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HISTORY

AUTO-BIOGRAPHY OF AN FP NOVICE

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If you are wondering about the title of this story, I will try to ex- plain. I am a novice in the sense that I have not yet been completely socialized into the role of a fully developed eonist, self-confident and without a sense of guilt. On the other hand, my stage of development is not rudimentary and I have been engaged in the process of transistion for something more than a short period of time.

Without attempting to provide any well-organized structure for this essay, I will simply try to relate, as they come to my mind, some of the most important events and influences on my development as an eonist.

My family consisted of five persons reared in a small city in the southwestern part of the U.S. Dad worked for the railroad and my mother, a former homemaking teacher, became a housewife when they started their family. They had three boys and I was the middle one. I do not recall their ever mentioning any desire for a girl.

It might be well at this time to point out some ways in which I seemed to differ somewhat from my brothers. Although all three of us bore a major physical resemblance, friends and relatives would in- variably comment that I looked more like my mother whereas my brothers bore a greater resemblance to my dad. It was also said that I am the most "handsome" of the three. Both of my brothers are shorter and stouter than I am and are already growing bald-headed like my dad. On the other hand, I am taller and more slim and still have a full head of hair. In addition I seemed to be more shy and emotionally sensitive, less athletic, and somewhat of an introvert as compared to my brothers. I am still single (nearing 29) whereas they are now both married and have families of their own. I would myself, like to marry but have no prospects at the present.

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