Well, the story has a new twist. The wife and I had an agreement about my dressing. She is a tolerant woman and preferred I dressed while nobody was home. This worked out well while I had the time, that is until recently when the kids graduated, my mother in law moved in with us, and it just went down hill time wise since then. I recently found out my daughter in law knows, I know everyone in my house knows. None are comfortable with me dressing, so dressing is a rare thing for me now. So, now to the point, I've decided to revisit the issue with my wife. We are currently discussing me going out and dressing. (This is where circumstance actually helped me out!) I have a very dear friend who's hubby recently came out to her and I now have a close to home option to dress! My wife and I have had a discussion about this and she seemed to be kind of ok with it. I'm hopeful future conversations will go as well as the first! But, I'm nervous. Being in the closet my entire life and not really trusting anyone with this, now I want to go out, be with people. Is there an easier way to shut my nerves up? Or is it just a go and do it thing? Many other things run through my mind, but I wanted to write this all down and tell people. Wish me luck!