You select the place, you select the time, and you have made your decision. You prepare your setting and plan your tactics. And now it is time to let your hair down so to speak. But before any- one lays a complete presentation outfit on the bed and gets his cosmetic case out, let's look at some cold, hard, irrevokable facts First, in most, and don't forget I said most cases, a man in dress- es is not always a pleasant sight. And even if he is, and ring-a- ding-dings all the bells in town and is a grade A belle of the TV ball besides, this girl normally won't be razzel-dazzelled because if she wanted or needed optical stimulation by the presentation of a beautiful female I'm sure she would have settled on the gen- uine article. OK girls, I can just hear my readers saying, "OK, OK, so I can't wear my panties and all that jazz but, please, I'm only human and I'm a TV and I was getting all primed."

Now that we have our pins all back in place, let's get back to the presentation. Use the narratiion. Start from the beginn- ing and try to tell the story as you have lived it. Imagine that you are putting it on tape for posterity. Slowly, deliberately and tenderly tell her all. Be gentle, please be gentle, because her knight in shining armor will pick up some tarnish in this deal. And knights just don't look authentic if their metal breast plates are lace trimmed. Tears, there will be. If not now, later at home in her own pillow. But, tears there will be, I guarantee it.

Now--Wait--Give her time. She will react. Don't change any- thing. Go on as if nothing was said. Be gentle. She will make one of two moves. She will try to sever the engagement or she will question you about it or she might even ask for a homedemon- stration. If she indicates a move to sever the relationship, you must determine if the woman is worth a continued fight in the face of heavy odds. Also, consider this now as a battle that you might well lose. If her actions indicate a move in the direction of a demonstration, my friend, you need no further help from me. I'm sure she'll hook your bra, launder your prettiest of pretties, see that your seams are straight, and teach you some tricks that no man can learn without at least twenty years experience-all of which she can lay claim to.

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