Margo told him what to do as she applied his eye-liner, eye shadow and mascara. She further defined his eyebrows with a pencil, all the time keeping herself between him the mirror until finally, she applied a pale pink lipstick and asked if he was ready. Peter gulped and nodded. Margo removed the pink plastic […]

    David just stuck out his bottom lip and I knew I had him. I pulled the knickers all the way up and told him to tuck his vest into them. “Aren’t they pretty?” I teased. “They’re horrible.” he sulked. “Well the sooner we find you a nice dress to cover them up the […]

  Mum thought for a moment before saying “I suppose it is a bit mean if that is the case.” She looked at me and smiled. I agreed that it is a bit mean. “Still, he looked happy enough… as did his brother and his brother’s friend.” Mum suggested. “I might buy you one of […]

Peter replied with a single blushing smiley. “Did you get any Valentine’s cards?” he asked a moment later. “Hundreds!” she typed. “You?” He smiled at her predicable yet clearly exaggerated reply. “Just the one.” he replied. “Off my mum.” he claimed. “She went all the way to Slough to post it!” “You sure it was […]

  Our house is relatively close to the town centre so transport isn’t needed to get the shopping bags home. As we turned onto our street, we noticed Mark, Andrew’s brother, playing wallie with a few of his friends against the end terrace. “I hope that ball isn’t annoying Mr Bishop!” Mum said, addressing the […]

“Thank you.” his mother chirped as he dropped the items into her hands. She exited and he scooped up his little pleated skirt, sat and continued his homework. A while later, just as Peter is packing up his homework, his laptop chimes to notify him of a message; ‘Carol Scott has sent you a contact […]

    While we drove along the bumpy track that was the islands only road I couldnt help but wonder about the radical change that had gone over mom since dads fatal accident. It was like she thought dad had deliberately caused his own death just to spite her. Immediately after dads death mom had […]

I pondered for a moment. A pair of tights plus a skirt, underskirt and a thick coat equals at least four layers between her waist and knee… which is significantly more than my denim jeans. Maybe they’re not that tough… maybe its just clever layering? I wondered. “Did you er…” my mother cautiously began. “…decide […]

Peter cast his mind back to the days when his mother made him wear a dress. He recalled the shame he used to feel when she used to hold them against him in the charity shops, making it perfectly clear to all and sundry it was for him, proudly telling the assistant that the only […]

  Andrew’s brother Mark began to explain how both he and his brother had tried their best to avoid wearing their dresses, especially out of the house, but this was met with a torrent of abuse from Patrick. None of us were more shocked than Patrick when Andrew thumped him in the face, sending him […]