RANSVESTIA

Editor's Note: This nice letter from a wife was received a couple of years ago but got lost in the typographers file and just came to light. Although Stella has by now been an FPE member for several years, this is such a good wife's letter that I felt it is still appropriate and interesting even if it is kind of behind the times by now.

Dear Virginia,

Thank you for your recent letter informing us of Stella's acceptance into FPE. My husband is thrilled about it, and we are both looking forward to the time we both can attend meetings of a local chapter.

I thought I would background some of my feelings for you. We have been married for over 18 years. My husband is very masculine, and good natured. He has always had a sincere, strong personality, and has been a good provider for his family.

Twice in my life when I was seriously ill he was right by my side worry- ing and taking excellent care of me until I again was well and strong. No woman would want a better husband and I love him for all his thought- fulness.

However I must confess there wre times when I was not so kind to him. To illustrate what I mean I can relate to an incidident that happened in 1958.

We had been married for 6 years at that time. I had no intimation of my husband's FP nature. One night while we were sitting home watching television my husband said, out of the blue, that he thought it would be fun if he dressed as a girl to see how he looked. I thought it would be ridiculous. Here was a man 6 foot tall 195 lbs. telling me he wanted to see what he looked like as a girl.

For what I thought would be terribly funny reasons I told him to go ahead. About an hour later I was in for the most unbelievable shock of my life.

Here standing in front of me was a very attractive young lady clad in a sheer negligee. She was very feminine and very impeccably made up. He then told me that this was the way he would like to be always. Knowing that this was my husband gave me a feeling of repulsion. It was the most sickening and upsetting thing I had ever seen. To think that this was my husband standing there like that and saying that it was the way he had always wanted to be. I just couldn't believe this was for real.