An observation

[Rachaelb64]

In my early years I would say for me it was a 'dress up game'.

In my teens in was a sexual thing something I thought I would 'grow out of'.

In was only in my 20s & 30s that things started to 'get complicated' and my crossdressing became less sexual and more wanting to wear and liking to wear women's clothes, this is also the period of guilt, confusion, depression, secrets and lies etc etc.

In my 40s after a long and very hard road I have learnt to accept myself for who I am no more secrets and lies just honesty.

Rach

[Frédérique]

Curious as to what others thing as to why some start early, and some start significantly later in live. Is it some sexual experience or other exterior input that drives us to dress at different ages.

[SIZE="2"]The situation wasn’t right for me to “start” early, something I’ve come to regret, but nothing could have been done about it. There were too many people around, my older sister’s clothes were too big for me (and I couldn’t get near them without being punished), and I was expected to be a boy, period. Later on, when there were fewer people keeping an eye on me, I had money to buy experimental clothing, and I was firmly entrenched in the “abnormal” camp, I proceeded to quickly emerge as the little flower you see before your eyes…[/SIZE]