When I noticed that a very attractive young redhead had moved into our condominium complex, I suggested to my son that he go introduce himself. "There's no sense hanging around here, moping after Brooke and feeling sorry for yourself," I told Daniel. "She's engaged. You need to get over it and move on. Our new neighbor looks to be a few years older than you, but you're a handsome young man, so maybe she won't care about the age difference."
I didn't like seeing Daniel so forlorn but he had really thought Brooke Harper was "the one". A very attractive brunette from a good family, she had my son wrapped around her little finger. The problem was that Brooke only wanted Daniel for a good time and when she'd had enough of him, he was cast aside like an old dishrag. My son is a soft touch and he was further devastated when Brooke announced her engagement to the son of a very prominent local family. Brooke wasn't above flashing her fancy engagement ring in front of their mutual friends, knowing it would get back to him. Daniel was crushed because he'd planned a future with Brooke and he couldn't seem to get past it.
Not that his mom was doing much better in the romance department. Poor Karen, divorced and single again at 41. I had no choice about the divorce -- my husband was / is a cheating schmuck and in bed, a dud. It remains a mystery to me now as to why I married Paul in the first place. He was good looking enough and had some money, but there were better men out there that I could easily have married. I'm almost as attractive as Brooke and have kept all my "assets" and I recently returned to brunette from years as a blonde. Daniel mentioned to me that he likes me a lot better this way.
Daniel finally got out of his self-induced funk and went next door to say hello to our new neighbor. I suggested he ask her out for coffee and welcome her to the building. I don't think he was even gone for 15 minutes when he came back with the most dejected look on his face.
"Her name is Simone, mom and she seems nice enough," he told me as he flopped in his favorite arm chair and looked up at me. "She told me no thank you and thanked me for the offer. I get a weird vibe from her, mom. I'm not too sure she likes men."
Why do so many men assume that if a woman rejects them, that they're lesbians? At times, Daniel is
very much
his father's son. I told him that he was being ridiculous and I'd invite her to coffee the next afternoon while he was hanging out with some of his friends. Perhaps I could sell young Simone on the merits of my son. After all, who knew him better than I did? He'd been my sole ally since divorcing his father; his younger sister had chosen to stay with her father.
I made my way over to Simone's home the next day, hoping to convince her that Daniel wouldn't be such a bad choice for a boyfriend. Frankly, I thought my son needed to get laid. I know that it might seem odd, a mom thinking that about her own kid, but I thought it would do him a world of good. A good screwing can snap most of us out of a rotten funk and Daniel was firmly entrenched in his.
Simone seemed quite please to see me. Up close, she was even prettier than I had thought, adorable, actually. On closer inspection, she wasn't a true redhead, but a curly-haired; strawberry-blonde who was wearing a pair of tight white shorts and white heels, with a pink top that was knotted underneath what seemed to be lovely breasts. She had very lovely blue eyes and a naughty little smile. I was fairly certain that if I could convince her to give my son a tumble, she would show him a great time in bed.
"My son came over to introduce himself yesterday, I thought I should do likewise," I said to her. "He was right about one thing, you're very attractive."
"Thank you," Simone said to me in her soft, husky voice. "He seemed --
nice.
"
The odd way she said it made my pry a little. "He would have liked to ask you out but he said you didn't appear interested. That perhaps you didn't like men?"
"They're okay, I suppose," Simone shrugged her shoulders and smiled at me. "I'm not a lesbian, if that is what you're asking. I date men on occasion, although I prefer the company of women. We're better in bed. I usually have sex with men while having threesomes."
I had to admire Simone's candor, it was quite refreshing for someone her age. She also wasn't at all self-conscious about her body as she sat on the couch and crossed her legs; she made sure that I got a good look at her.
"You must know what I mean," Simone continued as I sat across from her. I wasn't quite sure just what she meant by that and told her so. "Sex with women," she elaborated. "You must be aware that it's better with
your own
than it is with men."
I looked at her with a stunned expression and told her that I'd never experienced sex with another woman. Here expression was equally shocked. "I can't believe it," she said to me. "I got the vibe that you were a lesbian or bi, like me. I'm almost never wrong about these things. I hope that I haven't offended you, Karen."
"No, I'm not offended," I answered her. "I just have never been with a woman. I was married at a young age and Paul -- that's my ex -- would have freaked if I ever suggested a threesome. He was very conventional about such matters."