Been very busy with family life etc, and consequently this has lead to me being a bit blunt with the hubs about all this as I have found it a bit tiresome to think about. It's good in many ways as we have chatted a lot, but things are still where they were.
Nothing new, really.
But I did have the 'perspective' thoughts Davina mentioned after all the recent horrors. I did think 'there are worse things' but I also pondered how shallow it can also seem when my husband can still think about his 'dress up' during these moments. Perspective goes both ways, I guess. Do you ever flip it the other way and think crossdressing is trivial comparatively, therefore hardly worth your short time on this earth?
It's sad, but I still have those moments where I can't see myself married to my husband when we're older and retired etc. I have seen quite a few online stories of men who decide to dress more often when they're retired and home all day - good lord but I will not be living with him if he does. Being as busy as I am now, and all these horrors on the telly, I also think like Davina and how important it is to enjoy what is left of my own life. I don't want to be limited by someone else's proclivities and I do find crossdressing to be quite a self limiting activity. Can a crossdresser ever spend a year traveling the world without his 'stash' of girls clothing tagging along? Can he freely have adventures with me without fighting a constant urge to dress up? I feel he may he a ball and chain in my future years so I can't lie and I often ponder my options. I guess when bad things happen, we all take stock of our personal happiness, don't we.
Anyway, we shall see. Hardly an issue at this point in our lives. Just a rambling post to share todays thoughts. I'm sure others will appear tomorrow! I hope you're all well. :-)
Maybe we do have other things in common. I've already voted for Caroline Lucas. It's a sea of green in Brighton judging from all the posters in windows!
Do we have Socialism in common despite society shunning crossdressing lol.
I say socialist I mean common sense and care for thy friends family neighbours and society as a whole and if that makes me a socialist so be it the slogan "For the Many not the Few" resonates well with me as does the Labour manifesto which gives me some hope especially as in 7-8 years time I hope my oldest will go to Uni but if tories are still in she has no hope as we cant afford the tuition fees.
Renationalisation makes sense keep the money within our economy not in foreign coffers.
We're voting Labour too
Now back to Crossdressing.
We're voting Labour we see a lot of hope for the future in Labours manifesto but what a mess Labour will have to sort out Austerity record debt both our professions affected harshly by Tory cuts him more than mine stressed out and crossdressing helps him unwind.
I fear for the future if Mrs May gets back in her record is abysmal as home secretary and as PM she should resign and probably will June 9th (we hope).
Hope you’re recovered from the Blues Sindy it can come and go I know and Katie you’re right the ills of the world could be sorted if there was some profit financially in peace instead of War.
Recent events have brought home how fragile life is and how stupid the human psyche is.
I’m pinning my badge to my chest here hoping for a change of government on the 9th June for the many not the few rings very true to me including Crossdressers.
Sindy,
It's sad that you have these negative thoughts about your husband. You seem so entrenched in your position and opposed to change for fear of proving yourself wrong. You are projecting ahead your fears without any substance (on-line stories are not a useful basis to judge the your husband). You know your husband will want to continue to crossdress in the future. How much nobody know, probably not even him. I'm sure that he will do his best to accommodate your feelings, I just think you need to do the same if your marriage is to last into retirement.
I don't think it's him that is anchoring your thoughts it is you. The more mental images you create of him being a ball and chain the more it will become a reality. You really need to be positive about your future and make that a reality.
Katie
I'm afraid that despite all the horrors in the world life must go on. There is inequality and unfairness all around and if we spent too long thinking about it we'd just go mad. We, as individuals, can't change the way things are. It is only the will of society, as a whole, that will change things but there seems little hope of the haves giving away some of their riches to the have nots.
There are people living in extreme poverty around the world and we could all do something about it but we choose not to. How often have I heard the term 'Charity begins at home' and calls to slash the foreign aid budget. It may sound big numbers but it's only a few pounds a year for most of us - the price of a cup of coffee at Starbucks!
As human beings part of our survival instinct is to squeeze a little pleasure from life. If you can't find any pleasure then what is the point in surviving. Sometimes that can be as simple as a kind gesture, a smile or a joke.
The more money you have doesn't lead to greater happiness. You need to cover the basics and from then on it becomes extravagance. As a society we've got into the consumerism = happiness. The more we have the more we want. We're all guilty of it, I'm no paragon of virtue.
I've just comeback from Rome. There are people living rough on the streets (as in most big cities) but I still bought that extra gelato instead of giving them money. Sometimes you are scared it's a scam and that you are being conned but other times they must be genuine. You're always conflicted between your own families needs and that of others. Then you see the huge wealth in the Vatican and wonder about the poor begging outside. Surely the church has an obligation to help?
There is a line in Animal Farm which says 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'. I think that is sums thing up really well.
So Sindy it is shallow just to think about crossdressing when there are all these massive problems in the world. But then we're all shallow in our own ways and it's how we cope.
Be cool if wives would see it for what it is in our niche crossdressing corner a bit of fun and escapism and nothing more and have fun with it but it must be difficult to get your head around even though we eventually stop sulking about women in flat shoes and trousers all the time :)
Oh Sindy have fun with it.
You sound like you could be quite dominant so use that against him be dominant when Crossdressing is talked about learn to laugh about it.
If he's doing it away from home your other choice is to ignore it?
Em xx
I’ve been very busy with family life and especially work life again too and as consequently this has lead to no opportunity to be Crossdressed.
Still thinking about a night in dressed sorting out my wardrobe of dresses etc with the wife seeing what suits and what doesn’t so whittle the wardrobe down and probability the wife will take some dresses back from me.. We’ve not chatted about Crossdressing since our drunken night out months ago.
Perspective of it being nothing to worry about compared to the wider world and the important things in our life.. as I’ve said before its important but not as important as 95% of things in our life.
It may seem a shallow thing to do but it’s something which helps us unwind and we find it fun just like any hobby.
I could have dressed up working from home last week but the atrocity in Manchester really did depress me and although I had the urge to dress up I couldn’t bring myself to do it and now looking at my diary not sure when the next opportunity with work and family life will be.
Awww Sindy don’t think like that see past his crossdressing (which you don’t see anyway?) and see your husband as your husband forget the crossdressing if he does it elsewhere occasionally.
Also when we get older will we still crossdress as for me I feel if I cannot look good Crossdressed then I probably wont dress up..