Me personally I don't do hair. I have to agree that it just looks out of place if you're going to look femm, however I understand for those who have no choice in the matter. If you ever have the opportunity I highly recommend it.
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Me personally I don't do hair. I have to agree that it just looks out of place if you're going to look femm, however I understand for those who have no choice in the matter. If you ever have the opportunity I highly recommend it.
I just saw a couple of days ago, Google it, that David Beckham has brought 'metrosexuality' back into the news by shaving his pits.
Gels, I think Becks is probably CDing's blessing. Every time he does something traditionally regarded as unmanly or effeminate, he makes it acceptable to thousands, millions maybe, to chip away at the edges of how man and women are "supposed to" look and act. When Joe and Josephine Six-pack see a wealthy hetero sports star shave under his arms or whatever's next, it's impossible to estimate the number of funny looks or questions that we CDs won't receive!
Mark my words, remember you heard it here first! David Beckham, I more than halfway suspect, will be the first major str8 celebrity to come out as a CD. And within three years.
So. Go ahead and shave your pits, your legs too, while you're at it. Anybody asks, you tell 'em, 'Becks does it.' Still giving you crap? Hit' em with a soccer ball.
The 'It' in 'Bend It Like Beckham' could be referring to gender, eh?
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It's definitely all the way with me. I keep my body fully hairless and, frankly, don't give a **** who notices. I pluck my brows into a feminine arch and thinness and keep my toenails constantly polished. I feel that if you want to dress and be like a woman going half way is just not the way to do it. Hairy legs, or arms, or chest, or underarms - very unladylike. You can get away with bushier eyebrows but certaily not with the bushy, onebrow looks that some men wear. Longer nails are a problem but men can get by with slightly longer nails than normal (as long as they are well manicured) and they look very feminine when polished. I woukd be mortified when putting on nylons over hairy legs and, frankly, even sliding them up stubbly legs (like the next day after shaving) just ruins the look and the feel for me.
Would love to get my ears pierced but haven't. Don't feel that to be necessary but it would be great to wear those sexy hoop earrings. Fullr nade up is also the way to go. Powder, lipstick, eye make up, blush, deodorant, perfume - the works. If your going to act the woman - be the woman.
Dawn
Oh how I hate the hair, but my wife hates the thought of no hair. Yet she was the first to shave my legs soon after we were married back in 1975.
The couple of times she's shaved my back when I was planning on going out in a dress that would show the back hair, she really hated it but did it for me.
No one at the gym has ever made any comment on it nor when my back and chest were shaved.
I do keep my pits shaved, however. No more matted sweaty stinky hair to worry about there.
Well, for me personally, crossdressing is about "all". I don't get much from wearing just panties and a bra, at least as it relates to crossdressing. To me it is about being a girl. So the look needs to be complete. Wig, makeup, etc. I've gotten fairly decent with makeup over the years, and have a pretty good grasp of the line between what I need to look feminine and what is overdone.
But I do realize that for some, just wearing certain items does the trick for them, as far as feeling feminine. We're a diverse group.
But women, ahh, Ya just never know. You really don't. A woman could be inteligent and open minded in every other aspect of her life, be willing to try kinky stuff, be socially and politically open minded, and STILL find her guy in any state of femininity completely repulsive.
And some women think crossdressing is no big deal, or even like it. I have found that women who have no experience with cds, and have never thought much about it, have less of a problem with their guy wearing lingerie durring sex, or around the house, than they do with the full fem thing. Hey, I didn't say I understood it, but that's the way it is. As crossdressers, especially those of us that are hetero, we are, to an extent, going for a look that we are attracted to, our idea of what a girl should look like. But I guess it should be no surprise that women who like guys would not understand this. Someone on this forum once made the comparison- what if your SO told you she wanted to build her muscles, cut her hair, grow a beard, and wear suit jackets all the time? how would that make you feel? I would hate that. So I guess I understand the repulsion to full cding by some women.
We are crossdressers-we see this a certain way. Alot of women don't. I now try to stay away from women like that, and make sure any girl I get involved with knows right away or very soon. Because you really never know how a woman feels about this. There is no litmus test.
I completely understand and agree with everything you say, Julie. Hair is yucky, and being anything less than fully feminine when dressed just doesn't do it. But many, especially women, may feel differently. I think they're nuts, but what do I know?
Hugs,
Melissa :)
I do agree Julie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julie York
Gem started basically as "a guy in a dress". I never really gave it much thought because I had no other experiences to base things on. I had friends when I was younger who CD'ed, but were way beyond that "G.I.A.D" stage when I met them. It has been a continuing progression with my husband. Now when Gem is out and about, it is full "chickie" mode. Dressed to kill, make up, shoes, wig, etc. The other thing that has happened is that now, for the past like 3 months I guess, Gem shaves on an almost daily basis. He stopped shaving his legs briefly when the summer months came because he didn't want people to notice, but soon after, decided to start again. I agreed, of course. I have grown very use to him being shaved, and I hate when he starts getting prickly. LOL! We decided that if anyone were to notice, which by the way, NO ONE has, I would take responsibility for it. I would say I didn't like him being all hairy, (not a lie either.) My only request? Not to shave his chest completely. I have helped with that. Trimmed a bit so it can't be seem while en femme, but still there because I find that sexy too. Compromise and communication are wonderful things...
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:rolleyes: I AGREE JULIE. you may have my MOTOH CICKLE but not my panties some things are near and dear.