Hi, Patti
I am single at the moment, but think it is only you who can tell if its right or wrong to tell your loved one. I think that holding a secret is ok.

But on the other side, I try to tell my girlfriends that I dress, early in relationship, to awoid situations that will stress me up, like what will happen if she find my clothes. To me not telling in the past, led to more lies, lies to be alone so I could dress.

You said that you told her that you did dress in the past, so I guess you have some idea about how youre loved one will react to it.

But my advice will be, try to awoid telling to many lies to your wife, if she at some point finds out, its often the lies that hurt them most.

Susann