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Update for Crossdressing partner apparently given up

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Holdmeclosertinydancer2018 · 03/05/2025 11:49

Some of you might remember me from a few months back, the woman who found out my partner was into crossdressing. I found out myself while he was away in a hotel, via his search history which included a bid on Ebay on stripper heels, links to self bondage and sissy porn.

So, he swore to me he would never do it again. Which I genuinely believe he hasn't as he has had no time alone except for work within this time. However he continued to play it down, any time I brought it up. When quizzed about the heels for example, he stated that he bid on a pair because he saw them in a porn video and wanted to try them.

Part of me knew all of these denials, mimimisations were likely to be untrue so I have not stopped digging since. I have driven myself to the brink of insanity in an attempt to get to the bottom of it. And I now have.

I asked to see his ebay purchase history 3 days ago, he wouldn't let me have his phone. At this point obviously we all know there is more to hide. I eventually got him to hand it to me as I threatened the relationship would be over if he didn't. Well. 6 years worth of womens shoes, latex dresses, skirts, socks, gloves, straps, harnesses, chains, the lot. He continued to downplay it saying he has no desire to dress as a woman. I countered this by saying your purchase history says otherwise.

Thinking that must be the worst of it, I asked him to explain everything to me. Why he bought the clothes, why he lied etc. Good, open conversation ensued, with him eventually saying that he wants to make it work and so will be transparent and offer up some information. Showed me Amazon purchase history, he had ordered suspenders, stockings, a set of Pleaser ballet boots and a maids outfit. I looked at the date of the order and it turned out to be a weekday he was working, so completely sober. His story about only wanting to do it whilst using Cocaine no longer has legs.

He continued to insist none of it was sexual. I told him that if I find out it is, we are over. He insisted. Yesterday after having pretty much a breakdown he eventually gave me the truth- whenever we argue he feels disgusted and ashamed of himself, takes himself off to sniff, dress and bond himself up. He fantasised about me doing this to him, by the sounds of it, keeping him locked up in a cock cage and made to beg for my affections and interest again. To humiliate him further by dressing him up as a woman, binding him up in a degrading position and punishing him, verbally degrading him etc. Leading to pegging him whilst verbally abusing him. So, a forced feminisation, humiliation fetish.

I am livid. I have kicked him out and he has gone to stay with his Mum. The lies these men will tell to downplay their fetishes, the denial, the blame shifting, the gas lighting is astounding. I have literally been driven mental, panic attacks, headaches, TMJ from the stress, unable to function some days.

He's gone now and I feel like a weight has lifted. He keeps messaging begging for me to understand why he lied, kept it secret and minimised and begging for another chance. I know longer care. For the first time in a month I slept like a baby and woke up feeling at peace. I have a party later so will go and het a nice change of hairstyle and work on feeling better about myself as I have neglected myself within this time.

Thanks for reading and thank you all so much for your original support. I read them all through with a fine tooth comb and really took on board the advice. Unfortunately I am the stubborn type that needs to find proof and get to the truth myself.

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 21/09/2025 21:40

Waitingfordoggo · 21/09/2025 21:15

Strange to address that to me when I have only made one comment on this thread which was neither angry nor transphobic.

Anyway, well done OP, glad you have got out of this relationship- I am sure you’re going to be a lot happier without him.

Agree, really pleased for you @Holdmeclosertinydancer2018

FlirtsWithRhinos · 21/09/2025 21:48

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Your idea of the "real world" sounds very sexist. That's sad. You should try getting out into the actual real world, talk to people outside your echo chamber. You'd be surprised how few people agree with your neo sexist ideas.

atinydropofcherrysherry · 21/09/2025 21:51

Was he doing gay sex and cheating or all was meant to be centered on you?

Angela59 · 28/09/2025 07:17

Long angry thread here and I’ve come to the conclusion that probably phobicphobic lol
I hate phobias and how people misinterpret them

Moving on, for my fourpenith having previously been in the sex industry for a few desperate years I came across a lot of guys that wanted to be dressed up and humiliated, this I found to be a little bit demeaning towards my sex. However they were obviously completely comfortable being that way, my problem I suppose

Fast ward 15yrs and I have a wonderful platonic friendship, I could almost say companion as he’s at mine a great deal, who cross dresses and I guess his is probably fetish based as his go too outfit is a maids dress!

Am I a hypocrite?

Holdmeclosertinydancer2018 · 10/12/2025 14:49

Angela59 · 18/09/2025 07:03

Recently came across a crossdresser on a dating site!
He messaged me btw

Maybe the OP might obtain so of the answers why there ?

Just rereading this thread today. I can't make sense of what this says?

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MrsPerfect12 · 11/12/2025 00:46

I remember your oringal post. I hope life is good now @Holdmeclosertinydancer2018

MarginWalker · 11/12/2025 03:45

How are you doing op? I remember your threads.

Holdmeclosertinydancer2018 · 03/01/2026 00:01

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Holdmeclosertinydancer2018 · 03/01/2026 00:03

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Women come here with their pain and their suffering to be met with this bullshit? Can we have fucking nothing??
You should be ashamed of yourself.

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Feelingthebreeze · 20/04/2026 17:17

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Lugol · 20/04/2026 18:49

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Do you really think OP wants to hear your take on it? She's glad to be free of the lying and the deceit. She doesn't give a shit about the plight of cross dressing men and nor do most women.
What you do for kicks is utterly irrelevant.

Feelingthebreeze · 20/04/2026 18:59

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gamerchick · 20/04/2026 19:00

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Nobody is interested in your kink dude. Especially when they bump an old thread to tell us about it.

GentlemanJay · 20/04/2026 19:19

Wow. That’s a story. Thanks for sharing.

TinselAngel · 20/04/2026 19:21

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Or they could listen to all many the truthful accounts on here from women who were married to men like you.

Feelingthebreeze · 20/04/2026 23:22

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TinselAngel · 20/04/2026 23:28

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Bullshit. You post to gaslight women. We see you.

RareGoalsVerge · 21/04/2026 07:47

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But that's not relevant to this thread is it, which is providing support for one woman whose cross-dressing ex was an abusive gsslighting liar.

Your contribution of yesterday 17:17 has exactly the same repellant vibes as a man chiming in "hey, not all men are like that" on a support thread for a survivor of sexual assault. It's narcissistic and inappropriate. We do not have to centre you in our duscussions. If you want a thread where you get to talk about what a nice kind non-abusive and non-lying kind of person you are, do feel free to start your own thread about yourself and people can choose whether they are interested enough to join that thread. However, such a thread will mosty be irrelevant. "Not All Men are Dangerous" has never been a reasonable argument against why women sometimes need single-sex arrangements. "Not All Cross-Dressers are That Bad" is equally irrelevant when we are dealing with the impact of the ones who are.

PoppinjayPolly · 21/04/2026 07:51

TinselAngel · 20/04/2026 23:28

Bullshit. You post to gaslight women. We see you.

Yep!! “Hey ladies! Well I like cross-dressing, so stop being horrible and start enjoying my kink!!”
again.. we see you!
and the calling of something we don’t fawn over “hatred” is so 5 minutes ago…

gamerchick · 21/04/2026 07:57

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No you didn't. You wanted to be centered and fawned over. It's not going to happen on this thread. Start your own if you want to talk about your kink. There are boards here for that.

Naunet · 21/04/2026 08:53

Crazytimes41 · 15/09/2025 05:29

Frumps?

not at all.

Am I cool I don’t think so just empathetic and realist.

Do you want yo return to 1825 then? Be my guest I don’t want to.

if you say ‘just live your best life’ ( basically with no consideration for your partners needs which realistically would differ from your own.) then all relationships are doomed before they start .

nobody is perfect and some women have no self reflection that some part of their lifestyle or behaviour isn’t something they’re partner likes. That’s life and realism .

Aww look at you, so empathetic towards men and their deep misogyny that you dont have any left to spare for women.

Naunet · 21/04/2026 08:55

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This thread isn't about you and your fetish 'FeelingtheBreeze'.

TheNoWord · 21/04/2026 08:55

‘Feelingthebreeze’? Yeah I bet you are mate.

Could you be more AGP?

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