It didn’t take long for the four girls and Patty to become good friends, and soon they were talking about exchanging clothes and the like – it made Patty very excited. Later her sisters joined them now and then.  Unfortunately for Patty, even though Mary was slightly larger then she, they could not use Mary’s clothing in order to allow for larger stays.  Gram would notice the new dresses.  So Patty continued with her struggle, finding solace in some of the stories the girls told her of THEIR past difficulties with tight stays.

Soon, Patty’s period drew to a close, and once more, he found himself in boys’ clothing.  Then, somehow, the closeness that had developed with these new found female friend slowly vanished.  The assumption has to be made that, whilst dressed male, Pat could not confide in them, or act feminine, and therefore, alienated the girls a bit, making them feel uncomfortable.  This soon dawned on Patrick.  One thing was for certain:  Pat enjoyed his time with the boys less and less, partly because he had reveled so in his time with the girls, and also because the boys began treating differently, not as friendly.  Perhaps they were somehow intimidated – or confused. Or perhaps they had less and less in common.