disagreed saying that I was "all wet." I then suggested that we buy a pair in his size to make an adequate comparison.

After buying the shoes, we returned home and he tried them on. He liked the idea and I was extremely happy because he was so re- ceptive. So I returned to the department store-picked out a dress, hose, and gloves so that the outfit would be complete. At that point in our adventure, we were not refined so much. We knew nothing else. I asked my husband if he would be willing to go out for a drive. We drove to a small city on the outskirts of our home city. I let him out and as I circled the block, he walked around it. It was quite thrill- ing for the both of us.

Imagine, all he had on (feminine-wise) was a dress, heels, hose, gloves, and a scarf to cover his head. No wig and not much make-up, just lipstick and powder.

After a few weeks, we scraped up enough money to buy a wig. As we had just been married two months and I was remodeling the kitchen (at least that's what he called it), money was quite scarce. I encouraged him by bringing up new ideas and improvements that should be made. I was quite happy he was receptive to my ideas. I really don't know what prompted me to keep asking him to get dressed, but I seemed to feel we had something deeper in our mar- riage than most couples who had been married just two months. There seemed to be a new dimension to our love for each other.

We have many pictures of "before" and "after" so to speak. We are amazed at the marked improvement of Betty. The hair has been turned from dark brown to blonde, the eyebrows have been taped to the top of the head to give an arched effect, the make-up has been increased and thickened to cover the "heavy" beard, the arm and leg hair has been shaved, the dress size is down to 14, the skirts have been shorted to three inches above the knee, the shoes are Spring-O- Lators with four or five inch heels to minimize the feet and give a sexy look, false eyelashes to feminize the eyes, and the wardrobe has been increased. The figure has taken on a more woman-like appear- ance with the help of a 24" waist cincher and large girdle-type hip pads.

As time goes by, we make more and more discoveries of how to make Betty look more realistic. TVia has helped in that respect. There are a lot of good ideas in it. I think more wives would be re- ceptive to transvestism if they would take the time to read TVia and listen to what their husband's reasons are for wanting to dress as a woman. I feel my husband's transvestism is a direct compliment to

me.

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