But what about the children? I was afraid someone would ask that question. I've been trying to avoid it all my life and as a result of it, I don't have any child- ren. Obviously I am an exception, most married people do have children. How does an A- wife act in this sit- uation? There are several schools of thought in this field. Let's take a look at them: 1) Tell the child. 2) Don't tell the child. 3) Wait until he or she is older and then tell. Obviously each case offers a good many pro's and con's. Most TV couples I've met lean towards the "don't tell" school. They point out that it would be perhaps damaging to the child's need for a "father image". Furthermore, they fear the child's instinctive lack of discretion and they picture little Johnny meeting a playmate and saying "Daddy wears Mommy's dresses." In no time the entire neighborhood would hear the story and...curtains for Daddy's reputation in town. - Digress- ing just for a second (I love to digress) the above did happen to one of our TV friends but the curious result was that little Johnny's playmate answered: "That's nothing... my Daddy wears Mummy's shoes and stockings when he's home." And, believe or not, the two daddies heard the story, compared notes, and discovered that they were both TV's living right next door to each other. So let's, in this instance, give one black mark to the "don't tell" school, kids do make excellent "contacts" (If Virginia will pardon the expression.)

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Another argument of this "let's keep-the-children- out of this" school is the belief that if you expose the child to the sight of a TV father, Junior is going to "become a TV through imitation". If Daddy wears dress- why can't I? Personally, (and I know most of my TV friends and especially their wives will mercilessly send me to the electric chair) I think that this argument does not stand up. It is my firm belief that TVism is not catchy. You don't become a TV just by reading about it or looking at a TV. My argument is that the immense majority of TV's never saw a man in women's clothes before they felt the urge to dress up...and in the second place I know of children who have found out about their daddy's TVism and they either don't give a hoot about it, or actually fear and dislike his feminine activities. I say that a child who does not possess trans- vestic inclinations is not going to be a TV no matter

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