Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Bras, Girdles and Birthdays

Rago, my favorite purveyor of shapewear is having a sale this week. Buy One, Get One 40% Off is the deal. Use code MARBOGO at checkout before the sale ends on March 13. (I receive nothing from this mention – I just love their products and want to pass along the good news.)

When I was just getting started in all this, I was fascinated with the undergarments that women  (specifically my mother) wore. Since they were hidden under overgarments, there was a mystery to them. They certainly were nothing like the undergarments that the boy (me) wore! And when I began my crossdressing experiment, bras and girdles were a critical part of my wardrobe (don’t leave home without it).

Thing is Ma or Pa never said much about my hobby. They never confronted me that they knew what I was doing when I was home alone, but I think they knew. At least, I think my mother knew. Either that or she believed that crossdressing gremlins were getting into her stuff, breaking bra clasps and girdle zippers and running her nylons. Maybe she hoped I would outgrow my hobby. (Sorry, not yet, Mom!)

Finally, thank you all who wished me a “happy birthday” on Saturday. With my recent fall on the ice, I am definitely feeling my age (74), so I really appreciate all your positive thoughts. (I am still hurting and don’t expect to be wearing a new Rago girdle for a few more weeks!)

UPDATE: I am hooked watching the bald eagles cam on Big Bear Lake. The third egg hatched early Sunday. Hard to believe that someday those three small balls of fur will be magnificent birds like their parents. (Click here to watch the eagle show.) 



Source: Bebe
Wearing Bebe


Jonny Beauchamp
Jonny Beauchamp femulating on television’s Katy Keene.

4 comments:

  1. Happy Belated Birthday. Your post today rings true for me. The first time I really dressed up as a girl I put on my mother's yellow chiffon cocktail dress. The best part was finding one of her panty girdles which had garters to put on. I found a pair of nylons and a slip too. That was in 1967, I was thirteen and while I had no idea what was drawing me into that frightening feminine world, but it felt too fantastic to be real.

    Emily

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  2. Happy belated birthday!🎂

    At times in the past, I would wonder if I was being too "artificial" by wearing all of this various shapewear and padded undergarments in order to have a more feminine figure, that if I needed all this assistance, I didn't have an "authentic" female form. But then I would remember I was buying these pieces from a *women's* store because women also sometimes feel the need to give their body a little assistance to create the shape they desire, and then I no longer felt guilty about the sculpting I needed to do.

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  3. Loved this posting…..resonated so much with me…74….you say…I am 78 and going strong…..perhaps something very special about our generation.

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  4. Happy birthday, I think most crossdressers can identify with your story, For me it was my sisters beige slip, Then it went to my Mother's clothes

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