TRUE STORY

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

Anne 13-B-8 FPE

Since that fatefull day some twenty years ago when I was ar- rested walking down a city street for wearing feminine attire, I have had my dreams as I confined my dressing to the privacy of our home. During the last few years these dreams have begun to come true one by one. I hope that all of you who read this have had at least some of your dreams come true too.

The first dream of mine to come true was the willingness of my wife to allow me to dress in her presence. One eventfull day about four years ago my wife agreed to spend the afternoon with me as my femmeself. I was ecstatic. Soon we were making it a regular practice while we were alone together and it seemed that we were beginning to enjoy each other more. This was not an overnight achievement and many times it seemed that our marriage would be dissolved because of my sister. When asked why the turn about came, my wife can not give a definite explanation and I do not care because I am just happy that it has come about this way. As in every marriage all is not “milk and honey” and many of our disagreements are directly or indirectly a result of my sister, but for all the bad times there are more good times.

The second dream was meeting and making friends with other persons who like to wear feminne apparel. It does not seem pos- sible now that I could have spent twenty years without making some contact with other transvestites, but it was not until last year that I made contact with Virginia through the Erickson Education Foundation. I will never forget going to my first FPE meeting for it turned out that I was the only one dressed that night and after a few minutes in the room I wanted to run as I feared that my hopes

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