Despite their affectionate intimate love making, Angela and Vivian took their shower together without resorting to any further sexual antics in the process. They were sated enough with sex for the time being so were not inclined to dally at their mutual task at hand (pun unintended) i.e. to get refreshingly clean. They even donned white terrycloth robes as opposed to remaining naked as they trooped to the kitchen. Angela prepared their breakfast in accordance with her stipulated menu.
As they were enjoying Angela's breakfast, she was able to fill Vivian in with the details of her engagement. Basically after that wonderful Saturday night in January, when Ralph drove Angela home, she gave him her phone number accompanied with blatant hints that she expected him to call. Thereupon for the next six weeks they dated and saw each other, i.e. fucked as frequently as possible without jeopardizing or undermining the demands of their tertiary education. Angela explained her attraction to Ralph in this way:
"When I first met Ralph at the bar, as you engaged him in introductory conversation, I saw immediately something absolutely appealing in him that I appreciated. As the French would say, there was a 'je ne sais quoi' about him that made my blood boil and my pussy wet! When I gave him my panties, I was absolutely truthful in telling him that he was the cause of rendering my underwear in its unwearable state.
"You will recall that when we got into his luxurious SUV that night, I blurted out the supposition that he must be rich. Now naturally considering my own wealth this was not a similar sentiment that a gold digging female might consider in her mind. Instead in my mind was the acknowledgment that Ralph was as well off as the males I had been acquainted with, but he was not a pompous ass about it, like how invariably most of them were.
"As I told you already Vivian, my first two heterosexual encounters were nothing to write home about. My cherry popper was as inexperienced as me although he wouldn't admit to it; male pride I guess. The results were disastrous, although at least my hymen was broken finally.
"Now my second male lover, who I must admit was very seductive, claimed to be 'God's gift to women'. So I took a chance. After two strokes of his cock in my vagina, he climaxed while I was still dry. I had cause to believe that if he indeed was God's gift to women, the gift must have been bestowed inadvertently, when the Divinity was distracted by more pressing important concerns of the moment."
Vivian could only laugh and giggle at Angela's wit. The latter continued:
"So as you know, I explored the world of lesbianism. The sex was certainly much better than my experience with my first two male lovers. However, it wasn't until I met you Vivian, when I for the first time truly experienced awesome sex; par excellence. When I discovered that you were presumably bi-sexual, but leaning towards heterosexuality I was truly nonplused. My quandary was my inability to square happy sex with a woman to happy sex with a man.
"I of course was intrigued by your ability to enjoy sex with either sex. I thought I was destined to become exclusively lesbian, but I jumped at the chance to try a threesome with you. I confess in the back of my mind was the possibility that I would derive some pointers from you on how to enjoy a man. Well as soon as I spotted Ralph, I could sense that he was the man I could truly enjoy. That night confirmed my first intuition about him."
Vivian observed:
"Yes, I certainly at the time could discern that there was real chemistry between the two of you, even though I was present as a third wheel so to speak. I imagined that if the mythology of Cupid would be reality, then both of you were simultaneously pierced by his love arrows."
Angela continued:
"From what you hinted about him, and from his actions that night, I realized he was unsure of himself in dealing with women. As he explained to you last night, his stuttering affliction had the effect of making him believe that he was not appealing to women. Thus, I realized that I had to be the aggressor to get a relationship going. So, I pressed my phone number on to him unasked, with the unambiguous suggestion that I truly wanted to see him again sans you. It was as you say a sledge hammer blow to the head and he did not disappoint. We've been fucking like rabbits or minks for the past six weeks."
Vivian asked:
"Well you obviously did not let any grass grow under your feet. Still aren't you a little bit apprehensive considering the short duration of time you've known him to jump into an engagement?"
Angela replied:
"As an English Lit major, one of my favorite novels, is 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen. In it one of the characters opines to the effect that happiness in marriage is essentially a crap shoot; of course Ms Austen's character doesn't quite state it in such vulgar terms. As the character opines, there are so many unseen factors that occur after marriage that studying the character of an intended fiancé for a year does not advance the chances of happiness in marriage one iota. Instead the character suggests it's best not to delve in the deficiencies of one's intended. You will have plenty of time after marriage to deal with any and all of deficiencies of your mate; either imagined or real.
"So taking such advice to heart, I've ignored any perceived defects Ralph might possess. Instead I've concentrated on his virtues. And in the past six weeks I've discovered that he has plenty of them, such that my decision to agree to marry him is as well informed as if I had known him for two years."
Vivian asked:
"I have to admit that you present a very persuasible literary rationale. So I guess that does seem like sound reasoning on your part. Would you care to elaborate on his virtues that you've discovered?"
Angela replied:
"Well for one thing, for reasons already stated, he was very shy of his sex appeal. And even though I was not as experienced as you in such matters, I still was able to point out the things I truly love to do or have done to me when we're making love. Ralph, bless him, is a fast learner. Plus he has the knack of improvising as the situation demands, so that my heart sings every time we do it. He is the true God's gift to women, certainly for me."
Vivian replied:
"OK! It's all well and good that the two of you are sexually compatible and definitely that is very important in a robust marriage. Still you do need more than that to sustain a happy marriage. Can you list some more virtues?"
"Most assuredly my doubting lesbian lover."
"Hey! I'm not strictly speaking a lesbian!"
"Oh right! You're just a practicing lesbian!" "Well practice does make perfect!"
Both Vivian and Angela burst out laughing at their banal repartee. The latter then continued:
"Seriously though, the most attractive part about Ralph is his steadfastness. He knows his weaknesses, but he also is well aware of his strengths. Best of all he knows how to utilize his strengths to maximum advantage, and at the same time he is able to compensate for his weaknesses to achieve all his desired goals.
"I would say the best example of his character in this regard, has to be his relationship with his father, Jack Peterson, whom I've already had the pleasure to meet. Mr. Peterson's firm is the largest and most successful real estate firm in Eau Claire and the surrounding area. Naturally Jack, as I'm already been so allowed to call him, would love nothing better than to have Ralph join the firm full time after graduating here at UW, and eventually take over running the firm upon Jack's retirement.
"However Ralph even as a teenager at the age of sixteen, was astute enough to realize such a plan would not fly. As he pointed out to his Dad that his stuttering affliction was too much of a handicap to overcome to become a successful and/or effective real estate salesman. And if he was incapable of selling houses, it begs the question of how could he effectively and successfully lead a real estate firm. His father reluctantly had to concede with Ralph's realistic assessment.
"But then Ralph's shrewdness really came to play. He believed that although he would be a bust at selling houses, he still could be useful to the firm. He convinced his father to try him out as the office manager despite still being a minor with obviously no experience. Ralph's skills enabled him to tackle such task powerfully and efficiently. Jack was most pleased to be relieved of such duty which would have otherwise been his responsibility.
"Ralph specifically re-organized the firm's weekly agent tours which prompted the firm's agents to be more aware of each other's listings. Ralph's planned weekly tours turned out to be very effective which by itself resulted in the firm having more sales with double commissions. This achievement alone, according to the office accounting records was instrumental for the firm to increase annual profits by twenty per cent. Bear in mind that Ralph was working only during the summer recesses and occasional weekends while attending high school and UW. Therefore his influence on the firm's success was absolutely phenomenal."
Vivian was truly impressed by this recital and exclaimed:
"Wow that is very remarkable indeed, Angela!"
Angela continued:
"You're not just whistling Dixie girlfriend. Jack had no option but to compensate his son handsomely for his successes for the firm. This in turn allowed Ralph to procure this gorgeous engagement ring virtually as a result of his own labors. Although I might have appeared to you cavalier in my reaction, but believe me, I'm truly overwhelmed by his generosity. There's no denying the exquisite beauty of this ring that I love. Who wouldn't?
"There is though a more personal reason for my delight in this ring. You see my sisters' engagement rings are in the same ball park in value as mine. However their fiancés/husbands were able to rely on their families' largess to afford such luxury. And their families felt incumbent to indulge their sons because of the prominence of my father and our family.
"There was no such motive for Ralph, as he was obviously unaware of my family's fortune. So instead he was motivated in obtaining this ring to declare his unconditional love for me. Now you certainly can not place a price tag on love. However, Ralph on his own had earned the monies he expended to purchase this ring. The fact that he was willing to spend so much on this ring, when he could have used most of it for his own pleasures, and still obtain a suitable ring, is a loud and clear signal to me that he loves me heart and soul."
Vivian agreed:
"He certainly sounds like a keeper. That's for sure."
Angela continued:
