Joe and Melinda Strawn have been happily married for thirty-two years, but last year Melinda confessed to her husband that she was a lesbian.
Joe and Melinda were married in the Catholic Church which frowns upon divorce, so she has proposed a work around: sexual reassignment surgery for Joe. “If he becomes a woman, I could have him wear a red wig… paint some freckles on him,” Melinda said. “And even though he’s old, it would be close to the same type of woman I’m attracted to and I’d still be able to keep my vows and still be able to enjoy his warm and generous personality. He’s the most wonderful listener.” Melinda claimed there’s nothing in church dogma or the Bible that forbids sexual reassignment or relationships with transgender people, so she has a clear moral conscious.
But what does Joe think about his wife’s proposal? Surprisingly, “I’m still thinking on it,” Joe said. “Not because I don’t want to become a woman, but because we don’t have the money for the operation, unless I take it out of my retirement or borrow it from a bank.” Joe said he always told his wife he would go to Timbuktu and back for her, so this is simply a chance to prove the lengths he will go to make his wife happy.
If Bruce Jenner can do it then I believe that Joe and Melinda can do it, too.


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