Told my Psychologist

[Amanda M]

Well done, Anne! When you look back on this, you'll find it was one of the most important steps you have ever taken .

OK - sometimes you crossdress for sexual arousal. So what? Society is more than accepting mainstream womens' magazines to have multiple adverts of a vast variety of vibrators - so women do it too!

Slightly funny story - I have a friend whose Mum (she is now 91) had never worn trousers, and thought them an abomination ! Cold winter, daughter buys her trousers. She tries them on - now never wears as skirt!

If trousers are good enough for GGs, then a skirt is good enough for us!

I hope you can find the courage to tell your family, and that it all goes well.

With all my support,
Amanda

[BrianaGiGi]

Hello, I was just browsing and came across this. In response to what you wrote about only a very small percentage of women would be accepting, someone mentioned that they think it might be much higher. I tend to agree with that. Throughout my life, I've almost always found a girlfriend that was accepting or supportive. For the ones that weren't, they never really had the opportunity to accept/reject. They either didn't know (...because our relationship didn't last long enough to reach that trust point), or it wasn't something that I wanted to do/share with them. I've either been terribly lucky, blessed, or perhaps both.

I hope you continue to do well and that things improve in your life!

[Denise Douglas]

Some of what you are saying rings true to me Brianna. My late wife was totally accepting when I finally told her about my crossdressing (we met 17 years ago and she passed away in Sept. 2012), eventually when I wanted to move farther along she was again very accepting and we often went shopping together to buy things for both her and Denise. I had never told any other person that I knew face to face except her, I had some bad experiences earlier in life where I was dropped like a hot potato after bring up the slightest hint of CDing. A while back I totally came out to a very good online friend that had been helping me to stay on track after my wife's death. Though she had some small reservations about it, she came to more and more accept it. A couple of weeks ago I finally felt enough trust to fully come out to my step-daughter and was met with total acceptance and a big hug. I've also been in a grief counseling group since Jan. of this year, I was having a multitude of issues going on and had sort of a grief tail spin/crash and burn a couple of weeks ago, so I requested some additional one on one sessions with the grief counselor. I decided I need to be totally honest with her if I am going to get my issues resolved and she was very non-judgemental and helped me set up a plan for getting back on an even keel and I'm continuing with the one on ones in addition to group. The counselor is also helping me to find a counselor that specializes in gender counseling to address any issues I may have in that area. So I'm slowing finding a number of women that seem to be OK and/or accepting.
DeniseD