Hello to all of you out there reading this. My name is Elyse James and this particular tale will begin several stories about my husband Roger and our life together.
To begin, it is essential to our shared history that you all know I fell in love at first sight with my husband. We were introduced at a school Christmas party and when I looked into his dark brown eyes, I was lost. I was completely smitten and that had never happened to me before. He was also handsome, funny, witty, athletic, talented, dressed well and came from a good family. What still makes me smile is the fact that we lived across the street from one another and had for 5 years. We had just never met, which wouldn't make much sense until you understood that Roger kept to himself and even his part-time job allowed him to work from home. My future husband had started a fledgling career in animation, a love that I shared with him. I was surprised to learn that at 19, he already had several screen credits and had worked on several cartoons which I knew.
Of course, let us not forget the "handsome" part. Elyse Stevens was and is, a very pretty and social young lady if I do say so myself. I was blonde, 5'7" in height and I dressed to attract attention. One of Roger's friends had dated me a few times, nothing serious. He thought his friend and I would hit it off. I've never let Barry forget he "pawned me off" on his best friend so that he could hit on mine. They're long-since divorced and Roger and I just celebrated our twentieth year of marriage.
Roger was obviously very interested and me, I flirted back. I didn't have to do as much work; I let my outfit do most of the talking. Even at 16, I was a sexy little blonde in a short skirt and high heels. I just twisted and moved so and I had Roger under my thumb. By the end of the evening, we had a date for the following evening.
We haven't been apart since.
We were crazy about each other and that hasn't abated. We were a very open and affectionate couple, to be sure. Our chemistry is what initially attracted us to one another. Roger just had to look at me that way and I got all melty. He says that if I smiled at him, he just fell in love all over again.
That was all very important and it's kept our romance alive. What made us
fall
in love was the fact that we could talk for hours, about
anything
. Roger told me that I was the first girl he could discuss classic animation with whose eyes would not glaze over. He would "geek out" and I'd be right there with him. When I discussed my own dreams or talked about my family, he would hang on my every word.
On our first date, we stayed out until 4 AM. We didn't fool around, we just kissed and talked. Of course, you would never have convinced my parents about that.
That is, until they met him. Roger's honest and sincere apology disarmed my daddy, who was threatening to shoot him with a nice-existent revolver. He so charmed my mother that she invited him in for a very early breakfast. My charming guy not only accepted, he insisted on cooking it for them. It was good too and while he was scrambling the eggs for a Western omelet, his new girlfriend knew that she had met the man she was going to marry.
Which I did, happily and with all of my heart. The day after my 18th birthday, Roger asked me to be his wife. Despite my just having turned 18, I knew my answer and squealed out "Yes" before throwing myself into his arms. Through my tears, I asked him why he hadn't asked me the day before. His answer was that he didn't want to ruin MY special day. Instead, he wanted US to have one of our own. Is it any wonder I knew he was a keeper?
Oh yes, it isn't lost on my more sensible side that my birthday is an easy reminder of our wedding anniversary and vice-versa. A person can be romantic and practical at the same time.
One of the reasons that my now-husband proposed was that he had been offered a new, better job as a supervisor. I was thrilled for him - for us - until I learned that the job was in Los Angeles.
I wasn't eager to leave my family, and yet, despite all of my reservations, that's exactly what I did. My love and support for my husband didn't waver then and it has never wavered. I wanted him to live out his dreams, even if they did involve relocating. Thankfully, I really grew to like Los Angeles. Save for the earthquakes, it's a nice environment, the weather is beautiful and the people are laid back. Sooner or later, you're going to meet a movie star, that's a given. However, I haven't mentioned my favorite reason for living in LA just yet.
The people - my God, the
people
- are so fucking
gorgeous!
Let me clarify that last statement. I am sure that there are average-looking people in California, of course there must be, but you never meet them. Or if you do, they tend not to stand out. The people that Roger and I have encountered have been stunning and gorgeous and irresistible.
Roger has a theory about that - he believes that like attracts like. By that, he means that because we're both attractive, virile specimens, that's the type of person we tend to gravitate towards. I'm not going to argue with my smart, sexy hubby because I'd rather tell you about our life instead and about some of these people.
Being a young bride and not knowing anyone in the area, I was bored being at home by myself all of the time. We lived in a spacious complex and our first apartment was huge. We had lots of neighbors, although most of them were older, like in their 30's. When we moved in, I myself was just out of my teens. I had very little in common with them. Elyse was lonely and had no idea what to do with myself.
In order to stave off insanity, I had joined a gym and was keeping myself fit and sexy for my husband. Since our wedding night, I had learned one important fact - my husband had married an insatiable nympho. The first time that Roger fucked me, I saw entirely new worlds. Despite my inexperience, we screwed out brains out on our honeymoon and I let him -