I just want to be a pretty girl! Is that so wrong?

[docrobbysherry]

Some of u know me, some don't. Here's where I'm coming from with this post. If it's too long for u, skip to the bottom numbers:

I'm over 60, started CDing in my 50's. At the time, I was just divorced and fed up with women. Also, I had completely lost interest in sex. Anyway, like others here, out of the blue, I started dressing up. I knew I was too old to become an attractive woman. But, I decided I at least I could have breasts!

After about a year of herbs and suction devices, that urge passed. But, NOT the urge to CD! I continued to improve my fem figure, but was VERY unhappy with my fem face! It was WORSE with makeup on! I just looked like a homely, old man in a dress! I began to dress less and less. Until one Halloween, I tried on a mask. It was an epiphany! I realized with a good mask, maybe I could look like a woman. Not just a woman, an ATTRACTIVE woman! Sherry was born! And I hoped to be rid of Robert in a dress, forever!

All my life, I've appreciated attractive women. My girlfriends, my ex, ( who was a Las Vegas show girl), were all pretty. Suddenly, about 7 years ago, a pretty woman appeared in my mirror! It was so exciting! And the first real turn on I had experienced in YEARS! My special faces became a routine part of my CDing. And I continued to dress in COMPLETE isolation until last year.

Now, 7 years later, I continue to try to make Sherry MORE attractive, erotic, and feminine appearing TO ME! I STILL get just as excited and turned on as I did years ago! If I do her looks rite!

When I discovererd this site last year, after all my years of CDing in isolation, I naively assumed EVERYONE dressed for the reasons I did! However, I may be more the exception than the rule here! So, I'm trying to explain WHY I DRESS! I know there r others here who dress for the same reasons I do. And if given MY circumstances, mite be doing some of the same things I do! But, many of u DON'T have a clue why I'm so active in the forum, but CD the odd way I do!:eek:




1. I don't desire to be a female. All thots of that, and having real breasts, have passed! If I have a female side, I'm NOT aware of it yet!:straightface:

2. It's all about the illusion I see! It's VERY exciting for me, and CAN be a huge turn on. Depending on how good Sherry looks that day! At over 60, not much else is exciting, or a turn on for me any more!:o

3. The more attractive and erotic/exotic the female illusion appears, the better! It's like being with a completely different woman! The more I see a man in a dress in my mirror, or pics, the more the illusion is ruined for me! :sad: Dressing to pass, in dull, ordinary, plain outfits, poses no thrill for me! With my masks, it's not possible to pass anyway!

4. Am I a fetish dresser? Yes, of course! But, my "fetish" is appearing to have become an attractive young woman! Anyone else have THAT fetish? :D

The mask and my female suit don't do ANYTHING for me! No rubber fetish. No "masking" fetish. ( Whatever that is!?) They help make the illusion more realistic for me! Nothing else! If I looked as good as some of u younger girls, I wouldn't use them at all! But, I can't, unless I cheat! So, I CHEAT! So what? Is THAT so wrong!? :sad: After all, which of u DOESN'T cheat in some way?


In many ways, my dressing experience is like most everyone elses here! My methods, may be a bit different. But, I think my dressing experiences r often the same as most of u! Like most here, I do the best I can with what I've got! And doesn't EVERY CD want to look pretty? :heehee:

Do u agree? Or disagree? U can flame me up if u like! :Angry3:
I've learned A LOT in my year here. But, I still have SO MUCH more to learn about my CDing!:thumbsup:
I probably learn more from your brutal honesty, than your niceties!:hugs:

[jasmine57]

Sherry-While not having the inclination or means to do the rubber suit and mask thing, I don't see anything wrong with it if it makes you happy. I've been working on my look for a long time and am finally getting comfortable with the way I look when dressed. Not evryone gets to that point and your way is different but exactly the same. I don't dress for the fetish side of it but it still excites me to see the woman staring back at me in the mirror too. I say if you're happy with what your doing, don't worry about other's oppinions and be happy. I think you look good in the mask and suit. So keep the pics coming and enjoy being you.

[Alana65]

I can understand where you're coming from, RS (you know that from our PM's), and I love you for the fact that what you do makes you a unique individual. I applaud you for that. Please, do what makes YOU happy. Even if people don't see you as beautiful on the outside, it shouldn't matter.......you're beautiful on the inside. :hugs:

[Jessicaparkson]

Absolutely nothing wrong there Sherry. We all CD for different reasons and in different ways :)

[Joanne f]

You surprised me when i read your age as i have always thought that you were a lot younger as that is the imprecision that i get when i read your post`s so you must have the soul of a younger person.
As far as i can see the mask is just an extension of what we all do , what is makeup if not a mask , a way of hiding are true identity by creating a new one .
You are no different in what you want to any one of us but you my go about it in a unique way , i do not know much about art (i have mingled with a few artists):D and the way i look at it is , a photographer captures a moment in time in a photograph, a real life painter creates a painting of someone how they see it , a sculptor turns one thing into another, and you seam to be combining all of those to crate something with yourself , now i think that is pretty clever and i know we all enjoy seeing you do it .


joanne

[AmandaM]

Do u agree? Or disagree? U can flame me up if u like! :Angry3:

Flame flame, flame-flame-flame, flame.

There I did it! I flamed you!!!!

Seriously, I consider you a fetishist, not a vanilla crossdresser. But, that's just me.

[Aurora27]

And doesn't EVERY CD want to look pretty? :heehee:

Not necessarily - I always wanted to look striking.

You always look like you are having so much fun Sherry I envy that, CDing is not such a thrill for me anymore. But CDing is such a different experience for everyone you shouldn't feel that you have to equate yourself to a larger group take pride in your own unique identity and experience.

[Sarah...]

How could I possibly do anything but agree with your reasons, RS? They're your reasons. Which means they are valid. I don't need to apply my own layer of understanding on top. For me, you are who you say you are. I'm happy with that - you're happy with that. Good!

You're such a darling member of this forum, so keeeeeep posting!

Sarah...

[MarcieM]

The mask and my female suit don't do ANYTHING for me! No rubber fetish. No "masking" fetish. ( Whatever that is!?) They help make the illusion more realistic for me! Nothing else! If I looked as good as some of u younger girls, I wouldn't use them at all! But, I can't, unless I cheat! So, I CHEAT! So what? Is THAT so wrong!? After all, which of u DOESN'T cheat in some way?

Ok, you want honesty? Here it is.
I'm not judging you - This is just my opinion, and that's all it is.
You say you don't do this because you have any kind of fetish. Fine if you say so, but I'm not sure about that.
I think that many people on this forum, if they were being completely honest, would say it's very weird and creepy. IMHO, you look like a dead person or some kind of bizarre freak most of the time.

Sure, I'd love to look half as good as some of the younger girls who post here, but I don't. That's why you don't see me posting pics.

Again...I'm not judging you. If your lifestyle works for you, then by all means, go for it.

[PheonaP]

Oh Sherry, another of your wonderful posts. In your time here (14 months) you have amassed nearly 3000 posts, all as good as one another and rather more than my humble 700 odd in 19 months.

As I always say to anybody who asks, If it makes you happy and harms no one physically or mentally then what you do in pursuit of your happiness is entirely up to you.

Like MarcieM I don't post pictures here either, but then I AM a guy in a dress regardless of the trowelled on makeup, wig and attire. The guy shines through like a lighthouse on a foggy night.

Sherry, you have posted many pictures, all of which I admire.
Please do keep posting and adding pictures for ALL of us to admire. :hugs:

[tricia_uktv]

Why do I want to dress? Look at my sig. Its not about passing but I agree with everyone else. Its good having you here!

Flames are for other forums?

[mklinden2010]

You ask if it's OK to wish to be a pretty girl, but you write:

*** Now, 7 years later, I continue to try to make Sherry MORE attractive, erotic, and feminine appearing TO ME!***

First, it's OK to wish... But, wish for something within reason.

In this instance, if you wanted to look like a pretty girl and you were an average crossdresser, you'd shoot for doing the best you could while using the same tools most women use: clothing, hair, and makeup. If you were TS or TG, you'd go a lot further to alter your appearance, but you'd keep working with the basics, or, to the basics.

Now, ask the right question for your activity:

"Is it OK to wish to be a pretty girl and do all this - fixed masks and so forth - just to get my rocks off at my reflection?"

Sir/Madam, those are your rocks. Do what works for you. Just don't confuse your sexual fantasies with everyday reality - that would be unhealthy for you. Do what you need to do, put the stuff back where it goes, continue with your day.

So long as you can do that, no harm done to anyone. In fact, from what you say, it rather energies you as a person. That's probably a good thing...

You mention that you're on this forum a lot. You seem to be well received. I would suggest you do what you like at home, and, when out, present as any older woman normally would.

As grandma used to say, "I'm not much, but I'm all I got."

We loved her anyway.

[rickie121x]

....And doesn't EVERY CD want to look pretty? :heehee:.:hugs:
I am together with Aurora27 on this one. it's not my desire to be pretty. I want to look hot and sexy - and very Domme, of course! :dom: Rickie

[tracie674]

Sherry honey if it makes you feel good DO IT! I enjoy reading your posts and seeing your pics. Very few of us really look like real women. I'm almost 60 myself. When I get dressed and madeup I feel like a 20 something women but when i see my pics latter I see that i'm a middle aged guy idn drag and THATS OK. Keep on doing what you like.

[MJ]

Sherry there's nothing wrong at all i think you do just fine and are having a good time try not beat yourself up too much :hugs:
i enjoy looking at your pictures you do the best you can with what you got .
hell some ones got to post pictures why not those who enjoy that.

too bad I'm so fat n butt ugly right now. YES U can flame me up if u like! but before you do take a look at my pic from 4 years ago " the good times " and then and now scc ..
i just have nothing pretty or decent like you amazing fetish dressers i can only wish i look as good as you :love:

[Sam-antha]

Sherri, I admit to misunderstanding your "camoflage". I had assumed that you wished to hide your face from the outside world. (Extenuating circ ; that is the reason why most people hide their faces in this community. I had not realised that things were as you said to the mirror.
I am pleased to find that I was wrong, more pleased than I was when I became attuned to the mask.
Please do keep going. :love: :hugs:

~Samm

[Kate Simmons]

No flaming from me RS. Do what makes you happy my friend.:hugs::)

[AmandaM]

I think that many people on this forum, if they were being completely honest, would say it's very weird and creepy. IMHO, you look like a dead person or some kind of bizarre freak most of the time.



No you did-unt. Yes you did. Try a little tactfulness next time, there's a good fellow.

[Jennifer Cox]

... Do u agree? Or disagree? U can flame me up if u like! :Angry3:
...
I probably learn more from your brutal honesty, than your niceties!:hugs:

Are you a masochist as well Doc ? :dom:

If you enjoy it then that's all that matters. I always enjoy your posts especially the pics of Sherry in her outfits. :)

[MarcieM]

No you did-unt. Yes you did. Try a little tactfulness next time, there's a good fellow.

ummmm, maybe you missed this part.

Do u agree? Or disagree? U can flame me up if u like! I've learned A LOT in my year here. But, I still have SO MUCH more to learn about my CDing! I probably learn more from your brutal honesty, than your niceties!

Honesty was requested. That's what I gave. I also said it was my opinion and only my opinion.
So there you have it.

[Sherlyn]

Hiya DocSher...I must admit at first when I seen your pics ...I was not quite sure what to think ...as I got to know you here..I came to accept the fact that this is how you want to be and you seem content in doing so ...Now when I see your pics its no different than looking in on anyone else's threads....its just you ...the girl Sherry with all the cool outfits you like to share with us ..No Biggie..:hugs:

[Ronni Seymour]

Sherry, since I've begun to know you from your posts, I have come to appreciate who you are. I don't see you hiding behind a mask because your postings exhibit an honesty about a part of yourself that can't be hidden.
As previously stated, we all have different reasons for CDing, and styles. When I fully dress up, I feel that I'm putting on a 'mask' to some degree, because I still see unmistakable masculine features in the mirror that I would like to be able to do away with.
Like you, I want to look like a pretty woman, and I do what I can to make that something of a reality.
And the masks; I don't see as creepy or weird.
It wouldn't be the same around here without you, so keep posting.:hugs:

[ElaineB]

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a pretty girl.

However... With the mask on it is not YOU that looks like anything. Why not just look at a real pretty girl?

I also find the mask creepy ... and I know I am not unusual in this:

The Uncanny Valley (http://www.arclight.net/~pdb/nonfiction/uncanny-valley.html)

Keep doing it if it makes you happy, though ... I do not mind, even if I do not understand.

[sterling12]

I was a lot like Sherlyn, in fact I criticized you for it on several occasions. But, I've come to realize it's your life and even though I don't agree with what you are doing, it falls within the spectrum of TG. And, it occurs to me that if I want tolerance; I need to show some toward you.

However, after reading your latest; it prompts me to make a request of you. You claim that you have fallen in love with the perfection of your created Sherry. Personally, I think we have a "Pygmalion Scenario," to like the Enth Degree. And you claim you don't care much for the Older Ladies Face, you prefer Sherry.

OK, but how about you do us a favor, try on some make-up and let us see this mature woman. Perhaps if you get some reassurance it's OK to also be her, you might occasionally grace us with her presence. Right now, we don't even know her name. Perhaps some of us would like to meet her. After a year and a half, you can trust us enough. Let us see her Doc.

Peace and Love, Joanie

[Paula T]

Now I know and more power to ya gal. I love to look at the outfits that you wear. They are all very nice and sometimes oh so sexy:)

[AmandaM]

I still insist that you try it without the mask and body stuff. I feel as if you have a self-acceptance problem.
So you ain't perfect, so what. Old, so what. The rest of us have our issues too. Since you bring this up, I'm wondering whether you're still lost and trying to find yourself. Try it without the stuff, and report back!

[battybattybats]

People change their appearance and function in small and large degrees all the time and throughout all known history.

Sometimes temporary, like wearing clothes at all in many climates for decoration, to enhance some attributes and hide others, to wear make-up, to wear jewelry or body paint, to wear masks in religious ritual to 'become' a sacred animal spirit or god.

Sometimes permanant like tattoos, ear piercing, facelifts, cranio-facial reconstruction for those born with a deformed face and skull, hip replacements, breast enlargements and reductions, body piercing, lobe stretching, lip stretching through to the full face tattoos of the Maori and the full body tattoos designed to resemble reptile scales of the totem of a south east asian tribes (don't recall the name, sorry) to the extreme, like the practice of cutting the penis of males almost completely in half as part of the intiation into manhood of one Aboriginal tribe (to make it look like the twin-penis of their totemic ancestor-animal) which is but one of the many genital-surgeries and other body modifications of traditional peoples that have survived from ancient times to the present day.

Compared to all the many variations of human behaviour yours is mild and harmless. Your presence is just exposing us to difference and that does no long term harm and a lot of good just like meeting and getting to know someone from a different race or culture or religion does.

If people think your turn-ons are creepy they have not begun to explore the wide variations of human sexuality through the ages and still existing (like using bee stings or vomit for sexual pleasure or once a year having sex with the mud with every other adult male in the tribe right alongside you to fertilise the mother earth literally!) or the wide varieties of cultural practices through history and still existing today.

Too often the western world sterilises and ignores much of the worlds cultures giving a false impression of what is 'normal'.

We need exposure to variety and to difference so we can judge people on the rightness or wrongness of their actions, not on the sameness or diffference of them!

And as long as it only involves adult humans without cognitive impairment giving fully informed consent then a sexual practise, no matter how uncommon, is right and not wrong.

Making you Sherry far more right in your sexual behaviour than the average person who has a one-night stand with someone who is drunk (cognitively impaired). Yours is less common but right, theirs is very common and yet wrong!

[Edyta_C]

If you like it Sherry do it. While I would not, I do trowel on the makeup. And on occasion do the Photoshop thing to make my pix better. The models do it so why can't I. So you might try makeup and Photoshop, but you like the mask keep it. We all have our likes and dislikes. Personally, I at one time had a fetish thing in CDing. Today, I don't. No excitement (except some anticipation excitement) for me, just relaxing and a calming effect. But to each her own said the old lady as she kissed the cow! Old saying but still funny.

We enjoy your posts Doc, so keep them coming!

Hugs Edy

[charlie]

Hello Sherry!
I am almost your age and really got into dressing about one year ago. Before that it was always a quick dressup and a happy ending. Then I slowly wanted to be the best girl that a 60 year old man could be. It slowly ceased being a sexual thing. The outfits and the makekup were VERY important to me. Once dressed I just had to get out. I now dress about one week per month and carefully get ready and strut my stuff. I go to bars, nightclubs and resturants. I get lots of complimants, so I must not to horrible. The important part is that I can not only be with the girl in the mirror, but I am her. Do you never have the urge to get Sherry out of the house and interactring with others? At this point I can not do anything else. Charlie is out and about or not dressed.

[justmetoo]

It's not my cup of tea, but it's your life. I don't see any harm in it.

[Ballerina]

Ah, I was wondering if that was a way for you to mask your identity and hide from those that you may know, but now I see it's much different. Congrats on finding a way to cheat your age :D Just like everyone else, I've seen your posts and you are a great person, I don't mind what you do. Just stay happy and don't let others' opinions get you down :)

[Nadia-Maria]

Hi Doc,

What you do is not that different of what many of us do, and known as autogynephilia. I don't know yet the proportion of autogynephilic CDers, and I might make a poll about this in the near future to assess it. And you will notice you are far for being unique in this respect.

Maybe the biggest difference with most of us is you started late in life, so that you had to deal with the physique of an old (wo)man, whereas wanting to look as a pretty girl.

Most of GG wished to look as pretty girls, but most of them have several decades delay before realizing they aren't lifelong.

You have to deal with the sad reality of being an old woman, without having the pleasure to have been a young woman before.

Most of us started early and have learnt to cope with aging as a woman.


Nevertheless, even having started early, even looking as a not-so-old man, I was tempted to use masks as you do, because :
(a) I have considered myself for most of life rather like a MAN in a dress
AND (b) I was sure, during that same period, being a standard man.
(c) I realized only very recently I was TG, so that I immediately wanted to look as a WOMAN, and no more like a man (in a dress).

So that, my story is not so different from yours as it might have seemed.

And that's why, excatly like you, I immediately thought about a mask for creating the illusion of a pretty young girl.

Happily a mask was not necessary for me. With a good wig and a very slight makeup, I can create the illusion (at least for myself in the mirror) of being a real woman, even being as old as you.

All that explain why I feel very like yourself, :hugs:
and also very like some others who consider herselves as TGirls. :hugs:

Kisses:love:

[Jennifer Giovannetta]

Doc, dont be too hard on yourself. If you enjoy what you are doing then enjoy it. I want to enjoy my life and make the most of it. So should you. Dont be hard on yourself for what you do. Sometimes I feel very guilty about dressing as a woman. But I did not ask to be this way. I know I could speak to a mental health professional about this, but I prefer to embrace my crossdressing. In many ways I am like you. I do not want to become a woman permanantly, and I just enjoy becoming Jennifer. Actually, crossdressing is theraputic to me. It relaxes me, when dressed I am less likely to snack, and the next day ( for some strange reason ) I am in a good mood. My blood pressure decreases and thats healthy.
As far as the mask is concerned, you stated that you wear one because you look like an ugly man in makeup or something to that effect. Why dont you try diffrent things? I do not have a particulary femanine face but I make the best of it. Sometimes I do not look that bad. Try getting a wig with bangs, or with hair that covers more of your maculine face. Maybe a pair of glasses would help.
Otherwise just enjoy!
And by the way, its ok to want to be a pretty woman. I sure do!

[Lilith Moon]

Doc,

You rock hun !

As others have said, we all are wearing masks of one kind or another.

:hugs: from another 60+ golden oldie who likes the sexy young woman who sometimes appears in the mirror.

[Jess_cd32]

I though my last post to you on this subject in another thread was close to what your saying, but now I understand you even more. I'm glad to see for the others that wondered about the masks, you've now taken the time to explain about them and educate them as to why you use them:thumbsup:

Another member here said basically the same thing about us all being illusionists, in a sense we all are, striving to look as fem as possible.

There is a difference though to me in "brutal honesty" versus considerate honesty, which I think the latter should be given if honesty is asked for.

I like you DocSher regardless what you wear, your having fun, love your wit and humor and as said before I enjoy your posts and think you make this forum just that much more interesting to come to.

One thing w/ me though, if I ever find out your Pres. Bush behind the mask I'm gonna want to have a word with you about releasing those border guards!!!:)

[Bethany_Anne_Fae]

Sherry,
Thank you for the very candid post. Its interesting to learn more about your thought processes beyond just the picture posting. We can gleen just a bit more about you.
You've found a way to express yourself that keeps YOU within a certain comfort zone and more. You have always stated that you do this within the confines of your own home, don't go out, and do it just for YOU. Well, I say, if this is what makes you really happy, fulfilled, and gets you through the next day... then GO FOR IT!

I too simply want to look "Pretty" when all is said and done. I've been luckier in the face department and am thankful for that, but... I too would be curious to see what your experimentation with makeup would be like. As I get older (am 45 now) I am finding more wrinkles, laugh lines, age spots etc... but I am determined to be a Regal Victorian Matron in my later years no matter what.

Real beauty is ageless ;)

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Sherry

*hugs to my sis*

Zarabeth

[docrobbysherry]

It took me a while to gather myself to reply to your posts. As usual, I underestimated the honesty, acceptance, and caring from all of u out there! And I wasn't prepared for your posts and PMs. There's so much :love: here! It makes me emotional! So, maybe I DO have a fem side after all!?:)



You say you don't do this because you have any kind of fetish. Fine if you say so, but I'm not sure about that.
I think that many people on this forum, if they were being completely honest, would say it's very weird and creepy. IMHO, you look like a dead person or some kind of bizarre freak most of the time.


Thanks for your honesty Marcie. I wanted that! Altho, u may have misunderstood my post. I AM a fetish dresser! And there r a lot of others here like me! But, as u said, there r also a lot of others that see me as "creepy"!:doh:


You ask if it's OK to wish to be a pretty girl, but you write:

*** Now, 7 years later, I continue to try to make Sherry MORE attractive, erotic, and feminine appearing TO ME!***

First, it's OK to wish... But, wish for something within reason.
In this instance, if you wanted to look like a pretty girl and you were an average crossdresser, you'd shoot for doing the best you could while using the same tools most women use: clothing, hair, and makeup.

Now, ask the right question for your activity:
"Is it OK to wish to be a pretty girl and do all this - fixed masks and so forth - just to get my rocks off at my reflection?"
Sir/Madam, those are your rocks. Do what works for you. Just don't confuse your sexual fantasies with everyday reality - that would be unhealthy for you. Do what you need to do, put the stuff back where it goes, continue with your day.

Your point is well taken, Mary. However, I'm over 60. In that time, I don't recall ANYONE saying I was a "good looking guy". And I've suffered my male face in the mirror all those years! Now, I get to see what looks like an attractive young woman for a change. I'm TIRED of the "plain" look! Is that so hard to understand?:straightface:


People change their appearance and
And as long as it only involves adult humans without cognitive impairment giving fully informed consent then a sexual practise, no matter how uncommon, is right and not wrong.

Making you Sherry far more right in your sexual behaviour than the average person who has a one-night stand with someone who is drunk (cognitively impaired). Yours is less common but right, theirs is very common and yet wrong!

Batty, u r rite. But unfortunately, Mary is also! I have plenty of guilt associated with my dressing! No matter how much I tell myself I'm NOT harming anyone with it! It has NOTHING to do with the gimmics I use to improve my looks, and EVERYTHING to do with the fact that I "get off" from CDing! I KEEP WAITING FOR THIS PHASE TO PASS! I know it will, eventually!:sad:



How about you do us a favor, try on some make-up and let us see this mature woman. Perhaps if you get some reassurance it's OK to also be her, you might occasionally grace us with her presence. Right now, we don't even know her name. Perhaps some of us would like to meet her. After a year and a half, you can trust us enough. Let us see her Doc.
Peace and Love, Joanie

Amanda also mentioned showing my face. Which I WILL do one day. However, I'm NOT likely to wear makeup over my facial hair! :heehee: And, as far as meeting Sherry, I'd love to meet her, too! At present, I'm only aware of her in my mirror and pics.:sad:



Seriously, I consider you a fetishist, not a vanilla crossdresser. But, that's just me.

"Fetishist"? Guilty, as charged!
"Vanilla"? Never have been. Don't expect to start now!:eek:


Not necessarily - I always wanted to look striking.


I ALWAYS shoot for "striking"! Rarely do I approach it, tho. So, when I think I'm "pretty", I'm quite satified!:D


And on occasion do the Photoshop thing to make my pix better. The models do it so why can't I. So you might try makeup and Photoshop.Hugs Edy

Actually, I HAVE used Photoshop like alterations on my pics. Back in the years when I dressed in a vacuum! I still have a few of those old modified pics! But, they look like cartoon characters. Like Roger Rabbit's wife!

I prefer to post pics that look like the women I see in the mirror. I'm all about using every trick in the visual book, to make them look better. But, I feel if I post Photoshopped pics, it's cheating somehow! Weird, huh? I DO think if u spend your time working on your photos, it's WAY more creative than watching the boob tube!

Thank u all again! Happy Holidays to ALL!:hugs:

[Wendy me]

hey like i said before the mask freaks me out ..... but that said ... it's OK it's not my thing ... and even more OK it's your thing ....see i understand that's you and thats OK ... i mean if i have to say we are all out of what so called "Normal" is ..... you know if your mask is what dose it for you cool .... and even though it weirds me out i say good for you enjoy...... hell i am sure if you look enough we all got that something that others might find a little strange.........Doc .... i am OK .... your OK.... we are ok ..... it's them over there we got to keep a eye on.................

[Samantha B L]

Sherry, I very much enjoy the pictures of yourself in all of your wide variety of outfits,wigs,masks,etc.. You say you have this wrinkly,dour old man's face without the masks? I mean,that's your business. My problem is that my face and head are smoother than a tire and round and jowly no matter how much weight I lose and there have been times in my life that I've been up to 20 lbs.underweight and it made almost no difference. But I'm getting mirrors for christmas from my Sister and I'll be able to do a photo shoot of myself soon. So I figure I'll just do my makeup the best I can and not worry about the "baby fat" on my face. the masks are great but maybe you don't look so bad without them if you were fixed up just right,makeup,wigs,etc.(?) And, Sherry,I can definately understand it being a turn-on to look like a really beautiful woman. I feel the same way. And there not all young! Being old isn't passe or uncool. Cher Bono,Joan Collins and Liza Minelli are all of them,if i'm not mistaken aproximately 70 years old and they are gorgeous. the same thing with Petula Clark and Diana Rigg.

[curse within]

Sherry,

It is interesting your whole situation I have thought since I have first seen you on here.. Your not alone I feel you actions or expressions of your self are steming from being a late bloomer I feel anyways... These are things I am sure you enjoy very much in the privacey of your own home, you not hurting anyone or a threat to yourselve or others.. If you had experianced CDing as a child these would have been acted out already not saying you are acting as a child..Some of us have been there and done that..Halloween putting on the mask of a female super hero or Barbie belonging to a sister.

Starting as a late cder you really missed out on a lot, in good fortune or bad depends on the beholder. I feel you are under a foutain of enjoyment that gives you such pleasure it also makes you feel young.. Good therapy if you ask me ....Keep up the good work before long you will look young enough to 86 the mask...If that is your goal..

[emmicd]

I am a crossdresser from a different perspective since I started as a young child. I had desires of dressing since I was 4-5 years old and I wore my younger sisters clothes when I could. I felt like I always wanted to be a girl and to be pretty. I still dress as it is part of my being. I am a feminine male and I enjoy wearing pretty clothes. I can see your point of view and I feel we all have similarities.

You are very pretty!

emmi

[TxKimberly]

DS,

I think I responded to another one of your posts on this subject a few months back telling you the mask sort of creeps me out. That was my honest answer concerning the mask.

As for you, and particularly after you explained why you use the mask, I think your great! I can't recall a single post of yours that I didn't consider to be intelligent, and to the very best of my memory (that admittedly sucks) I've agreed with just about everything I've read from you.

Here's the thing! Like others have said, why do you let it worry you or bother you? Those who are going out in public worry about what people think because it is going to have a direct impact on us. What people think when they see us is going to influence how they treat us, therefore we have to be somewhat concerned.
You, however, have chosen to stay in your own home, where you "bother" no one in any way, shape, or form. Why would you possibly care what anyone else thought of your dress or mask? Good lord woman, if it hurts no one, pleases you, and makes you feel young and happy, then to hell with what anyone else (including me) might think about it!

[TGMarla]

Hiya, Doc. You already know where I stand on all of this. I agree with anyone here who has responded positively to your post....I'm in your corner. I'm no fan of masks personally, but I'm glad you found them as a way to facilitate your dressing experience. You and Kathy Leigh are my favorite mannequins. Keep on rockin', my friend.

[BobbiJ]

Bobbi reads the original post and all the responses, considering her feelings on the subject of using an actual mask to cover her face when en femme. She's happy that even though on the plus side of 50, her face has stayed just about wrinkle-free, so even if she can't really pass, makeup still allows her to look mid-30ish and maybe not completely ridiculous.

Giving it some thought, she realizes that she's not yet in a position to be able to see things from Doc/Sherry's perspective. While the whole mask thing seems odd to her, she looks at Sherry in all her gear and finery, tilts her head to one side, and lets her imagination morph the scene into a boat on the water. Seeing that the boat appears to be floating, she nods her head and smiles, then wanders off for a mid-morning snack, pausing to blow Sherry a kiss before leaving.

"Whatever works," she says...

[sherib]

Hi docrobbysherry, I agree with some of the thing you talk about. The reasons I like to dress is the feeling of the cloths. There softness against the body. The effort it takes for me to produce the female shape and see the illusion that I have created. The feel of the stocking or panythose, the high heels that create the arch in the feet. The feel of the breast forms that giggle and almost feel like real breast. That's why I dress. When I was very young wanted to be a girl. But as the years went by and I started to understand what happened when one gets SRS, I changed my mind.

[Janie Gunn]

Sherry, I must admit, I wondered when I saw your pic for the first time, but thought nothing more than maybe you use a lot of makeup, I never suspected a mask, but its whatever makes you happy, you dress to satisfy yourself.

[JoAnne Wheeler]

Doc, as we have learned, there is a very wide spectrum of CDing upon which we place ourselves - it doesn't really matter so long as you are happy and content with it - "To your ownself, be true" - others may very well fit on other parts of the spectrum - but the key is - we are all on the spectrum somewhere - and that is what creates the bond among us - thats my opinion
Love,
JoAnne Wheeler

[carolinoakland]

I view the use of the mask's no diferent than some peoples use of avatar's even here on this site. And again, while not my cup of tea, for others it is, and that my dear ladies is WHY we are all here, to learn the full spectrum of the world that we encompass. And connect with and support each other's right of choice, not the choice, just the right to choose it, and that is what I find is the true gift of this site. No? Carol