meant Yes or No.

a

"Well, let me try to explain from the beginning. When I was little girl...I mean boy...I felt I should have been a girl. What I mean is, I liked to dress like a girl and feel that I was a girl. Do you understand?"

Again he bobbled his head as before. So I went on.

"As I grew up I sort of became two people in one. Maybe it would help you if I call one the brother and the other the sister. Now, my brother would go to work and leave me home in the closet. He would come home from work and then he let me live because he would go into the closet and I would come out. Is that clear so far?"

"No", he said, "but go on and maybe it will clear up for me."

I continued, "As I said, I am two people in one body so we take turns living, and using this body. What I wanted to find out is why

I can't claim two exemptions since the two of us use the income eq- ually?"

He stood there and said, "Look lady, the law won't allow you to claim two exemptions if you are only one person! "

can't

Well, if he is going to get obstinant I can too, so I just told him, "well, you just read your old law and you will see that I am right. You men think that women don't know anything at all, you see right here where it says I can claim an exemption if I pay out $500 for the support of another person! Or if a person receives half of their support from some one then that someone can claim them as an exemption! Well, little man here are the bills for dresses, lingerie, jewelry, fur coats, shoes, nylons and other things. You will see that they add up to more than $500! Now you interpret your law and tell me I am wrong!" I never saw anyone so confused over

something so simple. He took all the forms and bills, etc., and went into the Director's office and they were going over them one by one. After a while he asked me to come into the office.

Well, I won't repeat myself but I had to explain it all over to this other man. Golly, it is so simple to me and to any other FP that I just can't see how two grown men can be so stupid about something as simple as this. After all they made the law not me.. About a half hour later they couldn't come to any real decision so it was decided that I fill it out with two exemptions as I have it and let it go on to the head office and let them make the decision. I did just that, and actually I am sorry that I even bothered

10.