Does it matter how we dress in our own homes?

[Bobbi46]

The other day as so many other days it was another roasting day and even indoors it was so hot to this very end that I was dressed in just a bra, forms and matching panties trying to keep cool when lo and behold there was a loud knocking on my front door, the nearest and quickest thing to grab was a longish tee shirt which just covered up the top of my panties, I also noticed through the frosted glass that it was one of my neighbours who has seen me from a distance dressed but not close up but knowing who it was i opened the door to find my nearest neighbour with an ice cream box full of fresh picked cherries from his garden.
There was no change of expression on his face from start to finish we had a little chat, I thanked him profusely for the fruit and off he went. Which goes to show that if the nearest and closest are approached in the right way how we dress is up to us, without offending of course which i made sure I did not and after that acceptance is sure to follow because if on telling one can tell that someone does not agree then it is impolite to push the boat out too far, but where I live just about everybody knows about me and accepts me for what I am.

[Carole]

Haha Bobbi you got his cherry but saved your own eh??????

[Bobbi46]

Carole, my time will come!! Lol but seriously this current happening just boosts my confidence, as you say my cherry is safe for now??

[CDYoga]

If I am dressed and someone is at the door I just don't answer it, but in the event it was someone that knew about my dressing I would just answer the door. However, if it was unavoidable to opening the door I would probably just get changed.

[abby054]

The ability to do as we please in the privacy of our own homes is a cherished right in the US. The concept is the stated legal basis of the Fourth Amendment to the US constitution, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects..." The Founders then went on to limit the government's authority to search, even if it costs them the opportunity to find evidence of illegal activity. Crossdressing is no longer illegal here, but preserving the privacy of what we do in our own homes was important enough to clearly state then and it is important now.

[Beverley Sims]

It does if we have a problem with our spouses.

Me I am lucky, I dress how I like.

[Tracii G]

Nothing happened well what about that?
I have to ask if it was that hot why did you have a bra on anyway?

[JeanTG]

It does if we have a problem with our spouses.

Bingo, my wife DOES care how I dress at home, and she makes it plain she hates it even if she's not home. Ours is a hostile DADT situation.

I hear ya, OP, on the hot weather. Same thing here right now but I'm drying a different approach, a nice cool linen dress, but commando underneath (no bra, no panties). It's very comfy, better than bra and panties alone I think, due to the loose fit, and well-aerated nether-lands!

[Stephanie47]

What you wear or not wear at home is your business. Or, at least considering those also stuck with you behind the closed doors. I think common decency comes into play. A woman is not going to answer the front door wearing only panties and a bra unless she is an exhibitionists or trying to lure the UPS driver into her den of inequity.

This sort of reminds me of a neighbor who sunned herself on the front lawn wearing a bikini swim suit and unfastening her bra band to eliminate tan lines. But, if she was running around the house in a bra and panty she yelled at her husband to pull the front blinds. If you wanted to peer into their front window you'd have to be on stilts. My wife is the same way. Our front window is seventy feet from the curb, no sidewalks, and two big trees on the front lawn. Impossible to see in at all, but, modesty prevails as she yells at my to "close the drapes!"

If you're a man who enjoys wearing women's clothing, then at least keep yourself decent and modest.

[Jaylyn]

It doesn't matter how you dress in your own home but don't answer the door unless you want who's knocking to see you.

[rhonda]

Guess all you needed was a pair shorts handy

[docrobbysherry]

If you're going to answer your door dressed? U don't care if you're outed!

I don't have a close relationship with my neighbors. They don't bring me cherries and I don't bother them. As a CD, I have no interest in giving them something to gossip about!

[Tracy Irving]

I am far less likely to cool off by putting on a bra than taking one off. Just saying...

[biancabellelover]

I have a dressing gown ready in case of callers.

Michelle.

[lingerieLiz]

One time when I moved the neighbor came buy while I had the doors open. He walked in and saw me fully dressed. Never said a word about it.

[Patience]

Guess all you needed was a pair shorts handy

Or a bathrobe.

How you dress at home is your business. No one else needs to know, imo.

Xox,

Tina

[alwayshave]

When home alone, so rare due to my step daughter, I just wear a long nightgown and just lounge.

[Rachelakld]

So long as your not bare I wouldn't care.

[Bobbi46]

Jessica,
The same could be applied to me, not only am I out to my hamlet where I live (11 neighbours) but also my local town council all know add to this the post ladies and men who in turn come from a sorting office i guess there must be a whole pile of people that know of me and despite this there has been no fall out from it or loss of friends.
abby,
I could not agree with you more, regarding inside our home as one friend who i told said to me " what you do in your home is your business, what you tell me stays with me" and that turned out to be true he did not use my information as a useful bit of tittle tat to pass on to all and sundry.
Daisy,
Thank you for that i guess I am lucky to have the situation that i have in that I do not need to hide behind my front door a at all.

I do not and have not ever " flaunted it" to put it one way but on the other hand after gaining a certain degree of confidence I now have no qualms in answering the door dressed, so many people know of me that it does not matter any more.

[Bobbi46]

Tracii G
I like to feel feminine every day without a bra and forms my day would have had no meaning to it at all. In fact I am more comfortable en femme than at any other time.
Jaylin,
Everybody round where I live knows I dress, so one day is very much like the rest and as neighbours know and have seen me dressed there seems no need to hide my persona behind a closed door any more
Rhonda,
There somehow seemed no need for shorts and due to the length of the tee shirt nothing could be seen as well.
Sherry,
You miss my drift a bit, I was relating acceptance to be seeing dressed from afar as to be seen close up, as for gossip there is no such thing going on round here, all in my hamlet know of my dressing and all of them accept me for what I am. it was a happening that passed just like any other.
Rachelakid,
You echo my thoughts exactly, for sure no way would I answer the door naked! but dressed as I was and suitably covered I was happy to answer the door, if it had not been hot I would have been fully dressed, wig and all and still I would have answered the door.

[Teresa]

Bobbi,
You'll have to get yourself one of those spicy aprons at least from the front all would have been covered up !

You've just reminded me of something that happened a couple of days ago , I was in my bra and pants and had just finished putting on my makeup when the doorbell rang . OK so what was the easiest thing to slip on well a male shirt and trousers , I managed to do one button up on the shirt so there was quite a bit of bra showing with my forms in . I answered the door to find the guy from across the road had come to tell me when he could plaster my bedroom wall , as you know he knows about me but that's the closest he's been, I apologised saying he had caught me in an in between state , full make , obvious boobs no wig , not a pretty sight !

[Bobbi46]

Teresa, Where was your dressing gown? might that have been quicker or would that have been too much of a give away?

[Teresa]

Bobbi,
I have two women's style , a black satin and lace one a silk floral one both hanging behind my bedroom door so they weren't the first item to hand .

[Bobbi46]

Stephanie. I considered myself to be decent and also covered! I did not open the door in just bra and panties I covered up with a longish tee shirt, in any case I was not displaying anything sordid or unsightly or ,showing anything I should not be showing, I think I was at least covered up sufficiently considering the heat of the day. The point I made was that the whole incident reflected the acceptance of people in general and at the same time not be an exhibitionist, which of course I am not, as I hold the whole ethos of our community close to my heart.

[QueenJeanette]

There's no greater feeling being able to wear clothing you desire. It's summer in Connecticut. For the past 2 weeks most of the day when I'm home inside the house or on the back deck I'm in lace panties and a tee-shirt. Pink Panties and a white tee or black panties and pink tee. The boy shorts are nice but yesterday I pick up some lace thongs that are nice too. I've been wearing those all day. When I'm in the garden or in the yard I put on some Jean short shorts or leggings. In the pool I'm naked all the time. I have a tall fence.