Are you Really Interested? Part II

Every story begins somewhere, so tell us how you got started crossdressing. Only one (1) topic per member, please!

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TaraCD
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Are you Really Interested? Part II

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Well, I hope some of you are finding this interesting as I am finding it fantastic therapy. I've spent a little while reading some of the other posts, it's amazing how many traits are shared. So with that inspiration, I'll carry on.

Upon moving out of home, I existed as a normal young student, not much cash, living in share houses, spending what little money I had on drinking and partying and of course, like most young country guys, my car.
Along the way I ended up pretty serious with a girl. At this time my crossdressing was limited to occasional visits to my mother's room when i was visiting.
At around this time I also discovered the internet and with it a thing called a 'shemale'. This opened a whole new can of worms. I really began to question myself and what I really was or wanted. Gay, transgendered, crossdresser, bisexual? It all seemed so daunting, I was in turmoil below the surface while outwardly a normal, hard drinking :twisted: womanising youth.
I soon found myself in a share house with two girls. This brought about more problems and a degree of self dispising. Although I didn't feel overly guilty about cross-dressing, i couldn't resist going into the girls rooms and trying on various garments. The fact I was invading others privacy annoyed my no end. Still in continued and for some years, in different houses with different girls it went on.
On a couple of occasions I introduced cross-dressing into the bed room with different girls, by very nonchalantly suggesting we dress up. This was recieved with varying degrees of suprise and acceptance, still I never gained the courage to talk about why. It seemed like such a contrast to everything I was/am.
Sorry if this is so disjointed, it's really a spilling of emotion for me.

I guess the next stage comes with me begining to purchase my own femme ensembles. Again this led to more turmoil, I felt it a waste of money and a risk to my repuatation whould anyone see me. I really began to hate myself and this habit, but still in continued. I soon moved into a place of my own, mainly to remove the temptation of being a snoop! This only led to me spanding more money and time buying and aquiring femme clothing.

I think it's only recently and after much reading and lots of research on the net and especially with the help of this forum that I've begun to come to terms with crossdressing. I realise that there's nothing wrong with what I do. I see it as a hobbey that's only shared by a special few and only frowned upon by narrow bigots. I now allow a little money in my spending budget to support my special hobby and set aside some time to partake in it. I now realize that I'm not gay, nor bisexual and I have no desire to be a woman. I'm still a little unsure on fetism thing, but at the moment just rolling with the punchs.
If no one reads this, not to worry, it's been fantastic just telling someone.

I hope it may inspire a few more of the special people on here to share their experiences.

Thanks.
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Post by Anita »

Hi Tara--
That's a fne post, and keep them coming! I didn't feel that bad about sneaking into my Mother's wardrobe as a teen, but I would have felt bad about that with live-in girlfriends. It's a very honest account of something that tempts us.
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I know. Somehow it doesn't seem so bad when it's family. I also found myself going into other things, not just the clothing drawer. I guess, once you've started at the most intimate of all, getting into other things doesn't seem so bad, or at least that's the twisted logic I used to apply. In reality it's all bad. Being a cross dresser doesn't give you the right to invade anyone elses privacy, particulary as it's something most cross-dressers hold so dearly themselves.
I think by my snooping, it also made me suspicious, particularly as I had something (femme things) to hide.
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Post by Rebecca »

Hi Tara,

Thankyou for a very open and honest account of yourself. If you think about it, the reason you were snooping was because the subject of crossdressing being taboo. Otherwise there would have been no need to hide in the first place. Your'e right, it doesn't make it right, but it does help to explain it. Also, I think the secrecy can make it all feel a bit seedy, this can do a lot of harm to your well-being, re-inforcing that sense of guilt.
You meant no harm to others, so I think it was an unfortunate situation that is very common among crossdressers that most of us here can relate to in some form or other. What's more, we are learning to forgive ourselves for when we have crossed our personals boundaries and for some of us learning to accept ourselves as worthwhile people.

An excellent story Tara
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Post by Merinda »

Thanks for sharing that Tara ,

Both part 1 and part 2 were excellent stories that many of us can relate to.
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Hi all,

Great post, Tara. :) Very open, very honest. And all the better if this unburdening lets you feel that much lighter (especially if you consider that many, if not most, of us have done the same kind of snooping).

My own constant transgression of personal boundaries when I was younger also irritated me no end. My desire to dress up was simply stronger than my desire to not violate the privacy of others and, yes, that fact was a continuous blow to my sense of myself as a good kid. It very much contributed to the guilt I felt as a crossdresser. As Rebecca says, if our gender flexibility wasn't such a frowned upon, taboo thing, we might not have been forced to resort to this damaging furtiveness. Indeed, we now need to forgive ourselves for this kind of tresspass.

Again, thanks for sharing, girl! 8)

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Post by TaraCD »

Thanks girls.
As always the support recieved is fantastic and much appreciated. Glad I'm not alone in these feelings. At last I feel as though I'm really coming to terms with things. Life seems to have reached a sustainable balance, no longer heading down a self-destructive path.

You guys are great! ..|/-
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