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a couple people in chat have asked me how i began dressing so i thought i would post some of my story.For me the desire to try on fem clothes didn't surface untill a teenager. i was very close too a family with two teenage daughters at time & often i would house sit, so one day i venturered into there room & tried on several items such as a bra , panties & lingerie , being big at time i was carefull not to strech anything. I was picked on as a boy for my size ( overweight, acne)so i always got alone better with the gg's. They would talk to me about boyfreinds , soaps ,boy trouble (lol) & i can remember admiring there clothes as much as there bodies at that age . i remember thinking often that i wish i was a girl .Time flew ahead no desire untill age 38 which i was now married & had a son . I don't really now what surfaced the desire but it was strong enough to ask wife if i could wear a garter & nylons the next time we played in the bedroom. She was a little shocked but said o.k . No other strong desire untill one day in mall admiring how good all the gg's looked while i had lunch. At first i thought just the young ones looked good, no moved up age all the way to women 50-60& thought even they looked good . So i checked out some guys , no baggy clothes & boring.Came to conclusion must be the gg's clothes , so only one way to find out & that was to try something on . Went to Walmart pick up a pair of trendy pants that seen lots of gg's wearing & went to try them on(took three trys to find my size) but thought hey i do have a butt & these pants make me look good , bought them that day .Took them home put them on asked wife how they look , she said good & then i told her they wear womens & thats when some of the are you going gay on me .No I said, wore them out a couple of times with wife & had my first not to oviuos shoes.Again a couple of months go bye & desire to buy a skirt surfaces . I go to a couple of stores grab some ,try on quick before someone sees to find size (thought i'd be an 18 but was an eleven)didn't buy one for a month then one day spotted the sexiest mini i saw . The store was just opening , mall slow o.k this is the day for first skirt . Went straight to the skirts & realized first fem lesson, not only do fem clothes come in numbers but s,m,l . O great now i have to a Sa to convert it for me , so i ask what is an 11 equivalent too . She asked is it for my girlfriend & do I know what size she normally wears , then out of my mouth before i new it i say its for me . A little shocked at first but then says ok it would be a medium,gone this far now migtht as well ask to try it on . it fits loved it bought it & that night modeled it for wife with my 3 in heels i bought . Again she ask are you gay, do you want do become a women , i say no i just love the clothes .So that is how it is now although she doesn't encourage it she also doesn't say anything negative .i don't hide my clothes , she washes & folds them , i am happy that she does . I wish she could go shopping with me or even offer a compliment but maybe someday . I give her lots of credit she has come a lot further than i thought as she no's i have & wear make-up at times & no longer says anything about me shaving head to toe . Sorry if iwas to long . I've been blessed bye many of you in chat & though your strories. Stephenie g

Stephanie, how wonderful. Sounds a lot like my SO. My dressing, although I did on and off throughout my life, really hit me when I turned 50. I used to buy, dress, throw away, buy, dress throw away. Never again.

My SO also asks me if I am gay or want to become a woman. No and no. She does go shopping with me, sees me dressed but very seldom gives me a compliment, usually just the opposite. That is strange to me because she will tell me what looks good a the store, even buy it for me, borrow some of my clothes and jewelry but again, compliments are seldom if any.

I don't dress around her often, but if she comes home and I am dressed I don't try to hide or hurry to change. She also accepts me smooth, but sometimes I think she would like a manly man. She loves me and accepts me as I am, but I know she would prefer me the old way. I just can't do that though. I am so comfortable with who I am now and absolutely love dressing. I've discussed this with other forums and I think this is "one" of the common responses from SO's. There are those that totally support, some that don't support at all, so I don't complain.

I'm rambling .. sorry.

Stephenie, I too did house sitting as a teenager and yep I found the female closets as well. That just flamed my already rampant desire to wear womens things and I am still going strong. Anyone need a house sitter??

Sounds like you have a wonderful wife. For the first time, I was fully dressed all day yesterday in front of my wife. At first she kinda shook her head, but after that she just carried on as usual. She also washes, folds, and puts my fem clothing in my dresser. I have moved all the clothes out of a draw and now that draw is my fem draw. I keep all my panites, bras, camies, slips, and pantyhose in it.

My also asked me if I was gau or wanted to be afemale. No,no to both. I told her I was jealous of the nice styles and colors of women's clothes, especially printed dresse. Men clothes are so drab, I don't like wearing them or replacement shopping of them. Since I feel so comfortable wearing the knit dresses, my wife has given me her hand-me-downs. My spirits are lifted when I wear a dress with a nice floral print.

It started when my wife noticed the marks on my body from sleeping in men's PJ's. She gave me one of her stretch knit dresses to sleep in. No marks on my body next morning. From then, I enjoy the comfory of wearing a dress all day. Only wear male clothes when we have togo out shopping locally. I am retired now, and have time to enjoy the finer things of life