The biggest thrill of all was my birthday present when a wonderful friend and my wife took Anne to a night club. Once again we went through the "what should I wear" routine. Getting ready to go that night was pure ecstasy after so many times that I had gotten dressed only to spend the night at home pretending that I was out among people at a fancy club. I was not convinced that it was for real until we were in the car and on our way.

The entire evening was sensational from the time that we were shown to our table and ordered until FP friend's brother danced with me. While dancing my wife overheard the people at the next table commenting about the possibility that we had a professional escort, but there was not a single indication that they detected the true deception. I came home on cloud nine and wanted to make the night last forever while my wife fell into bed completely exhausted.

I am thankful to many persons for the fulfillment of so many of my dreams. First among those persons is my wife, a truly remarkable woman. She has taken issue with Virginia about the use of the term G.G. and prefers to be called a R.W. which can be interpreted as real woman, real witch, or remarkable woman depending on one's point of view. From my point of view she is truly a remarkable woman who will not only tolerate the man she married wearing feminine clothing but she also is willing to share my feminine experiences with me, while she would prefer never having to share me with my femmeself.

Secondly, I am thankful for the work which has been done by persons such as Virgina, Fran, Barbara Lee and all the others who have helped to establish the means through which it was possible for us to meet our present FP friends. They have added so much new enjoyment to our lives. FP's may be vain and egocentric, but our FP friends have demon- strated a great capacity for altruism.

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I'd like to put an Editorial plug in for Lola de Borsody whose ad ap- pears on page 35 of this issue. Lola is a very friendly person who is gen- uinely interested in FPs. If you want somebody to talk to about it give her a jingle. If you need help in makeup, facials, electrolysis and similar assist- ance she is qualified and equipped to help you that way too.

She has been very kind to me on my several trips to New York and knows a lot of other FPs in the area. Say hello for me.

Virginia

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