Let me begin by saying that this is a true story. Also let me warn you that my writing style may not be to your taste; it's fairly journalistic and I tend to shy away from graphic descriptions. I assume the reader has a working imagination and can fill in any details I may gloss over. That being said, here we go...
Since I know this is important to some readers, let me briefly describe myself. (Feel free to skip this paragraph if you want. It's not central to the story.) As of the time of this writing, I'm twenty-one and about to enter my final year at a small, private, southern California college. I'm majoring in English, so if you notice any mistakes... um... let's just call it artistic license, okay? I'm Asian (American-born Chinese), 5'2" tall, slim, pretty, and of course, modest. On with the show...
Shopping Spree:
All of the events described in this story happened during the summer break following my first year of college. I was born and raised in a small town in Wisconsin and was staying with my parents for the summer. I'm sure anyone who has ever lived in a small Midwestern town can tell you that there really isn't that much to do there; at least that's been my experience. My hometown is no different, so I looked for any excuse I could find to get out town as often as possible.
A few of my high school friends were students at the University of Wisconsin and, more than once that summer, I used them as my excuse to go to Madison for a few days. For those of you who have never been to Madison, let me tell you that it is completely unlike the rest of the state. Madison is very liberal, very young, and very "progressive". It's like the Berkeley of the Midwest. After having spent the school year in California, I felt more at home in Madison than in my hometown and took every opportunity I could to go there. On one occasion, I told my parents that I was going to Madison to visit my friends for the day, but I have to admit that I really had other plans.
As I mentioned, there wasn't much to do in my hometown that summer. Add to that the fact that my boyfriend was halfway across the country and you can understand why found myself masturbating in the tub almost every day while my parents were away at work. This was all good, clean fun but I like to have something in me when I do it and there really wasn't much around that fit the bill (believe me, I looked). So I decided that I would go to Madison to buy a dildo.
I checked the Madison Yellow Pages at the library and took down the names and addresses of a couple of adult bookstores. Armed with these and the excuse of visiting my friends, I set off to do the dirty deed. The perfect crime!
I drove to Madison and went to the one that had looked the most promising, the Red Letter Bookstore. It had a small parking lot off the main street and, after driving around the block a few times, I got up the courage to pull in.
This was my first and last visit to an adult bookstore. If you've never been to one, you're lucky. Creepy is the word that best describes the experience. Everyone was ashamed to be there and no one looked at each other as they were shopping. I was the only woman there, the other customers being mostly normal-looking guys. I felt very awkward and ashamed the whole time I was in the store but, as long as I was there, I was determined to do what I had come to do.
There was an adult toy section in one corner of the store and after hovering around it for a few minutes, I walked over and started looking around. There was quite a selection; more than I had counted on. I hadn't really thought about what kind of dildo I would get and I didn't know which one to choose. The one thing that I knew for sure was that I didn't want to have to come back to this place to buy another one, so I ended up going a little overboard. Better safe than sorry, right?
Let me describe the dildo that I chose, since it plays a central role in this story (and others). It was twelve inches long; thick but not too thick; made of soft, flesh tone rubber; and the base had a molded rubber scrotum that was concave on the bottom so that it could be used as a suction cup (I thought this would be handy in the tub). But the funniest thing about it was... it was "pose-able". You could bend it any way you wanted and it would hold its shape. This was the surrogate boyfriend I had selected.
When I think back on it now, I can laugh, but at the time it was not nearly so funny as it was excruciatingly embarrassing. Here was this tiny Asian girl, all of one hundred pounds, walking up to the counter with her single purchase: the largest dildo in the store. I was dying inside, but I handed over my money, not looking up, got my change, and headed back to the car. Mission accomplished!