When you find yourself wishing for or acting on the opportunity to dress, what were the cues you felt prior to that moment? How rapidly did it build and has it changed through time? Were you just walking along, minding your own business and suddenly something triggers you? Or was it a slow set of waves, imperceptible at first that slowly but steadily built into a tide that couldn't be ignored? Maybe it's something that's with you all the time, never going away and always demanding your attention, so that it's not a trigger item that gets you going, but only the opportunity.
What kinds of things trigger your dressing? Seeing a beautiful woman or an outfit that attracts your attention? The touch of a particular fabric? The scent of perfume? The scent of dish soap? Waking up in the morning or just a quiet moment when nothing else is jostling for your time and attention?
Over the years for me it's been all of the above at one time or another, often going several weeks without the thought. But now in my retirement years it seems to come more frequently and stays for longer periods. In the past a good session of dressing, maybe a day or two getting out would resolve the desire, but these days there are times dressing fails to resolve the feeling. Just waking up knowing I can dress when I want can itself create a strong attraction. This constant desire should go away eventually, at least every time I've felt this way in the past it has, but it's been particularly strong recently.
What is your experience? Do you have a hair trigger, long fuse or are you ready all the time regardless? What lights that fuse or pulls that trigger that gets you into a skirt and in front of the mirror applying your makeup?
