am till 2:00 AM. while I immensely enjoyed the experience at the end of the day I was ready to be a man again. Could I live as a woman for three months? Probably. Would I like to? Nope.

[melissacd]

MJ,

It is something that I am seriously beginning to wonder if I would like to try. I know that after three months dressed 7/24 I would know one way or another whether I could live that way all the time. I guess if nothing else I would certainly get really good at doing my hair, makeup and pulling together outfits that work.

Hmmm....once again...got me thinking :)

Huggs
Melissa

[Bernice]

I've spent several days that way when my SO went to visit family for an extended period. But three months would require forfeiting my job. I can't do that, not now anyway. I'm also not sure I could go grocery shopping en femme. Dealing with strangers (or aquaintences) would be difficult. I'm something of a hermit by choice. Perhaps a result of bitter childhood experiences.

[Scotty]

hi girls
i was reflecting on my journey so far. a good friend of mine told me from the start.. you should live as a woman for 3 months 24/7 then you should see how you feel about your life and how you deal with your femme side. are you certain this is what you want..
what would you miss about your male side ... " your safety net "?

thank you for your input
hugs mj



Nothing - there's nothintg about my male side that can't be done in my female side - including the boat racing and another hobby of mine.

I think it would be a wonderful experience but I can't just drop my life or job and do that. I'd love to take a sabbatical and move to Boston for a year to do it though - oh my that would be fun - but would cost a bit of money to do.....

Maybe someday......

[melissacd]

While I appreciate that the logistics of doing something like this would be quite problematic, it would certainly put your head into a totally different reality and the life lessons that you would learn would bring you out at the other end as, hopefully, a much wiser, balanced and complete person.

The practicality of living our lives sometimes gets in the way of doing serious human growth. ;) and yes I like the notion of finding a way to take a sabbatical to try this out.

[NatalieBliss]

I'd love to give it a go under the proper circumstances. However I don't think I'd make it everyday into full on femme mode as I do tend to get a bit lazy from time to time.

[Billie Renee]

I would love to but my job would not let me dress full time they said nights and weekends but that is it.I do find that in my male self that I'm very shy and timid,don't want to rock the boat type,but in my female self I'm very outgoing and say what needs to be said.I guess my female self is the most masterful side of me and I feel I could accomplish anythig.

[Jodie_Lynn]

Hmmmmm, I think I see apattern developing here. Many are saying "yeah sure I could.........BUT....."
And some saying "well, I went X days. When no one was around......." I assume those are people who haven't gone out in broad daylight en femme.

What if you HAD to do it? Not just hide in the house on a 3 month vacation, but continue to work, go shopping run errands, and BE your femme self for a time? Not just the 'fun' aspects, but the whole nine yards, would you still say you could do it?

If I'm not mistaken, many TS who are undergoing therapy as part of their pyschological evaluation have to live as females. Unless that has changed.

I believe that is what the question is trying to ask: WHAT are you? TS? TG? CD? or Fetishist?

For myself? I don't think I am ready for that step. I am still learning what and who I am.

[Amy Hepker]

I would love to try it, but know it will never happen, as I have my 12 yearold son living with me and my GGrilfriend. Plus my Job would be at stake and without that there is nothing.

[Billijo49504]

With some of my relatives, I couldn't get awa with it, but with ppl I don't know, it would be easy....BJ

[Bernadina]

It takes me a bit time to transition properly to enfeme. Doing it every day would soon get tedious. And I'm not sure that my face would be up to the intense shaving for an extended period.

[Joy Carter]

Would I +? Simply yes ! Could I is for the reasons stated above.:o

[ColleenCD]

MJ,

I would love to do it, Current job and comittments prohibit me from the adventure. I would need a lot more shoes, make up, clothes, oh, help. Yeah, I think I could do it. :happy:

Colleen

[Scotty]

Hmmmmm, I think I see apattern developing here. Many are saying "yeah sure I could.........BUT....."
And some saying "well, I went X days. When no one was around......." I assume those are people who haven't gone out in broad daylight en femme.

What if you HAD to do it? Not just hide in the house on a 3 month vacation, but continue to work, go shopping run errands, and BE your femme self for a time? Not just the 'fun' aspects, but the whole nine yards, would you still say you could do it?

If I'm not mistaken, many TS who are undergoing therapy as part of their pyschological evaluation have to live as females. Unless that has changed.

I believe that is what the question is trying to ask: WHAT are you? TS? TG? CD? or Fetishist?

For myself? I don't think I am ready for that step. I am still learning what and who I am.


Having re-read this i mean no offense, hope you understand that!! :) :)

You can't assign a label to someone that won't give up everything they've worked for for the past 25 years to satisfy a curiosity for 3 months..

There are all sorts of underlying issues such as whether one wants to be TG all the way or part of the way, or stay in the closet .

For SRS you MUST live 24/7 for 365 to go through SRS however - that you are correct in...

Now would I sell my house, kiss my kid goodbye, take my life savings to go satisfy a curosity for 3 months?
Would I risk it all and see if I ended up on the street, in a gutter, or as a successfull TG?

Surely I would lose MY job as I work for a rather conservative employer.

Now could I PLAN this out and do it, sure......I am kind of planning it out (maybe like a daydream)
But when I can implement that has SO many variables tho. Hell it could happen next year, or maybe not for another five.

I'm working towards getting OUT, so it's baby steps, not a jump off the tallest building :)

I too am still learning who I am......

I would LOVE to do it, if money were no object I would do it!!!
I wouldn't have anything to fear, like losing a job etc :)

[sterling12]

Unless thy have changed the rules, our TS Sista's do exactly that task for at least one year. Called "The Real Life Test", it's considered a neccessity for a psychiatric recomendation to get SRS Surgery.

Could I do it for 3 months....probably! But, I'm not seeking SRS and I still enjoy doing a lot of my guy things. So, I'll see you on The Links. Need to get my handicap down to an 8 in about 3 months, guess that's more important to me right now.

Peace and Love, Joanie

[Jenna Lynn]

I would love to have the opportunity under the right circumstances, but after awhile (a week or two), I would miss being my male self and go back

[Calliope]

It's been 3 months for me. Now I see I am TS and gearing up to transition. Most of my fancy eyeliner and frills are gathering dust and that's fine by me. I've been a 'housewife' for years so the process has been fairly organic.

[sky0629]

I would in a minute given half the chance. I think it would be a great adventure. but like most of us will never see it including me. but i love the idea
sky

[joanlynn28]

I have been going 24/7 for almost 9 months now, and to go back to male would end up killing me, emotionally and perhaps physically. All this confirms that yes I am difinately TS and happy about it that finally I am able to live as my true self.

[Shelly Preston]

Given the right circumstances It would be interesting to try

However for most there are just too many obstacles

For three months I think I could manage it

But ask yourself this -Would your choice of clothes change

( cant see anyone being glamorous every day)

[Kristen Kelly]

My longest period going enfem has been 3 days, but have done all the routine things dressed enfem, grocery shopping, out for a walk in daylight, etc. For me I think it would be scarey, not doing it but afraid I would enjoy it to much to stop, for dressing is as natural now as male mode.

[Kate Simmons]

Gonna find out in this coming year as I gradually "ramp up" my Ericka time.:happy: Ericka/Rich P.S. An added thought: I guarantee that I will find out that living as a "woman" is not the "bowl of cherries" we all may think it is even without constraints or restrictions.

[sweeting]

hi mj if sociaty was more excepting i would love to

[Karren H]

I think I could but don't know if I want to....hard to stay away from the male things I love to do unless its ok to still play ice hockey and crawl under the hood of the car, both enfemme??

:D

Love Karren

[DonnaT]

I think I could do it, but it's not necessary, since I am happy being male.

[Deenise60]

Living full time for a while sounds really great. However, there are some problems that I would have, other than my family. One would be how to overcome the shaving of my face. If there was a way to keep my face from having that 5 o'clock shadow, then by all means I would love to do it.

[Wire Road]

I've been full time for a few months now, it's the best thing I've ever done, and there are no words to describe how wonderful it is.

Karen
then guess what? you may be TS.

[michellecd_ne]

if i win the lottery i would start when the first check arrives!!

[Karen Edmonton]

Good for you ! I'd love to experience being a girl 24/7 for three months ! The longest I've ever been a girl only , was 2 weeks . I loved it !! Wish I could do it more often ! But we choose our lives and have to live them ! Hope your life is full of joy ! XXX

[JoAnnDallas]

In one sense, I did last year. I came to Dallas and stayed at my sister's house, while the wife stayed in WV until the house sold. While at my sister's, I started dressing up almost everyday with panties, pantyhose, bra, pads, slip, dress/skirt/blouse, heels, makeup, nail/toe polish, jewlery, and wig. At night and on weekends, I would dress argo. That is I would wear panties, bra, ladies slacks, ladies T-Shirt, and a pair of ladies loafers. This went on for almost 4 months until the house sold in WV. Now if I had an interview that day, yes totally drab clothing. LOL Must say that when the house sold, I went into fem withdrawl, since my wife doesn't know and I had to wear drab clothing. It was hard not being able to dress like I was doing, but after a while I adjusted. LOL My sister is so busy, that she didn't notice what I was wearing around the house at night or on weekends and she works durning the day, so did not know I was dress all the way up durn the day. This was when I broke the closet door and started going out in the daylight for drives and such and found this site.

[tall_brianna]

I'm already more femme 24/7 than half the GGs I know :) I guess it's more a state of mind for me and in my mind I'm already there. At any given time right now I'm a wig, makeup and maybe a nicer pair of shoes away. Since, as we've discussed before, women have the luxury of wearing anything, I guess the only thing off limits would be the boxer shorts. Oh, and as you noted yesterday, MJ, a little more time in front of a mirror wouldn't hurt :D

I wouldn't miss anything from my guy self except... no, I'd take it all with me except the walk and the voice.

MJ, what types of bounderies to they put on living en femme? What prevents someone from using my lame state-of-mind argument?

-b

[Sandra]

then guess what? you may be TS.

OH really, it doesn't always mean that, Nigella has been 24/7 for the past two years and she is not TS and has no intention of going down that road.

Just because someone wears female clothes all the time does not make them TS.

[melissaabom]

that would be a dream come true ..yes if ever possible i would live as woman
for 3 months !!!

Melissa:2c:

[Nigella]

I've been full time for a few months now, it's the best thing I've ever done, and there are no words to describe how wonderful it is.

Karen

then guess what? you may be TS.

This is going to be a rush to see who gets their reply in first, Sandra or me.

What a load of b******t wire road.

OK so she beat me to it. :lol:

Living en-femme does not mean TS. It means that you are comfortable in the gender you choose to present, irrespective of the body shape. A TS, in most cases, wants a total gender change, although I do know some just want to have the body shape and no surgery.

[Casey Morgan]

It would certainly be an interesting experience to live 24/7 as a woman for three months. It would give me plenty of opportunity to explore parts of myself that I never really felt OK exploring before. I think I could do it.

While it would give me more insight about myself it probably wouldn't give me any more insight as to where I fit in the Transgender spectrum. Looking back, I've had the definition for myself for years; I just didn't have the word. So I wouldn't be expecting any real surprises where that's concerned.

What would I miss about my male side? You know, I'm not really sure. I know I'd probably feel like half of myself was being kept under wraps. I've done that for twenty-odd years anyway, but this time I would be "denying" the side I clung to so fiercely for so long.

Hmmm. Maybe I'm not quite as ready for that test as I'd like to think I am.

[Charolette time]

Living 24/7 for three months what a dream, I sure would like to try, Sally 24 ,,I love your blue top, Im from new england (massachusetts) and have one just the same as yours, but you look a lot prettyer than I do, I would probly miss my friends that I golf with , although they said I should hit from the ladies teees, maybe they would let me wear a nice ladies golf skirt? just think how much more chances you get to show off all,your frilly things,, Charolette

[linnea]

I would love to have the chance to do this for even three weeks, but like many others my family and my job are greater concerns to me than my being able to this desire. I actually fantasize often about having three or four days that I could use to live en femme all day and night. I might accomplish this goal within a year from now, but it will take a lot of time and resource management.
I'm grateful for the occasional times that I have 24-36 hours for total en femme living.

[Wire Road]

This is going to be a rush to see who gets their reply in first, Sandra or me.

What a load of b******t wire road.

OK so she beat me to it. :lol:

Living en-femme does not mean TS. It means that you are comfortable in the gender you choose to present, irrespective of the body shape. A TS, in most cases, wants a total gender change, although I do know some just want to have the body shape and no surgery.

sound TS to me.
Regular CD's don't want to wear girl's clothes 24/7/365.
I'd say maybe you should check into getting on the next plane to Thailand.

[DianeC]

With a few obstacles out of the way I'm sure I could, stopping after that would be the problem.
As I'm out at work and mix and match male and femal clothes quite often it would be just like stepping up a gear. I also add a touch of makeup from time to time for work.
The biggest step for me would be wearing a bra for work, I can fill an A cup now but without a bra they are not that noticeable under a male shirt, with a bra they would become distinctly noticeable :happy:
A skirt would probably cause less of a stir than a bra as it would be hidden by my desk for much of the day, whereas my boobs wouldnt be!

Dx

[vbcdgrl]

I could do it, no problem. But, I would have a lot of explaining to do as to why I didn't show up for various male activities, where was I, etc. I do enjoy my male side, so I'm content to stay a CDer.

Vikki

[Teresa Amina]

So far I'm only up to one day, but in the spring will do a 3 or 4 day experiment going to Be-All. 3 months? When the beard is gone and my e-business established. The idea is going to haunt me now; a real test of where my head is at!

[Sandra]

sound TS to me.
Regular CD's don't want to wear girl's clothes 24/7/365.
I'd say maybe you should check into getting on the next plane to Thailand.



Really and I just wonder how many *regular Cds* would like to dress 24/7/365
I think you need to understand more about this before you tell people what they are.

[Nigella]

sound TS to me.
Regular CD's don't want to wear girl's clothes 24/7/365.
I'd say maybe you should check into getting on the next plane to Thailand.

Wire Road

Just be a little carefull here, because you know nothing about me, who are you to call into question my sexual identification?

transexual

n 1: a person who has undergone a sex change operation [syn: transsexual] 2: a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex [syn: transsexual]

I am a CD 24/7/365 and I fit the description to a "T"

cross-dress (krôsdrs, krs-)

intr.v. cross-·dressed, cross-·dress·ing, cross-·dress·es
To dress in the clothing characteristic of the opposite sex.

I have never hidden the fact that I am a man in womens clothing, and note the word man, which I believe identifies my sex.

Making such sweeping remarks/statements will not earn you many friends here.

[DonnaT]

sound TS to me.
Regular CD's don't want to wear girl's clothes 24/7/365.
I'd say maybe you should check into getting on the next plane to Thailand.

For your education, unless someone identifies as the gender opposite their birth gender, then they aren't transsexual. Simply displaying/presenting as a woman does not mean one is TS. Transgenderists are an example.

[ellieparsons]

I would love to try it, but there is no way i could do it, not with my job or family.

[suchacutie]

It seems that I had the notion that crossdressing was the ticket to both genders, to the ability to experience both sides of he aisle, to have enjoyable pasttimes/experiences in both, to want to be both. I have many things that require the presence of my male self, many of which I've taken a lifetime to cultivate. I have no interest in giving them up. In the same vein, Tina has a whole new set of experiences that are, I hope, enriching my life and those around me. Three months in one gender? Would you like to be three months in drag?

hmmm.

[Wire Road]

I have never hidden the fact that I am a man in womens clothing, and note the word man, which I believe identifies my sex.
ok, let me make sure I got this straight
you've been cd-ing 24/7/365 for years, and you're not trying to look like a woman? and yet you still say you're just a garden variety CD?
I just want to be clear on this

[AlysonCD]

I'd be able to do it for 3 months. Wouldn't even have to worry about my job since I have to wear a uniform. Then again, even the girls at the hotel I work at don't look all that great in the uniform either. (well, there is this one girl who looks stunning even in a paper bag) And if you don't know, I'm a maintenance engineer. Probably the most "mainly" thing we do there is unclog drains. Anything more complicated then that, we contract it out. So, I don't see why I couldn't except for the fact I don't really want to

[jonnie111]

If I was to live as a woman for 3 months i would never go back to dressing as a man I love to be very fem

[DonnaT]

ok, let me make sure I got this straight
you've been cd-ing 24/7/365 for years, and you're not trying to look like a woman? and yet you still say you're just a garden variety CD?
I just want to be clear on this

Nigella didn't say she was a "garden variety CD", she said she wasn't TS.

[suzy]

Hummmm, interesting question......

Can't say if I could or not... it would take a lot of work and commitment... I can say however, that three months is an awful long time and I don't think that I would ever what to go that long enfemme... I enjoy both sides of my world too much to give up one for the other.:D

[MJ]

Hmmmmm, I think I see apattern developing here. Many are saying "yeah sure I could.........BUT....."
And some saying "well, I went X days. When no one was around......." I assume those are people who haven't gone out in broad daylight en femme.

What if you HAD to do it? Not just hide in the house on a 3 month vacation, but continue to work, go shopping run errands, and BE your femme self for a time? Not just the 'fun' aspects, but the whole nine yards, would you still say you could do it?

If I'm not mistaken, many TS who are undergoing therapy as part of their pyschological evaluation have to live as females. Unless that has changed.


I believe that is what the question is trying to ask: WHAT are you? TS? TG? CD? or Fetishist?
For myself? I don't think I am ready for that step. I am still learning what and who I am.

hi jodie
some of us can take 3 months off be it leave of absence from work..
i am a ts how ever finding my way thats hard after my 3 month test i knew.. but you are also right the real life test is 24/7 up to one year before hrt and another full year after that before a letter for surgery will be given...

[Georgina]

No, I wouldn't want to. I love the clothes and enjoy looking like a woman but I don't want to be female. Georgina.

[Jenna1561]

Hmmm, 3 months enfemme. My wife would not allow it, my kids would be shocked, my co-workers would not look upon it favorably and my employer would not see a 3-month term as a lifechange and would not approve (they would perhaps approve of and support a PERMANENT change).

Do I think I can live as a woman for 3 months? Yes I do. Of course, I would not be dressing to the nines everyday; I would in reality, be living much as a woman does now. Somedays I would dress up, some days I wouldn't bother, and most days I would dress as the average woman. I would most likely quickly grow tired of attaching/wearing breast forms and wish I were nurturing my own.

I would love to give it a try, but alas, it is not in my future.


Jenna

[MJ]

I'm already more femme 24/7 than half the GGs I know :)
I guess it's more a state of mind for me and in my mind I'm already there. At any given time right now I'm a wig, makeup and maybe a nicer pair of shoes away. Since, as we've discussed before, women have the luxury of wearing anything, I guess the only thing off limits would be the boxer shorts. Oh, and as you noted yesterday, MJ, a little more time in front of a mirror wouldn't hurt :D

I wouldn't miss anything from my guy self except... no, I'd take it all with me except the walk and the voice.


MJ, what types of bounderies to they put on living en femme? What prevents someone from using my lame state-of-mind argument?
-b

hi Brie
well you won't believe this but the big question they ask is :-at what age did you feel that you wanted to be a girl or wish you were a girl ..how you answer that will determine if you are ts or not.. you have told me already and you would be diagnosed just like me ..gender identity disorder " kiss "
there are more questions but hey you are there
And you then have to live full time en femme ...you pretty much do that now so you are there .. and there is no trans police watching you .. has you would dress full time anyhow.. as long as you went to all your Dr appointments en femme it would be just a matter of time before you got your letter !!! thats if you want it
i have the questioner they sent me if you want a copy i can send it to you..
and remember it is a state of mind too
the hard part is telling .. then keeping up with fashion and heels

oh Brie i wish i were as drop dead Gorgeous has you :love:

[Eileen]

MJ I would love to live 24/7 as a woman for three months. I doubt that it would change my mind, as I already feel that I want to live as a woman. I am planning a two months trip to AZ this winter and after that hope to come out at work. If I get the go ahead at work, I will be a full time woman.

Eileen

[Anna Teri]

I'm a TS, so I think I can live 24/7 as a woman considering I already do. ;)

[Sedona]

Nah,

I wouldn't like it. I did an 8 day stint recently en femme 99 percent of the time, and while it was fun, I was honestly ready to change into my guy clothes at the end of it. I'm more of a fetishist (duh), and the thrill goes away when it starts to become commonplace.

[Wire Road]

Nigella didn't say she was a "garden variety CD", she said she wasn't TS.
yeah whatever
I still want to know how a person can dress 24/7/365 for years and say that they're still just a cd.

[Jestina]

I have read thus far several posts stating that they would not be
"dressing to the nines" every day.
Another one said she can't see anyone wanting to be "glam" everyday.

Absolutely true.

But neither does even the finest looking GG want to take the trouble to be a glamour queen every day.

When I came out to my girlfrend three years ago, one of the things I mentioned was a desire to live 24/7 as a woman. for a period of time, say a week?

Really three months is an arbitrary amount of time, so of course is my one week.
There are cross dresser friendly places available that you can actuially go and spend extended time en femme without worry. They may be costly but they exist.

So if we modify the question into a more realistic amount of time, say your annual two week vacation, is that wimping out or are we trying to see how far we can push this wonderful fetish/hobby/lifestyle/ we are so lucky to be into?

So without wanting to hijack anything I will segue into part two of this threads core, "looking glam"

My Girlfriend always looks great when she comes over because she "puts herself together" for me so she looks her best.
But if she took all the time needed, even as a GG to get dressed to the nines every day, then
she would never get out of the house!!
And she really IS a glamour queen. She would look great in a paper bag

A few times my G/F has come over and walked in on me dressed, she later commented on how "normal" my femme wardrobe is. Very everyday. Pretty yes, feminine yes, but ordinary.
Even though I do have some ****ty tart clothes comfort is my first choice, except for shoes, where fashion comes first!!

So there now, I have said another two bits worth...

Jestina!!!

[Rachel Morley]

To date, the longest I've been fully en femme without a break is only a long weekend of 4 days.

Even if I didn't have to work, I seriously doubt I could do it for three months non stop. This is because it's such a lot of work to be a CD full time. In just my small experience of doing this for an extended period, I couldn't even go from morning to evening without having remove all my makeup and re-shave before going out to dinner in the evening. What I suspect would happen would be I would resent all the re-shaving and I'd be looking forward to taking my wig off for a break after about 12 hours in the heat of the Sacramento summer.

I think I'll stick to long weekends and lots and lots of time dressed in girl's clothes as a feminized male. :D

[Jennifer in CO]

Very long story short, from October 1978 till July 1980 I did 'mones as part of a medical study. From May 1979 till July 1983 I was transitioned due to the un-hide-able changes. Did it at the same job, doing the same job, got a promotion shortly after and after a year was mid-management. For 3 years no one thought of me as anything other than a woman. In 1983, wife decided she wanted a man back in her life and since we had a 1 year old, I decided to give it a go. THAT was the hardest part of the whole thing. I ended up actually dressing as a woman for work, then "cross-dressing" as a man when home...not that I looked like one by any means but she was happy (this lasted almost a year). Several years later I went into another med study that was steroid based and passing as woman became a mute point...went from a 30" chest (under the bra) and 135 pounds to a 39" chest and 190...breasts went from almost C cup to looking like well developed pec muscles. I could now breath but I paid what I felt at the time was a dear price.

The point of this is, keep this type of fantasy as a fantasy. Unless you are prepared to transition and stay, the trip back is almost un-makable

Jenn

[Ashley Helen]

I could never pass as female but even if I could I cannot imagine doing the test for 3 months and then reverting to male mode.

Helen xx

[samantha#1]

HI marissa,
Given the right circumstances I would jump at the chance to do that. Eventhough I get a chance to dress every day it is the low i experience when I have to change back after only a few hours that really hurts, I hate changing back. My wife and I enjoyed a weekend away 2 months ago and it was terrific to dress 24/7 if only for such a short time.
Samantha

[AmberTG]

I would do it if I could keep my job and continue to pay my bills. I do it a little bit every day anyway, but not the full tilt. Some food for thought, look around you at all the GGs you see on a daily basis. That is what 24/7 is. They seldom get fancy unless there's a reason to do so. Fix the hair for the day, a bit of makeup for the daily wear, appropriate clothing for the curcumstances of the day, and off you go. How hard is that for the individual? The biggest problem that I see is how the people around you will react to the change, and if you can function under those curcumstances. Work, family, friends, all serious questions. If you're not attached to a family or things like a house, you could move, but then what? you still need a job to pay the rent. It can get scary and complicated. Still, if I could, I would.

[tall_brianna]

hi Brie
well you won't believe this but the big question they ask is :-at what age did you feel that you wanted to be a girl or wish you were a girl ..how you answer that will determine if you are ts or not.. you have told me already and you would be diagnosed just like me ..gender identity disorder " kiss "
there are more questions but hey you are there
And you then have to live full time en femme ...you pretty much do that now so you are there .. and there is no trans police watching you .. has you would dress full time anyhow.. as long as you went to all your Dr appointments en femme it would be just a matter of time before you got your letter !!! thats if you want it
i have the questioner they sent me if you want a copy i can send it to you..
and remember it is a state of mind too
the hard part is telling .. then keeping up with fashion and heels

oh Brie i wish i were as drop dead Gorgeous has you :love:

MJ, you are the sweetest person. If it's any consolation, I feel bloated today and ate half a pizza :fim: :)

Do understand that when I said I was more femme than 1/2 the GGs I know, that we are talking about lumberjack land where most boys and girls are ready just in case a mountain should spring up in front of them. (We also have the hairy hippy types - cute girls but not much on grooming or nice clothes:)) I'm nowhere close to showing up where there are people who have known me longer than 6 months; not looking like I do in the latest picture.

Oh, and who ever made the "garden variety cd" remark, come on. Do we really need to further segregate ourselves based on dietary preference?

I kid, I kid :lol:

[AmberTG]

In another year I won't have to shave at all so I won't have that problem. I'd like to speed up the electrolysis process, but I can only go as fast as my money will allow, 1 hour every other week. It'll take a while that way.
Don't need makeup to cover something you no longer have. :D

[cutie_yami]

i would like to try, but 3 months means quit job and stuff, but i always wanted to try a weekend at like a different city or soemthing, but i would need someone with me, like another cd or gg because i'm still very shy.. hehe

[Debb]

I did live 24/7 for a period of ten days -- two years ago.

Never again.

I simply do not have it in me -- the thing I hated most? Shaving. As a guy I don't have to shave every day, a little stubble is socially acceptable especially in the circles I move in.

That period of ten days was one of my biggest answers to the question -- are you TS or not?

[Ellaine]

This is such an interesting question, no wonder it keeps popping up. Right from the start of my crossdressing, I asked myself and was later asked by my SO and family, various questions that came down to "How far do you want to take this"?
Well the fact is, I have no way of knowing. The more I am told that what I am doing is wrong or not allowed, the more I feel like digging my heels in, and taking it further ( in rebellion ). I know that that is not helpful to gaining the understanding that we need, either for ourself or for others, but it is how it is.

In my ideal fantasy world, we could find our level by moving in with a TG family or mini community, and find ourselves at an early stage.
I'm still pushing the boundaries, and even though I feel ready to do as I please, I cannot disregard my SO and her need for local secrecy. I feel the need to avoid compromise and take up total freedom, before I can find what is my actual need. I just hate constraints. I doubt I am unique.lol

[rachel_rachel]

I'm on holidays at the moment... and to be quite honest, i haven't dressed once. I just haven't had the time, the energy, or the urge.

My girlfriend and i are planning our wedding for Feb. 07 and i have given her input as to what i think, and she's happy with that, other than that, nothing. So in answer to the question here..... I wouldn't do it. if i can't do anything when having 2 weeks off work, then 3 months would be useless to me.

[Janailene]

Back in 1970 there was a natural life break, ie, one commitment ended and the next had not started. I had always had had a dream of passing through a door and becoming a girl. As a teen I spent a lot of time as Janice and felt the I could be a TS. Well, by circumstances I was able to spend months as Janice. I finally decided that I was a Cd or transvestite but not a girl.

[Nigella]

OK, let me make sure I got this straight
you've been cd-ing 24/7/365 for years, and you're not trying to look like a woman? and yet you still say you're just a garden variety CD?
I just want to be clear on this

Nigella didn't say she was a "garden variety CD", she said she wasn't TS

yeah whatever
I still want to know how a person can dress 24/7/365 for years and say that they're still just a cd.

Thank you Donna, TBH I would never call anyone a garden variety CD, we are all individuals and that is what makes each of so different from each other.

Wire Road

You want to know do you? and of course just so you are clear on this

READ THIS CAREFULLY

I have worn womens style clothing 24/7/365 for at least 2 years and I am a cross-dresser and if this forum had a facility to enable me to actually say it I would, just so you could hear me say it !!

I refer back to my post

http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=621577#post621577 please do try to read the salient points there, they are highlighted in bold just for ease of reference

[Samantha Lough]

Well I my self would love it and am basicly working to it I am scheduleing Laser hair removel for face and also legs and also arms, came out at work to the HR department with the LETTER and well son now knows ex wife knew and current GF knows and is very accepting of it in fact is looking forward to it... ( some reason she prefers samantha )....
:2c:

[LaFem]

I know that the TS/TG/TV/CD world that we live in is very complex, and these "labels" we apply to ourselves can change from day to day. I tend to agree with Wire Road.

But, no one can really tell what is going on in another's mind, I certainly cannot. I can only be sure of myself. There seems to be more variations on who we are than I've ever imagined. I have been some form of TG person for over 50 years, but this forum has opened my eyes and confused me at the same time.

When I look like a woman, I want to be a woman. But that's just who I am.

[Sweet Jane]

Hi

no...I couldn't/wouldn't dress totally as a woman for three months, even if it meant no job or family problems.

The frightening thing would be, for me, the longer that I dressed en femme continually, the easier it might be to accept that way of dressing, and I don't want that....I struggle to dress as a man continually for three months...now theres a challenge for me!!!!

[KarenSusan]

If anyone would like to read about a person who did this, read "The New Girl" by Mike Reynolds. However, he only did it for six weeks.

[BobbieCD1944]

my good friend who also did this test knew he wanted to just CD ..
well how many here if given the chance would try that test every day do you think you could do it..
what would you miss about your male side ... " your safety net "?

I'm a fetish crossdresser, and a submissive, and among those who know me, there is no doubt that I'm an alpha male, with an 18 wheeler full of fantasies. I'm approaching the question from a "would I cd 24/7 for 3 months if I could?" Yup! I would.. Doing so would enable me to act out some of those fantasies. Of course.. I have some criteria....

I'm retired. No work issue. Live alone, 700 miles from my family. My 4-5 closest friends here know I crossdress and am kinky. I'd have to pick a 3 month period when I did not have to travel to Calif for a family thing. Thus no family issue. I could shop and bank at places that are a little farther away from my house. There are 3-4 favorite restaurants, pubs that I would avoid, unless, heh.. I could get away with an "I'm going to a costume party" excuse.

At first, I'd have to have a lot of help with make-up, wigs, and that stuff. As I've mentioned before, I usually cd from the neck down, so I have no makeup experience. I'd draft a GG friend to help and hangout with. heh.. Safety in numbers I guess, when going out. I seriously doubt I could ever pass, and perhaps that would not even be a major goal.

Would I last the 3 months? Probably not. But, I'd sure like to give it a go for a few weeks, see what happened.

[Ranee Daze]

Since my dressing is erotic, that would be like having sex 90 days in a row!
A little like being in a good marriage. Sign me up!

[janedoe311]

If I did not have a family and worked at home.
I suspect I would not want to stop after 3 months.

I do not like by body, so I would not miss anything, except the waiting in lines at the bathroom would be a pain.

If I went TS (again in another life without a family) I would keep my job, no doubt with smiles from people when I was not around.

[princessmichelle]

Hi MJ,

My response to your "3 months" question is in two parts: why I don't do it (fear) and why I'd like to (curiosity).

I don't do it because of fear. The main fear is my job. My second fear is family & friends. My third fear is being made fun of.

But I daydream of doing it because I'm curious about how I'd feel.
I was struck by your comment about a friend who tried it and decided that it wasn't for him. Would I be like that? So in that way the 3 month test would appeal to me: how would I react to being "Michelle" for that long? Would my feelings about "Michelle" change?

So I'm glad you asked.

"Princess" Michelle

[Lisa Golightly]

Been there done that... In the words of Forrest Gump 'That's all I got to say about that.'.

[Jennifer Devine]

That would be like a dream come true!!!!

Jen xxx

[Sierra Evon]

Absolutly, Yes!!!, I dont currently own any mens clothes , and have'nt
been in any mens depts. for the last 4 yrs. , I always wear my femme
drab's jeans & tops that I know I can getaway with in public and always
wear femme undies all cotton a dont ya know........good topic!!!!!!!

[MissAnnM]

I spent a week 24/7; it was like a dream I was on vacation down in LA California no wife just me and some girl friends. What a time, shopping being tourist it was great fun. I will say the drive home sucked go back to drab.

[Jasmine Ellis]

i know i could and would love it too.

[Jessica1]

I have only been out for a few days consecutively. While I loved it in some regards I also found it to be a bit emotionally draining too. I think if I could get through the 1st month I could handle the other two. It would really be worth to have that life experience to draw on. I say, bring it on! :D