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A TRUE STORY OF AN EONIST

by CAROL ANN ROBERTS

It seems customary to begin by giving a brief descrip- tion of ones self and some background My age at this writ- ing is 30, 200# 6' tall and in excellent health My father was a physician,, my mother a high school graduate my brother also a physician and myself three years of college. I hold a good position in a local corporation

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I do not know when my desire to dress as a woman started. Nor can I think of any treatment I received at the hands of my parents that would have influenced me in this direction As nearly as I can remember my childhood was a happy one parents never had any fights and always got along ell got to do a lot of things wanted but not all. I belon ed to the scouts and reached the rank of life, and I was also president of boys organizations. Still as far back as I can remember I thought that girls were better dressed than I and that I always wanted to be associated with them The reasons why I cannot say I can only tell you what has happened

I was first dressed as a girl when I was about 5 years old It was while visiting an aunt who had a daughter about my size and age One morning I teased her by hiding her clothes so that she could not come downstairs to breakfast and later seattering her clothes so that she could not clean her room My mother and aunt told me that if I didn't quit teasing her they would make me wear her clothes the rest of the day This idea did not frighten me I kept on teasing and they did just as they said they would. They put on me a pair of her panties a slip, dress, white socks and black girl s shoes. As they promised I had to wear them the rest of the day I even had to wear them downtown that afternoon As it was fall they gave me an old coat of hers and a white knit hat to wear. I can remember some lady telling my mother what a pretty daughter she had. After that when I would go to her home (my cousin s) or she would come to ours to visit I would inevitably get a pair of her panties or some other article of her clothing. It did not matter much what the art icle was, but panties were easier to conceal. I would get them