Hi everybody I just recently signed up for this site and I'm excited to meet new people on here. Like my title says I'm from the United States now (across the pond for you Brits) and yes I'm a part time cross dresser/closeted transgendered woman. I first started cross dressing when I was like 12 years old and I never stopped looking back. I can still remember he first item I crossdressed in. They were these amazing red, satin, bikini cut style panties from Victoria's Secret. Before I tried these panties on I never knew that by wearing different material of underwear could feel so different and exciting at the same time. I mean at that time I was still wearing cotton underwear. After wearing these panties for the first time that's when I started to get jealous of girls my age and other adult women because their underwear had so much better materials & colors to choose from.

Fast forwarding a few years and I am now in my early 30s. While I now have a full time job now I usually crossdress after work and on the weekends whenever I can. I have advanced from just wearing panties to wearing full feminine attire from my head to my toes. I have never been out in public as my female self, but I'm dying to try that sometime.

A few years ago I tried to take my crossdressing from in my house and ordering online to trying to buy female undergarments/lingerie and clothes in public. While I tried to walk around the women's section myself I usually walked out of there very quickly because I felt ashamed/embarased to be in there. Eventually I got up enough courage to schedule an appointment with one of those personal shoppers services at one of my local department stores. This was such an amazing experience because not only did it allow me to cross dress in public, but I got to do it from a private dressing room while this personal shopper went into the store to pick out clothing styles for me. Plus this service was completely free. Send me a message if you want to know more of the details of my experience with this service.

Now that I feel comfortable to do this I eventually had no problem to shop for women's clothes in public now. I have bought a lot of stuff in the women's section without giving it a second thought. It is because if this why I have been debating if I just like to wear women's clothes for fun, or if I'm actually a transgendered woman instead. Yes I understand that being transgendered is more than just wearing female clothes, but I did my research into transgendered topics.

I'm at the point of my life where I need to seriously decide if I'm going to continue to just be a crossdresser, or start my long, but rewarding journey to become the woman I feel is trapped inside of my male body now. I really love dressing up in women's clothes & undergarments, but on the other hand transition is no easy path.

A very warm welcome to Transtastics. We hope you enjoy being on here.