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sleep in very feminine nighties and gowns. She absolutely re- fused, however, to allow mw to dress completely in her presence.

To avoid arguments at home, I hid my dresses, wig, bras, makeup, shoes, etc., and told her that they had been destroyed. I began to find excuses for having to go back to work at night. After carefully sneaking an outfit I wanted to wear into the car trunk, I would go to a deserted spot to change and then drive around looking in shop windows and felt pretty good about how clever I was. I actually got away with this behavior for nearly 10 years and, during that period, I found aout about the maga- zine TRANSVESTIA. For the FIRST time I understood that I, a heterosexual transvestite, was not alone.

My job required

some overnight travel and, naturally, I always took along my girl's clothes. On these trips, Ihad much more time to devote to my dressing and makeup and the result was, I thought, quite acceptable. I became bolder over the years and would even shop in crowded stores and mingle with people on busy sidewalks. No one, apparently, suspected that I was not exactly what I fancied myself to be a fairly tall but not terrible looking woman. I have received wolf whistles and have had to turn down advances made by men.

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Then, one night about five years ago, it happened the night that very nearly spelled my ruin.

Before an impending extended business trip to the home office of the company I work for, I purchased two new dresses and all the various items I would need to make the visit a memor- able one. As things turned out, it was INDEED that!

Upon concluding the first days business, Ihad dinner alone and returned to my motel room around 7:00 p.m. After a shower and shave, I donned my femme apparel -- all of it, except my freshly restyled wig which was new applied makeup and was off for an evening of excitement.

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I left the motel in my car, went to a shopping center and leisurely window shopped until the starting time for a good movie I wanted to see. I purchased the ticket from a girl who appeared slightly startled to see me but, since she said nothing,

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