Another new member....
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:13 pm
Hello all. I've been lurking a few days to see if this was indeed a site I would feel welcome in joining and gain support and a great deal of quality information. The fact I'm writing this says how comfortable I'm feeling, not only with the site but in the increasing comfort of who I am.
A bit about myself... I never really considered myself a CD until very recently. As I've seen with many others, I dressed several times when I was younger. My first experience was when I was about 9. My parents were at work, leaving me alone for a few hours after school. I snuck into my mother's closet, took out a few things, put on some make-up and played around the house as a girl.
After that, I would dress up a few times here and there, but nothing more than something simple for short periods of time while alone. During my teen years and until I first met and started to date my wife, I never dressed up. As I look back, I'm not entirely sure other than the desire was there but I never acted on it.
After my wife and I were married, we were having a discussion about various things we had done in our past and she had mentioned how she loved to dress up her brothers when younger. I broached the idea of how I liked the idea of her doing it to me. Ever since thing, it has become an increasing activity for us.
Last weekend was the real turning point. We had been talking about it for quite some time and finally went out and bought some nice looking, more "casual" clothing. When we had finished, I was amazed at the difference in my appearance. I almost didn't recongize myself. It was then that I realized there was more to myself than just my everyday, masculine self I had shown the world. There was also a female side to myself that I felt needed to be expressed more fully. Its been that realization which had led us both on a search for other CD's and others like those on this site.
Our "goal", if you will, is to find more information, perhaps develop some friendships with others like ourselves, and enjoy the exploration into the "other" me.
Jasmyne
A bit about myself... I never really considered myself a CD until very recently. As I've seen with many others, I dressed several times when I was younger. My first experience was when I was about 9. My parents were at work, leaving me alone for a few hours after school. I snuck into my mother's closet, took out a few things, put on some make-up and played around the house as a girl.
After that, I would dress up a few times here and there, but nothing more than something simple for short periods of time while alone. During my teen years and until I first met and started to date my wife, I never dressed up. As I look back, I'm not entirely sure other than the desire was there but I never acted on it.
After my wife and I were married, we were having a discussion about various things we had done in our past and she had mentioned how she loved to dress up her brothers when younger. I broached the idea of how I liked the idea of her doing it to me. Ever since thing, it has become an increasing activity for us.
Last weekend was the real turning point. We had been talking about it for quite some time and finally went out and bought some nice looking, more "casual" clothing. When we had finished, I was amazed at the difference in my appearance. I almost didn't recongize myself. It was then that I realized there was more to myself than just my everyday, masculine self I had shown the world. There was also a female side to myself that I felt needed to be expressed more fully. Its been that realization which had led us both on a search for other CD's and others like those on this site.
Our "goal", if you will, is to find more information, perhaps develop some friendships with others like ourselves, and enjoy the exploration into the "other" me.
Jasmyne
That has been one of the great things of our relationship. We can openly talk about just topics and rarely have any kind of miscommuincation.