Hi all.

I'm not really certain what I'm doing here, except that I'm curious about crossdressing and trans women and finding myself attracted to some people that I never thought I would be. I contacted Davina on tvChix because her profile was intelligent and questioning and she then asked me if she could post my message on here, which I was very happy for her to do.

I've already had a quick look around these forums and I will look more over the coming days and weeks. As I said to Davina, one of the reasons I feel attracted to crossdressers and trans women is that they all have a story to tell about their journey and they have all shown strength, determination, drive, risk and many other attributes in the struggle to express themselves and live, however sporadically, in the way they feel most themselves. These forums seem full of stories, questions, debates of real people that I hope will enlighten me in general, but also about my own as yet tentative desires.

There was a good suggestion by Davina that I should start a thread: "Why are men attracted to crossdressers?" and I may well do that, but this has been a bit of a whirlwind day in respect of these issues and I'd like to think and read more before writing anything down.

I think I should also be upfront and honest (because you all so obviously are) that I'm married and she doesn't know any of this. Marriages are as individual as the journeys of crossdressers, and if there's a relevant forum in which my situation would add something, then I'm happy to open up about mine.

So hello all. Thank you for contributing to these forums that my first quick glances tell me will be well worth reading. Best wishes, Simon