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times also. I started going to drive-in movies with the wife and children while dressed up and also some short night-time car trips.

My first outing in daylight was with my clothes over a skirt and blouse and was to finish changing on the road. I still had not removed my over clothes but had just put on my make-up and was ready to put on wig and lipstick when we ran into a road check. They were check- ing drivers' licenses and we had to wait several minutes until they checked our car registration. The State policeman must have noticed Cover Girl make-up on my face. I was about 30 years old then and felt like 80 when we drove off. Next year at 31 we took a motor trip with me as a woman for two and one-half days before I changed back into men's clothing. I was not ready for this and stayed very close to the car.

I was beginning to notice changes in my feelings but did not un- derstand them much. My wife noticed changes in that I was acting more like a woman and not just wearing the dresses. By the age of 32 just dressing up had ceased to be a novelty. There is now much more enjoyment in living the part totally (clothes, housework, etc., but still very limited for time).

I worked out what I thought would help both of us. We both work- ed for different companies and contract time was due where I worked. It was agreed by both of us that if I went on strike I would spend the en- tire time living completely as a woman woman's lcothes a must, cooking, washing and all other housework.

I'm not sure whether she just felt left out or whether she got irked when I ran her out of the kitchen. I had my hands full the first four days just finding out the latest hiding places for pots, pans and dishes and to get all parts of a meal done at the same time. Well I was doing it and as the rest of the week started to smooth out I began to have a few minutes left over.

The wife started to complain again, she did not have anything to do at home. Well she did now, because I blew up and she had all her housework back. Our agreement lasted one week and the strike lasted 101 days with both of us very upset and about ready to separate.

The next three years were a growing fear for her that dressing would get out of hand and that I might leave her. For me the increased resistance was beginning to alarm me, too, to the point there seemed only one way out.

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