What has Crossdressers.com done for you?

[Barb Valentine]

What has Crossdressers.com done for you?
I like would like to know what Crossdressers.com has done or not done for you
Please let me start
About two months ago before I found this site I thought I was alone, with nobody to talk to, nobody to listen
Then I found Crossdressers.com, I look around for a while (about 10 minutes) before I join, Right from day one I felt welcomed, all help ,advice and the support was unbelievable .
Finely a place I could talk openly about my crossdressing
I may be still in the closet but boy do I fell good about myself for once in my life
Hugs
Barb

[Faye Emmette]

I have become used to being alone, and here, I am with friends.
I feel closer to letting the world know that I am sometimes two people.
I have been able to show off myself to friends here and see and admire other friends.
I am always happy here.
Oh, there is so much to say and this'll get long and boring so I'll just say, I feel good being here.
XXX
F.

[Rachel Morley]

This website has shown me that there is a multitude of different types of crossdressers all dressing in their own styles, and it's going on all over the world!

As far as personally affecting my life is concerned, this site has encouraged me (and my wife) to peruse my "gender variables" and explore what it is to be a feminized male, and also totally en femme, both inside and outside of the house. Since joining this forum, I've made friends, exchanged ideas, joined Tri-Ess, and truly experienced what it's like to be out in the big wide world en femme.

I don't honestly think I would have been able to make the "leap of faith" to go out en femme in busy public places without first reading about all of the experiences that my sisters have shared with everyone on this forum. My life has forever changed because of this place. Long may it continue!

[natasha]

If this sight has done anything it has proven to me that I am not alone and that the thoughts and desires I've hidden away for years are not all that uncommon. Additionally, it has given me the courage to further discover what is really inside and that what I portray during the day is really just that..... a portrayal of what society says I am supposed to be. 0.02

[nikisbest]

I was visiting another forum before this one, so I had already seen that I wasn't alone. I would have to say the one thing that this site has done for me is let me hear the "SO" side. I like to hear about all the things that the other CD's go thru and accomplish on a daily basis, but the one thing that I really love to hear are the SO's telling their side of the story. Some of us can be a little selfish and get caught up in our desire to buy everything in the store and forget what our better halves think. Hearing their side helps me understand and know just how lucky I am to have a loving and devoted wife.
Niki

[TGMarla]

Whereas crossdressing in the past has caused me great angst, confusion, and unhappiness, today it has resulted in open-mindedness, a greater understanding of feminine values, and a more well-rounded state of being. I wouldn't have it any other way.

This site has helped me along to a state of self-acceptance that I really didn't have prior to finding it and joining it. Thanks, everyone! We sure are a great little community! Thanks to all of you and this site, I like me (as a crossdresser) more and more all the time.

[steffie39]

Hi,

It's comforting that there are so many of us out there. This forum, being so large, drove this point home to me. I've also had the pleasure of meeting some nice girls from this forum and all have been positive experiences. Being a member of this forum provides a sense of belonging, I think, and makes me feel good that I am a crossdresser (I used to feel guilty about it before I discovered there are others out there like me). Thanks to all you girls!

Steffie

[Edwina]

I love reading all everyone has to say.
Trouble is that I cannot keep up in the limmited time I can afford to be on line. (our phone service sucks and is rated 2nd most expensive in the world for local calls)
So I guess I can say it has made me realize I need to go broadband.
Love
Edwina

[Kristen Kelly]

First and formost I met and made friends with some beautiful people from here. I wasn't new to crossdressing when I joined but any group I looked at was loaded with porn (to each their own in its own time). Here I can get questions answered, get a few laughs, learn about the diversity of people that dress and their experiences, troubles and solutions. This site has brought a little sanity into was was a perplexed life I lead. We might be different from the considered norm but we are not alone and here we can share that.

[Jodie_Lynn]

Crossdressers.com has given Jodie-Lynn a home....... I have gone on other sites as Jodie, but it always felt as if I were deceiving people. Here, we all (or mostly all) wear a mask that separates our two halves from the everyday world. And I am accepted as one of you, a greater community than I thought existed.

A place where she can be herself, and feel at ease among friends. It has also given me hope, inspiration, and courage. It has brought me in touch with many, many fine people of all genders and persuasions. many of whom I would dearly love to meet, and many who I would call "friend".

It has also taught me about myself, and my orientation as well as more practical matters regarding our lifestyle.

And now, it is making me cry just thinking of how special this place is to me.

[Theresa9]

Like a lot of you have said we don't feel so alone anymore. Here there is acceptance, support and validation. It is OK that we have these feelings of wanting to wear womens clothes and we aren't crazy or weird. There is lots of useful information about all aspects of being a CD.
I just joined a few days ago but I feel right at home when I read other peoples stories that sound very much like me.

[Wenda]

I love reading all everyone has to say.
Trouble is that I cannot keep up in the limmited time I can afford to be on line. (our phone service sucks and is rated 2nd most expensive in the world for local calls)
So I guess I can say it has made me realize I need to go broadband.
Love
Edwina

I have been to SA, magnificent country, unbelieveable history, incredible challenges. Capetown is the closest thing I have found to San Francisco anywhere I have been.
To the topic: this site is Wenda's world. She doesn't really live anywhere else. It is a great community, opinionated, scarcastic, honest and supportive. I have occassionally for a week without visiting, but normally check in at least once a day. The girls here are my community, my colleagues, friends.

[RenaCD]

Almost impossible to put in to words what this wonderful group of Sisters, SO, and Staff has brought to my life.
First off Its brought me so much closer to my wife and life partner and shown me that I'm not alone, but in the company of wonderful folks that care deeply as a family does.
I have found friends all over the world with the same Dreams and Good Thoughts for each other.
This board in the short time I've been here has been a shining light of hope and humanity for me and mine.
I Thank All that make it possible and pray it continues for a very long time to come.

Thank So Very Much RenaCD
And Thank You Barb

[jillinla]

safe place

and friends

[ReginaK]

It's given me a few tips here and there. Plus it's a new place to burn time and get in a few laughs.

[Dana]

A margin of self-acceptance ~ its a daily thing!

Peace of mind!

To quit being so damn hard on myself!

To quit beating myself up over being a crossdresser!

To quit tormenting myself over being a crossdresser!

Peace of mind!

The knowledge that I'm not the only one!

The knowledge that "I OK ~ You're OK! We're OK!"

That its not such a horrible, and horrific thing afterall!

Leteting go of the guilt and shame ~ mostly self induced from my divorce.

Better to be me and alone ~ than trying to be something I can't be, ~ am not, and married!

That you can't go wroing by yourself!

That if it came right down to it ~ I'd rather be a girl than have a girl.

That my being a crossdresser isn't so much my problem as it is so called "normal" people's problem, hang~ups, and phobias.

That men and women are really more alike ~ than dis-alike.

That most of this "For Girls/Women" and "For Boys/Men" is really nothing more than 5th Ave. marketing, and some SOB trying to make a buck off of you!

Life is too short to live it for someone else!

Life is too short trying to kill yourself trying to live up to someone else' expectations of who, what you are.

I don't have to prove nor validate spit! Let alone my masculinity!

You've got a problem with it ~ then that's what it is! Your problem!

You can't go wroing with aspiring to be like, understand, comprehened, dress like, half of the other people populating the planet.

Women have a lot to learn from men, men have a lot to learn from women.

Just because I'm wearing a dress ~ doesn't mean I still can't kick your azz!

I've grown mentally, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually!

90% of life is just showing up!

10% of life is what happens to you ~ 90% is what you do about it!

Owning up to and owning what you are ~ and who you are!

Being accountable to yourself!

Self acceptance!

Not copping out!

Not backing down! Just because you're different!

[Eugenie]

I wish I'd never came across that forum I'm now totally addicted... :cheeky:

I was jocking, of course. This is the greatest place I've found for discussing our feminine side. I have been on several ones but none came even close to the quality of this one. Thanks to the webmistresses and web designers.

Congratulations also to the participants for the high quality of the discussions.

That quality of content has given me lots of information on the extreme diversity of our population. The contributions of GGs is fabulous. All this gave me the freedom to express myself much more openly, including pics that I was always afraid to send on other group boards.

Love from France

Eugenie

[KerriAnn]

I had been lurking on the sidelines, undecided whether or not wanting to sign up, but in the end I decided to take the plunge and let my voice be heard too.

For me, finding this site has helped me validate what I have been doing since early childhood is not some freakish and perverted thing that I have had impressed upon me by my parents. I had a tough time about it with my parents when they discovered my CDing.

It has given me hope that there are GGs out there that are accepting of what we do. Perhaps maybe I would be lucky enough one day to meet a GG that is open minded enough to accept what I do too.

Posts from members on this site have helped encourage me to venture out and face my fem shopping demons. Not to mention all those little tips on dressing as well.

Thank you to all those forum members with words of support and help in rebuilding my confidence and encouraging me to be who I am.

[Joy Carter]

What has Crossdressers.com done for you?
I like would like to know what Crossdressers.com has done or not done for you
Please let me start
About two months ago before I found this site I thought I was alone, with nobody to talk to, nobody to listen
Then I found Crossdressers.com, I look around for a while (about 10 minutes) before I join, Right from day one I felt welcomed, all help ,advice and the support was unbelievable .
Finely a place I could talk openly about my crossdressing
I may be still in the closet but boy do I fell good about myself for once in my life
Hugs
Barb

Ditto's gurl friend !

[Gemma Rhodes]

In the time I have been a member here (just over a year) I have come such a long way as I mentioned in my recent thread here. http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...ad.php?t=28681 My life is now so much better that is was then and that is mainly thanks to sites like this one and Roses Forum.

Gemma xx

[betty56]

Finding this site has been a life changing event for me. I am absoloutly amazed by the number of sisters out there with the same feelings and experiences I have gone through. I thank you all for being here and being who you are. For me the greatest thing I haved gained is selfacceptance.Hugs,Betty

[Teresa Amina]

WOW! Coming here and reading others posts is often like looking in a mirror. I've gone from isolation to being part of this "sisterhood", from having No One to talk to about the "real me" to having a place to open up and say whatever is on my mind, to a real sense of Community, an idea I formerly mocked as it was so contrary to my own experience. ThankYouThankYouThankYou All for being here! eace:

[Gurly]

Joining this forum has allowed me to take one tiny step (actually a HUGE step) towards coming to terms with my crossdressing and hopefully will also encourage me to come out to others. Yes, I am still in closet about this, so my journey will be slow but rewarding. Since joining just last week, I feel overwhelmed at my immediate acceptance into the group. Thanks to all.

[pinkscorpi1]

First and formost I met and made friends with some beautiful people from here. I wasn't new to crossdressing when I joined but any group I looked at was loaded with porn (to each their own in its own time). Here I can get questions answered, get a few laughs, learn about the diversity of people that dress and their experiences, troubles and solutions. This site has brought a little sanity into was was a perplexed life I lead. We might be different from the considered norm but we are not alone and here we can share that.

Hi Kristen your reply is exactly what I experienced the other day when I signed in Ciao Pinky

[suanne]

I have been dressing for over 50 years. (wow I am old....) This forum has helped me to understand that I am not by myself. There are many others with my same the interests, desires, pleasures, and problems. I am learning more about myself from the many others who contribute to this site from all over the world. I really enjoy this forum and hardly a day goes by that I don't "check in" to see what is going on with everyone. I have made a good friend (another cder) who I have been able to talk with on the phone. It really does help, and has been a lot of fun to share with someone that's a cder like myself. I have wanted to be able to talk with others about this big part of my life for years and years. This forum has made that possible.

A big thank you to those who make this place possible.


Suanne