Did your Mother dress you?

[Prissy Linda]

I remember watching my mother getting dressed in the mornings so I would just sit on her bed and watch her putting on her makeup and doing her hair so I would ask her if I could try some of her makeup, at first it was her red lipstick then I would ask to try on some of the other cosmetics. Later I asked of I could become a girl, I don't recall her answer but she did give me her lipstick that had been worn down but still useable or other items like foundation. I would sometimes ask her for help so she would give me helpful ideas. I got my first new dress and a small purse for my 5th birthday, We went to JC Penny so I could pick out the dress I wanted. So I wouldn't say she started me dressing be she did allow me to explore my girl side since she knew I wanted to be a girl.

[Sandie70]

Kitty was probably referring to a picture I posted of myself when my mom used to present me as her "little girl" (that ended about 6 months after my 6th birthday). Since my mom really had wanted a girl (I had an older brother), she took me under her wing and taught me a lot of things growing up that used to be considered girly (sewing, cooking, how to iron my clothes, etc.). And I remember being fascinated with her clothes and high heels - even trying her clothes (and bras) on from time to time. Interestingly, I never associated my genetic sex with my love of girly things, but rather, I simply loved dressing up and being feminine.

Of course, as I got older, societal pressures dictated I be the little boy I was supposed to be - but, I still fantasized on occasion about being a pretty girl and wearing beautiful clothes.

Then, I got older and finally reached a point where I could indulge myself - and thus, here I am.

Did my early years influence or cause my dressing? Who knows? I haven't really thought about it as I simply accept my dressing as normal and fun. Sometimes over analyzing something can just muddy the waters.

Anyway, for those who are interested, my picture is in the Picture and Video Gallery under the thread If only I could have stayed a girl.

[Abby Kae]

It's really interesting how many people were dressed by their sisters!

I had two older brothers, so the opportunity to dress as a child never came around. I wonder how different I'd be today if I'd had the chance to start younger.

[Katey888]

Also a: No, never...

No sisters either... or any other external influence that I can remember... at all...

Not wishing to demean anyone's parents (and mine were definitely on the poor side of things - having to wear underpants bought from the local Co-Op that had 'REJECT' stamped across the arse might have scarred me for life...:facepalm but she dressed you in your sister's hand-me-downs because it was easier and cheaper for four years...??? Why stop when you were four..? Or perhaps by then bin-bags were in vogue...

Katey x

[michelleddg]

My mother used to put nail polish on my brother and me as punishment for biting our nails. I didn't like it.

Old Boy Scout (or, perhaps, revisionist history, Girl Scout) insult: "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny."

Hugs, Michelle

[flatlander_48]

That's just Awesome - I want a power finger now :D

Midway between the thumb and pinkie? My guess, anyway...

DeeAnn

[Confucius]

My mother would tell me that she wanted a daughter when I was born. So I was a disappointment when I was born. When I was only 6 months old my mother found herself pregnant again. Again she was praying for a daughter. Her hopes came true, and my sister was born on Christmas Day. My mother would tell us that that was the happiest day of her life. My sister grew up as my mother's spoiled little princess, and her special little treasure. I grew up thinking that my mother would love me more if I was born a girl.

I remember crossdressing from the age of 3. I would raid my mom's clothes and play dress up with her clothes. I called it playing "mommies". My mother did not approve. So one day (when I was 4 or 5) she made a pretty party dress, and she would have me try it on as she continued to work on it. At one point I remember her putting it on me with a petticoat. I would twirl and enjoy seeing the skirt rise. My mother would laugh at this. Then my father walked in, and the dress was given to a neighbor girl. My mom never dressed me up again.

Nonetheless, my mother would often recount the births of my sister and me, with me always getting second billing. I grew up thinking that all mom's preferred girls. My mom would also tell me that I "should have been born a girl", and point out some young features that she would describe as girlish. "Oh, you have the eyes of a girl", or "your smile is pretty, like a girl," or "you would have looked nice as a girl". Those kind of comments continued into my teen years. Needless to say, I've been enjoying crossdressing for as long as I can remember.

[RobynT]

Nope, but I did grow up in a female-centric home when I was very young. have lots of memories of mom and grandma walking around in slips getting ready for work (gotta love the 60's and vintage slips). For some reason i still remember a classmates yellow dress fondly in 2nd or 3rd grade, and the rest is history....

[DanaR]

My mom dressed me until I was four years old. One day she had me dressed and my dad came home and saw me, then they got into a fight about it. I found this out later in life when I stumbled across a picture of a little girl that was crying and my mom told me it was me. The reason I was crying, was because of the fight that she and my dad had; which after my mom took the picture, she changed my clothes and my dad took me up to the barber and got all of my hair cut off. So until then, I had long curls.

[Jennifer H]

Yes my mom dressed me as a girl up till the age of 5 or 6. I remember a beautiful yellow dress which had a flared skirt which she made for me.

I also remember getting a doll for my birthday and also a tea set in a box.

Jennifer. xxx

[bethw49]

My mom lost my sister in child birth. At age 4 or 5 I remember her dressing me in girls clothes. She told me she was trying the dress on me to see if it would fit my cousin for her birthday. Looking back I doubt that but something clicked. I realized that I should have been a girl from day one. Thanks mom/ Miss you.

[Angie G]

No but I would have loved it.
Angie

[Rachel Morley]

Sadly no. I didn't have any sisters to dress me up either.

My mother often told me that as a baby, I had a head of hair full of big blond ringlets, and she got rather frustrated when others would look at me in my stroller or sitting in the back of a grocery cart and say things like, "What a cute little girl!"

My mom did tell me however that as a baby and toddler I was very pretty with lovely auburn hair and apparently everyone just assumed I was a girl and when my mom corrected them they often would say "no? really? ... he's too pretty, he should have been born a girl!"

[Edyta_C]

Yes I was dressed by my Mother. She really wanted a little girl and for roughly 5 yrs I was dressed as a girl. When my Mother had my brother, things changed. He was born blind and my parents were convinced that it was a punishment for raising me as a girl. Big fight to get my hair cut. I ran away with the neighbor girl that I played with. We eluded police for a while because they were looking for a boy and a girl and saw two girls. I got sent to my grandparents for quite a while to be sure that I couldn't keep playing the girl role. It also made their adjustment to my brother easier I think.

Edy

[JocelynJames]

No , but it would t have surprised me being one of 6 boys and she always wanted a girl. She had to wait for grand kids to get that wish ( if only she knew )

[ChristinaK]

Nope, but how it would have been if she did! I always wanted to dress like a girl, but had to be careful I wasn't discovered in my sisters clothes. They felt so good!

[Tami Monroe]

I almost wish I had a sister so there could have been an excuse for my mother to dress me that way. The fact of the matter is that I am the younger of two brothers. These feelings I have had all my life have been my own, ever since I was about 4 years old.

[CONSUELO]

My sisters dressed me in a corset when I was just about 5 years old. It was meant as a joke but I took it seriously. Later my younger sister made up my face one day and then made me sit in front of the house so that passers by could see me. That might seem mean but I didn't take it that way. I don't think my Mother would have approved. I never blamed my sisters for becoming a transvestite. I think they just accelerated something that was bound to happen. The die was already cast.

[Diane Smith]

My mom expected a girl and didn't know what to do when a boy popped out. She never put me in girls' clothes or underthings, but would occasionally polish my nails and put lipstick on me. I remember this as far back as age 2-1/2 or so. I enjoyed it and went out several times with her when she visited her local friends. It was not her idea, but she didn't object when I got my ears pierced at age 9. When I was 12, she took me to a big department store downtown and bought me my first pair of high heels. Must have been quite the sight with me in my earrings, nail polish and lipstick. After puberty started showing, she lost interest and, I think, made an effort to forget any of it had ever happened.

- Diane

[KittyD]

Truly an interesting mixed bag of comments.
I think its fair to say that many of our mothers would of wanted to of dressed their new born in pretty little outfits. Why not you looked adorable and a beautiful little dress would of been the icing on the cake.
As for some, the point of it being hard times for some of our mothers was a reality and wearing your sisters clothes as hand me downs or in my case my mother who would actually make our clothes and matching outfits.
It just happened she made them both the same and they were very girly looking in style.
The hand me down clothes didn't come till I went to school... and I'm not saying dresses, only her blouses and jumpers.
Although I do remember forgetting my PE or Gym kit and being made to wear these navy blue knickers or panties that the girls would have to wear to do sport, remember this would of been 1976-77.
It was highly humiliating!
With reference to a comment about bin-bags "garbage, trash bags" I believe they called "derelicte" Look up Zoolander.
But all in all very nice reading through the comments left.
With many wishing their mother had dressed them as little girls and of course the amazing "Power Finger" of which we can all agree is something we all need in our life's.
I think we can safely say we can think of many people we'd like to use it on :D

Kate

[Angela Marie]

I grew up with a single mom; father deceased. She always said she would have liked to have a girl and a boy. I used to wear tights around the house and she let me for a while but eventually told me to stop. I think she was more concerned what people might think if they knew where I was heading. This was, of course, the 60's. Much different than today. My mom was very open minded and a strong woman. Growing up she was my role model and I think thats why I am so attuned and accepting of my feminine side. I would love to have had her meet Angela. She would have been a bit surprised but i'm sure would have been accepting. I always take comfort that she is looking down on me smiling and knowing she really did get the girl she wanted.

[Karen RHT]

In my case, mom didn't dress me consistently in girl clothing, nor did she do it for a need of her own. She did allow and actually "coached" me when I asked for her help to dress me as a young woman for Halloween at age 11. She also allowed me to "practice" dress, and once again coached me, maybe a dozen times, in order to make my presentation even better for a second Halloween party at age 12. At the end of that Halloween however, she suggested it would be best if I didn't continue with dressing. I understood why she suggested I discontinue dressing, (it was 1959) but I continued to do it in secret, or at least what I thought at the time was secret. Looking back, I'm sure she knew I continued to wear her things periodically after that, but just didn't say anything to me about it.


Karen

[Krisi]

I remember my mother sewing dresses for my girl cousins and she would make my wear them while she marked where the hem would go. My mother really wanted a little girl and when I was very young she would dress me as a girl. I only found out about this when she wrote a story of her life before she died and sent it to everyone in the family. So essentially, she "outed" me.

I suspect she treated me better and fussed over me when I was dressed as a girl and that may have something to do with me dressing as a female now. Of course there's no way to know for sure but that's my best guess.

[Lily Catherine]

As much as my mum has made one or two passing remarks on wanting a daughter whom she could dress in "such pretty clothes", these were probably entirely in context near a rack of frilly party dresses. She never once dressed me and is reluctant to discuss my dressing. It was always her who figured out - the garments I hid under my bed, the badly hung gown, the change in order of her blouses.

My father apparently dabbled in cross-dressing but his actual behaviours 35 years ago are largely ambiguous. All I know is that his curiosity didn't last long (unlike mine). He would never think of dressing me, so I guess.

[Jennifer0874]

My older sister used to dress me. She's six years older. It started when I was too young to remember and continued as I got older. Often times when she was the babysitter.

As I got older I can remember looking forward to it. She never thought much of it even when I hit my early teens and started asking for it. It was a sad day when I hit about 16 and was too big for her clothes.

I don't really blame my sister for it because I can remember liking things like Barbie on my own. I feel fortunate that she didn't tell my parents and continued to support me as I got older.