Is Hallloween stressful or exciting for you?

What stress? I didn't dress and go out as a kid, so I won't now. I will give out candy as my self (Em), and enjoy seeing the kids outfits.

Em

Halloween is one of my favorite events of the year. I find very little stress aside from derision from my parental unit when it comes to my choice of costume. Last year I went as Mana Sama (Japanese music artist), in a costume I made (which would freak my mother out bad), this year I am going in the "improved" version of this cosplay. I don't know if I will be able to post pics of the costume here due to the fact it is not cross dressing. The subject of the outfit, and the outfit itself is androgynous, not male, or female.

I am stressed this year due to the fact the parental unit will be home, so I need to find a good place where I can get into costume for whichever parties I go to:)

Halloween provided some great opportunities for me to start to accept my own crossdressing. I used Halloween as an excuse to buy my first tights and leotard in a store (which were never worn with a costume). A year later, I bought a jester costume because I'd be able to wear tights with it. I picked out the costume with the man on the packaging The shopkeeper gave me a once over and then gave me the one with a girl on the packaging. She said "It's the same costume, but you just picked out the Extra Large size, which will swallow you." The costume was basically a purple minidress (they called it a tunic) worn over black and white tights. I remember stopping to get gas on my way to the party, and getting some funny looks from the other customers. Later, as I was taking an elevator to meet a friend, I was joined by a young couple. The girl said "Wow, that a cool costume. You have a lot of guts." I got a number of compliments from the girls at the party too. Normally, the wallflower that I was hardly even got noticed by, let alone talked to, girls. I wore the same costume the following year with a different group of friends, including the woman who is now my wife.

A few years later, I wore a Spiderman costume that was basically a unitard. The year after that I finally went whole hog and went to a party in drag with my wife as two female pop singers. As we walked up the sidewalk to my friends house in our heels and wigs, my friend was standing on his porch wondering who these two girls crashing his party were. He was quite shocked when he realized it was us. Everybody at the party loved my costume. It still comes up in conversation today, over five years later. These various Halloweens helped me to realize that there is nothing wrong with wearing certain kinds of clothing, and that the world won't end if I publicly wear something that's "not for guys." Since then, I've come along way with my dressing and self-confidence. Without having Halloween as a somewhat safe way to explore non-traditional clothing, it's hard to say if I'd be where I am today.

Unfortunately, I haven't had an opportunity to go a Halloween party in a long time. The last time, about four years ago, I went as a goth guy. My wife suggested I don't repeat the drag thing in order to prevent suspicions. However, it's been a while now, and if the right party came up, and we could get a baby sitter, I think I would have do full-on drag again.

Best day of the year. You get to dress up in front of people that you would usually not do. This year will be the third time in 5 yrs that I'll be dressing at work, although this year I'm going to work as Mimi (from the Drew Carey show). Looking forward to it, only person who knows Nikki is the office mgr and we already decided to split the prize the boss is offering for best costume. Saturday I'm invited to another party and may do it there again if my son is cool w/it. The party is at his friend's parents house and we're both invited.

My reply to your question is that I spend 8-9 months a year deciding on and planning my next costume. And I tend to get bolder each year. So I am quite excited as the holiday approaches.

I am so tempted to go out this Halloween (I've never been out in public dressed). If I go, I'll go late at night... really need to decide on an outfit though...

Definitely stressful!

Well, I know that many of us look forward to Halloween as a time of year when we can dress with impunity and freedom from social duress, but I don't see it that way. First of all, for me this is not a costume. It's a rendering of who I wish I was, or who I wish I could be. So in a way, dressing on Halloween demeans what female emulation means to me. Halloween to me is scary monsters, ghosts, ghouls, and stuff like that. My feminine persona is far from any of that. Secondly, those of us who think that dressing on Halloween masks our desire to wear feminine attire from our friends and neighbors, I'd beg to differ. If you dress in a way that you present a reasonable facsimile of an actual woman, most people will assume that you have done this before, and possibly quite often. They'll figure that there's no way you'd be that good at it otherwise. Most non-crossdressing males who do the girl thing on Halloween dress in a way that makes them look a bit ridiculous, and is in mockery of their false womanhood. They'll show their chest hair, not bother to shave, and leave their legs all hairy and such. Lastly, since my wife really is not down with this whole aspect of me, I find it best to just leave it alone, and not flaunt it at her, even at Halloween.

But for those of you who are going to take this opportunity to dress and go out and have fun, well, I hope you have a whole lot of it. More power to you.

I cant wait to go out all dressed up while people think I am doing it as a costume, but deep down I am feeling so sexy with myself!

I dont see halloween as anything but just another day here.there doesnt seem as many kids going treat or treating,or much excitement generally as in years gone bye.At least the TG Community are still showing the way.Giving those that just arent able to get out any other time an excuse to get dolled up go out and strut their stuff.no invite came my way this year,oh! Well maybe next year

:hugs:Sophie

I've never been to a halloween party....in male OR female mode. When my kids were young, I took them trick or treating. Now I just sit in the garage and pass out candy.

I don't think I have been to a Halloween party since my late wife and I moved to Georgia many years ago. Since we have always given out full size candy bars, we get lots of Trick or Treaters. Like anywhere from 100 to 150 each Halloween! All ages too, since they come in car loads!! Probably I will do like Samantha and sit in my garage to pass out candy. But maybe I will wear my sexy female Nurse outfit to do it. Do any of you think I should? No wig or makeup, just me dressed as a nurse(Female)!!

Oh, definitely exciting for me! Our TG support group always has a Halloween costume party and so I get the opportunity to dress up in a feminine fantasy outfit. I love doing that! I was going to go as Alice in Wonderland but I did that earlier this year at an Alice in Wonderland themed party not long after the Tim Burton movie first came out. I love my Alice costume. The dress has buttons all down the back and it has a separate large poofy petticoat underneath the skirt.

Anyway, for Halloween I've decided to go as a Baroness instead. I already have the costume. That too has a large skirted dress with hoops underneath and I'll also be tightly corseted to get that classic shape in the waist!

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I love Halloween because I get to dress up for work, but I also get nervous before I get there. I always have to whole bathroom issue while I am working. I have managed to get around it by going to the Auto shops bathroom where the public is not allowed. Of course I have to walk thru the shop where the guys are working on the cars.

It's a little stressful for me. Every year I tell myself, 'Self, This is the year you dress up as one of your favorite female characters, Dr Girlfriend, Morticia Addams, Elvira' Then suddenly it's the day of and I still don't have anything to wear.

I love Halloween. My first time dressing up as a girl was for Halloween when I was ten years old. My older sister talked me into doing it. I won't say that she turned me into a crossdresser, but she definitely gave the predisposition a big boost. I didn't dress up for Halloween again, though, until last year--thirty seven years later. I went to a party at a friend's house dressed as a Twilight fangirl. It was fantastic. Even though I knew it would be a dead give away, I had to do it again this year. Thanks to Halloween, I had two opportunities to go out dressed up this October. One was for a public masquerade party, and the other was for a party at a friend's house. I had and awesome time at both. Both times I had a small amount of nerves ahead of time wondering how people I didn't know would react, but by the time the day rolled around it was swallowed up in the excitement of going out and I felt amazingly confident. I had no negative reactions at either event, nothing but fun. Here are some pics for those who would like to see what I wore.