How many are self employed?

[stephNE]

I am/have been self employed, for about three years now. There are certainly good things and bad things about it. I really can't dress when I want, as I need to be very careful when I might be interacting with my clients. There are a few clients that would have difficulty with hiring me if they knew. But there are many days I can take off, dress and go out of town, etc. I've had a number of mid day makeovers, shopping sprees, etc. Being out in the day time is just wonderful. But I don't get to take off "when I want" as many clients are demanding, and losing one would be a bad situation for me.

[Crissy Kay]

I work at home too. But, since its an apartment, I confine my cding to weekends. During weekdays, I do not know who will be dropping by.

[Meg East]

I am a small business owner with eight to ten employees and clients spread over four states which limits what I can do.

[Beverley Sims]

If you work from home in the IT and website design dept you can really spread your wings.
Sometimes you do have to meet clients who do not know.

[Ericaxd]

I work at home 3 days a week, which means I can "dress for the office" more often than most. I get dressed like any woman would for the workday, then go to work (except for an occasional coffee break here.)

[Debra Russell]

Self employed 45 yrs - advertising - place of business, not at home, interact with clients and public everyday --- in male mode. Selected people know of my femm personna = time to dress? limited at best..............Debra

[stephNE]

This is a really interesting thread. Are all cross dressers self employed? That would be very unusual to discover.

[Sheila11]

Self employed for the last 25 years in a successful and well known retail business. This allows for no dressing at work and since I am the public, upfront face of my business literally thousands of local people know my face and name. I constantly see my customers in different places.

Because of my successful business I have also been able to cut my hours and plan days off for dressing and shopping when my wife is busy elsewhere. Fortunately I live in a metropolitan area and can escape to the other side of the city to do some shopping or dinner.