No, I don't have a lot of money. Rich doesn't necessarily apply to money. It can mean an abundance of anything, as in "that's a really rich cake".
When I say I'm rich, I'm thinking about what I have in my life, because I have something that a lot of people don't have, and never will. I'm referring of course to the myriad pleasures and emotions I have from being a CD.
Years ago, like most of the general public, I thought it was strange and was wracked with guilt about my secret. But as the years have passed, I have been through realisation and acceptance of what I am, to the point where I can say "I love being a CD". I do. It's great!
It's an aspect of my life that gives me something that only a small minority of people will experience and understand. The rest of the world will never know what it's like because they don't have what I have (or we, the members of this forum, have).
I can't define or describe what that is, but I am so glad that I have it, because I know I get pleasure, peace, calm, excitement and probably loads of other emotions from it. I have no guilt or misgivings about it because I know it is me and my gift.
I don't believe in god or anything like that, so I would not say that it's a gift from god.
I don't know what neural connections in my brain compel me to do dress in female attire, but whatever caused those connections to happen, I am so glad it happened.
So that's why I consider myself to be rich. I have a whole aspect to my life that I love, which I know so many people will never come close to having. And instead of having shame or guilty feelings about myself, I kind of have pity for those millions of individuals who will never be as rich as me.
So anybody out there who is new to CDing and is a little confused about why they enjoy something that society has programmed them to believe is wrong, just accept it, embrace it, and love yourself for it. Just be careful out there, because many of the "poor" people don't get it and can hit you hard.
