Lately I've noticed that I'm not hiding the fact that I am a crossdresser as much as I used to. Does this make me braver or that the older I get the less I care what others think?
At one time I would be nervous when I wore panties out in public, but now I wear them 24/7 for the past 3 or 4 years. I get yearly check ups and I used to always wear my men's underwear when I went to see the doctor. This year I wore a pair of panties and I wasn't nervous or anything when the doctor asked me to drop my pants and underwear so he could do the prostate exam. I pulled both down at the same time and pulled them both up at the same time. True my panties didn't scream girly, they were a nice boy short made of nylon/spandex.
I've been wearing a bra out in public more often. At one time I would only do it when it was really cold and I could wear a heavy coat and keep it zipped up most of the time while inside. Now I will wear a bra while wearing a lighter jacket and not worry about if it is zipped up.
When I do our weekly shopping I almost always wear women's jeans and sometimes more. I have even worn my women's boots. I have a pair of women's tennis shoes but not quite ready to wear them out in public.
I have gone out for a drive while fully dressed, but I don't wear make-up or wigs. I went outside of town and got out of my car and even took a couple selfies. Plus I did take several other selfies while I was inside of the car.
I wear women's jeans on the weekends out in public and I don't even think twice about it. I have even attended family functions while wearing women's jeans. One day I even went over to my daughter's house wearing my women's boots. I didn't realize her boyfriend was there until I got there, and of course my daughter made a comment shortly after I got there. I did have to run back home to get some tools, so I did change back into my men's tennis shoes. Yes my daughter knows about me, but I have not fully dressed in front of her.
My wife had a doctor's appointment in Omaha and everything I wore was women's clothing. I wore panties, thigh high stockings, women's jeans, women's shirt and my women's boots. True everything looked gender neutral except my boots unless you looked closely. And my boots were under my jeans and there is almost no heel so unless someone looked down they couldn't notice.
While dressed at home I used to hurry as I passed windows, to make sure no one could see me. Now I will do the dishes in plain sight of the neighbors if they looked. Our kitchen window faces our neighbor's house and the only thing that separates us is a double wide driveway. Our driveways touch each other and so it can't be much more than 20 feet between our houses. Also I have gone out on our front porch in plain sight of neighbors and anyone driving by our house.
I am not ready to go out in public fully dressed as a woman but I am slowly wearing more and more women's clothing out in public and caring what others think.
So am I braver or just not caring what others think? I really don't know and it really doesn't matter why either.