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My wife and I were raiding a local charity shop this afternoon. My wife was off looking at the bric a bac, I was perusing the shorter skirt rail. This was next to the gents section. In was in male mode. Big heavy Barbour coat. Baseball cap, jeans, shirt, and sturdy shoes.... It's been wet and windy here in south Wales. Totally male. Not even any earrings in, which is rare for me.
As I'm flicking through the skirts, and older gent, who was stood next to me says "That's ladies clothing. I made the same mistake". I replied that I knew what it was, and that I was shopping for me. He looked confused, and I said "I'm a crossdresser. I like to wear ladies clothing". (since I've decided not to hide anymore, I'm fully open)..... this gent looked at me, smiled and said "ah yes, I see it now. Sorry"
"Ah yes, I see it now"????? What did he see? Head to toe male. No earrings or any other jewellery. No make up. Hair up under my hat. I haven't shaved for 3 days...... What did he see? Do we give off an aura? Do we stand in a certain way? "ah yes, I see it now".... I've been pondering this all day. My wife has no idea either. Do you? 🙂
Cerys
I suspect that he was a spy.
In response to the phrase 'Ah yes, I see it now' you were probably supposed to say something like 'The pigeon feasts at midnight' and all would have been well.
If this happens again, look straight at the man, put a finger to your ear and say 'Code Blue. Code Blue. Delta Squad, move in'.
Then back away slowly while still maintaining eye contact.
@ellyd22 In New York, I think the phrase is, "Give me an egg cream, please."
(For context, search "Secret Agent, James Bondstein" on youtube.)
Just so.
And I wonder whether he had a similar confusion to report to his other half when he got home.
"Well, well. I met my first cross dresser today in real life". They seemed a perfectly normal sort of person.
Clearly this was an MI5 operation to gather intelligence on UK crossdressers. Where better to find them than a charity shop?
/LK
@dazzler Possibly he is a crossdresser and thought he had been "caught"? Either that or he didn't know what else to say.
Hugs,
Anna xx
@dazzler I think he mentally dressed you.
Which is less worrying than him mentally undressing you.
@dazzler Lol, probably he just meant he understood after thinking about the statement. Often people will verbally stumble trying to reply to a situation whereby they are caught off guard. I expect you are his first encounter with someone identifying as a cd.
He was probably trying to come up with something, anything, to say and "Ah yes, I see it now" was all that came out. I suspect you just caught him by surprise.
I suspect he meant that that explains why a man was shopping through the women's clothing section.
Lacy
Hi Cerys, do you think that crossdresser's give off a different persona when out shopping, do we act differently shopping for clothes especially female clothes, when i go in a shop to buy clothes for Roz i look at them and think to myself will this dress suit me and will it fit me, I've not actually said to any shop assistant that it was for me, maybe it's time i did all i need to say is I'm transgender ,
Hugs Roz X
@rozalyne I sometimes ask for a gift receipt which makes the shop assistant think I'm buying it as a gift for someone someone.
Hi Gwen that's a good idea, thanks for the advice i can use that the next time I'm out shopping 🛍,
Hugs Roz X
Hey Ceerys,
Perhaps, he is a closet crossdresser and looking for fashion hints. After all, he said he’d been standing by the rail of womens skirts earlier.
Alice
Maybe he was trying to convey something and maybe that's just a favorite expression of his. Since you won't know for sure, make of it what feels good.
