She had always known that Patty was headstrong, but She had never known that Patty was a rotten little bitch. All it took for her to find out was a la...se in judgement -—a major lapse in judgement.She and her husband Ralph had not been getting along all that well lately. Ralph was spending more and more time at work in his so far elusive quest for promotion to vice president of sales. When he came home he was exhausted and all he wanted to do was plop down in front of the TV, watch an hour of. Vitamin supplements had helped; so too had nightly brushing and regular trips to his mother's favored salon for a trim and deep conditioning. He basked in the glow of his mother's frequent compliments concerning his new style."If you're not careful, people will start mistaking you for my daughter," she teased with a wink."So, you're saying I should cut it off?" he asked apprehensively."NOT!" she fussed, grabbing him around the neck and massaging the top of his head vigorously with her knuckles.. Wear these clothes and makeup, just a few times a month, no one isactually asking you to be a girl. Finally the words that sealed my fate,"Where's my daughter?" Then came the new school and having to attend asa girl and live as one 24/7. I could do that because I was influenced bypopularity and I liked the way Amanda was treated. I became the girl Iportrayed, except I was still a boy and had a boy's figure. I wanted tobe just like the other girls as I now thought of myself as a girl and agirl's. He knows the same dishes that Gramma used to cook, and I love those. He knows how to grill and to barbecue and that there IS a difference. And he can read recipes. We won’t starve, nor will our lives be one restaurant meal after another.Wednesday after school Aunt Barb came to the house and retrieved me and Bink to go to the beauty shop. It’s haircut time.Bink hit the chair first. The stylist looked at Bink, looked at Aunt Barb. “What do you want me to do?”I looked at Bink. “We talked. Show ‘er.