RANSVESTIA

I am a transvestite and have been for as long as I can remember. I have always been burdened with anxieties and frustrations which go with being a closet FP. At the time of the marriage, five years ago, my wife had no knowledge of my transvestism.

It was after two years of marriage that I found I could no longer keep this terrible mountain of anxieties and frustrations pent up inside of me. I had to open up to someone. I chose to tell my wife in hopes that she would understand and help me in my distress. I can't say I made it any easier for her inasmuch as I did not really understand my dilemna myself. I really didn't know how to explain to her why I enjoyed dressing in feminine attire or fully what a transvestite was.

After I had told her she was pretty much in a state of bewilderment. At first she would agree to let me dress, but did not want me to do so around her or our child. I've tried, as I know other F.P.'s have, to quit. But, it turned out to be a fruitless effort. Above all else, I wanted to keep as much harmony in our marriage as possible.

As time passed my wife saw that it was causing me discomfort to keep my dressing suppressed. She agreed to my dressing. So I dress whenever possible and have accumulated all the feminine attire I need to have a complete wardrobe. I get to go out occasionally with my transvestite friends, dressed, and am quite content in my world of cross-dressing and femininity.

The thing that made the difference in my marriage was when an F.P. friend loaned me a copy of your book which both my wife and I read. I can't tell you what a change it has made in our attitudes and under- standing of transvestism. I would like to say that reading your book has made a big difference in my F.P. world. That, and a most wonder- ful lady that I'm married to. I've found a greater love for my wife because I am able to share my entire self with her. Thanks for writing your book for transvestites and their spouses. I hope your book has been as rewarding to many others as it has been to my wife and I.

Sincerely yours,

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Veronica-MO