Melissa you make a lot of good points as you learn from your experiences crossing over that big line into womanhood. I am constantly meeting women when out dressed, much more so than I ever did when out in male mode and interested in finding a woman to date. I find that talking to them directly, with humor, looking at them in their eyes and getting them to talk about themselves because you actually want to know that information makes them almost forget what is in front of them keeping their rapt attention, a man in women's clothing! My problem is that at my age, there are few women in the probable age range that would be compatible with me, out at night when I am out dressed. Women from 21 to 35 I meet all the time. Many times they have accompanied me and whoever else (a CD) I am with to our next venue for the evening, e.g. from restaurant to a wine bar or from a theater play to dinner. I think that once they are disarmed by our approach and initial conversation, they are willing to take the risk to go with us. They feel safe, and as Melissa says, they are having fun (and of course so am I). Now, I am not a dreamer either and know that sometimes their initial interest and good times are a temporary situation, since they were having fun at that moment and that was that. On the other hand, I have also gone out another night with some for dinner, to plays or theater dance. I always treat these moments more like a girls night out and not a man in a dress trying to get into a GG's pants, because I actually am not trying to do that. Hell, my daughter and son are older than these women, so my intentions are for fun and maybe hoping that one of them will introduce me to her beautiful older mother, who herself may still below a truly workable age relationship range. If a woman was within a CD's dating age range, then I believe that they would seriously consider dating the CD if he/she had a good personality, was fun and interesting to her. I have only met one in my age range that I was interested in dating and did have one date with. That turned out to be a training run for the next time, because I probably provided TMI on that first date, when as many say, less is more better. Even at my mature age I still need to train!

So, you younger CD's, get your butt out there, be a good, interesting and fun person to talk with and I would think that you would have some good luck. Being an extreme extrovert with no qualms of walking across a crowded room with all the guys looking at the super attractive woman who I will approach and talk with also helps a lot too. I have no fears of rejection at that phase of meeting someone. I surprise myself all the time by what I actually accomplish many times in the company of one of my friends from this site.