It all happened when Ellen asked her husband what he wanted for his birthday, and he said, ‘a little black dress and pumps.’ – IOTW Report

It all happened when Ellen asked her husband what he wanted for his birthday, and he said, ‘a little black dress and pumps.’

Lasting love: Ellen Maurizio, 62 (left), and her spouse Erica, 61 (right), of Illinois, are preparing to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary - eight years after Erica came out as a manDM-

That evening, Mr. Maurizio came out as transgender to his wife, who had been with him since high school.

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Ellen shared: ‘At first it was a real shock, but we really had a lot of fun with it.’

She explained that in the beginning of her husband’s transition, the couple secretly ‘went out’ to nightclubs when he was dressed as a woman, but that he dressed as a man during the day.

Erica revealed: ‘I always had these feelings, since I was three-years-old… I thought I could bury this thing and live with it.’

However, when the couple had been married for 30 years, Erica couldn’t hold back her true identity any longer.

‘It was either transition or suicide,’ she said.

Before: Erica Maurizio lived as a man for most of his life, fearing what society would think of him. Finally, instead of commiting suicide, he came out as a woman

‘She’s my spouse, she’s my best friend, she’s my lover’, Erica said of Ellen, adding: ‘I knew there was someone else in this world who accepted me for me, and loved me just for the person I was.’

Ellen now identifies as heterosexual, but calls herself a ‘situational lesbian’.

The couple’s son, Rob, was also interviewed for the segment, saying that while his father’s transition was hard on him, he ultimately learned to accept it because ‘in the end you realize that family is important’.

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In other words, “this stinks worse than garbage truck juice, but what the hell am I supposed to do?”

13 Comments on It all happened when Ellen asked her husband what he wanted for his birthday, and he said, ‘a little black dress and pumps.’

  1. My wife works in retail women’s clothing, they have to serve these freaks and she feels like burning the stuff they try on.
    Back in the day they would be put away or get a beat down.

  2. In one of my former lives I was in the process of entering the design and production phase of tall and larger size sensual lingerie.
    I was stopped dead in my tracks when, after sitting next to a very nice gentleman on a four hour plane trip who encouraged me in the concept and seemed exceptionally interested. I ran into him again while we were waiting for our limos. After seeing his traveling partners, I realized they must be returning to Boy’s Town, Chicago.
    Putting two and two together, knowing I couldn’t ask for a marriage license before selling my line :-), I abandoned the concept and effort. I really thank God for opening my eyes at that point.

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