How do I tell my mum?

[Tackleberry]

Basically I had to move out of where I was living and back into my mums, but where I was living I was wearing skirts all the time.....
I was thinking of doing it like this - saying to my mum I said to someone at work as a joke that if it gets any hotter Ill have to start wearing a skirt, then saying to my mum that the day after she gave me a skirt to try, trying it on saying to my mum this is quite comfy might wear them more oftern, then the day after she gave me a big bag full of skirts (which is all the ones I have I own in the boot of my car).
Does anyone have any better ideas than that?
Oh and my mum thinks that blokes wearing skirts means their gay

[Dottie]

errr " Mum, I wear a skirt as its more comfortable" or " 'ere Mum what do you think of this " as you enter wearing a skirt,for goodness sake be forthright after all she's your Mum, don't lie to her. Ask her advice about style, length colour etc, just get her onside.
You're not a Scotsman,Fijian, or any of the many other skirt wearing nationalities on this planet ,its not a joke or dare either, it just that you like wearing a skirt
If she not happy then compromise and don't wear a skirt in her home after all it's her place but tell her you will continue wearing one when you are out and about , at least it will save her finding out form someone else.

Good luck

I wear skirts , I'm not gay ,but I'm happy !

[crfriend]

I'd go with Dottie's advice -- do not lie about it, and don't try hiding it either, as you'll just get caught out which will be vastly more uncomfortable for all involved than being forthright in the first place.

If your mum inisits on making the inaccurate assumption about about your sexuality based on what you wear you're probably not going to be able to change that. I had the same problem with my (late) grandfather and the length of my hair and it was a completely no-win situation; at least with skirts, one can take those off and swap them for trousers when the misguided ones are around which is not possible when one has lengthy locks that took years to grow out.

In short, if you're in your mum's nest you must abide by her rules. It stinks, I know, but look at it as an incentive to get back out on your own again -- unless you can turn her into a believer in men's skirts.

[Sarongman]

Proposed Dottie, seconded Carl, all those in favour say aye Motion carried

[Caultron]

Just tell your mum that one day and for no reason you started thinking about skirts, and so you tried one, and then you liked it, and that you want to keep it up. And that it's a way to express yourself. And that you're not gay.

I presume that's all true, right? Or if not, that you have a comparable story to tell?

Of course, if you were fired for wearing a skirt, or unable to find work because of it, and that's why you had to move in, the problem becomes more difficult.

[Sinned]

In one of MOH's more awkward moments she basically dared me to tell my mum. So one day I went to visit my mum and during a conversation about my stepbrother I said that I liked wearing skirts and my mum said, "Good!" So I had a discussion with her about why I liked wearing them and that I wasn't trying to look like a woman and it's gone from there. I've only been skirted in her home and haven't been out with her yet but I suppose that's only a matter of time. I found the process easier than I thought it would be but then I got a positive result - I don't know how I would have reacted if I'd got a negative result. My mum is very honest and if she hadn't approved then she would have said so. My mum does differentiate between gender and sexuality so I have not been accused of being a Xdresser or gay. So my advice, like the others, is just be honest and tell her sometime when it's quiet. What can she say, really? Either acceptance or not to wear a skirt in her house - at least you'll know where you stand. Being a mum she really won't think any worse of you. So been there, done it and have got the skirt to prove it. If only MOH was as accepting.

[Tackleberry]

Just tell your mum that one day and for no reason you started thinking about skirts, and so you tried one, and then you liked it, and that you want to keep it up. And that it's a way to express yourself. And that you're not gay.

I presume that's all true, right? Or if not, that you have a comparable story to tell?

Of course, if you were fired for wearing a skirt, or unable to find work because of it, and that's why you had to move in, the problem becomes more difficult.

Thanks everyone!!!!!
To the above yes its all true.
I havent been fired or unable to find work because of skirts, though depending on time of day i do wear skirts to/from work though (i drive a coach) and change into trousers around the corner from the yard....
Besides I dont think Hampshire County Council would like it on the school runs lol

[skirtyscot]

The school run is only two small parts of the day. What about the other customers and your employer? How would they react?

[Tackleberry]

The school run is only two small parts of the day. What about the other customers and your employer? How would they react?

Most of our other private jobs are school trips as well and we tend to do more than one school in the afternoon lol
My boss is pretty cool tbh but to fair hes issued us uniforms and expects us to wear them, skirts arent a uniform issue...
Anyway would rather keep skirts separate from work........!!
That said though, most of the men on the job Im on tonight are wearing kilts

[crfriend]

My boss is pretty cool tbh but to fair hes issued us uniforms and expects us to wear them, skirts arent a uniform issue...

Since there's a uniform requirement involved it's best to adhere to it -- and, at least it's gender-neutral: everybody wears trousers.

Anyway would rather keep skirts separate from work........!!

This can be a very useful notion and does tend to draw a very bright sharp line between when one's "on the clock" and when one isn't. I've used that to good end in the past.

That said though, most of the men on the job Im on tonight are wearing kilts

That should be a good time so long as they know how to behave themselves.

[skirtyscot]

Kilts in Hampshire? What's the occasion?

[Tackleberry]

Kilts in Hampshire? What's the occasion?

A wedding, and they were all Geordie lol

[Tackleberry]

Well she went to my car earlier to tidy it and she came back in and asked :-
Why do you have a denim skirt in your car?
Because there more comfy than trousers sometimes.
Are you sure youre not a tranny?
No that means dressing fully as a woman whereas I wear skirts to replace trousers sometimes.
And that was that!!
Suppose Id best get them out of the car now

[crfriend]

Well that sounds like an interesting outcome. Do let us know how it goes in the future if she ever sees you in the skirt.

[Tackleberry]

Well that sounds like an interesting outcome. Do let us know how it goes in the future if she ever sees you in the skirt.

Wearing a denim one in front of her now, and I got my bag of skirts out of the boot of my car and she had a look through it and some of them she has said she could wear
She seems cool about it