This time it is I, Ellen, who am writing in place of my husband, John, who has documented almost all of the very few adventures in eroticism that we have enjoyed in our life together. In fact there is only one other encounter to date that John has not reported on, and he finds it all rather tame, but I found it all terribly erotic, much more so that John did, and so he suggested that it be I who should write it down for you.
It began with my friend Gail, who has been my closest friend since childhood, a fellow Catholic schoolgirl for 12 years. We even went to the same college together, and it was there and then that I became aware of her since-puberty obsession with men gifted with very large penises. Due to our upbringing this was a huge taboo even to discuss at our frequent get-togethers at one another's dorm rooms, or, later on, sleepovers at our apartments. But finally it all came out, her big obsession, and though Gail has remained unmarried (we are now both in our 50s), she is still lovely of face with the body of a high school girl.
At a recent luncheon, Gail confided in me that she felt that "her youth was gone", and though she has had many proposals over the decades and would like to settle down with a man, she believes her "Size Queen" persona would prove a curse that would work against her. I asked why this was so and was shocked at her reply that she simply has no interest in small or average-sized men, and could never be intimate with one. Indeed she had gone so far as to place ads in various publications to meet with men to satisfy her urges, but had what she called a "dangerous encounter" that ended her pursuits along this line. She did not elaborate.
As a girl, her obsession terrified her, but as she grew older she did research and discovered that there were many women like her, and eventually began to accept, and enjoy, who she really was. But she, like so many of us women, wanted more from a relationship as we mature. She wanted to find the Right Guy.
"So now I live like a nun," she told me over dessert. "I satisfy the urge, well... by myself."
"You think the nuns did that!" I gasped in mock horror, and we both laughed.
As the conversation went on, I kept coming back in my mind to John's painter friend, Rice. That's not his name, but that's what people call him and I never asked his real name. Besides, I changed it again to write about the encounter!
According to John, Rice is legendary in the local art scene, not so much for his paintings and sculpture, but for his (I troubled over how to put this, but I better just get it over with and used to it), very large genitals. It's so obvious, too. Even before John told me of his gifts along these lines, it was obvious at my first and every encounter with him that there is nothing he can do to hide it. I'm not size-obsessed myself, but it's hard for a girl to ignore completely. All things being equal, a girl likes to feel a little stretch.
"Ellen? Did you hear me? Are you there?" Gail asked.
"Oh. Sorry. I was thinking."
"More important than hearing about my new sheets? It must be important!"
"Well, maybe." I said, still musing.
"Well? What?"
"John has this friend..."
Gail moaned. "Oh gawd... what, a blind date?"
"Well, slow down." I instructed, and she sat back, crossed her arms and went into listening mode, with an attitude.
"He's an artist. A painter. And not only sweet and fun, but..."
"But?"
"But he's... Huge."
Gail burst out laughing. "And how would YOU know?"
"Oh no. Nothing like that."
"How, then."
"Well, by reputation, for one thing. John and their friends tease him mercilessly about it, plus..."
"Yeah? Plus what?"
"It's just so incredibly obvious." I said.
Gail sat quietly now, staring down at her shoes.
"You say he's a sweet guy?" she asked quietly.
* * *
So I ran it by John. He didn't say anything, just smiled and sat for a few minutes running it all through his brain, glancing over at me occasionally and shaking his head.
"It could get out of hand."
"Oh no." I said. John shook his head. "Okay." I said. "How?"
"How does this play out? Will we just introduce them, have dinner, a few drinks? Or will this turn into... you know... one of those nights?"
I thought about this. Readers who know us will understand that we can count our odd erotic encounters in our lifetime in one hand, but this did have all the earmarks and potential.