Where have all the dresses gone.

[ReineD]

I wear pants because they are easy, comfortable, and economical. The shoes or ankle boots I wear with pants are a great deal more comfortable than pumps and sandals, even though they still are 3" heels. I can throw my pants (mostly skinny black jeans or blue jeans) in the wash and not iron them. I can't do this with my dresses. For every day wear, pants make a lot more sense for me. Also, I don't work in an office, I don't meet with clients, and so I don't see the point of wearing dresses just to do my errands or work on the computer. Not having come from work, I'd really feel over dressed putting on a skirt suit or a dress just to go to Lowes or the grocery store. Do guys wear suits and ties on Saturdays when they're doing errands and stuff around the house?

I do not wear pants in order to compete with men or to make me feel more powerful. I wear them because I was a teenager in the 70s when everyone wore blue jeans to school, and I haven't stopped wearing them. That said, I love to dress when we do go out. I have several very pretty dresses, and a few killer pair of shoes to wear when we go to restaurants or a show. So I dress for the occasion. In the summer time I wear easy care summer skirts (twill or blue jean) that I can also throw in the wash. They are more flattering on me at my age than short shorts. :p


Dana ... your comment about CDers who dress partly in order to make up for the lack of femininity around them. You're new here, but believe me this is a contentious issue. Such CDs may well be autogynephilic (the love of oneself as a woman), which I suppose can be extrapolated from having such a great love of femininity there is a need to recreate it within the self, but not all CDers feel the way you do. You should do some research on this. Also, I've got to tell you that as a GG, I felt very sad when I first started reading there was a possibility my SO dressed partly because I wasn't feminine enough. In our case (as in most cases) it didn't turn out to be true, but when I was a newbie reading all this stuff, I was seriously second guessing my role in our relationship.