I'm Ricki. I'm twenty-seven. I live with my boyfriend Steve. We've been together a couple of years. He's cute and sweet and kind, and the sex is good, and he has a great job, and I love him. He keeps saying we should get married, but I always say not yet.
A few months back I was having drinks with my girlfriends.
"So what's the problem?" Cami asked.
"He sounds like the perfect guy," Sophie said.
Shari laughed. Shari is my very best friend. We've known each other since I was eight and she was nine. We were in high school and college together and know everything there is to know about each other.
"The problem," Shari said, "is that Ricki is a total slut."
"That's so unfair!" I said. "I can control my slutty tendencies. Unlike some other people I could mention." I looked at her to leave no doubt who I meant.
"Ok, then," Shari said, "tell Cami and Sophie how many other guys apart from Steve you've fucked recently."
"None in the last six months," I said.
"But you moved in with Steve a year ago," Sophie said.
"Ok, ok," I said. "I had a moment of weakness. We all do. You once fucked a boyfriend's dad, I seem to remember."
Sophie looked abashed, but only a little. "But he was so sexy," she said. "And amazing in bed. So much better than his son."
"See," I said, "I'm not the only slut here. And I felt really bad about cheating on Steve, so I haven't fucked anyone else for the last six months."
"Six whole months!" Shari said. "You're a reformed character!"
"Ok, ok," I said. "I'm a slut. That's the problem. I can't imagine fucking just the one guy for the rest of my life, but I love Steve and don't want to cheat on him."
"So you're never going to marry him?" Cami asked.
"We're working on a solution," Shari said.
"Therapy for her cock addiction?" Sophie asked.
"Um, everyone, it would be great if you kept your voices down just a little," I said.
"No," Shari said. "The solution is to make Steve into a truly perfect husband."
"He sounds pretty good husband material as he is," Sophie said.
"There's room for improvement," Shari said.
I nodded. "Shari came up with a plan."
"What's the plan?" Sophie asked.
"To get him to want Ricki to fuck other guys," Shari said.
Sophie and Cami looked at her with disbelief.
"You mean to get him turned on by her fucking other guys?" Cami asked.
"Exactly," Shari said.
"How is that even possible?" Sophie asked.
"Anything is possible with the right plan," Shari said.
"Shari has a five-step plan to make him into the perfect husband," I said.
"We've got to hear this," Cami said.
"Ok," Shari said. "Because you're our friends, we'll tell you. But if the plan works, we're going to start charging for it."
"It hasn't worked yet?" Cami asked.
"Well. Step One worked," Shari said. "We're now on to Step Two."
"What was Step One?" Cami asked.
"Shari called it Initial Exposure,'" I said. "She's given names to every step."