There are people here who wonder where they fit in the list of "labels' that are frequently used to describe us. Often times they do not feel that they really fit into any of them.
For decades I have thought of myself as a crossdresser. It is true that I am a crossdresser in the sense that I wear clothes that are usually thought of as "belonging" to women.
However, the term "crossdresser" does not accurately describe me. Do you remember when you were young and playing with other children how you "pretended to be someone? Maybe it was a cowboy, cop, superhero, or maybe a dog. You knew that you really weren't this person or animal but you tried to act as if you were. I see myself as a "pretend woman". I know that I am not really a woman but I am pretending that I am!
Whenever I am en femme I do my best to look like a woman and act like a lady. In other words, I am pretending to be someone that, in reality, I am not. But, like the youngsters I referred to, I am enjoying myself immensely!