Be glad you didn't. The whole neighborhood and all the kids in school would have known in a couple days.
I think I could live with that, actually. Also, my kids have been very aware of social niceties even from an early age and probably would have known not to blab it to anyone and everyone.
The crossdressing community is one that needs to stick together and continue to be there for each other for whatever one needs. We are always trying to improve the forum to better serve the crossdresser in all of us.