"Comebacks" for remarks made at your Unbifurcated

[Pleats]

A reply to the 'You're a cross-dresser' accusation:

I leave cross-dressing to the women ... pause for effect ... they're better at it than I am

I've only been accused of cross-dressing once, and that was by my daughter. I replied 'No more than you do'. She was wearing jeans...

Charlie

When you get a comment like that from a woman wearing jeans, or a guy that is with a woman wearing jeans, you can easily turn the situation around. "Well, I can't wear jeans as I would then be cross-dressing as all the women wear jeans".

[Sinned]

Well, yesterday I was round at one of my houses; we are selling it as we don't want the responsibility of dealing with tenants who we don't know and for whom the emphasis of the law is definitely on their side. Things have become so much more complicated as the nanny state has interfered to try and re-right the balance to accommodate some rogue landlords. Forgetting that most landlords are law abiding and try and ease the tenant's stay. Anyway that's by the by.

What I say next may only be a flavour of what I really mean to say but I want to get something down in print, so to speak. I was knelt in the back paved area weeding when a couple and their young teenage daughter came up to me and asked if they were expecting me. I wasn't and said so. They had come to view the house. Now I wasn't ashamed of wearing a skirt and maybe I should have asked if they minded - I just assumed that they wouldn't and went into the house and changed into jeans. I just said that I preferred to weed in a skirt as it was so much more comfortable and free when getting up and down and bending. I also had the thought that maybe I would appear more "professional" in jeans. It's amazing how long it takes to undo the conditioning of so many years of trouser wearing!

Anyway as I was showing them around the house the girl from the estate agents arrived and I turned them over to her. I now feel that I had missed an opportunity so please don't be too hard, I feel awful in myself. Also I thought that if the girl from the estate agent also saw me in a skirt it might get back to MOH and then I'd be in trouble. Incidentally later in the evening I wore the jeans again to please MOH and, after several days of wearing skirts more or less full time, I noticed how much tighter the jeans were around my crotch. I told MOH this and she didn't comment. I've got to the stage now where I would much rather wear a skirt full time but am a bit befuddled as to how to approach all this. I know what has been said in the past about just going for it but real life is just not so easy. I may say a bit more later when I've had time to think a bit more.

I later found that the tenant in my other house ( he is a workmate of my youngest son ) had to break a window to get in as he had left his jacket ion the pub with his keys and phone in it. He is paying for the repairs but my son will be giving him notice next week. So a very mixed day.

[Sarongman]

Sinned, I fully understand and, as the house is up for sale, first impressions count. If, like here in Australia, it's a buyer's market then I think you did the right thing. As for the jeans, they do feel very restricting after a while in skirts-to the point that I can't fathom the female desire to wear same garment, especially the ones that are as tight as leggings, and must take an age to put on.

I only turned the computer on at 9.45 pm because it's a bit hot to go to bed yet, with a temperature outside of 23 c. Summer has arrived early, where did spring go?

[Sinned]

The housing market here is picking up. York is slightly unusual in being a historic city, small but important. It also has two universities and is close to larger cities such as Leeds-Bradford, Harrogate and is easily commutable. It's also mainline rail between East Scotland and London and about 2hours train journey so again is commutable. It's at a junction for motorways so all this has kept house prices up even though prices have declined elsewhere. Buyers always have the advantage where houses are concerned as they have the money ( lots needed ) and it's a commodity that you only buy very few times in your life. My desire was to appear "normal" whatever the definition of that is. Did I bottle it? Perhaps. They had already seen me in a skirt ( dark blue corduroy ) so was changing justified? I don't know but it seemed like the thing to do at the time. BTW I've never considered myself normal and have at times gone in for some decidedly NOT mainline activities. Never fitted in with the popular crowd at school. Skirt wearing is just the latest example.

Here the weather has cooled 10 degrees literally overnight. One day I was reading in the garden low twenties and the next day it was cold, rainy and ten degrees. Twenty degrees the next day and between ten and fifteen degrees ever since. But we had a better summer than normal after a few years of disappointing ones and for longer so we can't complain really.

[Caultron]

...Did I bottle it? Perhaps. They had already seen me in a skirt ( dark blue corduroy ) so was changing justified? I don't know but it seemed like the thing to do at the time...

I probably wouldn't have. I mean, they 'd already seen you, right? After that, it'd probably show more confidence to stay as you were than change. But you have to do what's right for you.

BTW I've never considered myself normal and have at times gone in for some decidedly NOT mainline activities. Never fitted in with the popular crowd at school. Skirt wearing is just the latest example...

Me too. And having only recently worn skirts, I still cringe a bit at each chance of being noticed. But yet I persist, and each successful encounter becomes a victory.

[Sarongman]

BTW I've never considered myself normal and have at times gone in for some decidedly NOT mainline activities.

Count me in there as not normal. If not for the friendship of three other misfits, high school would have been unendurable. My comment on changing was that a negative perception by the potential buyer just could have tipped the balance, where the house sale was concerned.

My daughter, who (lovingly) says I'm a 'dag' in skirts approved this one I posted on my Facebook page.

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[Sinned]

Srngmn,

I have just left a comment on another tread and was feeling a bit low after a tirade from MOH. But your entry above has just changed my mood for the day. I laughed at your post and it's so very true of me and I guess for so many of you as well. Thank you so much.

Dennis

[couyalair]

Hey, that's the first time I've seen your name, Dennis. It looks so much better than "Sinned".
For weeks I've wanted to ask if you had things to confess, or if you felt you'd been sinned against.
Now I know you are a real person.
Martin

[Uncle Al]

Hi couyalair,

Check the spelling of his name,
Dennis spelled backward is Sinned.

Uncle Al

[arteagafalda]

It's comfortable. You should try it.
One good thing about being an old man is that you get to be a crazy old man.
I've been wearing pants all my life and wanted to try something different.
Great freedom of movement. Excellent ventilation. No chafing.
Women like it.

Every now and then it's fun to do something crazy.

Esta respuesta es muy decente y elegante; generalmente las personas preguntan por que les parece algo innovador o novedoso. No es que quieran ser ofensivos es que quieren satisfacer la curiosidad.
Cuando alguien me pregunta de sorpresa, o intempestivamente por que uso faldas o vestidos con faldas les contesto, que es por comodidad, por salud y por respeto; y les doy mi argumento suficiente, (que tiene que ver con la salud , la comodidad, el respeto , y la cultura original, la cultura nativa colombiana; pues los NATIVOS GUAMBIANOS , usan todavía FALDA AZUL A LA RODILLA); y se van dándome halagos y afirmación, y felicitándome por mi manera de proponer una moda diferente saludable y muy respetuosa.

This response is very decent and elegant, usually people ask why you think something innovative or new. Not wanting to be offensive they are to satisfy curiosity.
When someone asks me for surprise, or unseasonably that use skirts or dresses with skirts I answer, that is convenience, health and respect, and give you my argument enough, (which has to do with health, comfort, respect, and the original culture, the Colombian native culture, for the nATIVE guambianos, BLUE SKIRT still use A KNEE) and go giving me compliments and affirmation, and congratulating me on my way to propose a different fashion healthy and very respectful.

[Kirbstone]

As I said earlier...You learn a little every day! Some time ago there was a thread about our nom-de-plumes and Dennis explained his 'sinned' then.

Unfortunately my other half won't even discuss anything to do with skirting with me, so anti is she. It's a subject we avoid, so every time I don a skirt or kilt I feel I have 'sinned' against her, so I have to go on hiding it, alas, and that situation won't change anytime soon.

T.

[Sinned]

Krbstn,

Yes, I did explain why I chose Sinned in another thread but some may have missed it. Seems like so long ago. It so not descriptive of me. Dennis is derived from Dionysius ( also known as Bacchus ) the Thracian god of wine. Since I am virtually a teetotaller it is so appropriate, NOT. Sorry that your OH won't discuss skirting, mine won't either except for losing it every now and again. The trouble is that I can empathise as she accuses me of wanting to be more and more like a woman which I don't. I can sense her fears in that respect that it will be the slippery slope to trannyism and that's not how I feel but I just can't get it through to her. Yes, I like skirts and hosiery ( necessary in our cold weather ) but I don't want the high heels, the makeup ( too much bother even if I did ) the frilly fluff and so on. I'm a man and very firmly attached to certain dangly bits of my anatomy and women I find attractive ( which I don't find men ). My gender identity is a bit more hazy but I think still male. I can't explain it any more clearly yet MOH listens but doesn't seem to HEAR, which is frustrating. Perhaps constancy and small steps is the answer.

Mrtn,

Yes, I am a real person with feelings just as you are. Depressed occasionally, elated by those around me at times, confused and confounded by one so close to me. Trying to be honest and true to myself but having hurdles to overcome. If my mother can accept, why can't my wife?

ncl l,

Like your sense of humour - passed through the golden age of it somewhat. Us English have a rather unique humour and I often wonder if there is the high development of the pun in other languages or the richness of humour that is found in the English language. So much of our humour, risqué and otherwise, is based on the similarity of words and the sounds of words. From puns to assonance and beyond. I'm in a melancholic mood at the moment, forgive me.

[couyalair]

pues los NATIVOS GUAMBIANOS , usan todavía FALDA AZUL A LA RODILLA)

Hola desde sur de España, y bienvenido en nuestro foro.
Interesante aprender que se usan faldas en America. ¿Tienes fotos de esta ropa?

Martin

[pleated]

pues los NATIVOS GUAMBIANOS , usan todavía FALDA AZUL A LA RODILLA)

Hola desde sur de España, y bienvenido en nuestro foro.
Interesante aprender que se usan faldas en America. ¿Tienes fotos de esta ropa?

Martin

They are easy to find-
https://www.google.com/search?q=GUAMBIA ... =605&dpr=1

[Nolyn]

Hey, Sinned/Dennis, Dionysius in the book of Acts was the guy who wanted to know more about the Apostle Paul's message. So I always thing of Dionysius as the guy who wanted to know the truth about the things of life. Not unlike you, I think.

BTW, my handle is a backwards spelling as well.