helenr
05-15-2007, 10:30 PM
I hope this 'short story' has a place in this section. I thought of offering it as we all hear stories of unhappy wives divorcing their femme husbands,etc. I read this perhaps ten years ago in Dear Abby and it has stuck in my mind for the poignant reaction of the unsuspecting wife.
Four ladies were playing bridge, making small talk, one brought up an interesting story involving a crossdresser. maybe an article in the local paper. All made some sort of comment to be sure. One lady, I will call her "Mary" listened and reflected quietly. She had recently become a widow and learned to her complete surprise that her husband had been crossdressing in private for years. He had a photography studio in his home and it was 'the rule' not to disturb him while working in the dark room,etc. After his death his wife was trying to sort out the lab and what to do with stuff, she discovered a number of photographs of her late husband in very pretty female attire! She also found his wardrobe of pretty things. In an interesting move, she transferred these beloved garments into her closet as a way of staying close to her husband who had successfully kept 'his secret' to death. She commented, in her reflection, that she wished she had known this side of him, that she would have liked to share in his enjoyment of dressing up,etc.
I think of this story when I read of wife beligerence over their fruitball husbands, and wonder how many might feel like this lady when death finally ends our time on earth. best, helen
Four ladies were playing bridge, making small talk, one brought up an interesting story involving a crossdresser. maybe an article in the local paper. All made some sort of comment to be sure. One lady, I will call her "Mary" listened and reflected quietly. She had recently become a widow and learned to her complete surprise that her husband had been crossdressing in private for years. He had a photography studio in his home and it was 'the rule' not to disturb him while working in the dark room,etc. After his death his wife was trying to sort out the lab and what to do with stuff, she discovered a number of photographs of her late husband in very pretty female attire! She also found his wardrobe of pretty things. In an interesting move, she transferred these beloved garments into her closet as a way of staying close to her husband who had successfully kept 'his secret' to death. She commented, in her reflection, that she wished she had known this side of him, that she would have liked to share in his enjoyment of dressing up,etc.
I think of this story when I read of wife beligerence over their fruitball husbands, and wonder how many might feel like this lady when death finally ends our time on earth. best, helen