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As I've posted before my wife has known all about my crossdressing since before we met. She was working at a store that I used to shop at while I was in college. We ended up in the same class and she approached me. So in a sense she knew about my dressing before I knew her.
I've always kept my dressing under control, as I like to put it. It had never taken over my life the way I've read it has with some. With the pandemic the place I work for had everyone who could work from home to do so. I've been working from home since the end of March.
My wife still goes to work as I walk over to the home office. It took a few weeks while working at home before I had the idea of dressing up for the day. My wife was still home and I started getting dressed.
She came in our bedroom and saw that I was apparently getting dressed in one of my professional style outfits. Her comment was "I was wondering how long before you had Brenda work the day". She wasn't mad or taken back. It was a more matter of fact type comment than anything else.
That day I wore a skirt suit I have. The skirt is a pencil skirt in black. My blouse was a sheer white. You could see my bra beneath my blouse. I wore matching panties to my bra. a garter belt and nylons. I've always preferred wearing nylons over wearing pantyhose. I capped off what I wore with a pair of black stiletto pumps.
With years of practice before knowing my wife and some guidance along the way I applied my make up and painted my nails. Then it was onto work.
I have my work computer at home. It's a notebook like so many use today. One thing I've always done was put tape over the built in camera. No need to expose myself to someone accidently if I had to get onto a phone conference with a video feed. Those things actually can be a two way video feed.
I was working a few hours when my company cell phone rang. It was one of my coworkers who said that there was a department meeting on-line and asked if I had got the invite. I told her I had and would be on it.
At the proper time I was on the phone conference. I used the speaker phone for my audio but connected to the meeting feed through my computer. It was mainly power points but there was some live feed of a few. As the topics went from one to the next I found I needed to talk for a while.
So out of the shadows I was the center of attention. I started to talk with me as the central figure. As I started my part what happened? Who ever was hosting the meeting switched the video feed over to my computer's camera. Thankfully I had taped over the camera or I would have been outed to my coworkers. In a fantasy that might be a thrilling thing to happen. In reality I think we all would fear that happening.
One person asked if my camera was on. I said no but as I moved in front of my computer I could see a vague highly blurred image moving as I did.
I finished the call with my dressing still a secret safe with me. I also finished the day dressed as Brenda. When my wife came home I was still working and came in and gave me a peck on the cheek. She asked me how my day went and I told her about the call. She had a good laugh.
I asked her about her day. When I finished up I was going to change out of my "work clothes". As I was walking back to our room she asked where I was going. I said to change back to her husband.
She said don't be silly no matter how you dress you're still my husband. So I stayed dressed as I had all day.
She asked me how it felt to work as Brenda and I replied it felt really good. I even got to where at times I wasn't even thinking on how I was dressed. She said that the same thing is true for women who dress so feminine as I was. We talked more. I asked her when she wears high heels to work is she constantly aware that she's wearing them. She said like me when she was sitting at her desk busy it slips her mind but then is reminded whenever she moves her feet or stands and walks.
Then my wife said to me why don't I dress again tomorrow. Even though it's well known fact that I like to dress as a woman she also knows I don't want to overdo it in front of her. For me dressing is not as important to me as she is.
So the next day I went to work, again, as Brenda. This time she picked out what I was going to wear.
This continued for a few days and since then I've worked as Brenda a few more times. I really love doing that and to be honest if I could dress when I wanted with nobody at work caring I'd consider wearing some of Brenda's stuff to work but that's just not reality.
Anyone else out there working from home during the pandemic and indulging their feminine side?
You have one great wife !
Good for you Brenda, I have thought about doing that very thing. Only I did not stay home form work but still had to go into the office. That would be a fun thing to do all dressed up as a lady for work. Good for your wife to suggest you stay dressed for the rest of the night. To bad more so/wives are not like your wife!! Thanks for sharing
Thanks Brenda for sharing this great experience. Your wife is really great.
The one thing I've always done is make my wife a priority over any of my dressing. She knows that which is likely why she in a sense told me it was ok. It's fun, trust me, to spend the day working in women's clothing I wish I could wear out to work. But given the chance now I'm taking advantage of the situation here and there.
I-AM-JEALOUS
Thanks for the story, Brenda.
Not only have I thought about it, I have been doing it for the last 10 weeks. Except for short times when I had to appear male, I have been in skirts or dresses since mid March. I have gone shopping or run errands en femme as well, unless it is to a place where I am known. When I had to appear as male, I would wear women's jeans or leggings. Sometimes I would remove my breast forms or cover them with a loose shirt if I needed to be on video, but have a skirt on below.
The meeting system we use cannot turn on my camera without me activating it first, so I am safe in that regard. Two weeks ago they told us we may be in for the long haul. Having had to make a trip (en femme) to the dollar store for some reader glasses, I picked up some nail polish and have been wearing it for the last two weeks. Normally I only have half a day to wear polish, and it makes no sense to do it because it dries but not cures fully before I do something like reach for car keys and ruin the polish.
We have gyms at various facilities across the country (including where I work). They have put together different exercise programs on a regular schedule over the video meetings for the last few weeks. I have been using my pink sneakers, a workout skort, and a tank top to do these exercises en femme as well. I have also been taking walks through my neighborhood en femme, something I have been doing now for about a year. Some of the people I pass now recognize Alison and wave or say "Hi" as I pass.
Where you have been trying not to overdo it, I have been trying to overdo it. I'm divorced, and living with two adult children who see me dressed all the time, so my appearance doesn't phase them. Last week I completed over 9 weeks of wearing something different every day (with one exception)
I definitely get it when you say if I could dress when I wanted with nobody at work caring I’d consider wearing some of Brenda’s stuff to work because I feel the same way. And not just at work, but other places. I have been attending most of my religious services online by dial-up only (no video) partly because I am dressed and I don't want anyone to see. I'd love to be able to turn up some place in a dress or skirt and feminine top, but as you say it's not going to happen. So instead I've been living this fantasy while I can.
When I worked at home I was always Patty. That put me very close to full time. Now that I'm not working form home, I change into my male attire for work. If not for that I would definitely be Patty most of the time.
Hi Brenda,
First off - what a lovely wife you have; kind, thoughtful, understanding and considerate; a very special lady (but you don't need me to tell you that!).
Secondly, I know exactly what you mean about working from home while dressed - it is a wonderful feeling dressing for work and spending the day that way. I too have the camera on the laptop covered- only removing it when I have to and have modified my appearance accordingly.
As I live alone, dressing at home is easy for me anyway and I usually dress for work while doing so and then at the end of the working day change into something different, maybe more casual, maybe more dressy! That doesn't necessarily mean changing clothes, it could just be accessories and/or shoes.
I know many have found lockdown a challenge as it has restricted their ability to dress and express their feminine side; for the lucky ones, it has increased that opportunity. Having said that, I would really rather it had not happened at all, but I guess it is the silver lining to this very dark cloud.
Isabel x
