About 20 years now, and I'm 34.
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About 20 years now, and I'm 34.
I'm almost 50. My earliest memory was being interested in my mother's shoes and boots and trying them on and being particularly happy when they fit. I remember at around 9 or 10 seeing an actual post-op transsexual woman on a TV talk show and becoming totally interested in her story and how she looked. I couldn't quite understand why I was so interested but knew I should keep it to myself. Later, saw Robert Reed from the Brady Bunch on Medical Center playing a transsexual and remember how cool I thought it would be to be able to become a girl like that. Around 10 or 11 mom dressed me as a girl for Halloween and I remember being incredibly disappointed part of the "costume" didn't include pantyhose or panties and a bra and I didn't know how to ask. The next day I remember trying to ask mom to somehow keep the costume for some reason but she didn't quite catch on to whay I was getting at. I remember we were going to a wedding and how jealous I was of my sister in her silky floral print slip dress, pantyhose, purple Candie's high heel slides and little gold anklet while I was wearing a crappy suit. Later I would often look in her closet to look at her clothes and shoes and check out her drawers to look at and feel her pantyhose and silky lingerie and being pissed off she had all that, seemingly took it all for granted while I would have given just about anything to have that myself. Then there were the times in middle and high school when the girls would sometimes dress up in pretty dresses or skirts, high heels and pantyhose. To this day I can still remember some of those outfits. I have some of my own clothes, shoes, wigs and makeup but I get frustrated because I can't look as good as I'd like so I tend to not dress often and haven't for a while but I am thinking about maybe giving it another go. I don't know if this all makes me just a crossdresser, an actual transsexual or if I have autogynephilia. At least I can come here and share my feeling and experiences that I've kept to myself my entire life with you ladies. I guess that's the next best thing to actually being a girl.
I used to have a dress when I was around 6-8 that I used to wear, now I'm 20, it felt nice and I loved wearing it.
When I got older and grew out of it I never got any more clothes.
Also, something I don't remember myself but when I were 4 and got my first bike my mom took me to the store and asked me to pick any bike I wanted, I picked a purple womans bike :)
Can't remember if it was when I was in the first or second grade; we had a Halloween party and I went in full femme attire. Been wearing the same on and off ever since. I'm knocking on the door of 71 years.
I started when I was 14 and now im about to turn 24, so 10 years. I was found out 4 years ago by my wife (then my girlfriend) along with my cousin and one of her cousins. Nothing was ever said by anyone except for my gf, but it just got dropped instead of being discussed in depth. My wife found out again 2 weeks ago and we talk openly about it and she is accepting.
About twenty years. I'm 24. My sister wanted a little sister, so that's how I was treated when I was little. I'm glad it happened, because this is something I enjoy doing, and I don't regret it.
I am 51 and it all started 46 years ago for me
Im 42 years old , started when i was 9
Wow, I only started when I was 20, and I'm 21 now. Let's see, that makes for... umm... one year. Though I'm full time now and I identify as transsexual now, so I guess one might say I started at age zero, and stopped at age 21....
I'm 48 and I started when I was about 6 or 7. I have a distinct memory of wearing wearing one of my mother bra's and dresses in my bedroom as a teenager, I was admiring myself in the mirror, when to my horror I heard somebody coming up the stairs. It was my younger brother. I smile at it now, but I remembering diving under the bed clothes. To this day I don't know if he saw anything or not.
On and off since my early teens, with a long break in my 20's.
I started when I was about 8 and I'm 26 now.
I am 61 and started when I was about 8. That makes 53 years, wow.
There seems to be a fair number of of us who are 50 years old or more.
Started when I was around 9-10 and am 27 now. Ive got nothing on most of you :)
I started dressing at age 11, then stopped when I outgrew mom's clothes. Lots of conflicts about the desire and also sexuality/guilt. Went through a "redneck" phase for a few years to mask things. I came out to my (now ex) wife at age 37, that didn't go over too well but started dressing again when we separated. I'm now 45.
I am in my early 40s, and have been thoroughly addicted to CDing since my teenage years. I remember when I was around 3 years old or so, an aunt painted my toe nails red as a joke, and I loved it! That I can even remember that from that age is amazing to me, considering I remember very little else from that age. So who knows? Maybe I technically started at the age of 3!
my mom wanted a girl.. i remember sitting in the high chair with this pallette of makeup and my mom had other women over and she was selling mary kay.. i remember her putting makeup on me. .she must have thought it was cute.. she also bought me this cap that women would wear to keep their hair from messing up when they slept..
im 35
been a cd for 35 years
iv been into it for a while now but I'm only just started to admit to myself that i am a cross dresser as iv only ever worn women's lingerie so i can hide it from ppl
Not seeing many latebloomers here, so to help the percentages. I am 50 and have been dressing for about 7-8 years.
Hard to remember when I started, probably 11 or 12, something like that.
But really didn't embrace it as a part of who I am or understood it till I was 19.
I'm 28 now.
I started age 8 and I have cross dressed all my life and am now in my early 50's, I ain't going to stop now, this is just the best time I have ever had for dressing, at peace with myself and no recriminations
I would say I started like 10 or so. I tried on hosiery and heels ;)
First wore a dress round 6 or 7...
Started consciously dressing early teens...
Currently mid 30's...
20 or 30 years I guess!
I started when I was 39 I will be 42 this month
All my life I guess, and I turn 41 next week. My parents still have pictures of me as a toddler wearing long white gloves and carying "my" purse; me playing with my dollies, etc. I played dress up with my sister and never gave it a second thought. I raided Mom's clothes until I could buy my own. It's never been discussed openly but I know they are aware of it by the way they used to ask me what my sister and I had done while they were gone. I just wish I'd had the guts in my youth to become the woman I want to be!
I am 72 and have been crossdressing since I was 11 I love playing the woman but since i retired I find it more difficult since my wife does not like it at all. She let me wear Bra and panties foe a whole but now will not let me but i still manage some in secret god how i miss it all I used to have complete waxings and practiced tucking wear makeup while my wife was at work or I was away on business. I am not happy.
I remember wishing I had been born a female from my earliest memories. By age 4 or so I was dressing. Started with mom's and a great aunt's long silky (looking back, nylon) nightgowns. I still have a fondness for them. Now in late '50's, off and on since, and mostly on daily for last several years.
Kate
Some dressing around 4 or 5. Fully dressing at about 13. I am 53 but rarely ever wear a wig or makeup anymore. Billie Jean
I also remember being in gradeschool thinking how kool it would be if I had girl parts. I have tried on previous girlfriends clothes without them knowing.
I purchased my first pair of heels last may. Followed by a pair of pantyhose in november, then heels, skirt, now I have a few dresses.
I keep it all in my car. My roommates don't know anything yet.
I am glad I found this site. It's nice to talk to likeminded people.
A long post here...
I recall being fascinated by girl clothes when I was as young as 5 or 6. I didn’t have sisters but I did have older cousins, and of course, classmates. Girls’ clothes and shoes just looked nice, especially Mary Janes (I still love MJs!). Fear of getting caught, plus the size difference, kept me from trying on my cousins’ stuff. Plus, only girls wore girl clothes, right? Wrong! Gosh, was I ever innocent, but then, it was the 50s.
When I was about 10 I began trying Mom’s stuff on – girdle, panties and stockings. Her shoes were too large for me but I clomped around in them. By the time her shoes would have fit me I wasn’t trying her stuff. What a loss as she had tons of shoes. Through school, both grade school and high school, I continued to be intrigued by the clothing my female classmates work. They had so many options compared to us guys, and some of their outfits were so cute. But I had not heard of transvestites, as we were termed back then, and it didn’t occur to me to wear any of Mom’s stuff, right at the time it would have fit me. Beginning around 7th grade I also spent a lot of time imagining what it would be like to be female instead of male.
I got married in my late 20s and had bought me wife some slinky disco dresses, even though we weren’t into the disco scene, and stockings and a garterbelt. She was too vanilla to wear those gifts, especially the stockings and GB. In the meantime I had become very curious about how it felt to walk in heels. The largest I could find at the time (1981 or so) were size 10. I bought a pair of high heeled sandals and squeezed into them. They were 2 to 3 sizes smaller than I wear now, but I managed. They felt great! Then I decided that if my wife wouldn’t wear stockings, then doggone it, I would! I began buying stuff for myself, a dress, tights, pantyhose, panties, and of course, more shoes and began CDing sporadically. Sometimes I would go for a year or 2 without CDing, but within 3 years or so it took hold and wouldn’t let go, not that I’d let it. Eventually I bought makeup, a wig, nail polish and jewelry.
I’m 59 now and don’t ever envision not being Jenny part of the time. She is just part of me. So, you can decide, with the stopping and starting, when I began CDing. Was it when I was 10, or when I was 28, or sometime afterwards?
What a godsend the internet is. I recall nervously doing a search on crossdressing around 1997. It was as if there’d be a flashing neon sign on the front of the house telling the world what I had just searched, lol. Once I found there were a lot of other girls like me, the floodgates opened for me and I began to accept, and embrace my CDing. In 1999 I picked my fem name.
I often work from home and can be Jenny whenever I want to be as I am divorced and live alone. Jenny has about 2 dozen dresses and 3 or 4 dozen pairs of shoes at any given time. I’m going to be Jenny all day today!
Well for me about 3 years...
But had a one-off about 10yrs ago when a prev g/friend dressed me - part of a fun w/e...
And was 55 in January...
I started when I was six years old with one of my older sisters bras , I'm 55 years old now a under-dress on a daily basis.
I guess it's here to stay !
About 40 actual years from when I started, but a long gap during that time. I started after college and then about 6 years later I stopped after I was married for 20 years; and yes I did tell her before we were married; but I just didn't have the urge for that 20 years while my twin girls were growing up. When they started college I got the desire again out of nowhere after 20 years. About 5 years ago I came out and have been out many, many times since then, both tg and ,mainline places, almost always successfully. I felt so isolated and need the strong socialbility that tg gurls can give. I NEVER regretted coming out for one moment. My wife STILL does not like/enjoy my femme side and I do pick and choose reasonable times to express my femme side outside my home. She has never seen me dressed either by photo/in person. I am a brunette/hazel eyes/about 5"8". Always looking for new gurls 4 shopping/dinner/make-up/etc.
48 years im 52 ,I tried on girls clothes from about 4, girdle and stockings , I was then put in girls side zip jeans at about 5 ,by the age of 8 I really started to experiment and by 10 I was fully dressing ,stockiings or tights,knickers bra slip and dress.
I'm 30 (gonna be 31 in aug... i feel ancient :| ) i've been dressing since I was 6 or so... never really stopped, I tried though (as we all have, completely unsuccessfully... )
now i just have to see if i can get my body from 15 years ago back :D (bicycle here i come !!! :)
I'm 49 now, I've been a crossdresser since I was about 10 or 11, although I had a fascination and an attraction to skirts from a much earlier age. I distinctly remember hoping that my treacher at junior school would be wearing a skirt when she arrived, I hated trousers on women even then.
If I tell, you must promise to keep it a secret.... (58 next month :doh: )
How early? With 5 female cousins living next door and on older sister with me the first male --- can you say "handmedowns"? :D Naw, just kiddin' but they did dress me up quite often when I was little. And even after they stopped... I kept sneeking. :heehee:
Seriously, I've been crossdressing my entire life. I'm in my mid 40's and have finally found the inner strength to embrace it. I feel so relieved. The future is bright.
I have been crossdressing since my early teens and am about to celebrate my 40th birthday. As I write this my life is in transition. My marriage of 10 years is collapsing and right now the only things that keep me going are my sons and my feminine side. It is funny how something that my wife blames for the collapse of our marriage got more important to me after the announcement. I have com to realize that in going forward the only way to do it is to accept me for me and even though there will be consequences I have to wake up in the morning and be happy with who I see in the mirror. My sons will still love me and if their mother doesn't change her controlling behavior she will ruin her relationship with them like she did with us. My dressing was something that was out of her control andshe could not accept this . I know that this could have described the life of a lot of you wonderful people but the words came to me here so I had to get it off of my chest
I've been Keri since John, Paul, George, and Ringo were on the stage. Please don't ask me who that is, I will just feel older! :)
I started when I was 13. I am now 54. So I have been doing it off and on for 41 years.
i have been dressing since i was 6 years old im 53 now loving it always!!
Hmm, I think we have a common thread here. My mom put me in a dress when I was 4 or 5 and all I knew was that it was SO good. Then I got into her closet whenever I could. (She wanted a daughter, but did not want that daughter to be me.) Now I'm 67 and love every minute I'm en femme (that's getting to be a lot of minutes! :battingeyelashes:)
I don't know if is hormone levels in the womb, maternal instincts or the alignment of the planets, but there is little doubt in my mind that my femme inclinations were there from the start -- just needed a little priming! I wonder if that's true for all of us?
I am 68. At about age 12 my mother dressed me as a gril for Haloween party. Loved it. At age 14 I developed breast an they grew until about 17. (Took a lot of verbal abuse over them.) Entered the Army an stayed 21 years, keep my feelings hidden all those years an did not really start Dressing until after my wife passed away. Live in small town USA so I do not get the chance to dress outside the Home very often. However, I underdress completely inside an out everyday. Slacks, jeans, Ts and sweaters. Began HRT about eight months ago an really love the development so far. Have a great day.
I started crossdressing when i was 14, and im now 20. Continuing trying to look more and more feminine :)
Probably started around 5 or6 with dress up play and am now 53. Been with me ever since and will be there till the daisies sprout.
I was about 9 when I found alot of enjoyment playing dressup with the older neighborhood girls. They let me wear their frilly little party dresses with petticoats and slips. By 11 I had moved up to wearing mother's panties, bras, girdles, slips, hose and heels. I have had peaks and valleys with dressing ever since (about 50 years) but find the urge to dress more demanding today than ever.
I'm 31, and I've been actively crossdressing since I was 13, though I can remember thinking about it for many years before that.
Crystal