Transvestia

masquerades, she suggested I dress in some of her clothes while she wore mine. She soon had me in stockings, shoes, a hat and dress and somewhat embarrassed me by pointing out to the others what a charming girl I would make. I was too shy to say much. To this day I do not know whether she was trying to indicate approval of my acts or whether she was trying to shame me out of them.

Upon leaving high school, I enrolled in a college and moved to the city in which the university was loca- ted, arrangements having been made for me to stay at the home of a young married cousin who lived there. I was a rather shy youth, and with the heavy load of study which the course entailed, had little time for recreation or feminine company, although I did attend the occasion- al dances and social gatherings. Perhaps this helped to divert my natural urges towards fantasies and feminine fripperies. There was no lack of the latter in my cou- sing wardrobe, and as she and her husband often went away at weekends, leaving me with the house to myself, there was ample opportunity for me to investigate at my leisure.

I was not slow to take advantage of this and it was now that I became a fully fledged transvestite and dressed as completely as possible as a woman. By studying the

labels on my cousin's clothes and trying them on, I was able to determine the sizes which would fit me. My biggest trouble was with bras, as hers were too small to fit my chest. (She was a 34- B), and I finally plucked up courage to buy a 38-B in a small out of the way store, along with some other lingerie. Although I found I could squeeze into her shoes these were also not quite the right size, so I purchased a pair of high heeled pumps in a size and width larger, and tucked these away along with the other articles in a locked case in my room. I had also obtained a snug fitting rubber panty brief which I always wore when I was dressing up.

Many an exciting afternoon was spent dressed in pan- ties, garterbelt, hose and heels, in front of the mirror experimenting with make-up, and I soob became reason- ably adept in it's application. I had also obtained a cheap wig, and this with rubber falsies under the bra, completed the picture of femininity that I was trying to

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