" You what?" He blushed as soon as he realized he had almost shouted the last words. Heads turned to look at him, and he wanted to sink into the floor.... After waiting for the other people to return to their own conversations, he said softly, "Judy, you can't be serious! How can you possibly love me?" I don't know, Mike," she replied softly while taking his hand in hers. "But I do ... And you love me back, too." She looked down at her slender hand in his large one. Then she lifted his hand to her. She seemed happier with the prospect than Ithought she would. "Except for school, at least until the end of the year." That's so great!" she said, wrapping me in a hug. "I'm so excited!We're going to be even better friends!" "So you're okay with it?" I asked her, still not completely sure. "You bet! I've been waiting for this moment for years!"I shook my head, not really believing what she was saying."Oh my gosh!" she nearly screamed. "You got your ears pierced!"She went on and on about my. “Bobby,” I said, “go down where your sister is and see the lake,” I said. “Gramma and I will take the first load in and you two can help us later.”Marty and I started unloading the cars as the kids played near the water’s edge, skipping rocks and splashing water on each other. On the third load, I yelled to the kids to come help us. The four of us made short work of the rest and we finally sat down to rest in the living room with a soft drink each.The Harvey’s cabin was a nice cozy cabin. He agreed that I wasn't what he called a fulltranssexual. My situation was one where keeping it a cross-dressingstage was more appropriate. I guess because I didn't see myself as awoman trapped in a man's body to put it in simple terms. But he stressedthat repressing my desires was not healthy for me or my family. I thinkour decline in intimacy is in large part a result of my represseddesires to dress up as a woman. I just thought it was important enoughto bring up, and make you this kind of.