Once Diana had reached home after the hot foursome sex at the Sheraton Hotel in Ann Arbor, she took stock of her situation. During the subsequent weekly luncheon date with her friend, and nursing class mate, Makayla Brown, she unpacked her thoughts.
She started with the observation, "You know Makayla I have only engaged in sex on just two occasions in my life, and yet I have had intimate relations with 103 men during those two times, not to mention plus three lesbian encounters. I think I would not be exaggerating in suggesting that this must be a truly unique beginning of one's sex life experience. Maybe I should contact the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records for a possible submission."
Makayla snorted in laughter, as she replied, "Oh lordie girl! You sure do have visions of grandeur! The famous Guinness Book of Records indeed, as if they had such sex categories entries!"
"Of course I was joking, but then again I wouldn't be surprised if there was a black market Guinness Book of Records dealing with records of sexual exploits and such. For example, an actor named Jonah Falcon claims to have the world's largest penis: some 13.5 inches or 34 cm long. If you look him up on the internet, you'll discover he has not authorized or permitted verification of his claim. Which makes me wonder who in the hell could authoritatively verify his claim if not the Guinness people?"
"You got to be kidding me! Where the hell do you come up with such shit?"
"You might say that I'm a woman with eclectic tastes. Anyway we are straying far from the issues that I wish to discuss."
"Which is...?"
"I think we both can agree that the start to my sex life has been bizarre; certainly not orthodox. This leads me to ponder what kind of woman am I going to be when I grow up."
"Grow up? So you're still a child?"
"Of course that was a figure of speech. I do mean, that I'm wondering how I will end up. When I was little, I envisioned I would become a superwoman. You know, the kind with a powerful career, but also a mother with a passel of kids. Of course the latter entails having a husband to whom I would be faithful in sex. Of course as a little girl I did not envisage becoming a slut and whore. Now with only two different occasions of sex under my belt, it does seem as if I'm destined to become a slut and a whore. Needless to say, such designation would prove to be problematic in achieving my secondary goal."
Here Makayla was determined to defuse the gloomy tenor of the direction of Diana's thought process.
She said, "Slut and whore you say? What happened to being a woman with a healthy appetite for sex?"
"That's my own designation; I apply to bolster my own self esteem. But I'm not blind to the fact, that if it becomes known I fuck men indiscriminately, I will surely acquire that nasty reputation. So, as I see it, it will be easy for me to acquire fuck buddies, but it would be a different matter to acquire a husband. You will note that despite the wonderful time we all had last Saturday night, Dexter was not inclined to exchange phone numbers."
"Right, not with me either, but then he knew Keshaun and I are an item."
Diana scoffed as she said, "An item? Yeah right! Just one of many in your repertoire!"
"Now be nice."
"I am being nice! Remember I consider being a slut and a whore is a plus. In any case, I think I must rethink my life goals. I know I would like to have sex, lots of it. But I'm not sure I would like to enter into an exclusive relationship."
Makayla protested, "How could you be so sure of that, given you've only fucked twice."
"Well look at it this way. The vast majority of women would not have contemplated, never mind participated, in the orgy as I did. In fact the only reservation I actually had was to worry that I was not good looking enough for such an erotic situation."
Makayla interrupted, "Would you stop maligning your beauty, already. I obviously have no idea how beautiful your sisters are, and I'll take your word for it that they're gorgeous. But that does not alter the fact that you're bitching hot! No man will reject you because they think you're ugly."
Diana figuratively waved the white flag on the issue, as she responded, "Oh yes, I've reconciled to the fact that I'm not as drop dead gorgeous as my sisters, but I do realize I have my own allure to attract gentlemen friends. In hindsight, I wish my mother had put me on birth control pills as soon as I got my first period. I'm sure that would have given me more confidence, so that I would have lost my virginity before I was finished with high school. And I sure as hell wouldn't be pregnant as I'm now."
Makayla protested that point, "I wouldn't be too sure about that. You told me you were on the Pill as soon as you finished high school but didn't continue because of your Navy commitments, and forgot to resume the regimen. Wouldn't that still have occurred even had you been on the Pill consistently since you were twelve years old?"
Diana countermanded, "What I'm suggesting is that, had I gotten into the habit of taking birth control pills, I wouldn't have neglected them, notwithstanding my Navy training stint. In any case, what's done is done. Besides, I've digressed again from what I wanted to talk to you about."
Makayla was a little nonplussed as she asked, "You have an agenda in today's meeting. We've been shooting the shit like we always do in these lunches. Is there then something special you wish to ask me?"
"Why yes! You've made no secret about your promiscuity, not only to me, but as far as I can tell with all your friends and acquaintances as well. So my question is, given your whorish ways, do you still expect to get married one day? And if you become married do you expect to be exclusive?"
Makayla feigned some outrage, as she responded, "Why do you ask? You do realize it's none of your business."
"I don't mean to offend you or in any way be critical of your current sexual lifestyle. After all I do want to mimic you if not surpass you in acquiring fuck buddies. So I'm asking for my benefit, as I feel I'm at a crossroads as to determine what kind of a woman I'm going to be. At Christmas time, I informed both my sisters of my pregnancy, and the circumstances. Barbara barely paid any attention to my plight, as she was wrapped up with her new boyfriend, Troy. I've never before seen her so spellbound with a guy like she was with him. I suspect this is the real thing for her, and it possibly may end up in matrimony. Now I'm well aware that Barbara had been very sexually active before Troy. She had described to me previously in graphic detail, her adventures with at least five other flings. Yet she seems to be eager to become monogynous sexually.
"In contrast, my oldest sister, Abbie, reacted quite cryptically, even seemingly enviously. Her only criticism was that I was foolish not to have taken birth control precaution, which of course goes without saying. I got the impression that she is quite content to continue her indiscriminate sexual lifestyle without any thought of possible consequences. I'd like to figure out where I fit in compared to those two possibilities. That's why I'm asking for your viewpoint as to where you expect to find yourself eventually."