Those who are in the closet or not out to their SO's have you had any close calls where you almost got caught? I would also like to hear some stories from people who did get caught. Can we steer away from discussions about whether or not one should tell or when one should tell as that is a whole other discussion.
In my case at the start of my journey i was almost caught by my wife with the very first items of clothing I ever bought for myself. I had been away on a longish business trip overseas and had bought my first items of female clothing. I placed these just below the surface covered with some presents for the kids. My plane had landed very early and I got home around 6am. Being a very regular traveller those days, my routine was very similar and any early returns found me in a quiet sleeping house for at least an hour, more than enough time to slip my pretty new purchases into a bag and hide it safely.
Enter house quietly, open suitcase in lounge room, remove presents hiding my purchases.. about to collect up Becky's new clothes and I hear "hi I woke up" I have never gotten such a huge fright in my life, my heart stopped beating and time seemed to freeze, panic set in and operating on instincts alone I slammed the suitcase shut and shouted "don't look you will ruin your present". She said "wow it must be some present, looking forward to seeing it later" and went back to bed. Going in my favour was the fact that my mrs is blind without her glasses and even though she was looking right at my clothes she would only have seen a blur of colour.
Looking back now I had taken a massive chance and had she had her glasses on or had I not come up with such a quick and effective response it could have been a disaster. Finding out your husband has bought himself 3 dresses is not going to be well received. The positive to come from it was that I no longer take any chances and I am extremely careful these days.