Thursday, November 03, 2011

Another alternative for cross dressers

I realize that this may not work for everyone, but for those of us with the balls to do it, it's a good alternative. Recently in a conversation with my wife she mentioned that our daughter wants "daddy" some times instead of Heather. I can understand this. Being the child of an out of the closet cross dresser has to be far from easy. She doesn't want to tell people that Heather is her daddy, so Heather is her older sister. At the same time, the pressures there can get to her at times. This is something that I have thought about for quite some time, and there are basically 3 solutions to the problem.

1. Go back in the closet. This would definitely make life the easiest on our daughter, but at the same time it is not an option. Not going there. Sorry...

2. Keep going as is. Sure, she has to find a way to explain Heather, but it's no worse than if I were gay or some of the other alternatives.

3. I say screw what people think and wear what I want to wear when I want to wear it as a guy. This means that I will wear skirts (I already have ventured there and plan to continue anyway), carry a purse (been doing that every day for about 4 years), have my nails done 24/7 (been doing that for about 2 years), wear heeled boots, stiletto or otherwise (been doing that for a few years now), wear leggings, stretch jeans, or other feminine attire (tossed the last of my male clothing years ago anyway), etc. So basically, keep doing what I am already doing in guy mode anyway. So the only difference is there are some fashions that have been "heather only" that I would start integrating into my male wardrobe. Sure, Heather days will still happen but really it's about being me, which I have been venturing towards anyway. 

I've been saying for years now that I believe that most cross dressers only started cross dressing because it was the only way we could wear what we want to wear. Society invented the cross dresser. If we didn't have the "male" pressure and double standard when it comes to fashion, most of us would probably never have started. We would just be feminine males. For me, option #3 was where I was heading anyway, I think it's time to make the leap and just be me. Heather is here to stay, but Heather might spend less time out and about, and a more feminine Joe may be seen out more often. It should be interesting either way.


Hugs,
Heather

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