OK Ladies. I am about to tell you what happened to me this last weekend. I swear on all that is holy that this is exactly how it transpired.
A couple of weeks ago I ordered some new shoes from Payless and as they were on sale I decided to surprise my SO with a couple of pair the same as I ordered for myself. On Saturday, Barbara was working and I got a message saying the shoes were in the store and I could pick them up, so off I went and got them.
Now I need to explain that I am firmly in the closet and dress only in private when I am alone. My SO is a strong willed Southern Girl with very rigid opinions on just about everything. This was one of the reasons I love her
So, Barbara came home around 3:00 pm and after the welcomes home etc I said there is a present there for you. She got wide eyed and ripped the package open and opened the boxes and screamed with delight. She really loved them.
Anyway, this is where it all went different to plan.
She was parading around the lounge in her shoes and cooing and laughing and she said so did you (me) get a present too. I have no idea why or what came over me but I said yes I got a couple of pair the same. So she told me to go and get them and show her, which I did. She went ballistic and was raving about how good they looked on me. She then asked me what else I have and I said a few outfits to which she replied "well go and put one on".
So I went into the guest bedroom and very nervously put on my pantyhose, panties, bra, pink mini and darker pink top and my blonde wig. I walked out into the lounge and she stared at me for a full 30 seconds. I was having palpitations. Finally she ran over to me and threw her arms around me and said "well its about time you finally showed me". She then told me she was jealous because I look better in a mini than she does. She told me that one of the reasons she loves me is because I have "a little sugar in my blood" which I guess is a Southern way of saying that I don't steer the normal boring course.
She wanted to see the rest of my wardrobe so we spent an hour with her trying on my clothes and told me what to put on and then almost tore it off me and we did things we haven't done in a long time.
Afterwards while we were laying in bed she told me that she has known for a while but was waiting for me to find the right time and place to tell her.
She then smiled and said "not only do I have a man that I am proud to be with and that I love very very much, but I have just doubled my wardrobe as well".
I laid there wondering why I had such little faith in the woman I have chosen to spend my life with.
On Sunday she made me move my clothes out of the boxes and bins and hang them in the closet right next to hers and then we went window shopping at Pier Park for girly stuff.
Ladies, I cannot explain how at peace I am at the moment.
As I said at the start, this is exactly how it went down.
She did however reinforce her desire for the beard to stay. A small price to pay for a new and exciting chapter of my life.