Every boy does it?

[danisin]

In my case it was shoes, skirts and dresses. SOmetimes tights, pantyhose and stockings. Not so much pantys and bras

[Michaela42]

Well my first and favorite items were shoes, the higher and narrower the heels the better! I then moved on to dresses and other outer clothes. The only time I tried on any panties or pantyhose was when . . . well . . . when they were either in the trash (the pantyhose) or . . . ready for the wash. Gross, yes I know, but I was worried about soiling them so . . .

As for the study I remember my high school health teacher (also the boys track and basketball coach) asking the boys in the class if they had every tried on their mother's/sister's high heels (we were discussing the ways that women damage their bodies for beauty, specifically pointed toed shoes). A surprising number of hands went up, well over half of the boy if I remember correctly. For a moment I was elated that I was not the only boy to have ever tried on his mother's high heels; but that was quickly snuffed out when the coach continued on to say something to the effect of "now I mean only to just try them on to see what they feel like. If you are wearing them for any length of time then you are a freak."

. . . and people wondered why I hated high school so much?

[jenna_woods]

I can only speak for my self but what I can remember is trying on skirts, and playing with my sisters panties, never got to really dressing until I turned 50, and haven't stoped since,

[Anneliese]

Being as I had no sisters, I only had Mom's stuff to try on. I was very into her nylon stockings (when they were thrown away...this was before pantyhose) and high-heels (when she wasn't around).

The first time I ever tried on panties was when I was seventeen and in love with my first real girlfriend (to this day, the only woman I ever felt "True Love" for...my ex-wife was beautiful and ridiculously incredible and insatiable in bed, but, in hindsight, this was the only reason we were ever together).

Amy was in school (I was on vacation and staying in her house...yes...since this was a long-distance romance, her parents let me stay in their rec room) and everyone else was gone, I saw a pair of panties in her dresser, and decided I liked them...a lot. I just tried them on, felt enraptured, and quickly put them back.

I didn't wear any more until I went through my first CD "phase" around 2002.

However, my entire childhood I would play around by singing soprano and doing female impersonations, without dressing up, of course.

My youngest brother is a meat and potatoes redneck, but for several Halloweens he dressed up as half-man, half-woman...divided right down the middle, and was rather impressive. When he did that stuff, he wasn't nearly as...conservative...as he is now. I don't think he'd admit to his current group of friends he ever dressed up.

[sissystephanie]

I first tried on a pair of panties at age 6 or 7! That was over 70 yearts ago, and I have been dressing (on and off) ever since then except for my 4 years in the military. I dress only for the pleasure of wearing feminine clothing. I have never done it solely for sex, although my late wife used to like me to dress on occasion for that particular reason!! I did stop completely some years ago, and only started again because me late wife wanted me to. I do know one can actually stop, if the real desire is there!! I did it!!

I am not sure that I agree that every boy does try it at some time, but then I am not a professional therapist! I have been to several over the years, but never heard that particular theme.

[Barbara Dugan]

I never did it as a child, but I l always felt diferent than the other boys

[Melinda Lou]

I don't know that "every boy does it", but I'm sure far more do than I ever would have thought when I was a kid. I count myself among those who were put in panties at a young age for reasons of parental necessity (wet pants, etc.--I think I was muddy from head to toe), and when puberty hit and I found myself in the basement trying on my mom's discarded things, or sneaking a pair of panties out of a cousin's or neighbor girl's top drawer, I was convinced I was the only one. I think this is why I developed a sense that this was my own private pleasure, and why I still mostly underdress and have never felt a need to go out dressed. (I really enjoy knowing I'm wearing panties, but no one else needs to know.) Only much later did I realize that I was far from alone in my CDing, and that my initial experience wasn't even unique. And that's just from what I've read on this board--for each of us who post, there must be many (Hundreds? Thousands?) who can't or won't. So "every" boy? Probably not, but a sizeable proportion? Absolutely.

[freeindress]

I wore girly panties once as a single child in preschool, just because mom had been keeping a friend's daughter for some time and had some of her spare panties. Unfortunately I was not old enough to understand this privilege and enjoy it, but I was caught by the teacher then I boldly replied it does not matter. Much later in college, I allowed myself to listen to my lust after seeing a male classmate browsing the womens underwear pages of a clothing catalog, then ordered my first womens sexy sportwear two years later, it was a matching set of hot pants and sports bra that I eventually dared to wear when rollerskating in Paris.
I also watched two kids playing around some bags of recycled clothes in a small alternative gathering like rainbow family. The girl rejected a bra, saying she did not have breasts yet, and wore an oversized male suit, but the boy put the bra over his t-shirt, stuffed it up to C cup size and proudly walked around the group.

[charlie]

Hello Elizabeth!
I don't know whether my other friends all did, but I loved wearing my mother's and sister's panties and nightgowns. In later discussions with friends (who do not crossdress now), some said that they did wear their female relatives garments and others said never. My fascination with wearing girls things waned when I was 15. I did not dress until I was 35. Then 3 three years later I did not dress until I was 55. CD is not a continuum for me, but a very strong urge when it is present.

[Air-ka]

if it's any consolation, I started out wanting to wear girls clothes but wound up in the adult/baby scene and wearing diapers and frilly diaper covers prior to ever putting on panties and a dress. But that's way behind me and I'm totally TG now. I really think that period in my life was about experimentation.. and had there been womens clothes that I could have gotten into sooner... maybe the road would have been much different. I don't regret it and my wife shared that with me too.. so it's just a point of reference that I FOUND my female self later in life.

Ok I've reread this twice prior to posting.. it's probably utterly useless and makes no point either way..

[AKAMichelle]

My guess would be that the therapist is right. Most boys don't. they are more interested in getting the panties off the girl than wearing them.

[MrKunk]

I have always thought of myself as a "late onset crossdresser."
I was surprised when she disagreed with me. Sure, all boys have a fascination with lingerie, she said, but not many put them on.

I will take this one step further, most of us had female family members that we got into their clothing, whither it was sisters or other girls in the family.

[Anneliese]

Maybe it's a sign when every woman has been more interested in getting my pants off than I have in getting theirs off. Literally EVERY woman I've ever been with has been hornier than I am.

[Miley]

I have studied psychology and while there are many things that are 'scientifically understood' and helpful, there is also huge dissention and disagreement in this field. I personally would not take what was said as absolute and true, especially in regards to this subject.

[tammygirl79]

Your therapist's answer surprises me!!! Of course I was trying on my moms panties when I was a teenager....I'm sure that comes as no surprise. But I have always heard from various documenteries on sexuall behavior that it was common for boys to do this at one point in time in their childhood. So your therapist's answer counterdicts all the other theories I have heard and read on this issue.

[Katie Ellen]

Sears catalog. That brings back memories.

Actually, panties ended up being one of the last things I wore.

At about age ten, I was fascinated by lipstick. I had a younger female teacher and couldn't take my eyes off her lips. That year in the Christmas play, they wanted all the kids in the choir to have lipstick put on. I didn't fight a bit and really loved it. My dad was shocked that I let them do it. I remember him saying beforehand that there was no way I'd let them put it on me!.

Soon after, I tried on my moms strapless bra and a halter top. It felt so satisfying and right. For me, I liked projecting a female image in the mirror. How I looked made me feel good.

Later I tried pantyhose, but actual panties didn't come until much later.

[Vicki-Z]

I can't really talk about what is normal for a boy growing up. As far back as I can remember I wanted to be a girl and would play with my mom's lingerie. From about 12 onwards I would sneak a couple pairs of my mom's panties to wear to school and at home many days. From 14 onwards I was buying my own lingerie. I had three pairs of panties, two bras, two pairs of pantyhose, two pairs of tights, one leotard and one baby dolls set to wear. Yes I bought them myself. It was very embarressing the first couple times but seem very natural to me since I really wanted to be a girl. I keep my stuff hidden away. It was never a sexual thing for me it just felt normal.

Vicki

[CharlotteW]

Without going into too much detail, I'm tempted to agree that many boys have either tried feminine underwear or at least thought about it.

[charlie]

Hello Liz!
A few of my friends know that I dress. So when talking about it I asked these men (people who say they are not CD) if they ever experimented with wearing woman's clothes. Their answer was that most had. Most as young boys used to wear their cousins, sisters or Moms clothes. One guy said he wore his girlfriends clothes when he was in college. Five people is a small sample to be sure, but it points to a conclusion.

[Lacyfem]

I loved wearing panties starting at nine with Mom's and throughout my teenage years I wore most of my friends mom's panties and sisters panties too.....

[cindycd]

I have always thought of myself as a "late onset crossdresser." I never seriously dressed as a woman until my 50's. Moreover, I never had any desire to do so until then.

Recently, however, I told my therapist (who is not a CD specialist. I went for depression) that I had the "usual boyhood fascination with women's underwear." I jokingly said that it was a sexual fetish brought on by my only source of pornography: the Sears and Roebuck catalog. I would occasionally put on panties, but that was it. Bras were Terra Incognita.

I was surprised when she disagreed with me. Sure, all boys have a fascination with lingerie, she said, but not many put them on.

Now I know this is exactly the opposite group to poll on this, but I don't really want to go around to all my male buddies asking if they ever wore panties as a boy. So I am asking you all if my therapist is correct. I really, honestly thought that this was a typical thing for boys to do with the bathroom door locked. It felt like it had nothing to do with me and everything to do with females.

I have a bad premonition about the answers I am going to get, but please remember that I am not asking about you or your motivation, but whether you thought, or had any evidence that most boys played with panties from time to time.

Thanks,
Liz

I know I started at around six. Loved panties, nighties, and anything else my friend's sister would let me try on. She let me try on pretty much every piece of clothing she owned and to this day I love her for it. She is no longer walking around but I wouldn't have missed that experiance for anything in the world. I know this sound's crazy because alot of people sit around and say how much dressing like a girl has ruined there life, but I think it has given me an insite into the women I have known and loved over my life.

[anonymousinmaryland]

I started borrowing girdles and lingerie around age 12. I started wearing bras around age 30. Only I didn't have to borrow my bras; my wife started buying them for me. My wife buys my lingerie and is very good about it. I'm lucky to have her.

[latitude45]

I was 12 when I first found a pair of my mother's panties in the bathroom and realized I like the feel of the material! It didn't take long before I had them on. Of course they didn't fit very well, but at the time it didn't matter. For the first time I felt I was actually wearing something I liked!

I have no sisters so I had to survive on my mother panties until I learned how to order from the sears catalog! I'm sure the lady in the store wondered why this sixteen year old boy was picking up a package of panties at the catalog desk, but back then it was easy to say "my mother sent me!"!

I've had my own ever since.

I haven't talked to many "manly men" about this but I'm sure they will deny it - but sometimes "I doth think he protests too much!" if you know what I mean!!!

[Loni]

i would put my money on the fact that most boys tried on something between 10 and 15 years of age.

some never again,

some for a sex thing with a girl,

some will again for the love of the clothing,

others just cause it feels right.

others make it right.

and there are sure to be in betweens.


me cause it has always felt right.

at a young age i could fit into my sisters clothing with no problem.
now i have my own, and in some cases better than what she has.

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