So far, there has been very little pain from the surgery. That is very surprising considering some of the horror stories I heard about knee replacement surgery. But who knows, the worst may still be in the future (hope not).
Thank you all for the positive thoughts. I am sure they helped and I know that they helped me mentally.
And so it goes.
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| Wearing BCBGeneration |
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| British prisoners of war femulating on stage in a German prison camp during World War I. |
So many girls are embarrassed or fearful about going into a store and buying women’s clothing. Let’s start with a question, what you are doing? Answer: You’re buying women’s clothes for yourself. Now that may be atypical, but you certainly aren’t alone. Sales associates I’ve spoken with typically help two to three crossdressers a week.
I always enjoyed the affirmation that I received from sales associates. Most seem fascinated by my transgender story. They seem to share my excitement and were interested in helping me. There’s this peculiar giddiness that takes place. My guess is that finally “a male” sees what it’s like to wear a bra, heels and pantyhose for 10 hours or perhaps it’s the satisfaction one feels when you win someone over to your point of view?
When you’re shopping in drab, I recommend that you dress nicely. Wear clean, pressed clothes; be clean-shaven and smile. Don’t show up to try on dresses in dirty work clothes. If I am in drab, I like to wear an almost androgynous look, a black knit top and black or khaki pants. You want to depict a positive image. It helps if the likeness they see is a nice man verses, “This guy looks creepy.”
Sales associates today are familiar with transgender people. They are typically informed and probably have friends who are LGBT. They often are the most enthusiastic and even seem to embrace the diversion we present to them. Smile, be polite and don’t waste their time if you are not going to buy anything.
Remember you are not the first femulator in the store. They want your business and want to help you. If you’re worried about being recognized, find a store away from home.
However, even with shopping in today’s brick and mortar stores, it can be difficult to find the more specialty items that we need. Online shopping was quick to fill the gap for femulators, there are all sorts of sites thar caterer to our needs.
The big problem many of us have is privacy. Many of us are in the closet, and don’t want our wives, girlfriends or parents knowing about the new breast forms and hip pads we just ordered.
My wife and I have a don’t ask, don’t tell agreement going; she knows that the small closet in my office has “that stuff” in it. So I like to keep my purchases under the radar.
I’ve found that Amazon has everything you need to put that great look together. If you find something on another site, search the item on Amazon and you will almost always find it.
Why I am so keen on Amazon? Ordering here lets me keep it private. Here’s how I do it: I have a separate Amazon account under my female name and I use Amazon gift cards that can be purchased at most major drug stores, grocery and Walmart’s in denominations up $100. Just a side note I started receiving Amazon gift cards at work as Christmas gifts from management and didn’t know what do with them until a pair of cute shoes caught my eye.
I used the gift card and then have them shipped to an Amazon locker nearby. Just type in your ZIP code and a location nearby will be shown. The lockers look like mailboxes in a post office. You’ll be emailed a locker number and code to enter and then Oh là là! your new breast forms and maid’s uniform and no one is the wiser!
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| Wearing A.L.C. |
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| William Reynolds femulating in the 1951 film No Questions Asked. |
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| Wearing Bebe |
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Antti Vare femulating in a 2018 episode of Finnish television’s Uusi päivä (A New Day). Although this is not a new femulation (I first mentioned it here in 2020), a lot of people are discovering it for the first time via recently posted video clips on YouTube. |
The hospital said that I could bring my iPhone and charger, but I decided not to (two less things to worry about). SoI will not have Internet access until I return home and as a result, your emails and comments will go unanswered until then.
The blog will continue during my “absence” with some Someday Funnies and original columns that a couple of readers generously created to help me while I recover.
And so it goes.
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%20-%20film%20FR%20-%201976.png "Claude Brosset femulating in the French film Le corps de mon ennemi (Body of My Enemy).") |
| Claude Brosset femulating in the French film Le corps de mon ennemi (Body of My Enemy). |
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| Wearing Cynthia Rowley |
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| Bowen Yang femulating Congressman George Santos on television’s Saturday Night Live. |
I assure you I am not a pedophile. But I do enjoy viewing photos of young womanless beauty pageant contestants because it reminds me of what I missed as a young femulator. That could have been me!
But growing up, there were no womanless events in my neck of the woods. The only opportunities I had to crossdress among the civilians was on Halloween. And in my “youth,” I only selected the crossdressing option once and by then the bloom was off the rose. I was already in college and at the end of my teen years. And no one helped me with my costume – not like today’s pageant contestants, who have their mothers and sisters fine-tuning their feminine presentation.
If I had asked for help, I like to think that my mother would have lent a hand. After all, one time she willingly made my face up as a girl when she misunderstood my desire to do my face up as a clown. She might have even provided me with proper women’s underwear (bra and girdle) rather than the boy’s underwear I wore my first time out.
But I missed the boat, so all I can do is admire my young fellow femulators.
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| Wearing Stella McCartney |
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| Garry Moore and Durward Kirby femulating on television’s The Garry Moore Show, circa 1960. |
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| Wearing Hutch |
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| Danny Schiller (right) femulating in the 1987 British film Personal Services. |
Please Sign This Petition
Shawna Wegner, the mother of two transgender sons asked me to ask you to sign her petition to stop Arkansas House Bill 1156 which would require students to use the bathroom of the gender on their birth certificate. Any school that does not follow this law will be punished with a decrease in government funding.
Click here to visit the Change.org webpage where you can sign the petition.
Trans Library Collections
As an elderly (80’s) member of the community, I need to donate or discard trans/femulate related books and magazines. Do you or any readers know where they could be donated to instead of shredded and discarded?
I replied:
There are a number of college/university libraries collecting trans literature. I Googled the topic and Google returned the following:
🔎 libraries of transgender collections - Google Searchgoogle.com
Depending on where you live, you might want to select the library closest to you to facilitate shipment of what you have.
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| Wearing Ann Taylor (a verified Stana purchase) |
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| Monsieur Pol Simon, professional femulator, circa 1904 |
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| Wearing M.M. Lafleur |
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| Stig Järrel femulating in the 1946 Swedish film Fram for lilla Marta eller Pa livets odesvagar. |
