Wow, what an awesome woman!!! She was more surprised than I expected, but very accepting.
However, she is not ready to see me dressed. She is afraid that it will ruin her image of me as a man in a way that might impact our physical intimacy. I'm not willing to risk that.
Also, she doesn't want our two little boys to see me dressed. I'm not ready for that either.
She offered up a part of our walk in closet for my girl clothes without me even asking, and suggested that any time I wanted to dress after the boys were asleep I could have the master suite to myself to dress as much as I needed.
Not quite girlfriends, but much better than DADT. And, I feel like our marriage is much stronger than it was 2 hours ago. I hated not being open with her, and the fear of discovery or rejection was not health for me or our relationship.
Thanks so much, all of you, for the care and support on this forum that got me to the point I could do this.
Hugs,
Daphne