https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/my-husband-spends-nights-away-crossdressing-26224785.html

Hey peeps!! I've been MIA, I know. Not shy though...as if!! haha. Just crazy busy and mostly ignoring this aspect of my life. My husband probably isn't, but definitely low priority for me. Not this forum, as I really like chatting here, but my husbands issues in general are fairly low at the moment as I'm busy and he's annoying. So there you go. Nothing new. :-P

Anyway, I had been meaning to post the above link a while back but forgot. It's quite an older agony aunt post, but have a read anyway, and then answer true or false: Crossdressing is an addiction.

I say, true. Definitely an addiction. My husband fits the profile - he used dressing to cope with some of the worst moments in our lives. Rather than deal with them together, he went off and hid under his 'lady costume' and pretended to be someone else. I suggested he get counselling to find other ways to cope but he'd already convinced himself the dressing was healthy. Sorry, pretending to be someone else to avoid stress is NOT healthy, and he would have been equally annoyed if I'd gone off alone to get drunk. Now I see the addictive side to it all...it's like a drug he must have. If he's not dressing, he's perusing online clothing or reading forums or whatever. He can't stop. The thoughts must always be there on some level. He's managed to make it so it doesn't interfere with our family life, but I don't know how he lives this way or why he doesn't desire it go away. So I definitely see the addiction properties.

I wonder why there is no 12 step program for crossdressers?

Anyway, hi/bye from Sindy. :-)