Nope, it's not just you... And, that's a good thing.
>>Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the trend towards message threads on here that have a primary message that is simply too good to be true (or a lie as we call it).
>>Threads talking about the most far fetched contrived happenings, daughters outing their dads and being 'totally cool' and their teen friends discussing their bras at the breakfast table in front of adults.... Bank clerks who can't believe you're a Mr.... You look 'that fem' when you're out.
I think, from prior postings on the topic, that a large number of people here do review the things posted and do carefully think before commenting or moving on to the next thread.
Perhaps too many ARE moving on when they should heed that warning "flag" that momentarily pops into their mind.
I disagree that this is a support site exclusively and I don't think it's a site blindly interested in promoting delusions:
"Crossdressers.Com was created in February 2004 by the owner ‘Admin’ and his Tech Team."
HIS Tech Team...
That should tell anyone this might be a complicated ride...
I do somethings think that more postings ought to be moved to other sections that require a password, and a note of explanation, before allowing access to certain topics. And, I do think that some of those topics, or, types might be excluded or banned from this sight as inconsistent with explaining and supporting CDing, TG, and TS behavior. Some things get too close to behaviors that are seemingly not promoting an ultimately positive view of CDers, TG and TS persons.
Meanwhile, some of the postings, as noted, require a bit of background to sort between a "silly" story and a personal victory. I have no doubt that the bank gals were enthusiastic, I have some doubt if they meant to do more than support a particular customer/friend's interests. In other words, they're saying, "Good for you" without meaning, "Good for everyone else."
I think you also have to have some background of your own to sort through a story about 12-year olds discussing bras with older men present. That she said it, and she might very well have, doesn't mean you can go with a 12-year olds understanding of the world as a "green light" to live by... "Girlish" chattering might be recognized as just that and one might excuse oneself by saying, "Well, pardon me, but I think you ladies might need to talk about this among yourselves." One has to be aware that this conversation may come up later in her therapy as an adult; "Oh, why did he just sit there and let me prattle on? It's so embarrassing now. I why did "I" do that? "I" was a fool."