I can't call it just wearing cloths since there's also wigs, makeup and jewelry involved. Trying to walk like a woman in heels isn't just cloths either. I don't call it anything other than crossdressing.
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I can't call it just wearing cloths since there's also wigs, makeup and jewelry involved. Trying to walk like a woman in heels isn't just cloths either. I don't call it anything other than crossdressing.
I call it "Running the Gauntlet" When I go out every creep, idiot, nut job seems to be on the same street I walk down.
My wife will ask me if I had a chance to Dress. So I call it Dressing.
When I'm out of the house I call it "not subject to arrest for being naked".
Yes, it's comfortable, but it's not the only thing that makes me comfortable. Not a hobby in itself, although developing a sense of fashion that works for me has the creative aspect associated with a hobby. Getting Pretty is a relative term, maybe attempting to approach pretty? Way of Life extends well beyond just the female clothing I might wear, because in my life I wear male stuff as well, sometimes both at the same time. It's not my only secret so I can't use that. Dressing implies there is a realistic option for being naked and I'm just not that much of a sadist to push that on others. I've tried "Getting my Girl On" from time to time and that approaches the outward expression, but there probably isn't a single word that doesn't already have other meanings.
Maybe I have to call it "Outwardly Expressing Sarah" or maybe "Showing Sarah", since my insides don't necessarily change regardless of the clothes, makeup, hair, forms, shoes and accessories I choose to wear.
h-m-m-m. Let's see now...
Well, I wear panties all the time. They're just my undies. In fact, if I have to put on a male pair (I own two) for things like doctor visits - they're my 'boy undies'
At nights or lounging about the house, I'll be in nighties and possibly a robe. This the wife is OK with, and will even suggest "Why don't you go and get comfy?"
I don't do anything else around her (She doesn't want to see it and I respect her wishes - a limitation *I* can live with), but if I mention it, I'll say something like "getting more girly."
In my heart of hearts, I think of it as being able to express the 'real, inner' me.
I call it relaxing my wife will ask me what I am doing when out of town and I say relaxing and she will say oh I see I am talking to Laura tonight. I describe my self as a crossdresser
I call it "Tranny'ing". Sometimes perhaps "doing drag full time". I live this full time.
Not PC terms by a long shot but I am not good at PC
Before I found this forum, it was probably my dirty little secret. Now I know that there are others like me, and while crossdressing is still not "normal" it is far from totally unique. So now, my crossdressing is just my secret - no longer a dirty one.
I agree with pretty much all the above descriptions at some point . I tell my wife Susan`s my `alter ego` . She understands that and agrees that my different side of me `comes out`when i`m fem and she finds me a `nicer` ,easier to talk with person as that I`m much more relaxed. Hmmmmm
I call it Living my Truth as a gender fluid person.
Hi Little G :hugs:, It's just who I am and it's just what I do, No labels needed.>Orchid...:daydreaming:...
If I had to describe crossdressing. I would describe it just as "ME." It is so much a part of ME that describing it would be impossible for ME.
A way of life
I call it 'breaking gender norms' that say how men have to dress and what men can wear.
hello,
"dressing up" is one of my hobbies; one that I do in private but not in secret,
luv J
OMG "relieving stress" (my preferred term). My dressing is a perfect storm of sexuality, job related issues and how it just feels right. Also its a win win with my GF when I tell her; hey do mind if I dress or she will say, you should dress today?
Although I'm not "out" I think of it similarly to Tracii, it is just part of who "me" is.
Simply put, it's who I am.
No two people are exactly the same.
If someone wants to put a label on me, that is beyond my control of course. :)
An art form. I have fun with it. :battingeyelashes::)
For me, its a form of acting. I like being able to get myself into a skirt or dress and then start adopting female mannerism action. I've been told that when I'm dressed as a woman that my eye contact is so much better than when I'm in drab.
I just think of it as the way I am. I am out to the people closest to me, but I can't help thinking that there is residual guilt , or social programming, that keeps me from being out to the larger world. In can't help thinking that I would be of greater service to the community if I could just get over those last barriers to living as my true self.
It is a way of life for me. I would call it dressing.
I call it dressing, my hobby, an art form or one of my favorite pastimes. My wife ask me what I did on my day off the other day and I just smiled, she said, ah, you were taking selfies again! That's why you're is such a great mood.
I started calling it a secret hobby. Till eventually it became a secret life style. Now it is a semi-secret life style.
It's more about gender and less about clothing for me.....
And I misplaced my current issue of the international glossary of terms, but there's many to choose from for folks who identify as mid-spectrum trans: non-binary, gender fluid, gender non-conforming, gender variant, dual/bi-gendered.....etc, etc.
Hi Cassandra, I see you are in Idaho as well. Tried to message you but your box is full. Would love to chat with you.
For me I would term it as my deepest secret and my wildest fantasy. And it allow me to come in touch with my inner femininity and explore the other side of me. Do i regret doing it or have guilt doing it? Not anymore after I come to term with. So enjoy your inner femininity however you want.
I know I answered this post earlier. When I am offline in the world my label would be a woman, sad, I use to be a girl. I am a woman everywhere except certain sites online.
I call it being me. I wonder how come this was not one of the choices????
jennifer0918, I believe this is what you are referring to. I am so terribly sorry that I didn't specifically list your exact term, but again, if you read my op, I was asking in a general sense. I would like to know now if you are going to go back and pick on all of my threads, choosing my words at your discretion to pick out and twist. I'm not sure why you are turning your microscope on me, I have always been kind and polite and never meant to be hurt or generalize to a degree that would insult anyone here, cd'er or otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Littleg2
I would still love to hear from anyone that hasn't seen this, or new members, and of course feel free to add jnnifer0918's tern to the choices. I always love and appreciate the feedback. And I have big enough shoulders to take it if it's not your specific cup of tea.
-g
I would call it simply "being me": there are a feminine and a masculine soul that live in my body, and this is for me the right way to get the right exposure to both of them.
My crossdressing is "A way of life".
For me its called being lucky.. because i still can't live like i would like to in my current situation.. and opportunities are pretty rare and short term.. but when it happen it feel just right!
Sitting here typing this in panties, woman's jeans and V neck tee shirt, support knee his, woman's loafers with polished nails and pierced ears with diamond studs and this is male mode! I wear male undies and male sneakers to work with unisex scrubs(nurse) but my nails are still polished! I have to say way of life! Hugs Lana Mae
Definitely not a hobby. To my mind hobbies are superficial things and do not inhabit your psyche in the way that being a fetishistic cross dresser does.
Yes, it is me.This is what I am and though people might like to say "dirty little secret" I absolutely abhor that description. That reminds me of the incorrect use of perversion for many lifestyles that we now recognize as being just another facet of normality.
There is no shame in being a transvestite/cross dresser. It is a way of life for many of us. It is US.
I call it "it feels good so i do it"
i also call it my "vice that i'm not proud of but what am I gonna do about it"
I tell people that I crossdress for entertainment purposes.
Technically it is quite accurate since I do stand-up comedy en femme and make YouTube videos as the same.
:)
I refer to it as "putting on my normal clothes." As opposed to the weird clothes I have to wear when I need to be in male mode.
That is a good reply. I think it is even cute.Quote:
Originally Posted by CynthiaD
For me it is a way of life, it is part of me.
Well,,,at least to my wife and myself, I call it `my alter ego`,if that makes any sense. It works well for me as i find it an `escape` from my reality self and the wife is in agreement. She has actually stated in the past that i`m a nicer person and easier to talk with when fem.! Hmmmm a win win!!
Karaoke queen? To those “in the know” I half joking refer to this as my alter ego, to my therapist it’s usually “I don’t like talking about this..” followed by a half hour of incoherent babbling
I love that new people are still responding to this. Thank you for that. Thank you for your responses, sharing your terms and a little about yourself, I love reading through here.
Have a wonderful day,
g