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Started by Anisha, March 16, 2025, 07:59:37 PM

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Anisha

Does transexual purge???or only crossdressers purge?

With Regards,
Anisha
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MaggieB

In my case as a TS, I purged three times in seven years. Thousands worth went into the trash. The reason, I was not accepting who I was. Once, it was an ultimatum from my "wife" and I dutifully obeyed. She said I was a danger to our adolescent daughter by wearing women's clothes.  That was big incentive to purge as I am dedicated to my daughter's well being. Each time, I went into despondency and became unable to function. Months of recovery.
Once I accepted that I was trans, no force on earth would make me purge.

Maggie
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carol_w

Anisha,
We all purge (crossdressers and transsexuals alike) until we're 100% sure of who we are - until our self-identity is fully accepted.  Like Maggie, I've purged twice before, and although it wasn't a huge financial loss, I miss some of the clothes that I donated to charity.  They represented a part of who I am, a part that I was trying desperately to deny.  Now I know better.

Carol
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Mnemosyne

I threw out some old stuff before but it was not a classic purge. Also had an ex cut up what was left (yeah, bad breakup) which meant I had to go back to square one. Then again I did not dress too often and while I would become depressed after having to revert back I never really had the shame / guilt thing going on.

YMMV and everyone is different.
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Chrissty

I'd hate to think how many times I have done it in my lifetime...

..but I guess overall when I look back, I have moved on each time
and there's actually very little of what went that I miss now.

I have to agree with Carol, that each time I came back I found that
I had sort of re-invented myself, and my understanding of style
changed for the better.

Chrissty
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Laura91

I have purged a few times in the past. It was nothing major just a few items here and there. But starting a couple of years ago I decided to keep what I buy from now on. (unless it wears out of course, then I throw it away)
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sneakersjay

The day after I bought a bunch of men's clothing, I took every last item of female clothing I owned (7 bags full, some with tags!!) down to the Goodwill store.  Good-bye!  Underwear, bras, and socks went into the dumpster.  Never looked back. 

I'm very frugal and if I had any inkling that this was a phase, or that I'd need that stuff someday, I would have put it into the basement for potential future use.

In my case I knew, no doubt.  And I didn't (don't) have family standing in my way.

Jay


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Hypatia

As a transsexual, I purged all my goddamn male stuff! HA-HAAA! Good riddance to bad rubbish!  ;D
Here's what I find about compromise--
don't do it if it hurts inside,
'cause either way you're screwed,
eventually you'll find
you may as well feel good;
you may as well have some pride

--Indigo Girls
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Denise

I have purged only once, but fortunately there was not a lot of $$$$ involved in what i got rid of.

The next time I felt the urge to purge, I packed it in a box, put it in the attic. Fortunately I did this, as it was less than a month, I retrieved the box of clothes from the attic and have never looked back since.

I do need to go through my wardrobe, and dispose of some things, but they are items that do not fit right, are out of style, or just things that I have not worn for a long time.

This time when i dispose of those items, they will be donated to the good will or a clothing box near me

Denise

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Stealthgrrl

Quote from: Hypatia on July 25, 2008, 04:45:38 PM
As a transsexual, I purged all my goddamn male stuff! HA-HAAA! Good riddance to bad rubbish!  ;D

Haha! Amen, sista! ^5 v5 BUMP!
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Janet_Girl

I have purged three times in my life.  Two were very troubling to me as it was for others not me.  The last time was and is for me, I am slowly weeding him out.  ;D

Janet
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DeValInDisguise

I never crossdressed before coming out as trans.  My coping was all mental - I had several collections of stories over the years that I every so often would get deleted.  Then after my resolve ran out (I lasted a week once!) I'd be out there, hitting the sites trying to find them all again.

Val
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amie

Quote from: Anisha on March 16, 2025, 07:59:37 PM
Does transexual purge???or only crossdressers purge?

With Regards,
Anisha
I've only done it once and that once was quite the conflicted desire. Regardless, that once was a very expensive once. Much like bein' a girl, wanting to be a girl is very expensive. I'll mention a few items and stop when it becomes something painful: I tossed (purged) A very expensive (arguablly the best you can get) wig, a crazy-dollar amount in cosmetics, another crazy-dollar amount in dresses and accessories (yep, you guessed it, my dumbass was makin' $1200 a week at the time and thought I could buy, not only high-dollar cosmetics n' designer girly clothes, but order Italian Hosiery as well). Betcha could accurately guess the type of girl I'd be, huh? Anyway, Let me type, as diplomatically as I can muster, That I don't think a cross-dresser is as likely to purge as a True TS Person. My elucidation is this: Cross-dresser's are comfy with bein' part-time and fragmenting that facet of their lives-so I would theorize. TS People on the other hand, often feel conflicted stemming from what could be either a specific (single) or number of things. In my case, there were a couple of major factors. First, I had a niece n' nephew, both under 5 at the time, that I had grown to love dearly and feared their loss that would likely result from my "coming out". I'd like to add, no one whomsoever knew about me at the time which is another pertinent aspect to consider be it in my case or anyone else's. Support from others carries a great deal of weight. Second, I felt locked occupation wise at the time (much like I kinda do now) in that I was baffled/scared in thought of how I could make the same, or even near kinda money. Granted, for those of you thinking such anyway, I didn't necessarily hafta purge if I were reluctant to come out at the time. Correct, if you were thinking somethin' like. But I'm the kinda person that is far more considerate than they tend to give themselves credit for. I discovered this in almost staggering effect when I came out to those I have. Example: Danielle, who is a wonderful and understanding/accepting lady, claims she doesn't care that I dress to desire in the house when or not she's present. This is a very warm n' kind privilege or so I consider. But sometimes she will radiate, or so I feel, feeling that she's kinda uncomfortable with it. When this feeling comes over me, I stop dressing comfy for a while till I feel she's ready to see it again. See, this compels me to touch on a not-so happy subject about one of my first TS Friends. She was embarking upon transition to become female and not only had adequate financial backing, but was well built (bone n' skin-wise) to support what I'm sure would make a very convincing/passable girl. Fastfowarding, her and I were talking over the phone one day when the subject of "coming out" surfaced. She went on to tell me that people like us were actually very selfish people. When I questioned her position she explained how she feels that telling someone (family/friends, etc.) about our position is a "half-ass" Suicide. According to her, when we come out to someone, we more or less die to that person to one degree or another. I must admit, this intrigued me and I did devote quite a bit of thought to it. Hell, sometimes I still do. Anyway, Back to my base point B4 the Mandi reference: I think being considerate of those meaningful around you/us can serve to fuel a conflicting desire to put your/my happiness aside for their benefit. That was not only my primary concern then, but to a mentionable degree still is. I, much like many of my sisters like yourselves (m2f), tend to think with my heart. But that's who we are: We're girls-and such is just part of the program, like it or no. In attempt at summary, don't beat yourself up if you've ever done the purging thingee. I learned a great deal from it and so can you.
















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Northern Jane

Rather like Hypatia, I "purged" guy stuff starting in my early teens - it was my way of protesting the "enforced gender role" of my mother. The only real "purge" was about 16 when I set out to erase every bit of evidence of my "male existence". It was pretty successful - the only items missed were those not at home but in the hands of others.
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Lisbeth

Quote from: carol_w on July 25, 2008, 10:39:56 AM
Anisha,
We all purge (crossdressers and transsexuals alike) until we're 100% sure of who we are - until our self-identity is fully accepted.  Like Maggie, I've purged twice before, and although it wasn't a huge financial loss, I miss some of the clothes that I donated to charity.  They represented a part of who I am, a part that I was trying desperately to deny.  Now I know better.

Carol

I never did purge, even once.
"Anyone who attempts to play the 'real transsexual' card should be summarily dismissed, as they are merely engaging in name calling rather than serious debate."
--Julia Serano

http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/09/transsexual-versus-transgender.html
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Elwood

Wow, I guess I did purge. All my old girly clothes. Except I donated it to thrift stores.

But I only got rid of that stuff because I wasn't using it. I figured someone else could use it and enjoy it.

Is that what purging means in this context? Getting rid of stuff?
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louise000

I too have done it more than once and thought about how much hard earned money I was throwing away. If I ever feel I have to do this again I'm going to find some safe place to store my clothes and stuff, knowing full well that I'm going to need them again in the future. Gender identity problems never go away for ever.
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Hypatia

Quote from: Elwood on July 27, 2008, 01:00:48 PM
Wow, I guess I did purge. All my old girly clothes. Except I donated it to thrift stores.

But I only got rid of that stuff because I wasn't using it. I figured someone else could use it and enjoy it.

Is that what purging means in this context? Getting rid of stuff?
Well, to be accurate, not really. I was putting an ironic twist on the concept. It actually refers to MTF getting rid of women's clothing, or FTM getting rid of men's clothing, because of pressure or shame about crossing the gender boundary, an attempt to shove oneself back into one's birth-assigned gender.

I didn't dress in women's clothes before I came out, I was that repressed about it. So I had nothing to purge. Except one item I bought when I was in college, and when a young woman crashed at my place for a couple weeks when she needed a place to stay, I invited her to take it with her when she moved on. I made up a fake story about an old girlfriend having left it behind. That was my one and only purge. It didn't stop there-- she took the liberty to liberate other things from my apartment. I saw her months later wearing one of my t-shirts I hadn't given her permission to take, and when I walked up and said Hey cool t-shirt, where'd you get it, I watched her squirm with guilt.
Here's what I find about compromise--
don't do it if it hurts inside,
'cause either way you're screwed,
eventually you'll find
you may as well feel good;
you may as well have some pride

--Indigo Girls
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Elwood

OH. That's never happened to me. I love my boy clothes!  :icon_shakefist:
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Aiden

Purging...  I always felt slightly guilty about it but growing up family members would give me girl stuff as gifts.  Never used them so eventually just got rid of them.   Now there was a few periods where I try to be more femanine...  in middle school grew hair out long and wore make up for a bit and even dressed slightly nice (still couldn;t get me in a dress though)  but the next year purged all that.

Recently about a year or 2 ago was doing some of the dressing up in skirt, and shaws but kept hair short, and no makeup...   in last year though haven;t touched it except for the Crochet poncho my stepmother made for me (can't stand to miss treat that) and a coat which I got which looks kinda cross a women's and pimp's coat lol..  I like fuzzy stuff and swade and was only thing could find like that that was long enough to block out the cold winter air in winter (I hate cold lol)  Not sure what to do with them now really.   Worth to much to be just disposed off.

Yeh not what you ladies meant (trying not to use my usual broad term of guys which use to refere to people)  As for purging male stuff, I tend to collect things, and cloths I may wear up to 3-6 years if really like them and still fit.  Only purge male cloths when either their to worn (to many holes to patch up) or lose interest in them.  I may not follow the fasion fads other guys and gals do, but I do have my own interests in cloths which change over time.
Every day we pass people, do we see them or the mask they wear?
If you live under a mask long enough, does it eventually break or wear down?  Does it become part you?  Maybe alone, they are truly themselves?  Or maybe they have forgotten or buried themselves so long, they forget they are not a mask?
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