Leah, an introduction

Welcome Leah! You've come to the right place. Your situation sounds somewhat similar to mine. My advice would be to get onto the forums and jump right in. The ladies here are wonderfully supportive and caring.

-Jen

Jen, thank you. I feel that I am spinning my wheels at the moment. I am caught in a constant loop of reaffirming my basic membership and can hardly search or participate.

Is that common until you bump up to paid membership?

Any help or tips will be appreciated,

-Leah

Hi Leah. Hmm. Sounds like something is wrong there. I dont have a paid membership but can get to the forums, public photos, member info. So far, the only thing I'm missing out on that I can see is the groups. You are supposed to be able to participate in the forums. If you can't get to them you should PM one of the moderators. There may be something I'm forgetting.

-Jen

Hi, Leah.  Welcome to CDH.

Welcome leah

So much support and friendship.

Explore site and make contact.

Message me if you like

Samantha x

Leah,  welcome, it’s so nice you have joined us. I held my feelings for many years and this year opened to my wife after 39 years of marriage. As you said you didn't want to lose out on your second half of your life. I in a way did lose much of mine but now just happy to experience what I've always wanted. As for telling my wife she went through all the questions, the emotional feelings and in time was accepting but with caution. I would have liked a more welcoming acceptance but was happy for what was offer and relieved that I didn’t have to hid it any more. Since then things have gotten much better as she is seeing a likeable and more sensitive husband one who understands her and her needs and things important to her. Now we’re moving forward as she now to allowing Stephanie more into our lives. All I can say is follow her lead, set guidelines and never move on anything until your both ready to do so. And most important talk, talk and more talk. These to me helped but like everything different strokes for different folks. I’m happy to meet you and if you gave any questions please be free to PM me, love to help. Stephanie 🌹

Good to see that you took the plunge and was able to let the cat out of the bag. It is 100% more comforting when you open up and your wife accepts even a small bit. I do not know what I would do if my wife was not supportive of me being Coleen. Take it one day at a time and enjoy both your journeys as you will find your boundaries

Hi Leah!  It was wonderful to meet you at a CD/trans get-together a couple days ago.   Hope you can take it step by step with your lovely, awesome wife!  Look forward to seeing you again.

Welcome

Welcome, Leah. I'll agree that coming out to your wife is the right thing to do. Mine always knew I had I "thing" to wear her undies from time to time, but was rather disconcerted when I decided I needed to jump in all the way and get completely dressed up. I too, first started very young, then gave it up for a while.

This has been a great place me for to learn about other girls lives and experiences, and particularly learn to better accept myself.

To try to answer your question, I think that most of the site works on a basic membership, only you can't join the groups, and can only upload five pictures. Though I am not positive on all of my facts. I have also found that this site can take a bit of getting used to. But its' worth it!

Amy

Welcome Leah,

I am a relative newcomer too. I live just west of Mpls., MN so sort of "in your neck of the woods".

It is great that your wife is able to accept you for what you are. Many wives do not do this.

Hugs, Carole

Hi Leah,

Welcome to CDH.

Alice

Rochelle it was a blast. I'll be pretty regular here on out.

Looking forward to it already.

-Leah

Welcome to you alright! Drop me a note if you would like to talk. Sandy.