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and some change which would allow me to call a cab if I ever got into trouble. All the streets are one-way in my town and I always managed to walk in the same direction as the flow of traffic so that the car lights could not light up my face.

One night as I was walking down the street a car PULLED UP along side me, the door opened, and the driver asked me if he could take me home. I thanked him but said that I was almost home and preferred to walk the remainder of the way. I would suppose that my appearance fooled him since he followed me in his car driving very slowly behind me. Finally, as I reached my own block, he drove away. I was very glad!

All good things seem to have to come to an end and it was one night when I had gone out for awhile and then returned that I found that my wife had returned BEFORE ME and was she angry!! She accused me of wanting to show myself off to the neighbors but I had enjoyed the walk so much that I was in a tranqualized condition and I hardly heard her yelling. I asked her if she thought that I 'passed"and was disappointed to hear her say, "no"! Then I told her that I had just "passed" on the street while out walking and even had a police car go by me and nothing happened. She insisted that I was not real enough to pass and that I was heading for trouble! I undressed quickly and went to bed - thinking that she was jealous because I was thinner than her.

The NEXT Saturday, she did not go out! I thought that it was because she did not want me to dress. I felt very sad and guilty that evening and did not say a word. She couldn't help but notice my quietness and said that I was just going to have to find a good reason to stop my crossdressing. because I "had gone too far." She was sure that I was going to get into trouble.

She was right since Ihad next planned to take a bus ride the next time that I had the opportunity to get out. I had reached the point where I was no longer afraid to walk down the street. I wanted to do those things that women normally did. As a man, I had even gone to a local beautician for a facial. I did not tell of my crossdressing but only that I wanted the facial and she gave me one without any further questions. She thinned my eyebrows without my asking and put a little foundation and powder on

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