What Age Brackets Do We Fall into ?

[Megan70]

With 22,000 members and 6700+ Active members it would be and interesting sampling and getting a cross section of us-CDers age gruops. It would be great if we keep this going and get a thousand posts!

[Mary Morgan]

I'll be 61 in two plus weeks, August 31st to be exact. I hope that I am am able to continue this lifestyle as long as I live, and if by some small chance, I have to come back and do it again, I hope the next time my gemale brain is lucky enough to have a female body to go with it.

[Jilmac]

I have been dressing seriously for 48 years and am a senior citizen in the 60 to 65 age group.:D

[ArleneRaquel]

Louise - You look fantastic. I am 60 !:)

[curse within]

been at it for over 30 years and in the closet still

[Megan70]

We're the same age Mary. Turned 61 in March. Been dressing and going out walking in public since I was 13 years old. Got an early start... oh those wonder years, the Golden Age of feminine dressing. The 50's and 60s. It'll never happen again.

Megan

[vikki2020]

At 52, I have almost 40 years of dressing.Hopefully, when[and if] I retire, I can spend most of my time as vikki!:daydreaming:

[AmandaM]

I'm forty-eig...........er, thirty-nine!

[Alan]

The forum allows people as young as 18 -- your poll only goes as low as 20. /shrug.

I'm not voting because I don't think the poll is for me, just pointing that out.

[curse within]

Looked like it was open to CDers Alan vote away ...

[Karren H]

56+ and have been dressing for almost 5 decades....

[Tina B.]

Over 60, and still going strong, been at it for well over 50 years, and no end in sight.
retired and dressing more than ever!
Tina B.

[curse within]

You don'tlook a day over 35 Karren

[Karren H]

You don'tlook a day over 35 Karren


Ohhh.... for my photos I hire a female stunt double... She's 35!! :D

[bah-bah-bobbie]

I try not to think of how old I am, so the best you'll get from me is mid 30's. At this stage in my life I should have something to show for it. But I don't. I just wanted to do my part to help make this thread 1000 posts strong.

While I'm thinking of it, there was a suggestion in the occupational survey to make that a sticky thread so new comers can be more comfortable here seeing the diversity of talents and skills. This age thing may be benificial too. Who's with me petitioning the mods for this?

[Alan]

Looked like it was open to CDers Alan vote away ...

Can't. I'm 19. Don't fall in the given categories.

[Lora Olivia]

Well "he" is in the 45-50 range, but it seems funny that maybe because of being crammed in the closet(repressed) I feel like I am more late 20's to early 30's...it seems that mentally I age at a faster rate so I guess if we are lucky I will catch "him" at somewhere around 62

[curse within]

Well happy early birthday Alan...you now officially unofficially 20...for this poll anywaysI don't think anyone is carding at the door so hurry..

[jackie_p]

Just celebrated the 10th anniversary of my 39th birthday...lol

[Rachel E]

I was approx 14rys old when I started to dress, why I started is any bodies guess. I believe the first thing that I started to where was my mothers cloth. To enhance my collection I would scour the neighbor’s cloth lines at night and pinch the bras and panties. It was taking pot luck on getting the correct size. If it didn’t fit I would then go out and do it again. The years were around the lat 1940’s and during that time you had now where to go to get information. I only did it while I was alone and during the good weather I would go to the near by woods to dress and walk around for a while. In the early 50’s I went into the army and had to suppress my dressing for about 3 years and after the military I started again. In 1954 after my discharge and had started I met my future wife, but I never said nothing about my dressing. We were married for the next 47 yrs and also during that time I did 17 yrs in the Air Force and kept my most private secret secret. In 2002 my wife of 47 yrs passed away and I had about 10 to 15 yrs before found the internet and it was helping me, but my wife still did not have any knowledge of my dressing. I remained single for the next 4 yrs and I then met a very nice lady and right off from the start of our relationship I told her of my desire to dress and gave her the chance to depart if she did not approve of my dressing. Her statement was it was part of me and it was me that she was taking to love. So after 2 years of marriage with her I am still dressing and she has even helped me purchase clothing. One of the biggest and hardest thing for me to do was dress in front of her, but now it is most common and when I go out to our groups get together and I give here a kiss good by she says I only kiss men not women and then gives me a good kiss. Yes my story does sound just like every body else’s story. The first time I went out dressed I went to one of the local GLBT hang outs I just sat in my car and said to myself, Just What the Hell Am I Doing Here, I finally got the guts to go inside and I just knew that every body was looking at me( A UGLY MAN
DRESSED AS A WOMAN) but the next time it got easier after that, and I found out that they really did not care.
My advice is go ahead and do it and if it feels good And it does not hurt, then I must not be wrong.
Love to all of you gals….:love:

[jackie_p]

Hey there. Until today I couldn't even answer to this poll, haha. Turned 20 today, been dressing since about 14.

I'm soooooo jealous! Happy birthday Erika!

Jackie

[IMJenn]

Being over 21 isn't amazing. Hard to get into bars dressed up.

I'm 22 by the way. Dressing since I was about 5 or 6.

[trannie T]

I have been dressing for about 40 years. Started when I was about twenty, that makes me 60, Gawd that's old, check out my new thread; "Do You Find Support Hose Attractive?"

[Sarah...]

Thursday is a big birthday for me - the 21st anniversary of my 21st birthday!

How old I feel doesn't seem to be anywhere near how old I am - anyone else get that?

Sarah...

[CD Susan]

I wasn't going to vote until I started reading the other posts. I just turned 60 but still feel like I did when I was 20. I just love being a cd and will never feel any different! "They can take my heels when they pry them from my cold dead feet".

[SueJack]

54 years old and been dressing for 45 years. Life is wonderful since I came out to my S/O she love my new look

[Veronica 1]

I am 52 and only truly discovered myself a year ago, but have worn panties all my life (it seems). Using wrinkle cream every night and moisturizing every day and if I can keep refining my makeup skills I will look as good as Karren one day. :D (Ya, like good luck):sad:

[Jennifer_G]

I didn't dress fully with makeup and wig until I was 33.
I wish I had tried it when I was much younger.
I wonder what I would have looked like 20 or so years ago.

[Dragonfly]

Im a fat ugly 32yo ( :p ) and a new starter.

[dominique]

41 next week. Having the best time ever dressing.

[Mollyanne]

I have been dressing seriously for 48 years and am a senior citizen in the 60 to 65 age group.:D

Me too, ME TOO

:love: Mollyanne

[Naima]

Think you missed out the 14-19 yrs old in the thread.

Im sure there are 14-16 yrs old cds here. But 18-19 yr olds are common.



I'm 26. Been dressing since I was like 6 yrs old. Full time CD since 2 yrs ago.

[Keely]

Been in this game for over 50 years. It seems to get stronger every day, 57 now.

[Cathy J]

I'm 76 years young when in drab. Started dressing at about 9 or 10, Didn't know what it was all about, but loved dressing. Still do. I'd guess my femme side is about 50ish.

Love and hugs to you all,

[Megan70]

Can't. I'm 19. Don't fall in the given categories.

Sorry sweet Thing. Didn't think too many would be under 20 to include in poll. So For today pretend you're a twenty year old and pull the button.
Thast goes for any 18-20 year olds out there that feel neglected. Today is you big day to lie about your age and not get proofed!:tongueout:tongueout

[carolinebrookes]

This Saturday will be the last birthday that I'll celebrate in my 30's! ARGH!

Does life really begin at 40? :D

[Tina Dixon]

51 but in CD years 4.

[sherib]

I'm a 67 year old in the closet CD. I never had the courage to go out dressed in the day time. I wish I did, but conditions have never allowed me to go out. I almost made it once when the family was on vacation. I went to a Halloween party at the Randolph country club.

[annekathleen]

I wish that I had started crossdressing a lot earlier.
Back :sad:then it was just panties for me.

[Genifer Teal]

I didn't know there were so many old farts on this board. know wonder it stinks. LOL!

[DAVIDA]

I didn't know there were so many old farts on this board. know wonder it stinks. LOL!

:eek: Hey! I resemble that remark!

[deja true]

Hey! Nobody told you all that 60 is the new 40?

What's-his-name is 60.

Deja is about 44....okay...47.

But neither of us knows what we wanna be when we grow up!

:D

[renee k]

I'll be 59 come October, one of the baby boomers! Thought I would quit when I hit 45. But here I am still going strong. Lucky for me my breast forms haven't started to sag yet!

Huggs, Renee

[Audrey34]

Just turned 49. I've been dressing since the age of 13.
-Audrey

[countrygirl]

I am a 27 years old and gay been dressing since I was about 13.

[KayR]

I'm 62 - and I'll be 63 in December. Started dressing in my 40's, and wish I'd done it much, much sooner. I spent too much time being a macho male "sigh"

[tamarav]

60 right now but heading for 35...

70079

[Nadia-Maria]

With 22,000 members and 6700+ Active members it would be and interesting sampling and getting a cross section of us-CDers age gruops. It would be great if we keep this going and get a thousand posts!

OK, but if we keep this going for too long, we will be aging and the results will be biased !! :heehee:

Nadia

[kym]

just turned 38 and loving life.

[Donna tv]

55 here and I think I need to start looking at some consealers and age defying foundation but I still love it all.

[Rachel32533]

I have been cding for many years and will soon be 60!! Hope to get it right before too long. We really have some great looking "more expierenced" girls in this group. Hugs

[obsessedwithpantyhose]

i was 12 when i wanted to see what wearing pantyhose felt like, got a pair of my sisters pantyhose and been obsessed with pantyhose ever since :D

that was 33 yrs ago, ill be 46 this december :eek:

i think i have it a bit harder than most of you as i dont feel right all done up,,so im out and about as a man in womens clothes,,i.e. pantyhose skirts heels but without make up or boobs.... :2c:

[Mariah]

I'm a vary young (*giggles*) 27 and I don't want to age beyond here lol


Mariah

[PhillyGuy2Girl]

I'm 43,but alot of people tell me I look 10 years younger. I dressed a little when I was 16 , never did in my 20's or 30's and just recently embraced it

Felicity :)

[KayR]

Now, thats interesting! To date, 111 respondants are in the "more mature" category, whereas only 67 fall into the "young whipper-snapper" category.

[MWCMDarlene]

I voted 40-49. My male age is 45. Started dressing at age 12. That makes my femme age at 33. Didn't dress for about a total of 3 or 4 years, so that drops me down to 29 or 30!

[Tomara]

Hi I am 52 , and have been dressing since I was about 6 years old , but really only accepted myself and started to enjoy my feminine side about a year ago .
Tomara

[josie_S]

im 35, but in my mind i'm 25 so :P

[Screenager]

I'm 19 but voted in the 20-29 category, for obvious reasons i.e. no under 20 category. Put one in, it'll be interesting.

[maid phylis]

i have just hit the half way mark between 65 and 66,i am still dressing and i still go out to my group in new york city most wed nights.i guess i will dress till i drop. :love:phylisanne

[LA CINDY LOVE]

I have to say that we girls are still going strong and looking great.

LA CINDY LOVE

[Angela-Russell]

I didn't know there were so many old farts on this board. know wonder it stinks. LOL!

Someone is looking for a hair pulling match.......

[Genifer Teal]

VOriginally Posted by Genifer Teal
I didn't know there were so many old farts on this board. know wonder it stinks. LOL!


Someone is looking for a hair pulling match.......


Me thinks I was deleted. No one gets my sense of humor?

Gen

[Angela-Russell]

Me thinks I was deleted. No one gets my sense of humor?

Gen

Actually I thought it was quite funny.

[Nancy (PA)]

How does 71 y.o. sound? And loving every minute of every opportunity that I get. No support from the wife, but I do get some free time occasionally.

[Regina]

45 years old and have been dressing for four years, i really regret supressing my desire to dress for all these years....(probably since i was a teen) , oh well better late than never.


Regina

[Leann James]

Nancy I think it sounds good. I am 72 and dressing every day. Love it and feel like I am going on 40. Leann :hugs: :drink:

[Megan70]

I didn't know there were so many old farts on this board. know wonder it stinks. LOL!

Me Too... I represent that remark youngster. I'll old fart you, so you'll run outta the room.:heehee:


Me thinks I was deleted. No one gets my sense of humor?

Gen


Someone is looking for a hair pulling match.......

Now lets determine WHERE we pull the hair from, the short ones???? or the longer ones on top?

We'll teach that youngster to mock our poll:heehee:

[Lilith Moon]

Dressing from the age of 4. I've achieved several dressing milestones since I passed 60. More to go in the next few years :heehee:

[Melissa73]

hiya all. Im 34 almost 35 in sept. and i have been dressing since i was like 11yrs. ANd i started wearing my sisters clothes (not proud of it, but i did.)

[kym]

ok, if the sixities is supposedly old and the twenties is young, the i finally hit middle age, not good.:eek:

[Karen C]

Im 39 and single and happy :D and when I go shoping I feel 25 agin .

[Ellie]

I answered with my real age (30-39) but I'm never more then 29 in makeup :D

[Misty_cder]

I hope this post makes it to 1000. I'm interested in how the age groups will rank. As for me, I am 37, started dressing in my teens. Would try on my mom's clothing. Didn't do much during college. Started to buy items when I got a job which was around the age of 25. My wife started helping me purchase clothing that is more appropriate to my build, broad shoulders. Plan to keep dressing for as long as I can. You "older" ladies give me something to shoot for with respects to makeup and looks.

[Juanita O]

in June I turned 54. I have been actively cding for about 30+yrs

[Siobhan]

I think you might have stopped your age ranges a bit too soon. I am now 70.and still want to look feminine! .how about over 70-80 and over 80.
Siobhan

[Carroll]

I am 22 for the second time:D

[Kath]

I agree you may have stopped your age ranges too soon. I was going to say "Over 60 and still dressing" Give me a break do you ever stop dressing. Maybe a short interlude once in awhile. I just turned 67 and was just thinking this morning as I was cooking breakfast in my favorite knock around dress how much I truly like to dress.

Still wish I knew why and all that stuff but to me it just FEELS GOOD!

Hugs to all,

Kath

[Joanne Curl]

I'm 51 and have been cd'ing since I was 11. Still in the closet although I have been out and about a bit. I seem to want to out as Joanne more and more. As I've aged I've lost the hair where I wanted it and gained hair where I don't want it! I guess that's what wigs and razors are for!:battingeyelashes:

Joanne

[DeeDeeB]

62 and loving it more every day, thinking about full time after I retire. What strikes me most about the responses is how no one who has posted a picture looks any where near their stated ages. Perhaps we've found the fountain of youth. :D

Dee :fairy1:

[carhill2mn]

I have been "dressing" for 62 years! So, you will have to guess how old that makes me!

[Amy Hepker]

Oh, wait a minute, did you mean me as Amy or the other me. Amy is in her early 40s, and the other me is in my 50s and that is what I put down.

[bobbie_1048]

I'll be 60 on oct. 19. Hope to spend the day shopping, give myself a treat and buy another pair of shoes or a skirt. I'ts great being a girl !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Empress Lainie]

I finally realized when I was 72 that I was transexual and have been living 24/7 and legally as a woman ever since. That was july 2, 2007. My birthday was Valentine's Day and I went to a Valentine's dance to celebrate, I think I was the youngest one there except for my 31yr old S.O.

[CD Susan]

This has been a most interesting thread. I responded earlier but want to again. I think we all know or suspect that this cd feeling does not leave us as we get older. In fact I for one feel that it is getting stronger as I age. I do not know why this is so but I feel the need to express this part of me now more than ever before. I am single and live alone so I am living the life that I want to and so happy that I can be living this way. My cd tendencies are only increasing with age and I am comfortable with that. Do others feel this way too?

[Angela-Russell]

This has been a most interesting thread. I responded earlier but want to again. I think we all know or suspect that this cd feeling does not leave us as we get older. In fact I for one feel that it is getting stronger as I age. I do not know why this is so but I feel the need to express this part of me now more than ever before. I am single and live alone so I am living the life that I want to and so happy that I can be living this way. My cd tendencies are only increasing with age and I am comfortable with that. Do others feel this way too?

Yes, totally agree, been dressing for 40 years & the urge to dress gets stronger all the time. I see us "old Farts" are leading in the poll too.

[carolinewalker_2000]

Looks like there are quite a lot of us "oldies" out there. For the record I'll turn 63 in a couple of weeks. (Wish I had been braver when I was younger; I've missed out on so many opportunities available to our younger sisters these days).

[erickka]

I'll be 46 in one week, have been cding since about 6 y/o. Wow, thats just 40 short years!

[toolfan_1980]

I turned 28 this May. I started CDing at about 12 with my mothers panties and also taking from naibers clothes lines. I didn't start wearing other garments till I was about 17 and has progressed from there.
But it is hard to build a wardrobe when your broke all the time. Oh well, I'll manige some how.

[Susancd]

I am 49 years young, just wish that I had the courage to go dressed outside, other than that life is good!

[ginacduk]

I am 53 years of age but look and feal 10 years youger when dressed

Gina

[cdkelsi]

34 here and still trying to figure this girl out....LOL

[Atanna]

25 here. Howdy :D

[Megan70]

Wow... I like the responses so far, looks like the seniors are taking the lead. Lets keep this baby going. You don't have to post or name or state your age if you don't want, just take the poll.
Cool Beans!!!!!!!!!
Megan

[Tina P Hose]

48 in man years, maybe 23 in girl years.:daydreaming:

[Anna the Dub]

46 now, getting old. First started dressing at about 6 yrs old. Sometime in the not too distant future, it will be permanent. It is taking me a while, but I am getting there.

[SweetCaroline]

First discovered I more closely identifed myself as female at six years old.

Didn't go out, and expressed it until thirty-five.

What a wild life I lived in between.

[Maria2222]

So far the poll seems to indicate that the majority of us are geezers. You're only as old as you feel, and I don't feel like a geezer. I'm thinking the others in my age bracket don't either.
:)

[Fionax]

There could well be a lot more of us wrinklies out there than you allow for; how about a 70-80 bracket? [You know that Biblical thing about three score years and ten.] After dressing on and off with a couple of purges and three kids for over sixty years, this girl has gone past her 75th birthday and hopes to keep it up.

Hugs
Fi


http://www.youtube.com/user/Fionaxcd

[KarenSusan]

This has been a most interesting thread. I responded earlier but want to again. I think we all know or suspect that this cd feeling does not leave us as we get older. In fact I for one feel that it is getting stronger as I age. I do not know why this is so but I feel the need to express this part of me now more than ever before. I am single and live alone so I am living the life that I want to and so happy that I can be living this way. My cd tendencies are only increasing with age and I am comfortable with that. Do others feel this way too?

I am single also, Susan, and I feel exactly the same way as you.:)

[Empress Lainie]

Wow Fi, that's impressive to me. I was just so dense I didn't know I was trans until last year at 72. Wish I had known it sooner. Shoot, WISH I HAD BORN FEMALE.

I know of many TS who began their transition in their 50's and 60's. I know two not on this site older than even me. (But actually I am only 42! just happened to have been born in 1935.)

I know a most precious girl that I am recommending this site too. Her parents kicked her out into the street the day she became 18. but she has on her own gotten her gender counseling, name change, hormone treatments, since she was 16 and is having the SRS in 4 months. Many of us TS's wish we were in her shoes or had been at that age. She is just 18 still.

[RitaCD]

62 and dressing for 50+ years and enjoying it more every day. Although I don 't desire to transition I do believe I have finally found myself and enjoy being me.


This has been a most interesting thread. I responded earlier but want to again. I think we all know or suspect that this cd feeling does not leave us as we get older. In fact I for one feel that it is getting stronger as I age. I do not know why this is so but I feel the need to express this part of me now more than ever before. I am single and live alone so I am living the life that I want to and so happy that I can be living this way. My cd tendencies are only increasing with age and I am comfortable with that. Do others feel this way too?

Exactly, Susan. I too live alone. I dress every day after work and full time on weekends. I really enjoy being Rita and the feelings just seem to be getting stronger as I age. I don't know how it will all end but I intend to explore and enjoy my feminine self until then.

[sparks]

Well there ya have it we are all at least young at heart:D

[lmildcd]

I turned 50 back in January. Haven't bought anything new in quite a while. Trying to survive on a part time job.

[Rachaelb64]

The body is 40ish, the mind is still 24.................So I'll sleep when I'm dead :)

[WildLotus29]

23 here

[Megan70]

23 here

Ah but to be 23 again. Just a young pup Erica, enjoy the 50 or more years ahead of you for excitment,adventure, titilation and experimentation.
Many of us in the older ( 50 or 0lder) age bracket wish we could stanrt now and have the freedom and acceptance of going out in public at that age but in the 60's and early 70's in was not only unacceptable but an arrestable offense in most American cities... believe it not. I said screw it anyway and was wallking the streets in daylight as a 13 year old boy, and never looked back. I've been going out now public for 45 years.
Enjoy your new life sweets, have a ball and look pretty:love:

[Sarah Doepner]

I'm just barely in my 50's. And in a few months I'll be barely in my 60's it appears. First thought about dressing when I was 5 or 6 and first dressed when I was in my mid-teens. First went out in my late 40's and came out to my bride in my early 50's. It seems that it's taken all my life, so far, to get here.

As for birthdays, next summer I'm going to celebrate my 34th birthday again. That was a nice one, but could use a bit of improvement.

[Farrah]

I'm 30, been dressing since age 4 or 5.

[Cary]

I'm a real 35. I've been dressing hardcore for 2yrs. I've worn off and on since 9.:)

[Vieja]

Hi, I am coming up on 81 and thinking seriously of going out in the world. I have had one or two experiences which were quite satisfying but not much since I retired a few years ago. Early dressing was spasmodic and sneaky at best but I never got caught. I have a few pix that were taken by a friend and it is obvious to me that I would need a lot of work to go out where there are others about. Oh well, maybe one day.

Vieja

[sissystephanie]

I was 76 this past May, and still very much enjoy being Stephanie! I dress completely almost every day, but without wig or makeup. Except may for lipstick. My late wife always did my makeup and fixed my wig, and I don't have her expertise!

But having dressed this way for over 60 years, I have reached the point where I just don't care what other people think about me. Well, with the exception of certain family and one dear friend who does know. So I frequently go out looking like a man wearing female clothing!!:love: I'm happy, and that is what counts!!

Sissy/Stephanie

Lady on the outside, but man underneath!

[ManInBra]

Well myself I just hit 48 a week ago, like many of the others here I started with trying on my moms bras she left in the clothes hamper in the bathroom, that was right around age 13, :drink: I have gone out dressed a few times but just because no one was around to maybe see me does it still count as going out ? lol Someday I will be brave enough to go out in public, maybe on halloween again,, :daydreaming:

[Megan70]

After seaarching for this poll and finding it on page 5 I'm pleased with the 114 (to date 8/22) responses.
I'm also very curious in the overall results it shows
Over 56% of all crossdresers who took this poll are age 50 or older.

Thats really interesting, I guess us (me too) old gals got years of experience of wearing all the clothes from the many past decades. trying the various wig hair styles popular of the last 30 years and being well versed at our art whether we're in the closet or not. (I'm out in public)

Thanks for all who responded, the poll is open ended and does not have a deadline. Still time to throw on your high heel.

Megan :daydreaming:

[Stormgirl]

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[Jocelyn Renee]

Yikes. I'm always surprised at my actual age when I have to fill-in one these age-range thingies. I don't feel a day over 35!