All That Stress For Nothing – Coming Out In The News

You may remember a few days ago where I posted about an interview that I’d agreed to do. The interview was looking at the life of a crossdresser from a wife’s perspective. Ultimately Melanie was unwilling to give up her anonymity (due to her fears for her job) and I understand and support that choice. I didn’t agree with it entirely – I felt that had the interview gone on to be posted that it would have been disingenuous – but I did fully comprehend her reasons for doing so.

Well, the verdict is in:

Hi (TheWife),

Hope you’re well. I’ve heard back from all my editors and unfortunately they don’t want to feature your story anonymously. It’s mainly because some of the magazines have run articles on cross dressing in the past and the case studies they’ve interviewed have been happy to be named and photographed – so the editors want the same this time around. I’m really sorry as your story is brilliant and it definitely has a place in these magazines but I have to do as my editors say and find a couple to interview who are OK with their names (middle names/last names etc) and photos used for the article. I totally understand that you and your husband aren’t keen to do this so don’t worry, I’m not in the habit of forcing people to do anything they don’t want to! But I just wondered whether through the contacts you have via your site or elsewhere, whether you may know people who’d like to do an article like this with me?

Best, (Reporter Name)

Okay community, let’s see if we can help this gentleman out. Who out there who has a wife who KNOWS about your crossdressing, wants to be interviewed and potentially end up in a major magazine. The only catch is you have to use your real name and real pictures. This will not be done anonymously. So if you want to come out in a big way, here’s an opportunity to do so.

Remember, this will NOT be told from the CD perspective. This story will be told from the WIFE’S perspective in regards to CD and TG. This means if she’s not 100% supportive, it may come out in this article.

If you want some time to think about it, or are uncertain about what sort of questions he will be asking you, I’ve included the bulk of the questions I was asked below:

How old are you and your husband?
When and how did you meet?
What attracted you to each other?
How long did you date for before you got engaged and then married?
How did you know your husband was “the one”?
When did you find out about your husband cross dressing?
How did you take this news?
How has it affected your relationship; do you feel that you’re closer in a way to other non-crossdressing couples?
Have you opened up to friends/family about this and if so, how have they taken it?
Does your husband cross dress all the time/in his spare time? I’m just trying to get an idea of how much it’s a part of your life
Do you have any children?
Whereabouts (city) do you live?

Think CAREFULLY about this before responding. Your family will be representing CD and TG to the world so this is an opportunity to really present your best foot forward. I’m not saying to lie, but I am saying that if you do this you should probably have someone who’s a good editor on hand – you’ll be quoted in this article most likely and you don’t want grammatical or spelling errors to portray you poorly. If you’d like help with that, you can feel free to contact me. Melanie is a grammar-nazi and she WILL cover your answer in red if it needs it (but at least you can assure yourself that you won’t look dumb.)

Either way, if you want to contribute or help this reporter, respond to this via the comment section below by saying: “I WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED” at the top of your comment. Include a name and your email address and I’ll pass your info along.

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