Hi Y'All

Welcome to CDH, I think you will find the girls here wonderful.

Hi Jennifer, and welcome from another senior crossdresser.   It sounds as if we have journeyed along similar paths.  While I was active when I was young, going so far as to live full time as a girl and be accepted in the Johns Hopkins gender reassignment program in 1968, life events took me on a different journey and I ended up being happily married with a great family and career.  I gave up crossdressing for almost fifty years.  When I resumed a few years ago it was with a whole different perspective.  It was less about the erotic nature of crossdressing, and more about wanting to fully explore my feminine nature.  I have met many new friends here at CDH, some of whom have traveled with me to places like Las Vegas where we have wonderful 'adventures' out and about.  It has, and continues to be, a BLAST!  I hope you too will find this to be a great second home!  Hugs, Paulette

Welcome, Jennifer!

Welcome also.  I concur with my “ younger “ sis Paulette .  Feelings about dressing change and this is a place to meet sisters with different perspectives.

Thank you Paulette.  I've already met some great people here, and look forward to meeting more.  There are so many here traveling the same journey, sometimes the road is paved, but rarely, most times it's just a rugged path thru the wilderness.  There are so few people we can talk to about our journey, most are unable to understand, many don't even want to try.    Sometimes it's even hard for me, after so many years of starts and stops, buying and purges, surrendering to who I am and then scaring myself and wanting to be "normal" again, it's taken a long time to simply completely accept my feminine nature.  Now that I've accepted Jennifer as being as much a part, if not even a greater part, of who and what I am, I am so much happier.  It's great to find this site where people, human beings, like me can find a place where we can feel comfortable, unashamed, share our (gasp) emotions, share and learn from each other.  A journey is so much more enjoyable when it's shared with friends.

Hugs,

Jennifer

Hi Jennifer, welcome to CDH I hope you enjoy this wonderful and supportive place as much as I do.

Hi Jennifer,

Welcome to CDH.

Alice

Hi Jennifer nice to meet you and so happy you found and joined us girls here so get settled in relax and enjoy youeself here..  As a new sister and family member you are welcomed with open arms into our home as well as yours now also.. With so much to see and do here from reading the forums and posts from so many ladies here telling there stories about there journeys down the femme road they are on..  Ok girlfriend when you get comfortable with us please join in with a story or two about the life and times of Jennifer as she travels down her own girly path in life.. Now as for making friends here there are so many ladies from all over the world to build long lasting friendships with and best of all we are just a simple click away from you..  Just please do us a small favor and return to your profile page and fill in more please as this is how we get to know you better..  Once again Jennifer nice meeting you and hope to see you around for a chat sometime soon..

Stephanie Bass

Jennifer,

Welcome to CDH, a place that matches your name, friendly, as well as supportive and encouraging.

You said: But it also was a new beginning and I began cross dressing more and more, almost full time ...

I have empathy with your journey as my beloved wife passed away almost ten years ago, I miss her every day, but after a long time I finally began dressing again, and like you, began dressing more and more and well now I am full time privately at home.

Never wanting to reinvent the wheel Paulette said it so well, and what she said goes for me:

It was less about the erotic nature of crossdressing, and more about wanting to fully explore my feminine nature.

So, getting to explore femininity which I have always adored and respected has proved wonderful, doesn't replace my fantastic wife, but to quote the ever-accurate Paulette, " It has, and continues to be, a BLAST!"

It is only here that I can let it out that I love cross dressing and am glad, later to the party, I went all in.

So welcome, I feel for your loss, but also hopefully the joy you can experience being able to cross dress as you wish at the pace you wish to journey.

Catherine

Thank you so much Catherine.  There seems to be quite a few of us who are traveling the same road.  Loss is a hard thing to take, especially when it's someone who you have such a deep, lifetime connection with.  A part of your life disappears.  I remember the hardest time was coming back from the hospital, crawling into bed, and thinking that she will never be there, by my side, ever again.  But the end of one life also means it's the beginning of another, and it seems we are not walking this road alone.  Thank you.

Hugs,

Jennifer

Jennifer,

Wow, thanks for a powerful and kind response.

I just realized I have never told anyone about the first night after my wife died.

She passed away at home, so all the medical equipment was still there, etc.

And for me it was exactly like you said, so numb, but just realizing she would never be there, by my side, again.

We always held hands before we went to sleep and well, I cried and cried that night knowing I would never hold her hand again.

I apologize if being to open on this, but hopefully, everyone will understand.

It was a gift from Jennifer for the first time to let me share that night with someone.

Thanks everyone for your patience with me.

Humbly, Catherine

Oh Catherine, thank you so much.  That was the first time I never mentioned that night to anyone either.  Isn't that something, we're so reluctant to express those special moments.  It's a male thing, keeping that stuff, sorrow and pain, inside, we're not allowed to feel emotion.  It seems here we're free to become the women we need to be, and are able to share better.  Maybe that's why women live longer, and maybe why so many of us feel, and actually begin to look, younger.  So much negative pain and grief we carry around with us our entire lives while women are able to  let it out.  I bet there are many here who have very similar stories.  And here we are today.  I was never really named, even though I cross dressed I was still always Dennis to my wife and everyone else.  It wasn't until about a year after her passing that I actually acquired a name, given to me by a male friend who said I looked like a Jennifer.  So in a way,  one life ended, Jennifer was born.

Thank you so much for sharing.

Hugs,

Jennifer

Hi Jennifer welcome to CDH it's nice to meet you we are like one big happy family on here so don't be shy come on in and join the family,

I'm a mature crossdresser too I've been dressing most of my life since i was about 8 or 9 years old when i tried my older sister's lingerie on I'm still in the closet to my wife and family,

I'm sorry i can't meet up with you for a coffee ☕ I'm on the other side of the pond in the UK, I'm sure there are lots of girls near to where you live who will be happy to meet up with you for a coffee and a chat I'm sure you will find lots of friends on here so if you have any questions just ask and the girls will get back to you, there are lots of girls on here from beginner's to full time girls who dress 👗 24/7 we don't judge anyone on here it's a safe place for everyone X 🎀

Hugs Rozalyn X 💋

Hi Jennifer,

I’m so glad that you’re dressing more and venturing out. Very brave and you deserve the happiness it brings. Thanks for telling us your story.

Hugs & kisses,
W.