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One might say that Vicki has had two births during the course of her lifetime. The first being her genetic birth as a male almost 42 years ago, and the second, was the birth "out of the closet" some 36 years later.

Now this is not to say that she waited all this time before realizing what she was. Like a majority of Tv's, she had an early attraction towards female clothing and especially high heels. This had manifested itself around age eleven. At first I experimented with my sister's shoes although she never was aware of this unusual habit of mine. The same can be said con- cerning my family -- no one else apparently knew of my interest in clothing belong to the female members of my family.

That is, with the exception of my mother! During grade school, and high school, for that matter, I was largely an intro- vert. I still am, I suppose. Anyway, during my school years although I was very interested in the young ladies around me, I apparently was too shy to ask them out. My mother made the remark that perhaps my high-heels were a real substitute for a girl friend. And, I suppose, to a great extent, she was right.

My mother never really objected to my wearing nylon hose and high heels in her presence but she strongly recommen- ded that I NEVER let my father catch me that way.

As we lived in the country we had little to fear from our neighbors nearby, the nearest family lived at least half a mile away. My father held down two jobs -- farming and railroading, which meant that he was gone a great deal of the time. Of course, this gave me lots of opportunities to wear my shoes in rather

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