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 This was a pleasant story that I enjoyed very much, early into reading I fell into character with Samantha and wished that my life experience could have been just like hers.  Your storys help me to understand and accept myself so I can truly believe that tomorrow is a chance for me to be a better person.  I will certainly look forward to more of your stories in the future!!!

Thanks kindly,
Mariah

Excellent!  A wonderful story to read.  I sure would love to read more stories from this author of this quality!!!

i must say this was one of the best story's i have read you did the best one of them all i have to say i am a lot like sam but for me i did not do a thing and wish i did hope you do more

I just wanted to commend you on your story.  It was very entertaining.  The only part I didn't like, was at the school when the staff kept telling everyone that Samantha was a boy who was dressing this way just to keep from cutting her hair.  I thought that was very cruel and not needed.  Keep writing the good stories.

Kelly

   What a beautiful heart-felt tear jerking story.
I can really relate to Sam/Samantha's "I am what I am" and to hell with what people may think of me attitude!
I'd really love to read the next installment.
When Samantha and Tabitha get (albeit gay or not) 'married'.
Apart from a few grammar mistakes and a good proof reader, you are a very good author.
  So keep up the good work girl, you're a brilliant read.
    Hugs and kisses. Vicki xxx

Well now I've read it all.
And wished for more :)

You are extremly good and humanistic.
As for your description about 'laying down' a military base :)
That's nothing new, most Western Countries do that now and then.
And why that should be considered some kind of shameful thing to write about? I don't understand.

And of course the community getting their living out of the base as well as those who have to uproot their homes will be hit by it.

But you Americans are very patriotic it seems, sometimes to exaggeration and if so,
then every comment not reflecting 'the American dream' might get treated as the beginning of your story was treated :)
At least that is my understanding.

Other than that I totally agree on your description of relations. Those you described seemed to me healthy and honest even if rather complicated at times :)

As being neither into crossdressing or trans gender :) but instead one of those most common boring specimens, the heterosexual vanilla type :)
I still can't say I have any problem with your descriptions.
As long people are honest and try to do their best in their relations, and love is involved I have no objections.

When pain and humiliation gets involved I'm not that understanding though.
But I do know that some seem to need it and that disturbs me.
your story did not though.
All your characters were 'like able' honest and as I see it 'real human beings'.

Thanks for a great tale :)

Cheers
Yoron

Awh
This one is quite fun and light hearted.

Seeing far to many twisted domination and humiliation seeking stories on this site, this one at least make me hope for something of literary value.

Thanks for that

Cheers
Yoron.

I rather hoped Howard and Samantha would get together. :P
But I'm still glad Sam had a happy ending.

Another masterpiece sugar, wonderfully written. Thank you.

again another brilliant well written story it was hard to read and i had to rerad parts of it again to get a clearer understanding of it but what can i say it was brilliant well thought&written well ddone more please

I have loved all of the stories you have written. I may not have replied to them, but I throughly enjoyed each and evry one.  I especially love your sense of humor. It is really a relief to read something that makes one laugh even if the situation is stressful.

Peeling one girl of of another when they are crying or just cuddling, is a wonderful way of putting it.

This story is a beautiful blend of humor, stress, problems, gender differences, and understanding of parents and others.  My hat is off to you for an amazing story(s) I loved them all.

DeeDee Clark

I agree with the others. But I am not writing this at 12:30 in the morning to sugar-coat you.

"Just like the ones you parents bought you last year for the Grand Ball."

"But they won't be..." Here eyes got really wide.

You need an editor. I am not nearly liberal enough to be honest. But I'll try. My e-mail address does work, use it if you want my help with proofreading.

I hope you understood the remarks about not sugar-coating as sarcasm. Great vocabulary usage--I would have loved to see a few scenes where the conservatives didn't suck it up so quickly.

You have also convinced me of the importance of legalizing "gay" marriage. Reminds me a little of Twelfth Night..at least back then they were able to laugh.
--Samuel
P.S I hate the rating system. granted.. it's neccessary. But this is a PG-13. The issues you deal with are wonderfully complex and thought provoking.

Aother one that I liked and reread often. I just wish I could write as good as you.

Sorry for the delay in adding commrnts.

Love

Samantha

Absolutely great yarn.
Very well written.
keep it up and i'm a fan for life.
john

Thank you.
It's the best I've read, either on the Net, magazines or books.
Best thought out, perhaps researched, and written.
Have read most of your material and spend hours on my computer reading similar material.
i am a sixty three year old transvestite/crossdresser, closeted with a somewhat supportive wife, married to the one I love dearly for thirty five plus years.
Having never previously responded to anyone's written work, i again thank you and ask you to continue your insighted work.                        

Outstanding !!  I'm in total agreement with many others, Jean Rea in particular, that this is really good writing, your best work to date. Depth of character, intelligent  and very human actions/interactions...kind of wish it could have lasted a little longer.  For myself I'd have liked to have seen the relationship between Sam and Tabitha run longer and deeper, but that's just my druthers.  More, please.

Amazing psychological depth and subtlety, and realistic, nonstereotyped, character development. Good stuff! Emmie

I just wanted to let you know that I loved your story. When I saw the size I was initally not into it because I don't like reading really long stories,but when I started reading this one I couldn't stop. I even missed one of my favorite television shows because I couldn't stop. I just wanted to let you know that I hope that you keep writing stories because I know that I will stop to read them..

I rarely reply to a comment, other than to say many thanks to those that make them.  But the first comment posted here was disturbing.  Not because it was less then complementary.  Reality checks are needed.  Even if some resemble high-sticking and unnecessary roughness. What concerns me is that someone might believe the statement I made to be untrue.

Base closings require the President's approval.  The selection of bases for closing is, overtly or tacitly, heavily influenced by the President.  And when a base does close, people living near the base often suffer incredible social and economic hardship, and agonizing emotional trauma. The hardship increases when the installation is a, or the, primary employer and purchaser of local goods and services.  To survive families must tear free their roots, and go searching with little or no support, looking and praying for a place to replant.  

There was nothing accusatory about the first paragraph.  It was placed there to clearly delineate the time period and a harsh reality. Few know the effects. I do. I spent 23 years in the military, and replanted my family 14 times.  And I have civilian friends whose lives were shattered when a base suddenly closed and their house and land overnight became nearly worthless.  I have watched as kids were forced from their homes and childhood friends to find fitting in to a different environment terribly difficult and frightening.

I do not subscribe to today's "sound byte" mentality.  Few would read the works of Huxley, Steinbeck, Heinlein, or Churchill (among far to many others) if they relied on the first sentence, paragraph, or page to define whether the document had merit.

I find little need for cheap shots.  Gun control is being able to hit your target.  (Koff..Koff...) I am a great beleiver in selective fire. If someone does not believe that politics is important, ask if they voted.  Or ask a veteran.

-- Samantha Michelle

Wow!  A wonderful story with emotionally engaging characters.  WONDERFUL!

There've been lots of stories about boys forced by necessity to
dress up as girls.  But the great thing about this story was the
fact that everything was so much less obvious than usual, and so
much less straightforward.  Samuel's reaction to his clothes, for
example: usually the boy starts out hating them and presently
finds he loves them.  Sam's response was by no means so cut and
dried; his resistance, and later his mixed feelings, lasted well
into the story.  And his relations to Tabitha and to Howard took
a long time to sort out.  In most stories like this, Sam would
have been in the sack with Howard within a couple of pages.
Similarly, his parents' reactions were much less simple than they
usually are in stories of this sort.  This kind of avoidance of
the obvious is always welcome; combined with a good story, well
told, it's doubly so.  My congratulations!

"Princess Pervette"

My SO keeps reminding me that all work and no play makes a dull Jean so with just a little whining I settled in to read this afternoon. Thank you so much for this wonderful gift Samantha. I think after reading Collage Bound it might be your best work to date ( but don't slack off on the other great works of yours crying out for completion).  It's hard right now to express the feelings both teika and I have, we both are so grateful that we have the love that Tabitha and Sam share and wish everyone to find that special some-ones to make it happen for them.

Jean Rea

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the cat. "We're all mad here."

This is one of the finest stories I have read.  I agree with Cathy_t's review.  I experienced all the emotions.  Your style and creativity is outstanding!
Wish I could do as well with mine.   Thank you for all the effort.

Gawd what a wonderful story.

What an amazing story teller you are.  I just wanna know one thing.  What ever happened to the black dress they bought because it had to be  cleaned *laugh*

You write an amazing gender tale.  You should try a story where the gender happens in the background secondary to the story.  I think you would do very well.  See "Scrambled Souls" by Julia Manchester for an example of what I mean.  In her story the primary story is about colonising a remote planet while in the background are a bunch of gender stories.

hugs,
 Dana.

ps.  you really are a good story teller.  Keep up the great work.

When I looked at the size of this story, I quailed, I must admit.  I wasn't certain I had the time to sit and read such a long story.  I am SO glad that I MADE the time.  This has to be one of the very BEST tales it has been my pleasure to read in a long, long time.  It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me feel good.  Anyone who, as the previous poster did, didn't read past the first line, cheated themselves out a WONDERFUL, masterfully written, carefully and lovingly crafted story!  Thank you SO much for this one, Samantha.  All the hard work you must have done on it certainly shows.  I seldom find myself at a loss for words but, in this case, the BEST words I can think of, cannot begin to express how I feel having read this story.  I only hope that I might, some day be able to write as well as you have, in this one.  Thanks, Samantha, for a wonderful read.

I didn't read past the first sentence. Was there some reason for putting the cheap shot right up front? Is there a political theme carried all the way through? If not, you should edit it out.

It isn't just a matter of offending some of your readers; for all I know, that's just what you intended. When you put irrelevancies into your story, you drain the momentum right out of it, and when you start off with irrelevancies, you never get going at all.