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I do not have any desire to dress exotically or to be dominated by my wife. I like to dress glamourously at the dances, but just want to be simple and pretty in public-just one of the girls. I wear just "enough" makeup and add a touch of perfume.

My wife accepts my present methods of expressing my- self and usually goes out of her way to make me happy dur- ing the visits to our friend's homes. She helps me buy my clothes and although we never seem to have enough money to buy all the things we might like, she has never once complained about my spending quite a lot of money on clothes I am content with my present status and do not wish to change. I am satisfied with the present set up of visit- ing friends and do not desire to go any more often.

Just this year I mustered up courage to write to my mother and tell her of my desires. I enclosed some pic- tures of Annette in her letter. In her reply she said, among other things, that "you do make a snappy looking gal". She cannot und stand why I should have such a desire as to wear dresses, but she has accepted it too and wants to help where possible. She still loves me. She told me that she knew of Annette from childhood but dismissed her as a childish idea and forgot it.

In my daily life I am a business manager and have enough brains and respect to have been honored by an appointment to an important city position. I believe that I an the youngest person to have been so honored in our city. We have our own boat and we love sports. We have 2 cars, and are buying our own home. So our lives are not any different than usual except for my love for and desire to wear feminine clothes. I know of no other* TV's in my area and have yet to meet another personally. My only outlet now to new acquaintances is through this magazine which I read from cover to cover.

I am of the opinion that Transvestism is nothing to be ashamed of, but we do have to be cautious in our