TRUE STORY

“ON BEING DISCOVERED"

By Marilyn 50-M-1 FPE

Last September, my wife and I took her 21-year-old nephew Steve to live with us while he attended college in a neighboring town.

The first of December, though, my wife (a C+) decided to visit the Cancer Clinic in San Diego and would be gone for at least two weeks, so we convinced him to move back with his uncle since I didn't want the responsibility of getting his meals, etc., while working an odd shift.

As I put my wife on the plane she cautioned me to "keep the blinds drawn and the doors locked"— which I intended to do anyway!

A day or two after she left, after dinner, I dressed and was particularly careful about my make-up. There I was a TV watching T.V., en- joying myself more than I had in a long time, when I heard a key in the door! I had forgotten to get Steve's key when he moved.

I had barely gotten to my feet when I was face to face with my nephew. I was so frightened that I could hardly speak and he was so shocked and surprised he just looked at me for what seemed an hour. He finally spoke something like “What - what - who - what are you doing dressed like that?!" I told him to get a beer and sit down because I had some- thing to tell him.

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When I told him that I was a Transvestite, he said he had heard of them and that wasn't it true that everyone had a little of the opposite sex in them? I told him yes but some of us more than others. I tried to explain how much TVism meant to me - how it relaxed me and helped me face the working world and gave me a better understanding of all people. He replied that he then knew why I was so undrstanding with him (1 had never bugged him about his long hair).

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