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I'm not sure if this counts, but when I was 7 or 8 there was a girl names Karen a few houses up from where we lived and she use to invite me up to play house. Yes there were tea parties and the such. I didn't dress then. The other neighborhood kids found out and the beatings begin. So it was a relatively short enjoyable period.
For me ive been dressing as long as I can remember my mom knew but kind of looked the other way my sister didnt like it because her bras were always missing lol I wasnt very good at being sneaky!
I started at about 7 with my sisters clothing, quickly moving up into my moms clothes. She always wore dresses, heels and pantyhose, so I had quite the selection to choose from. As I got older, I began hoarding away some of my moms stuff and dressing in it when ever I was home alone. The best memories though, were of when I was about 15, and my neighbors went away for vacation. They were from Panama, and would go back for 3 or 4 weeks at a time, and entrust me with the keys to the house to feed their cats and retrieve their mail. That was always fun as I always snooped around their closets and dressers. Always made sure to remember how everything was so I didn't lose that golden opportunity. Fast forward to my 20's, when I told my girlfriend (now wife) and have had my own clothes since then. I moved out at 20 with her, and had my own wardrobe, hers and her friends who were in on it. Now I only hide it so my kids don't discover it.
I'd have been about 12 when I started to borrow things from the girls in the house. As a child the only memory I have is of being sent out to play in the snow in my mother's boots because I didn't have anything suitable. It was embarrassing.
I started with my moms panties when i was 9-10 years old, then her pantyhose and heels came, then I discovered her dresses.
I always waited for my parents to leave the house, so I could dress.
I started when i was about 11 wearing my mom.s clothes (no sisters) but it took me until i was about 13 to fully dress ,makeup panties etc.i started buying my own clothes about 14 yrs of age .:)
When I was six or seven, the girls in my neighborhood basically told me to go away because i was not a girl like them. I'm using polite vocabulary.
Whatever girls did, I was profoundly jealous.
I used to dress in secret,with my mothers clothes.I'd wait for her to leave for work,then walk into her bedroom&open her closet
door&scan her dresses&skirts&blouses&decide which one I wanted to wear.I would open the drawer&take a fresh,unopened pkg
of pantyhose,put them on,then select a skirt,blouse&one of her blazers&then slide into one of her many pairs of heels&walk over
to her make-up table&put on one of her wigs&sit down&do makeup
I love to read about those of you whose mothers (sisters, other girls) encouraged you to dress as a kid. My mother did once, when I was 4 or 5. After that, I'd then sneak into her closet whenever I could. I think she knew, but never talked about it. I wish we had, because I would have loved to be the part-time daughter she always wanted.
No. Never dressed. Never had anyone dress me. 3 sisters but all were younger and their girl clothes would not have fit. Did not have interest or desire to crossdress. Mom never dressed up or wore makeup. No high heels or stocking around to spark interest. No youthful experiences to present curiosity. Maybe I would have crossdressed much younger if environment and exposure were different. I think I would have.
When I was around four, my mother was making a pleated fabric cover that matched our curtains for a large table lamp. It looked exactly like a skirt before she attached it to the shade. I remember taking off my shorts and pulling the fabric up to my waist like a skirt and looking at myself in the mirror. At around age 10, I started experimenting with discarded stockings and pantyhose. Many times, I'd wear hosiery under my clothes in middle school and high school. With no sisters, my "supply" of feminine clothes was limited to my mother's.
I dressed while in grade school wearing a girdle or tights to school.
I used to walk to the store an buy my own nylons.i thought i was the only person
In the world who wanted to dress as a gurl. Im a lot older now
And the feeling is still just as good if not better.
I so enjoyed reading about the experiences you all had as children. No one ever dressed me as a child nor did I have an opportunity to be in a play or have a role where i could dress. i did have the desire to cross dress at an early age. I can remember little girls in the first and second grade showing off their Mary Janes; i wanted to try them on so much!
Not as a child, but as a 'tween' & early teen.
My sister moved back home for a while to get back on her feet financially, when she and the parents were out I would dress up. She had a lot of nice and cute stuff: uniforms from her airline job, her wedding dress, ski pants & jacket... WHAT FUN!
-kristi
This was in the 70s and my mom had an incredible pair of gogo boots. I was 6 or 7 and loved putting them on. Its funny, my parents caught me and there is a picture of me wearing them with the biggest smile on my face (If only they knew). I was blessed to have 2 older sisters so when I was home alone, age 10 and older, I would play dress up sometimes. Other than the boots, no one has seen me dressed up.
50+ years later, I am coming to realize that I don't know. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to be like my mom. Ask me in another year. I'm sure I will have given it another few hundred hours thought.
Now, I can't wait to check the mail services to see if my new ballet slippers came in. Such a joy, I found "Sidekicks" brand in gold, purple and pink! Think of the possibilities!
By girls! :hugs: rrrrr
Didn't dress head to toe, but I would go through both my mom's and step mom's closets to wear all of the dresses they had when I was early teens. My desire to crossdress has always been with me, but I never acted on it until my teenage years.