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thing I knew we were in stores looking for dresses for him. We found some beautiful dresses and he was so excited, but we couldn't find any shoes large enough for him, so we are waiting for some mail order catalogues hoping to find some shoes in them.

For Christmas I gathered all my make-up that I don't use, including eyelashes and gave them to him as a "gag" with a card that said, "For someone who has everything." He laughed about it but didn't quite know how to take it. About a month after Christmas he broached the subject of my making him up. (I am a trained profes- sional make-up artist.) I think it surprised him that I thought this was a great idea. So I made him up and even put one of my wigs on him. It was amazing! He actually looked like a woman. In fact we were both so excited that I got my camera out and took a bunch of pictures of him which turned out really good. Right after that I went out and got him a wig of his own and ordered another one too.

I have now suggested that as soon as we can find him some shoes, that we go out together and he can make his "debut" as a girl. He was extremely surprised that I suggested this, but is excited over the prospect of it. I believe we can pull it off and I know it will be very exciting for him.

Virginia, he is still to me the most masculine man I've ever known, especially in bed. He has made love to me in his femme clothes, and also while he was made up as a girl. I thought this might be the one thing that would upset me, but astonishingly enough it didn't. I just knew that it was my husband making love to me and what he wore did nothing to change that.

I believe that if more wives of TVs took the initiative, and remem- bered the point I have brought out in this letter, they would be able to understand their TV husbands better, to stand by them, encourage them and never let them feel that their roles in life are threatened. To be there, to have an open line of communication and to encourage our partners to have no inhibitions where their TVism is concerned is what it's all about. After all, even when there is no TVism involved, these are the most important points in a marriage relationship. My husband and I have that very rare "special magic" in our marriage which nothing or no one can take away from us.

In closing I can only reiterate that old saying, "Stand by your man,"