Lingerie boutique

[Michellebej]

I was home for the holidays and we had a big family dinner. Not just us kids but ALL the relatives.

One of my Aunts had recently retired from owning a Lingerie Boutique. She was relaying story after story. All of them involving women. A cousin asked her if she had any stories involving men. She smiled and said that a couple of the ones she had told involved crossdressers.

My cousins husband, something of a homophobe, said "damn crossdressers why did you let them into your shop?".

My Aunt, a devout Southern Baptist, replied; "Well dear, those girls comprised SIXTY percent of my Gross each month. And; over the years many of them have become my dearest friends".

My cousin in law, the homopobe and Baptist Minister, began a tirade involving Duet. and my Aunt stopped his hand from puting the HAM in his mouth and asked him if he was living the laws of Duet.

We all kinda busted up, and Larry got so mad/embarrased he left the table.

So; anyone else ever heard a shop owner give an figures on thier clientel?

Love

Michelle

[Mixie]

I love your aunt!

[Cynthia_0101]

Your aunt sounds great. But like alot (not all) of stores they are more worried about what is going to be coming out of your wallet that what you will be doing with the clothes you just bought.

[NIKKI99]

Michelle,

It is so nice to see that there are people out there who are ready to treat us with respect, defend us and even become friends. Does she know about you? She sounds like someone you could talk to.

Nikki.

[Marvina Martian]

That was really great! I'd love to have seen the look on his face!

[Jenny Beth]

My wife used to do alterations for a friend who owned a women's clothing shop and carried Simone Pearle and Felina lingerie lines. I always wanted to come out to her (hell my wife got stuff at cost) but business was business not to mention she was somewhat of a redneck having grown up in logging camps. She never mentioned any male clientele but she often complained that "lewd men were always staring in her windows".

Anyway good one on your Aunt, sounds to me like she's someone you could come out to.

[Michellebej]

Well, I never really came out to my Aunt; not technically.

My Aunt was my babysitter when I was younger. My cousin, the homophobes wife, and I used to play dress up when we were younger. Auntie never said a word, just used to teach both of us proper deportment. We even had to do the walk with a book on your head thingee.

Auntie was born a Russian Aristocrat and we spent a lot of time learning which fork to use and in what order, and more importantly, what clothes to wear to which affair.

Now this all stopped when I was about nine or so, and my sisters started to give me a really bad time. I think that was the beginning of my "overcompensating era".

When I came home from the Army I went to visit Auntie in her shop. As I had grown up in the shop I was always comfortable there. I was admiring a beautiful white gown with sequins when she came to the viewing room.

We chit chatted and what not, and then a few weeks later on my birthday I received a present from her. It was the gown and matching pantie.

I shopped there for years. She and my cousin are the only family members that know about me. In fact they were the only ones I invited to my "wedding".

My Aunt is a complex woman. Devout, but; not intolerant. She likes to describe herself as "Practical".

My cousin is the one I can't figure out. I know for a fact she is bi, and yet she married one of the biggist hatters I have ever met. The always fight about that. Go figure

Love

Michelle

[sterling12]

Just a clarifying question. I'm sure I'm not the only person wondering. What is Duet? Is it more arcane dogma that we need to worry about? Some supposed biblical law that gives your Preacher the right to hunt us down?

I'm so glad your Auntie stuck it in his ear. Wish more people would stand up to these self-appointed guardians of everyone's morals. To pontificate like that at a Holiday dinner...in my opinion, "What a boor!"

Peace and Love, Joanie

[Faith_G]

Looks like a misspelled abbreviation for Deuteronomy, the book of Jewish laws in the Torah/Old Testament.

[MFStoo]

I love the story michelle.. "I believe the gentleman doth protest too loudly"..
Who knows? He might just be in the closet .. and scared to death of being discovered..
:heehee:

[MsJanessa]

I love the story michelle.. "I believe the gentleman doth protest too loudly"..
Who knows? He might just be in the closet .. and scared to death of being discovered..
:heehee:

ditto--that's always My thought when I hear someone go on about those awful crossdressers, homosexuals, or what ever group they happen to be dissing.

[angelfire]

It wasn't with a store manager, but a regular employee when I used to work receiving at a women's clothing store. Somehow we got into if any guys shopped there, and it was a new store, and I was told no guys have come in yet. But apparently at the store she used to work at, they had regulars there. Didn't get a percentage or a figure. She just said she had a lot of fun with them, and she enjoyed helping them out. She said it was more fun when it was forced though, like apparently once a group of girls brought in their boyfriends, and had convinced them to dress up for Halloween.

[battybattybats]

Your Aunt sounds like a truly wonderful person!



Auntie was born a Russian Aristocrat and we spent a lot of time learning which fork to use and in what order, and more importantly, what clothes to wear to which affair.


I did hear a little about one famous Russian crossdresser that would be known to all Russian Aristocracy (because of his involvement in that little matter of the assasination of the alledgedly rather difficult to kill 'mad monk' Rasputin) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Yusupov

Amusingly back when I had a long forked beard several people suggested I looked like a young Rasputin :eek:

[JamieTG]

Thats great!!!!

[Beth-GDB]

Just a clarifying question. I'm sure I'm not the only person wondering. What is Duet? Is it more arcane dogma that we need to worry about? Some supposed biblical law that gives your Preacher the right to hunt us down?

As BasementCD said, it looks like a reference to Deuteronomy, which is one of the books of the Old Testament. Deuteronomy is a set of religious rules that is the basis for the current day Kosher laws in Jewish tradition and has one specific reference against men dressing as women (as far as I know it's the only time that CDing is mentioned in the bible at all). Some Christian fundmentalists like to refer to that specific passage in Deuteronomy when criticising CD/TG/TS people, but fail to see the hypocrasy that they they themselves are also in violation of many of of the other "laws" in Deuteronomy.

In the original story of this thread, the person criticising CD's was just about to eat some ham, which is also prohibited in Deuteronomy.

[HalloweenDragon]

I'm glad to hear you have family that is respective and open-minded enough to accept a crossdresser!

[raleighbelle]

What I want to know is ... What did she do with all the clothing that was left over when the business closed down?

[Michellebej]

Hi,

Sorry all! Yes; it should be Deuteronomy! Dislpsisa, Dislxesia, ah heck the reverse thingee, strikes again.

Besides I can't spell worth a darn. What do you expect; I studied Engineering!

I am glad that I could make some of you smile, especially our Jewish sisters!

My understanding is that she had a really good sale. At the end of which she just let her better customers take what was left. She later said it would have cost her to much store what was left, and would have availed her of nothing in the end. Like I said; Practical!

Love

Michelle

[Mitch23]

Yeah - the old Deuteronomy 22.5 argument - heard it many a time here and out of context - often over a pork meal!

Regards lingerie boutiques, we have one here and the girls that run it have become our closest friends, putting on closed 'trannie nights' and coming to our parties. They are super people and love to dress their men. I would say that we account for quite a chunk of their takings!

Mitch

[MsJanessa]

Yeah - the old Deuteronomy 22.5 argument - heard it many a time here and out of context - often over a pork meal!

Regards lingerie boutiques, we have one here and the girls that run it have become our closest friends, putting on closed 'trannie nights' and coming to our parties. They are super people and love to dress their men. I would say that we account for quite a chunk of their takings!

Mitch

Deuteronomy---isn't that the part of the bible that says you can't eat shellfish or pork? Funny isn't it how those people who quote it often look like they eat a lot of pork

[Stephanie Scott]

Michelle,

Fabulous story! I LOVE your aunt. It's nice to see someone telling a story with a good solid Christian as the good guy instead of the witch hunter (even though there is a so-called Christian "witch hunter" in the story)! I tire very quickly of the anti-Christian venom I see. In fact, many of the least tolerant people toward Christians I know of are nazis about requiring tolerance from others toward their own issues!

Others here had an excellent analysis of OT law. Christ's death on the cross freed us from adherence to those laws, (not wearing clothes of multiple fabrics, ensuring you have tassles on all 4 corners of your clothing, etc etc). That being said, it does NOT mean that we thrown those passages out as irrelevant or unworthy. They still have value even in our freedom as Christians. It serves to teach us the magnitude of Christ's sinlessness and the fact that we cannot, without Him, ever "earn our way to a perfect and holy God. It is also useful to remember that there SHOULD be distinctions between men and women and that God made us different for a reason. We as CDers should know this better than others -- in fact, it is those very differences that attract us so.

Your aunt sounds like a very wise and wonderful woman whom I would love to meet (and wish I could shop at her store!)