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I can't stand those understanding wives who insist their TV husbands cannot shave arms, legs and pluek eyebrows. It's heartbreaking, especially with a diaphanous Summer froek!!!

Marie is teaching Edith and Susanna how to knit. Edith is trying hard..poor dear. Me? Well....

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I hear Gloria spends a fortune in wardrobes..gorgeous sol- leetion of froeks..lucky thing!! She's also preparing for a face-lift operation..I do, so far, my own face-lifting with transparent adhesive tape..it works beautifully and changes your entire facial contour.. Play-suits with wrap-around skirts are the rage this Summer at the Chevalier D'Eon resort, but you've got to shave those limbs, nice and smooth..it looks awfully silly otherwise...It's my pet phobia and constant nag- ging at my TV friends who are scared of the razor blade. They are seared of a possible ribbing at work or in the family.. Can't one do anything one pleases with one's own hair, for heaven's sake??? If you act nonchalant the ribbing, if any, will stop. The truth is that there is guilt inside..fear.. fear of showing lack of masculinity...I say that courage is a more masculine trait..in their eyes..courage to take a little ribbing..courage as a masculine trait among the conventional folks (in reality it's the woman the more sourageous of the two sexes.) Why, oh why, do we have to act so ashamed of our "other selves"? I must thank Marie for having helped me lose all remnants of fear and shyness....As an example I go to the office wearing one ring on each hand...both rings decidedly feminine...not one kidding remark from anybody (and the staff is a rough one!)..my answer, if there's over a remark would be: I think they are beautiful, and besides, they belong to my wife. As to long fingernails, which I show all the time, I just "like them long". A "so-what" attitude is the best possible defense. Aet natural, don't fidget, and you'll be alright.. The trouble with most TV's is that they still feel they are doing something "wrong". Change that feeling for one that says: "this is right", and you'll see the difference...This guilt complex is shown even in the most ridiculous little de- tails..like going into a store to buy a bra..the TV is pos- itive the girl behind the counter is a mind reader..how silly can you be!! I assure you the last thing she's thinking of is