Why am I here?

Okay, so this is my first blog post, and it's not a philosophical treatise on the nature of my own existence, but instead a post about why I'm writing a blog.

Who are you?

I'm Melissa, a marginally eccentric, veggie, 36 year old, mostly-in-the-closet cross dresser from the UK. I'm into Anime, SciFi/fantasy, environmental causes, reading and all manner of slightly geeky things. I have a love for burlesque and gothic imagery. I'm slightly bi-curious, but have never acted on it.

I'm polyamorous by nature, but currently in a monogamous relationship with S, who is an earthly incarnation of a goddess...or a force of nature...or something. ;) S knows about my cross dressing, but she isn't really into it, which can sometimes cause tensions. Although she's perfectly happy to go shopping for clothes with me...

So, Melissa, why are you here?

I have a massive exhibitionist tendencies and love to show off Melissa. (You'll often find me talking about my femme persona in third person, even if I'm initially writing from her perspective. Sorry if it confuses you. It confuses me sometimes.)

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I'm here looking for some kind of recognition and acceptance as Melissa. It's incredibly frustrating being in the closet. I don't think that most of my friends and family would bat an eyelid if I came out, but there's that whole scary centre-of-attention thing that I'm inordinately bad at. So I suppose I'm here to make some friends to whom this side of me is already an open book...