RANSVESTIA

Last Christmas was the most unusual one for both of us. For the first time my wife bought me a 38D brassiere, a high rise zipper panty girdle, slip, panties and blue high heels. We looked at dresses but they were either too expensive or I didn't like the styles. On Christmas eve, after the kids went to bed, she gave me a surprise present. It was a dark blue double knit dress!! What a night I had with my new "TV set"!! How- ever, I wasn't allowed to shave my legs until two months later. By then we had received our TVias and read more about the subject. We also bought my wig then.

The change from rejection to understanding and acceptance has been painfully slow for me, but perhaps the right pace for my wife. She worries about me and the children discovering their father's peculiarity. I worry about how much my wife will understand and accept, the children and whether or not Dr. Reuben's book All The Things You Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) is right about TV's be- coming impotent. So far we have had an excellent marital relationship sexually. Buying feminine clothes for myself has also brought feelings of selfish guilt. I often feel the money should be used for the family's needs.

TV has brought my wife equally as close as it had earlier separated us. To sit here in my feminine attire in front of my wife would not have been possible without TVia and the admirable efforts of Virginia. When we get re-located in the Rocky Mountain west, we hope to meet other TV's and exchange correspondence with them. Perhaps my wife and I can help others "come a long way," too.

Joy Lynn 6-C-3 FPE

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