Mary 5-N-1 FPE

MARY MAKES IT

Leading Lady

As many of you know, I am Virginia's assistant at Chevalier, and have been working two days a week with her for nearly 21⁄2 years. Shortly before this, I started living full time as Mary. The events, and reasons for this, go back as far as I can remember.

I won't bore you with the details of my early life, because it is mostly the same as many others. However, you must know a few facts to better understand the reasoning behind the decision to live as I do.

To begin, I was an only child, and have only a few close relatives. I was very much underweight, and still am, for that matter, 115 dripping wet! Height was always about average, and leveled off at 5' 8”. I liked sports, but couldn't compete, because of my size, and was always the last to be chosen to play on a team. School work was hard, but I managed to get average grades, and finished High School. Mother and Father were happily married, and did everything they could for me. Mother, perhaps, over-protected me and didn't want me to get hurt playing with the other kids. As a result of this, I became somewhat of a loner. I had my share of cuts and bruises though. I loved and respected my father, but somehow felt closer to Mother. Sex was a topic never discussed, and had to be learned through other channels. My Father died when I was 18. Mother and I lived together, off and on, until she died 42 years ago. I have never been married.

Strangely enough, though the desire was always there, dressing was a very rare thing all through childhood, and into my mid-twenties. It was not until age 28, when I found some clothes in a store room, that I really dressed for the first time. The best way that the late start can be explained is, that for me, dressing had to be pretty much complete, and the

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