A short little 750 word vignette from a time with my second wife.
I met my second wife soon after I got transferred to Camp Lejeune. I went to town and tried to find a bar as far from the front gate as possible. I found one, walked in, and this big tall redhead was tending bar. I was immediately enamored and introduced myself as Don and she said her name was Sue. Immediately several of the old timers said, "no, her name is Rolling Stone."
She blushed, and I said "I don't understand".
"Have you ever heard the phrase "A rolling Stone gathers no moss"?" one of the old guys said. "She is a redhead, and her pubic hair is almost non-existent. (Back then waxing wasn't a thing) She used to "roll around" quite a bit and that's how she got the name." I cracked up and she just blushed even more.
I became a regular at the bar and soon found out that she was no longer playing around but that two of the older guys were fuckbuddies. I started dating her, obviously non-exclusively, and when I was on duty or on a field exercise, she was safe and taken care of (and probably fucked), because those old guys actually cared for her.
When I actually married her, they both walked her down the aisle and gave her away. It was a sweet and loving gesture, appreciated by those who knew the backstory. I knew that I was due to deploy overseas in a year or so, and knew that she would be loved, cared for and kept safe and satisfied while I was gone, knowing she wouldn't be fucking around or looking for strange. And that is exactly how it happened, but that is a story for another day. There was none of that stupid jealousy and fragile ego bullshit that so many men get hung up on. Anyway, that is the background on my wife and relationship.
I know she bragged about me to her girlfriends, because I overheard several of the conversations.