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Jamie, I cannot believe you aren't sick of me refuting this post of yours that you probably have posted about 1,145 times (since that's all you seem to care about, colored nails). You have utterly failed to read, let alone understand the essence of anything that I have talked about in this little thread. All you have captured is "It is pool season and my elephant isn't about to start explaining colored toesies to anyone".

Think it through, just for a minute outside of your wonderfully colorful pedi world. I have illustrated a number of changes in my appearance that when taken alone might be dismissed. Put a couple together, alright, my "secret" might still be safe. What I'm talking about is the piling on of these changes and how others perceive them. You know, "walks like a duck...", or in this case, an elephant.

Read Abby's post if nothing else. She captures the essence very succinctly. In the meantime, I'm not inclined to add colored toes to my everyday "out & about" repertoire any time soon no matter how many Nascar drivers or MMA fighters might do so. I don't race cars for a living, nor do I have any desire to fight. You go ahead and blaze your trail, whatever that might mean to you. Gosh knows no one here has a clue as to what you are all about aside from proudly displaying your red toes in women's sandals for all to see 27/7/365.

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I am beginning to understand that there is a very significant difference between folks like myself including Butterfly Bill, and Sissy Stephanie that are just feminine guys that present as a guy but wear women's clothing and makeup and the Crossdresser that attempts to present as a woman. I am usually wearing women's Capri Pants, a fem hairstyle, women's sandals, nail polish and a women's purse. I am still not sure if I'm really a crossdresser because I just incorporate feminine items into my male presentation just as some women incorporate men's clothing into their normal female presentation. I am just a feminine male just like some women are Tomboys.

I feel that there there may be a lot less stigma associated with male that incorporates feminine items into a male presentation than a Crossdresser that attempts to appear and pass as woman. I believe that the Crossdresser that attempts to appear as a woman is much more concerned about being outed than a male that presents as a male but incorporates items of feminine clothing. In fact, straight males that wear nail polish, skirts, and other feminine attire have been in the new quite a lot lately. In my opinion, that is why men that wear skirts, nail polish, feminine shoes, etc are much more out there and open about their presentation than men that attempt to pass as a woman. Does this make sense? I believe that there is a very significant difference between a Crossdresser than tries to pass as a woman and the male that incorporates feminine items into his otherwise feminine presentation. As I spend more time on this site, this concept is being reinforced.

As for "blazing my trail" I believe that my trail can be summed-up as "Fashion Freedom for Men" and I blaze the trail by wearing feminine items as a man. I believe it is the road to acceptance of men wearing feminine clothing, just as women obtained their fashion freedom by incorporating masculine items into their overall presentation without attempting to appear as a man. I truly believe that if men wore some feminine clothing or makeup as men that crossdressing would be more accepted. The road is paved by men that are willing to incorporate feminine items into their otherwise male appearance and to wear those items openly. I believe that is the only way the crossdressing with ever be accepted by the general public.