I was only seven years old for goodness sake!

[EmilyN]

no kidding.

i have no idea what prompted me other than i had the opportunity and clearly the desire to explore.

it was innocent enough, i just wanted to wear my mom's panties. being a child in the fifties was a blessing in one respect -- women's underwear in that era were very feminine with more of an emphasis on silk and lace since nylon, spandex, and lycra either weren't yet invented or widely available.

so there i was in my mom's panties and my sister who is 9 years my senior walked into my parents bedroom. she didn't scold or belittle me, it's not in her nature, but she did tell me that i couldn't do that and i had to take them off and get dressed in my own clothes.

i don't believe it was her intent but i know that i did feel shamed.

but that memory stays with me as i think back to how i got here from there.

in my early teens with the on set of puberty the desire to dress would become very strong and i found outlets for my need to express my desires. for the longest time i thought those years were my begining until i remember that one day nearly 50 years ago now.....and i remember it wistfully.

thanks,
emily

[DonnaT]

Yea, memories can be fuzzy.

I thought my first experience was around 10, but then I remembered seeing a neighbor dress her brother, and I so wanted to change places with him. I was around 6 or 7.

[Rikki]

Gotta love the 50's and early 60's, Em!! Always wanted an older sister back then to increase the fashion possibilities in the house. Welcome to CDF. rr

[CherryLynn]

Hi Emily

Also Had my 1st experience when I was 7 - at the time didn't like it but now I enjoy the memory of being dolled up.

[Amanda Barber]

no kidding.

i have no idea what prompted me other than i had the opportunity and clearly the desire to explore.


thanks,
emily

your kidding
just kidding

Actually early onset seems to be the most common factor, 4-5 for myself. Most not only being well before puberty, but before widescale contact with social/enviromenal triggers commonly cited as "the cause".

[Johanna]

As pathetic as it sounds, I began by masturbating using my mother's underwear. Obviously, this would have been around the onset of puberty. I wish I had a more tasteful tale to tell, but that is the truth.

One other topic relating to puberty was that I remember being very adverse to the hair growing on my body. Could this also be a common experience and relate to CD?

I would be interested in hearing if anyone else had that same experience.

[CherryLynn]

Johanna I did the same thing too- only I looked at Supergirl or Wonder woman comicbooks while I did it. My fav comicbook was when Superboy became Supersister. Dad caught me jacking off several times- called me a sissy.

[Absaroka]

I didn't start with masturbating with my moms underwear but when I hit late puberty I did progress to that with my girlfriends underwear. I expect this is very common among us.

Absaroka

[Billie Earls]

It always more intense and satisfying when wearing her panties. It still is although they are my own now.

[EmilyN]

lol.....where did this thread go wrong!

again, i was only seven years old so self satisfaction of an erotic need was not a part of the equation.....and i think that is the important point, for me at least. not saying that didn't come to pass, but my story points out that the need/desire to dress occurred many years before my adult sexuality could have ever played a role.

all that said, go for it ladies!

lol

[KimberlyS]

Emily, I caught that and I started at the same age. Well before puberty and I even started late. How many others started around this age?

Kim

[Rikki]

It was Pre-Puberty for me too. When puberty came around (no pun), I didn't get it for a long time. Always been a blonde, I guess. rr

[Erin L]

I was five. I tried on a gorgeous black crinoline my mother had hanging on a clothes rack in the attic. I loved how it felt to wear it and twirl. I also remember being jealous of the little girls in the neighborhood when they would play "dress up" in their mothers' heels.

[Sandra]

I began like most with panties and bras. I used to stay with my aunt while mom shopped and often wander into her laundryroom where she would hang all her lingerie to dry. I was fascinated by the big silky panties hanging on the line. I would reach out and touch them and rub them between my fingers. Oh how wonder they felt. I then worked up the courage to take a pair off the line and carry them around in my pants. I would find a secluded place and take them out and just study them. I began taking panties into her bathroom and actually putting them on. I was hooked from then on. This was in the late fifties early sixties when panties were so much prettier. I have been dressing now for over fifty years.

[Angela]

My first clear memory of CDing was was aged four wearing a little grey pleated skirt, navy blue kickers, white ankle socks and brown sandals playing with my sister and her friend Margaret at her house. I remember Margarets Mum telling me what a pretty little girl I made.