Personally, I would not say I was born the "way" that I am. I was born as normal as could be, and had a pretty normal childhood. Even after being intrigued by mom's pantyhose as a kid and trying them on, I continued to be interested in girls from middle school to my early 20's. I just had a thing for women's clothing, and never experienced any dysphoria. Eventually a combination of my tastes and curiosity had me meeting with other cd's and men on occasion. Been a few years since I've been with a woman and I don't really see myself "going back" at the moment. When I can't dress up, I'm quite comfortable in my own skin. But when I can, I love to transform into Stefanie as a sort of alter-ego. I don't mean to belittle others with different experiences or feelings, but the nature of mine can definitely be characterized by I consciously chose this.
Some people are born the way they are, and others like myself choose what they want to be.
