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the first time I walked across the room, my high heels clicking, my girdle drawing on my thighs, the swish of my taffeta slip. I looked at myself in the mirror and knew right then that this was for me. I saw a tall and attractive woman staring back at me, smiling her Mona

Lisa smile.

I quickly obtained the other dresses listed and a pair of white and a pair of red 3" heels, my own makeup and jewelry and a second wig--blonde. I dressed at every opportunity when my wife was away and took my suitcase of lovlies when I had occasion to travel....

How do the wives accept TVism? My first never knew. My second encouraged it when she raided my trunk and found out, only to use it to attempt to blackmail me into giv- ing her everything I owned, telling everybody who would listen about my hobby. My third accepts it, even buys things for me, but I dont know. She is now seeing a psychiatrist. We have a four year old child which res- tricts my freedom. Women become jealous of the feminine husband, or at least of the clothes he buys which she feels should be hers even though she has everything she desires. I dressed for her before we married and she was sexed by my appearance. I fear that the "understand- ing wife" is as rare as the DODO.

As I have said I am a tall girl, not at all feminine looking unless dressed. I have always been a hard worker in the steel mills, progressing upward in my job to that of an executive where I make very good. I have no guilt feelings, rather an intense feeling of well-being when dressed in feminine attire. I know that I will never give it up, and I dont want to. Dressing relaxes me no end and is a wonderful escape from life's problems. I feel that any man is susceptible to the pleasures of wearing beautiful apparel, particularly if he makes up as a hand- some woman. There must be untold thousands who would join our "Club" if they ever had the opportunity to "dress" They just have never been initiated. I like TRANSVESTIA

and wish you great success.

Gloria-- Penn