Tired of girls? Try a Trap!

Oh man I relate on this one (but don't we all...) The other day I was doing laundry at my mom's and I tried sneaking in my overknee socks because they're discreet (I hand washed the rest of the outfit). She found them but she thought they were normal black socks that got super stretched. I said they were only winter socks and they're longer than normal socks and she (at least seemingly) totally bought it. Why does it seem like it's super weird and freaky to wear female clothes even if nothing's wrong with it? Like, I trust most of my close ones that they wouldn't mind but at the same time having to explain it is so scary. And yet there's nothing to explain beside "I like how they look and feel"...

It's unfortunate how some people feel it necessary to involve themselves in other's interests. For parents it's different of course, yet if they love their child they'd accept them no matter who they are or what they do. As for general society: we've always been plagued throughout history the idea of gender conformity, and what is appropriate for people in terms of femininity vs masculinity. The belief that people can do what they want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone has been becoming more and more accepted with each coming generation though, so hopefully in the future the majority of people around the world will be more accepting of those who crossdress or are transgender so future generations won't have to hide who they are as much :) I am still happy to live in the time we do, and appreciate the open-mindedness of the current, and coming generations ^^

Neka: yeah it's getting better and better and we've never been in a more acceptable era than today and tomorrow. I hear people saying "be yourself" but it feels like there's a limit where you're gonna be strange and outdo people's expectations of "be yourself". But I'm also aware I'm a self-conscious person that overthink things and yet I know in some cases I'm not overthinking. I'm like 90% sure I can predict how my friends and family would react if I told them, I know some wouldn't mind, some I have already told and predictably they didn't mind at all and they even asked me questions about it (like "I want to cosplay female characters" "Really? Which ones?"). But then there's my mom and I am rightfully afraid of my mom because, I might have mentioned here before in this thread or in another one, but she's really open and she would support me, but I know I'd need to explain multiple times every tiny details about it so she wouldn't worry. Like no it's not a sexual fetish or sex work, no I never someone else clothes in secret, no I'm not doing it to go female bathrooms, no I'm not going to crossdress at my job, etc. She worries a lot and overthink much more than I do and got this backward thinking, like I had to explain dyeing my hair because piercings and dyed hair is a sign of delinquency and employers don't hire people with piercings and dyed hair. Maybe she was right decades ago but it's not how today works. After explaining she doesn't care anymore and even tells me it's pretty and says it's too bad the color is going away. She's an odd case, it's like worse than if she would simply be against it, in a way. Audio: it's much more soft yes, it's also more fashionable. The typical men fashion at my age is like, t-shirt and a pair of jeans. But shaving your legs and putting on long socks feels like heaven. I feel pretty instead of "I'm average, I guess".

Sadly I have a mother who has worry as a first instinct as well. I find myself telling half-truths with her. She doesn't know that I identified as polyamorous and she thinks I've only ever dated two people. The real number is more around five to seven depending on how I qualify people.