Reasons why butch kitties might wear dresses, #3

[firecat]

"Well, I'd showered and was lounging in my Big Dogs boxers, and then the OH said he wanted to go out to dinner, and I didn't want to go to the trouble of putting on pants and a shirt."

Comments

[grumpywitch.livejournal.com]

Yup! I have several easy on dresses for that very reason. Though, I'm not sure I identify as butch. Or femme.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

dresses are so many fewer pieces of clothing than most of the other options. hurray!

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

my girlfriend and i had a conversation about me being butch, femme, or neither. i finally decided that i identify as neither, but i really like butch girls. (lucky for her!) (also, lucky for me that she doesn't just like femmes. although she does* like femmes.)

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Would wearing bicycle shorts under a dress count as semi-butch? ;)

And I may have to look into some comfy pairs of boxers as an alternate approach to something to wear under a dress when I don't want to wear hose of some nature. The Spandex can be a bit warm and restricting, but my thighs rubbed together when I was 60 pounds thinner.

[firecat]

I don't consider myself butch, but I'm not quite "neither" either. I guess I'm !femme. But I call my gender-style ID "butch kitty" because, well, it just makes sense for me. Dresses extremely rarely, fuzzy scarves often.

Note, I told the OH about what you wrote above and he said "Of course, Betsy's a geek." (We think there are at least three gender presentations: butch, femme, and geek.)

I like all three. What an aesthetic slut I am. :)

[firecat]

I think bicycle shorts count, yeah.

Cute name, btw!

[medhba.livejournal.com]

that made me giggle
my take on dresses is that they're more comfortable for me, having put on 25 lbs. after quitting smoking.
i also think it's somewhat deceptive...people don't expect a smartass in a dress.
(hope you and the OH have a great holiday)
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[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

One of my many taglines has been "not butch, not femme, just a weirdo". So there's another one for your files ... :-)

Personally, the last dress I wore was as a bridesmaid 20 years ago, and I intend it to stay that way, but realistically, at the same time I know that there's not really much difference between some short dresses and some of my longer t-shirts.

[firecat]

people don't expect a smartass in a dress

My friend Roxanne (who says she sometimes reads LJ - hi if you're reading!) uses this assumption to great effect.