What did you struggled with when first dressing?

[Brandie.n]

What did you struggle with when you first dressed?Then one fine day you was doing it like normal forgotten you had to struggle with it?
Me first,my struggle was hosiery every time i put on tights or pantyhose I would twist the leg.I would have to take them on and off until I got it right.I could put on stockings and wind up twisting the leg lol. Today I was playing dress up and put on my hose and it hit me I got over that hump.I can put them on the right way now but,I don't remember when it clicked and started putting them on the right way..

[Tracii G]

Make up for sure.
I know lots about make up and how to apply it correctly now but I still mess up sometimes and get it all wrong.

[docrobbysherry]

My face!

I nearly quit dressing before I'd really gotten into it. A hot, young woman's shape with the face of a homely old man!

Then, Halloween came and I tried on a female mask!

[Lana Mae]

Definitely eye make up! I even had instruction and can't get it straight!
My being naive about all this until I was 65! Yes I realized much of it but did not apply it to myself! Oh, yes it is me alright! LOL
The decision to start HRT!
Seriously!
Hugs Lana Mae

[Taylor186]

• Finding time to dress without discovery while deeply in the closet.
• Finding a safe, non-obvious, hiding place for my things.

[JuliaGirl]

• Finding time to dress without discovery while deeply in the closet.
• Finding a safe, non-obvious, hiding place for my things.

OMG, this.

[Jean 103]

Self acceptance and guilt.

I still remember as it wasn't that long ago.

As far as dressing it would be false eyelashes. I still have problems. Lucky my lashes are ok so I just use mascara.

[Helen_Highwater]

Brandie,

Shoes, trying to squeeze my size 9's into my GF's size 6's.

Makeup as Tracii says was always an issue. It wasn't until I had a foundation match that I realised I'd been using one too light and so veered more towards a clown face.

Now thankfully I've learned to put on a workable face and in about the same time it'd take the average GG. Still can't get to grips with liquid eye liner though.

[Sarah Handy]

Walking in heels and still struggle.

[Bobbi46]

Lipstick! when was too much too much! now I put my lippy on and then close my lips over tissue until the surplus has come off then there is no problem with cups and so forth

[alwayshave]

For me, it was then and still now, eye makeup.

[Angela Marie]

I agree with Jean. Self acceptance and guilt; which I am still plagued with from time to time. As for the other issues; as many have stated makeup. It is an art form; which I still struggle to master.

[EyoN]

I reckon many, including myself, struggled with make ups (and especially eye make-ups).

However, I personally also found it difficult to conceal wide shoulders and chest, as well as low waistline, and it really comes to picking the right cloths. Even if the cloth is just the right length, it is almost always too tight somewhere.

[BTWimRobin]

So far I'm struggling with everything:
- with my own acceptance
- coming out to my wife
- going shopping
- figuring out what size I am
- creating my look
- dry time of nail polish
- finding shoes that fit
- and I haven't tried makeup yet

The only thing I haven't struggled with is walking in heels. It feels so natural.

Whether I am struggling or not I am enjoying my journey.

[melaniethecd]

This reminds me of how awkward something as simple as putting a bra on used to be. Lining up the clasps, making sure the shoulder straps aren't twisted, etc. Slipping my arms in and hooking it behind my back is second nature now.

[Karmen]

Mostly makeup, but walking in heels and buying female clothes or shoes was also a challenge at first.

[mbmeen12]

That I was initially a sexual delinquent and was far from the normal. After a while, I realised it was the vanilla world that was in denial of their true selves.

As to the dressing, the epiphany on why I cant hook a bra from the back.... large man arms dont stretch like a nat gg.

[Madilyn A.]

False eyelashes, getting my wigs just right, finding heels in my size, and sufficient time to dress and enjoy myself .

[shellybme]

False eyelashes, getting my wigs just right, finding heels in my size, and sufficient time to dress and enjoy myself .

ditto! The struggle lol

[GretchenM]

Guilt about doing something I "knew" was wrong but couldn't help myself or stop. It was a deep internal drive and it scared the crap out of me. Did it anyway. I was only 7 years old, that was 1952. And I suffered the consequences when I got caught. Drove me into a very deep closet for 60 years. Now, no guilt - it is a part of who I am, warts and all.

[gailprice]

Yes, make up for me. Eyes were the worst.

xx

[BrendaPDX]

Makeup, then and still now.

[Davina Katherine]

Makeup; eyes (hooded) and lips (thin). And self-acceptance.

[Sabrina133]

Like many here - self loathing and questioning by sexuality and gender. It took many years to come to accept myself for who i am.

In terms of dressing itself - make up. It took lots a time and experimentation. It wasn't until i met a drag queen who spent time teaching me the art of make up that i got good at it.

[crissy7]

clothes never a problem.makeup used to be ,but not so much now.