shadows until I was sure that he would not return. When he had gone I returned to my car and drove home as fast as the speed limit would allow. You can be sure that I didn't go out for some time after that.

A few months later I met the girl who was to later become my GG. After we had been going together for about six months I poured out my heart to her and told her of the girl within me. I told her of my desires and tried to explain. She tried to under- stand and told me she still loved me. What I didn't know at the time but found out about nine years later was that when she got home that night she told her mother what I had told her earlier. Her mother said she would not try and stop her from marrying me if she loved me but she did not approve. So we were married.

My wife worked part time after we were married and when she was not at home I would dress. Once a month she would go to club and again I would take advantage and dress until she came home. After we had been married about a year and a half, I dressed in front of her for the first time. After that I would dress frequently when she was at home. Al- though she didn't like it she would let me do it but she would not stay in the same room with me.

A few years later we went to a Halloween party and for the first time I knew I could pass. I fooled everybody at the party. I didn't go out again for some time after that. Then it happened! I found TRANSVESTIA. I had seen a little ad in one of the tabloid newspapers. After reading the ad I wrote to Chevalier Publications for information. By return mail I received a very nice letter from Virginia. The new information that I received and read I turned over to my GG to read. It really helped her to un- derstand my femme self a little better.

After some six months I read that FPE was being formed and those who were interested should write

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