RANS

Transvestia

We laughed, kissed, and cried.

"Let's go out for dinner, and to a play," she suggested.

We went, each of us chastened, but also aware of a new life ahead, a new level of understanding, and a new appreciation for each other's worth. From that moment on, I vowed never again to profane the sanctuary of womanhood. However much I might want to be a part of it, to learn its secrets from within, I'd recall the troubles that doing so had brought, and recognize that life must have its mysteries and for- bidden places. From that moment on, I'd stand in awe of that line that life draws between the sexes, and cross it not.

So that's his story, is it? In case you are inclined to gullibility, I'm going to add a few words of my own and clear up a thing or two.

First of all, he leads you to believe that all this had its origin in one harmless trick. What he neglects to tell you is that by the time I hid his clothes, I was having to go by myself to about ninety percent of the social activities to which we were invited, while he stayed at home stretching my bras and girdles out of shape, pulling the seams on my dresses, and snagging my stockings. How the big lummox thought he could squeeze a size 18 into a 12 without my noticing it is beyond me. No, it wasn't just a simple trick which by itself would have been rather funny that was bothering me. It was his increasing remoteness and the continually reconfirmed suspicion that my clothes were coming between us.

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He would also have you think that he was utterly helpless in all this, that I had succeeded in imprisoning him in dresses, and that there was no escape. True, I did hide his clothes and I did buy dresses and lingerie for him to wear instead, but he was a very willing prisoner. If he had called me that first morning and demanded his clothes, he could have had them. I never intended for it to go beyond a gentle sign to him that we had to start being honest with one another.

And for that reason, I deny categorically having said anything about playing God. You can see for yourself that I didn't force him or lead him to do anything he hadn't already done. I just confronted him with it. I grant you that I was amazed at the speed with which things snowballed, but I certainly didn't contribute any more to the build-up