RANSVESTIA

ship and had to suppress all my inner most desires. After two years, it was out of the Navy and off to work.

During this period of time, I boarded at home, and was able to once again bring Vicky out of limbo.

This reprieve was for one year, then back to school.

This time it was the Culinary Institute of America, which at that time was in New Haven, Conn. The school is geared to train American chefs, and, if one is fortunate, he will graduate in two years. Of 140 who started-60 graduated—either way 80 dropped out by choice or were elected to do so.

Upon graduation I went to work on Cape Cod Massachusetts- originally my home state. After two years I moved to a large club and stayed five years. This was great, as Vicky once more emerged. This time I used mail order houses to buy my bras, panties, slips, dresses, ietc.

I was living at the YMCA and had to keep my clothes in a foot locker, locked at all times.

Then I met a girl at work, who was divorced with a seven-year-old daughter. It was during this two year courtship that I wanted to tell her of Vicky, but out of fear I said nothing. Somehow one night, I mentioned that may back was bothering me. This is a problem I was born with and it was later confirmed by Lahey Cliic in Boston in 1975. She suggested that I wear a girdle to bead, as soon as she bought it for me. The next night she gave it to me-the color was black. To keep it from riding up, I was told to wear a pair of her nylons. This was great and a week later she bought me a padded bra which was also black. One night after I had put the girdle and nylons on, and was ready for bed, she said, "I have a surprise for you." To my surprise (and happiness) she gave me a black bra and put it on me.

Then she said, "Let me make you up and put on some of my clothes and a wig. I (Vicky) felt like I was in seventh heaven. Then all fell in, one day while my wife was at work I decided to see how I could do on my own. While doing this, I had to make a nature call-being unaware that her daughter was not asleep-she saw me all dressed up, but said nothing-that night when my wife got home, her daughter told her what she saw.