Larry R. Sherman

THE THIEF

FICTION

I'm an FF and married to a D wife. I have been married for 5 years and I would say that my marriage has been successful except for my FP act- ivities. My wife discovered my FP activities after we were married for three years. She discovered me dressed in one of her old dresses. When she saw me she screamed at me, "What are you doing?" I answered her rather strongly, "I have obviously put on one of your dresses, but be- fore you get the wrong idea please read a section in a book by a psychia- trist." She angrily answered, “OK, but not until you remove that junk.' I was wearing one of my wife's old dresses, a pair of shoes which were thrown in the trash after a church bazaar; I had used one of my wife's lipsticks, and had even polished my nails.

I quickly changed clothes and went into the den where my wife was angrily sitting. I took one of Harry Benjamin's books off the shelf and gave it to her. She was surprised at my authority and after reading a few paragraphs she calmed down. She continued to read and I sat silently waiting for her to finish. When she was satisfied, she meekly asked, "Are you one of these?” I answered “Yes.” She responded, “Well, I guess I can't do anything about it. If you want to do this stupid thing, I guess it is OK but don't do it when I'm at home!" I agreed to let her know when I would get dressed so that she would not surprise me. This ar- rangement has been going on for two years.

I no longer needed to hide everything but my wife seems to ignore the one section of the storage closet where I hang my feminine attire. She once made a sarcastic remark that I had not removed all the lipstick; except for that one incident, the subject is never discussed.

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