By Susan Larson
Well anyway I dressed fairly often during this time period. One day without my knowing the engineer had to change the bulb in the spotlight. The spotlight bulbs were kept in the compartment in which I slept. As he was getting a bulb he spotted a bra sticking out of the clothes that I had in the compartment!
Well he of course took it out and showed it to everyone. When I was called up everyone was there. I was asked why the bra was in there. So I told them bit must have gotten mixed up in my clothes when I did the wash at home! I was teased and they kept saying stuff about how good I would look in dresses and skirts and stuff.
Anyway it was not the time to come out so I lied through my teeth! Well my mother came down to the boat and they thought it would be funny to include her in the fun! I got really upset and stormed off the boat and walked to the other end of the park the boat is located in. I was so upset that I left my mother waiting for me on the boat.
About 30 minutes later when I had time to cool down I went back to work and they said how sorry they were for doing that in front of my mother. A week or so later I and 2 other people I worked with were relaxing after a cruise and Kathy started asking me if it was my bra and if I liked wearing women's clothing.
Well I was very nervous so I denied everything till the other co-worker left to go home. Then I came out to Kathy. Kathy I owe her a debt of thanks she is a (GG- Genetic Girl) who kept my secret for over 3 years till I decided to finally come out of the closet. She told me after I came out that she was really glad that I did because it was hard to keep a juicy secret like that for so long(G- Grin)!