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to have her view it with secrecy would, we felt, inspire traumatic feelings about TV in her. Finally guilt or shame would develop if friends ridiculed her about her daddy. Our idea was stretly to be ready with a plausible explana- tion and realistic reasoning regarding TV if and when the accidental discovery occurred

It was our desire for Cathy to never find out, but we were going to be ready when and if she did surprise me in some way and discover my dual identity. We bought pictures of female impersonators and stories and books on the sub- ject. These were always available to her. She went over them in detail in her leisure time and asked Dorine and I several leading questions. We always answered forthrightly and kept all mention on an innocent plane and at the hum- orous and hilarious level.

I do a lot of writing in my den. We told Cathy that Daddy wrote stories and articles about the impersonators. This set a precedent for any time Cathy's friends happened in and observed the photos, stories or recordings of the impersonators. Again to have Cathy believe anything fur- tive about all this was our defeat. We have only a few friends. What few we do have understand any unusual be- haviour and have the proper attitude, Furthermore a man with a wife and thret ids is not as subject to the usual homosexual connotations involved with transvestism as is usually prevalent.

My excuse of being a writer usually sounded 0.K. and some of the neighborhood kids told their parents that I wrote several of the books that Cathy showed them. we made a big deal out of watching Masquerade Party on tele- vision and made merry every time a man appeared in female disguise. Cathy appreciated our hilarity at this. When "Some Like It Hot" played at our drive-in we, of course, took Cathy. We never made explanations unless she asked. They we again maintained the innocence of the whole thing. Thus we slowly instilled in her the fact that TV was fun, hilarious, healthfull, humorous and innocent.