I met my wife just over a year before we said our vows, and I still remember how gorgeous she was back then. She was working as a cart-girl on my local golf course, earning extra money to manage the expenses her scholarship didn't cover. We heard her cart pulling up as we were getting ready to tee off, and she waited patiently while we tried to flex our golfing muscles, proving we were all alpha males. Between the four of us, we didn't have a single good shot. Two were bad but playable; one was OB, and one didn't even make it past the ladies' tee. Unfortunately, that was my shot.
"Isn't there some rule about not making it past the forward tee?" she asked with a wicked smile.
If you're not a golfer, falling short of the ladies' tee is called a "dink-out," and you're supposed to play with your pecker swinging in the breeze until you eventually make it past the pink markers. A rule that dates back to a time when women weren't allowed in the clubhouse.
I laughed with her, but since I'm allergic to sexual harassment lawsuits, I chose not to follow the optional rule.
"I'm not that easy - if you want to see me naked, you've got to buy me dinner first," I told her.
Without a word and without breaking eye contact, she reached into her cart and pulled out a roast beef sandwich. Her evil grin got bigger, and she tossed it to me. My group was laughing and applauding her bravado, but she just kept smiling at me, an expectant look in her eyes. I can't be certain, but I think it was the twinkle in her eye as she laughed at me that was my first step towards falling in love with her. Who wouldn't fall in love with a girl like that?
I caught the sandwich and tossed it into my cart, undid my fly and took out my little guy. I'm not shy about my body, but I'm certainly not a pornstar. I'm grateful it was a summer day, but without any...warm-up...I wasn't going to impress anyone. I re-teed my ball, took aim, and smacked it down the center of the fairway. I'd never hit the ball that well and likely never will. It's nice when things just work out like that.
I turned to her while tucking myself in my pants and said, "Since you bought me lunch and you've seen me naked, etiquette dictates it's my turn to take you out for dinner. Tomorrow night at eight. Where should I pick you up?"
She ignored the cheers and catcalls from my friends and — still with that delicious smile —, beckoned me over. She asked for my phone and entered her information before saying, "Text me tomorrow and I'll let you know where I am. Let's have some fun."
That was over ten years ago, but I still remember it like it was yesterday.
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We met and had dinner and a great night that ended with a hot make-out session in my car, in her parents' driveway. The rest of the week we were inseparable. We were young and full of passion, and each time we got together things got hotter. A week after our first meeting, we'd had as much over-the-clothes action as possible, and I wanted to move things to the next level.
"My roommate's out and won't be back for the rest of the week. Let's go back to my place," I suggested while kissing her neck and nuzzling her ear. My hands were roaming over her body, memorizing each bump and curve with my fingertips.
"I can't, Matt..." she said as she turned her neck to give me more access to her sensitive skin.
"It's OK, Jules, we'll go slow, and you can stop whenever you want," I replied.
"It's not that I don't want to, because I do. I
really
want to, but I promised," she moaned as my hand slipped under her blouse and moved up the soft skin of her belly before finding her sensitive nipples, "I'm still a virgin."
I laughed, thinking she was just kidding, but quickly shut up when I realized she wasn't laughing with me. I ran my fingers through her hair as we sat in the car, and told her it was fine. I wasn't a virgin, but I could count my conquests on one hand and still have enough fingers left to awkwardly abuse myself.
"I promised my parents I'd save myself for marriage. We're not super-religious or anything, it's just that they want me to finish school and enjoy life before I shoot out a kid. My two older sisters were both pregnant before they were 19, and while I know they love their kids, they're still stuck with looking after them. Neither is with the kids' father anymore, which isn't really a big surprise," she said.
"Personally, I'd rather be an aunt than a mom," she continued, "So I didn't think the promise would be too difficult to keep. I dated a bit before and after high school, and there were lots of guys willing to help fix my virginity problem, but none of them seemed worth it. Until I met you. There was something about you, and I was ready to rip my clothes off and mount you right there on the golf course," she said as she blushed and looked away.
"It's probably best you didn't - my score was bad enough. I'm not sure I could have handled the extra strokes," I joked.
She smiled and took my hand, caressing it with hers. She looked back and into my eyes, "The thing is, I like you Matt. A lot. I
want
to go back with you to your dorm and rip off our clothes and do everything I've ever read about or seen, but I won't break my promise. I know they'd probably never know, but I think it would break my parents' hearts. I'm not a kid anymore, and if I commit to something, I go all in. I don't do anything halfway, and never leave anything undone.
I paused for a moment and then took her hand in mine, looking her in the eyes as I said, "I'm ready for you whenever you want, but I'll wait for you as long as it takes." I leaned forward and kissed her on the eyelid, then the nose, and finally on her mouth.
She pulled me closer, rubbing her body against mine as she said, "Let's have some fun."
And we did.
I proposed to her the next day and we were married exactly a year later. We never broke her promise, but we did everything else. There's something erotic about pushing yourself to see how close you can get to the line without breaking the rules, and I know we both enjoyed every encounter along the way.
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