Sam was a college student when he first began to discover his own specific sexual preferences, during a time when most people his age were exploring their individuality and indulging their youthful desires. He was attending a large well-known university in Southern California, and he was pretty much a typical guy, having been raised in a medium-sized town in the Midwest part of the country.
He didn't consider himself to be "sheltered" where he was raised, but he never really had any idea exactly how much diversity and progressive attitudes there were with regard to sexuality in other parts of the country. And it wasn't exactly like there were lots of hot girls at his high school either, it was a pretty conservative area and there weren't a lot of very open and sexually liberated young ladies there.
But soon enough he would find that individual preferences for different types of sexuality were very much embraced and encouraged in the California culture.
The first day he arrived on campus, it was immediately clear there was a different appearance-based standard being set by and for the women there - different from what he was used to, different from anything he had ever seen in fact. Not only were they older than the high school girls he had been around (of course), but many of them were quite pretty, with well developed figures, and there seemed to be an acceptance of overt feminine sexuality there that he hadn't seen before.
This was evidenced by the way some of these gorgeous girls presented themselves, including the makeup styles they used, the way they dressed, and the way they acted. There were many average-looking girls there of course, ones that were pretty but not stunningly attractive, but Sam quickly began to notice that certain ones seemed to enjoy "hotting" themselves up for some reason.
These glamorous girls kept appearing before his eyes here and there, in classes and as he walked around, and it was clear that the highly sexualized image they wanted to present was acceptable, and even encouraged. And while many of the "babed up" girls really were gorgeous, there were also some that weren't necessarily inherently that attractive, but the way they dressed up sexy and did their makeup and hair was quite appealing.
He started to realize that almost all girls have an ability to sex themselves up at will if they so desire, whether they are naturally stunning and beautiful or not. And that was very intriguing - he was really starting to love being in California at that point!
Anyway, during his freshman year, he dated several somewhat typical girls, and although he had a few one-night stands, he was usually in steady one-on-one relationships with his girlfriends. Two of his steadies during that first year of college were pretty average looking, not unattractive but not gorgeous either. He lost his virginity to one of them, and regular vanilla sex with her was a pretty normal thing for them.
Having never done it before, it was okay, but he didn't exactly feel any of the mind-blowing emotional impact with her that he would come to find later with other women. His other girlfriend was pretty similar, a bit more attractive but no more adventurous in the sack or in her way of behaving and presenting herself.
With both these girls, he found himself comparing them to the sexier ladies that were always around. He realized that both his girlfriends were pretty but they didn't embrace their femininity the way the hotted up girls did, and he found himself wanting them to be more like the other girls. But it wasn't a topic he ever brought up, he didn't want them to feel insecure about their appearance, and he was concerned that they might react negatively.
Later on he would come to understand that it was for that reason that his relationships with both these girls slowly fizzled. He really wanted them to be more enticing and seductive but just couldn't bring it up in a way that he thought wouldn't hurt their feelings.
After that though, there was one other girl in particular whose appearance and behavior would form the basis of his sexual preferences as an adult. And it is for this reason that a detailed discussion of his interactions with this certain girl is in order before proceeding any further...
Boy did Sam's world really start to change when he first feasted his eyes on Vivi. She was from Italy, and she transferred in to the university in his sophomore year. And let me tell you, one look at her had him coming to a new understanding of exactly how visually appealing some girls could be. And to say he liked what he saw would be the understatement of the century...
She was tall, blonde, leggy and busty, with exotic-looking facial features and stunning, deep green eyes. Unlike the plainer "girl next door" types he had dated before, she had a kind of classy and sultry appearance that gave her a look of sophistication and maturity beyond her years. In fact, she really did look like she might be older than the other people in their class, he wasn't sure but there was something about her...
She was definitely the same type of girl as the glamorous hotties he had been noticing around campus, but Vivi had really been gifted with some stunning and outstanding natural beauty beyond almost any other girl around. And again, there was a confidence she seemed to have, a kind of experienced style she seemed to possess that really did seem to indicate that she just might be something more to her than met the eye.
He actually found her to be quite intimidating at first; her undeniable feminine sex appeal was some of it, but that alluring, older-looking face and classy style really added to it. Vivi really caused quite a stir on campus too, not only because she was obviously one of the most attractive girls there, but also because she was European and so very different from most everyone else.
Lots of people were starting to talk about her for obvious reasons, but the first thing that Sam and every other guy with a pulse noticed was the way she dressed. Vivi always seemed to be wearing something expensive looking, and her wardrobe choices always had a touch of class mixed with a whole bunch of brazen sex appeal.