My name is Mark and I've been married to my wonderful wife Beth for 23 years. We were high school sweet hearts and got married at 18. My wife and I work very hard, she is a lawyer downtown and after many years of working for someone else I decided to work for myself out of our home. About a year ago we got some new neighbors. Kevin and Nicole were both just out of college and newly married when we first met them and despite the age difference between us we all became fast friends. Four months ago there was big news, Nicole was pregnant. Not able to have children of our own my wife and I had adopted two little girls who were now in college.
Nicole had been looking for work, but when the news came that she was pregnant she and Kevin decided that she should just stay at home until after their new addition. Well that left Nicole home alone a lot and being that I was working just next door she spent part of every day sitting in my office with me so we could talk as I was working.
One day after a doctor's appointment she came over and told me that she was having twins and was worried about what that would do to her body. Now before she got pregnant Nicole had a fantastic body. She's around five foot six, probably around 120 pounds, and perfectly proportioned. She was worried that when her belly was all swelled up with twins that Kevin wouldn't find her attractive any more. I told her that if he didn't he was a fool because a pregnant woman is at the top of her natural beauty as she carries out her role in the reproductive process. She seemed to think that Kevin wouldn't see things that way.
As the weeks rolled by Nicole's belly began to grow and I noticed a change in her. She seemed depressed, like something was missing from her life. One day in her seventh month as she waddled her way over to lay down on the couch in my office I asked her what was bothering her and I wouldn't stop hounding her until she finally gave in.
"Okay, there is something that's bothering me. It's Kevin." Nicole said.
"What, is he having second thoughts about the twins?" I asked.
"Oh no, he's thrilled about the twins, it's me that he isn't thrilled about anymore." Nicole said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Before I got pregnant he was obsessed with my body. He used to have me walk around the house completely naked unless we had company just so he could look at me whenever he wanted. He was always all over me, we used to make love at least 3 times a day. Now, with me being pregnant he hasn't done more than kiss me and give me a hug since we found out we were having twins." Nicole said.
"Three times a day to nothing for six months, no wonder you're so upset, you're in withdrawal. I'm sure that if you talk to Kevin and tell him how you feel you can work things out. He's probably just worried about hurting the twins." I said moving over beside her and taking her hand in mine.
"I've tried talking to him. He says he isn't worried about the twins, he says...he says..." Nicole says as she begins to cry.
Offering her a tissue I ask, "What does he say?"
"He says that he doesn't find pregnant women attractive, even if the pregnant woman is me." Nicole says crying again.
"Oh now don't cry. Kevin is just a fool, I find you very attractive like this." I said gently placing my hand on her big baby belly.
"You do?" Nicole asked wiping the teers from her eyes.
"Yes, as I've told you that many times. You are at the peak of your natural beauty right now. I only wish my own wife and I had been able to have children of our own so I could have seen her like this, at the peak of her natural beauty." I said.
"You really mean that, you aren't just saying that to make me feel better?" Nicole asked.
"Of course I mean it. How can I prove to you that you are beautiful right now?" I asked.
"Would you.... Would you look at me naked and then tell me that I'm beautiful?" Nicole asked.
"I don't know, I mean we are both married, isn't that kind of a big step?" I asked.
"Please! I need you to look upon my pregnant form completely naked and tell me that I'm attractive. I'll know by the look in your eyes if you are telling me the truth." Nicole said.