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 My Josh is a man of strong principles. 
        That's what first attracted me to him.Well, OK, that and his six-five frame, broad muscled shoulders, tight 
        butt,
 gray-blue eyes and a respectable bulge between his legs. He was just the
 yummiest strong-principled man I had ever seen.
 I met Josh at an ecological protest 
        rally. I had ducked out from work at thediner where I waitressed to go down to the Washington Monument that afternoon.
 Seeing those poor little baby seals on television being killed right in 
        front of
 their mothers just broke my heart. I mean, how could anybody be so CRUEL? 
        Josh
 was opposed to the seal slaughter, too, but he was at the protest for 
        lots of
 other reasons having to do with the corrupt capitalist system, the rapacious
 (what words he knew!) corporate establishment, etc.
 I just nodded and gazed into his 
        eyes in the little coffee shop after the rally.Josh talked passionately to me about pollution, resource degradation (another
 one!) and why married couples should not have children. Huh? He explained 
        that a
 baby born in a rich country would use up an immense quantity of resources 
        in a
 lifetime. That's why we had to stop the world's population explosion.
 Ah, population explosion! Now 
        there was a subject that engaged my attention. Ihad always known I wanted a big family. One look at Josh and I knew I'd 
        never
 find a better set of genes. I began planning for Josh to help me start 
        a little
 population explosion of my own.
 Besides being yummy, as I have 
        said, Josh also turned out to be brilliant (I'llbet you could already tell.) and, when I got him a little drunk, quite 
        funny.
 Best of all --JACKPOT!-- Josh was a totally normal healthy male that I 
        could
 turn on like pushing a button. It's no credit to me; any girl with 38D's 
        and a
 25 inch waist could have done the same, but I got him first.
 Josh was a little apprehensive 
        on our second date when I coyly suggested hecould come up to my apartment for a little while. He might not have done 
        it
 except during the movie, when I picked up his hand and put it inside my 
        blouse,
 he felt a nice hard set of tits and no brassiere. Playing with my nipples 
        had
 him almost as horny as it had me.
 It probably wasn't necessary, 
        but I didn't take any chances. Just before comingback from the kitchen with a cold beer for Josh, I ran my hand into my
 (surprise!) dripping pussy and painted the glass rim with my secretions. 
        Nothing
 like the smell of a horny twat to get a guy's engine in gear. I had prepared 
        for
 this evening by wearing a short but not too tight skirt, a frilly blouse 
        with no
 bra and no panties. Of course I didn't expect a really nice boy like Josh 
        would
 have his hands up between my legs in the movie, but then I didn't intend 
        for him
 to be really nice boy very much longer.
 You don't need a blow by blow, 
        do you?. He drank and sniffed. I snuggled. Hefelt -- really well. My blouse came off and my titties got kissed. His 
        pants
 came down and his prick got fondled. He diddled. I came. I spent the night
 fucking his brains out. When I felt him get hard again after coming in 
        me a
 third time, I knew this was the man for me.
 He was happy but embarrassed the 
        next morning to realize what he'd "made me" do.(To this day the lovable hunk thinks he seduced *me*!) I was "in 
        love;" I really
 was. It took me about another month of fucking Josh's eyeballs out, oops, 
        of
 "letting him go all the way with me" for him to realize he was 
        in love with me,
 too.
 The positive pregnancy test helped 
        a lot. Josh was upset. Not that he didn't 
        want to marry me by then or that he didn'tthink he could support me. (He knew from the start I wasn't the career-girl
 type). No, he was upset because in principle he was against couples having
 children. For nine months I heard anguished laments about CO2 buildup 
        and specie
 extinction and resource depletion, (I was learning the lingo), but there 
        was
 never any thought of abortion. We agreed on that 100%.
 I was about seven months pregnant 
        before we could get the wedding organized. Allof the groomsmen were Josh's friends, nice serious young men like him, 
        so there
 was none of the ribaldry you might expect at wedding where the bride's 
        belly
 arrived at the alter before she did. Of course all the bridesmaids were 
        *my*
 friends and so several groomsmen lost their virginity after (one during) 
        the
 wedding reception. In the following months Josh and I started getting
 invitations to weddings and baby showers.
 Not surprisingly, Josh fell in 
        love with Courtney the minute he picked her upout of my arms and for a while the environment didn't come up in our
 conversations very often. Josh was so sweet about washing Courtney's diapers,
 since he insisted on cloth, not disposable. Soon, however Josh found his
 principles challenged when his wife was no longer too sore to start demanding
 nightly reamings again. I told him not to worry, I was breast feeding 
        Courtney,
 but Josh didn't trust Mother Nature to keep me from getting pregnant again. 
        He
 thought I should go on the pill.
 I promised him I would go see 
        my gynecologist, but dallied long enough that whenI finally did, she just sent me straight home, saying, "Next time 
        come see me
 *before* you start screwing him again."
 This time Josh was *really* upset. 
        Not only had he violated his principlesagain, but with a second child we would have to move to a bigger apartment
 --more green space consumed in urban sprawl, energy used for hot water, 
        more
 heating and cooling. My second pregnancy was an ecological disaster!
 You can bet that Josh was more 
        careful after Rachel was born. This time herefused to put it in me until I was safely on the pill. I put it off a 
        long as I
 could hoping he would get tired of just eating me and getting blow jobs 
        (fat
 chance!), but eventually I went back to see Janet. (I knew I would become 
        best
 friends with this woman.) She duly prescribed the pills, but, after I 
        made her
 understand exactly what I wanted, she grinned and explained *all* the 
        possible
 side effects.
 Would you believe it? I suffered 
        from almost every one. Sweetie that he is, Joshsuffered along with me from the cramps, the headaches, the hot flashes 
        and the
 nausea until he agreed that I just couldn't keep taking the pill. (I had 
        never
 started.) With some fanfare I flushed the offending chemicals down the 
        toilet.
 Josh was very sympathetic and said by the time I was fertile again in 
        a couple
 of weeks, we would think of something. As he held me and comforted me, 
        I felt
 the most delicious erection, so I knew what he was thinking of. I needed 
        a lot
 of comforting that night, about four times, I recall. I felt much better 
        the
 next day.
 I reckon Steve must have been 
        conceived during that night of intensivecomforting. I was shocked, *shocked,* to discover that a woman's fertility
 returns so quickly after going off the pill. Josh was incredulous, but 
        Janet
 explained everything to him.
 When I came home from the hospital 
        this time, Josh was adamant about protectionand sent me to get a diaphragm. It was a couple of weeks of no-penetration 
        sex
 (bo-ring!) before Janet could fit me with the rubber baby barrier. There 
        was a
 mischievous twinkle in her eye as she admonished me, "Now don't let 
        your
 lovemaking get *too* vigorous. If he bangs you too hard, this thing can 
        become
 dislodged. Then, instead of keeping the sperm out, it keeps it in."
 Good advice, but impossible to 
        follow. I had been without real sex for so longthat I just went wild. When I was on top, I bounced up and down on Josh's 
        thick
 prong like a kid on a trampoline. When he was on top I cried out for him 
        to
 pound my pussy harder. He is a good pounder and he did promise to *obey* 
        at the
 altar. Josh had several mounts of guilt-free sex until the inevitable 
        happened.
 I had Josh going at me really good one night when I felt the damned thing 
        slip
 out of the way. One of Josh's sperm wasted no time in finding one of my 
        eager
 eggs and we were on out way to having Beth.
 By now Josh realized that he could 
        no longer afford to work for "Save thePlanet" and had to get a "real" job. Fortunately, he found 
        a pretty well-paying
 position with the EPA. (He was such a brilliant attorney, he had his pick 
        of
 jobs.) We bought a three bedroom house out in Oakton, a suburb of Washington,
 DC. That really violated his principles and he hated having to drive to 
        work in
 an *automobile* instead of taking public transport. But at least he cut 
        the
 grass with a rechargeable electric rather than a gasoline mower.
 Naturally, Josh no longer trusted 
        diaphragms so he resolved always to use acondom. I laid in a large supply that I purchased at the COSTCO hyper 
        mart.
 Believe me, I got an envious look from the checkout girl when she saw 
        twelve
 boxes of twenty. Then her eyes got big and she silently nodded when she 
        noticed
 Courtney pushing Beth in her stroller with Rachel and Stevie tagging along.
 You've heard the expression, "you 
        get what you pay for?" Well, I got a greatbargain buying the condoms in bulk, but they were not of the highest quality. 
        I
 noticed that after Josh had been going at me for fifteen or twenty minutes, 
        the
 condom got a little loose around the base of his cock. Especially when 
        I was on
 top -- we both like that position -- and I was holding on to Josh's prick 
        to
 keep it properly aimed, it seemed there was a danger my hand could easily 
        pull
 it off by accident. Wouldn't you know, the very next time I was middle 
        of my
 cycle that's exactly what happened! We didn't discover until the next 
        morning
 that Josh had been going bareback all night long.
 Josh is a really smart man (Didn't 
        I already say that?) and he figured out theproblem with the cheep condoms. Although we had only been using them about 
        a
 month, he said just throw away the remaining hundred or so. I guess he 
        couldn't
 figure out how to recycle them. While my belly was getting big with Roy, 
        Josh
 had time to find a little place in Vermont that supplied custom made condoms
 guaranteed not to slip off. I really enjoyed helping Josh get his penis 
        hard to
 make the plaster cast that was required for a nice snug fit.
 What a difference quality makes! 
        When we started fucking again a few days afterI came home with Roy, I could tell there was no way these hi-tech jobs 
        were
 coming off. I showed Josh just how glad I was that he could fuck me as 
        often as
 he wanted without worrying about his principles There was only one problem. 
        For
 some reason these new condoms seemed to have too much friction. I decided 
        they
 required a little external lubricant. Of course I used what we have the 
        most of
 in our house -- baby oil.
 Now don't laugh. *You* may think 
        that everybody know what baby oil does tolatex, but Josh didn't. Besides, I had his cock in my mouth at the time 
        and I
 don't think he was paying a lot of attention to what I was rubbing between 
        my
 legs. The next morning we found the expensive condom in tatters and that's 
        the
 story of how little Ruth came into this world. Josh just shook his head 
        in
 consternation as to why these accidents always seem to happen a few days 
        after
 I've ovulated.
 Well, now Josh gave up on condoms, 
        too and said we would just have to use therhythm method. He signed us up for a course that explained how to count 
        the
 days, take my temperature every morning (I *loved* the way Josh did that!) 
        and
 examine my vaginal discharge for the telltale sighs of ovulation. I figured 
        out
 that the best way for Josh to examine me was with his tongue. I could 
        usually
 come about three times during each examination!
 The method really worked for several 
        months, although it was hard on both of usto go for over a week sometimes without the old fashioned banging we both 
        loved.
 Josh was always taking a ribbing at work for having six kids, so he was
 determined that we should be out of the baby business and for a few months 
        we
 were.
 But nothing in life is without 
        risks. I read in a health magazine that Joshsubscribes to, that one should always drink water at bedtime and I really
 recommend it. I don't know if it improves your metabolism, but a full 
        bladder
 makes early morning sex *sooo* much better. It also makes you go the potty 
        early
 in the morning and I like to wash, not just wipe after peeing. I learned 
        the
 hard way that this really screws up the examination for ovulation as it 
        both
 removes the mucus that Josh was always looking (OK, tasting) for, as well 
        as
 cools off the vagina and masks the slight rise in temperature that tips 
        you off
 that an egg is on the way. I sometime think Jennifer with her jet black 
        hair
 like me and cool blue eyes like Josh is our most beautiful accident.
 Josh had moved up in the EPA by 
        now -- he was G-thirty something or other -- sowe could afford the bigger house. Fortunately we found a really big run-down
 mansion in Arlington that was actually closer to downtown that the house 
        we were
 living in. We were able to renovate it to accommodate our growing family. 
        I
 oversaw the redesign and had the builders fix up one bedroom for the older 
        girls
 -- Courtney and Rachel, one for the older boys -- Steve and Roy, one for 
        younger
 girls -- Beth and Ruthie, and a baby room next to Josh's and my master 
        bedroom.
 Well, I told Josh it was a 'sewing' room but we kept Jenny there while 
        I was
 nursing her.
 Our wedding anniversary is always 
        like a national holiday at our house. Josh hadjust gotten another promotion at EPA and I decided to make our eighth 
        something
 special. For some reason we couldn't celebrate it on the exact date, but 
        I
 selected an alternate day and pulled out all the stops. I had arranged 
        for my
 best friend Marge to take all the kids except baby Jennifer for the night. 
        I
 told Josh to expect something special for just us two.
 Josh's eyes almost popped when 
        he arrive that night and saw me in my high heels,a daring red miniskirt, and see through pink blouse. OK, I admit my hips 
        and
 bust are both larger than when we were first married, but after Jenny 
        was born I
 worked really hard to get my waist back down to almost the same. The bulge 
        in
 Josh's pants told me he liked the results.
 The table was set with the good 
        silver; two candles illuminated the dining room;and I had put on a CD of our favorite love songs. We sipped wine and held 
        hands
 across the table. I told Josh I loved him more that ever and that I thought 
        he
 was the smartest and handsomest man in the world and the best lover I 
        could ever
 dream of. Josh told me he was still crazy about me, that I was the prettiest,
 sexiest woman he had ever met, and that he'd marry me again in a heartbeat.
 We didn't eat a bite of the dinner 
        I had prepared; we just fell into eachother's arms, sobbing our love for one another. My skirt never left the 
        living
 room and my makeup was ruined even before we got to the top of the stairs. 
        We
 were both tremendously aroused and almost tore off each other's clothes. 
        Never
 had we made love with such passion. Josh must have fucked me three times 
        before
 we fell asleep clinging together like two love-sick pythons. My wonderful
 husband screwed me once more and ate me twice the next morning before 
        we
 reluctantly got out of bed and went downstairs to have last night's dinner 
        for
 breakfast. We were in the middle of one last quickie on the living room 
        couch
 just before Marge brought the kids back around noon. (Close call!) Darling
 Jennifer, as usual, cooperated by sleeping through the night.
 Days later we were still basking 
        in the glow of that wonderful night. Joshcalled me from the office several times a day to tell me he loved me and 
        I sent
 *him* flowers. His friends at work teased him, but we both knew they were 
        just
 jealous that after eight years and seven children, Josh and I were still 
        in love
 like newlyweds. I don't think either of us gave a moment's thought to 
        the fact
 that our anniversary celebration coincided with my fertile period. Jeff 
        was the
 result.
 Although my periods are as regular 
        as clockwork and as difficult as it was forboth of us, Josh decided we had to expand the "safe," no-sex 
        period around my
 ovulation date to make sure there wouldn't be any more slip ups after 
        Jeff. And
 when Josh makes up his mind, nothing gets in his way. Several times during 
        the
 "dangerous days" I got so horny I would come on to him. He was 
        steadfast,
 however, and gently put me off, usually by eating me to a couple of nice 
        orgasms
 that, for a while, left me content just to be cuddled by my strong-minded, 
        high-
 principled husband.
 You would think that we had all 
        the bases covered. Well, not quite. It was oneof the *worst* nights almost exactly two weeks since my period when I 
        am always
 really hot. I had almost raped Josh whenwe went to bed, but he pacified 
        me by
 sucking my tits really nicely and giving me a good finger fuck that sent 
        me off
 to dreamland. I still must have been really horny though, because I had 
        the most
 erotic dream. In it I sat up and looked down at Josh who was asleep beside 
        me.
 He was on his back breathing gently and the outline of his penis was evident
 through his pajama.
 Stealthily, I reached into his 
        fly and retrieved the organ I love so much.Gently, so as not to awaken him, I took his cock into my mouth and began 
        to suck
 him. Even asleep, his cock responded to my warm wet mouth and was soon 
        hard and
 erect. The sight, or rather the feel, made my pussy wet. I was in a crazy 
        rut.
 Without thought, I straddled Josh and lowered my pussy over his rampant 
        prick.
 Just having it in me almost made me come, but I started slowly sliding 
        my cunt
 up and down Josh's fabulous love pole.
 I guess by this time we were both 
        half aware that this was no dream. We werereally doing it! But the delightful sensation of Josh up in me was too 
        good to
 interrupt. I guess he felt the same way, because he grabbed my ass and 
        start to
 jamb me down forcefully against his groin even as he bucked his prick 
        up into
 me. I came first, but only moments later I felt what seemed like gallons 
        of
 Josh's come blast into my hungry vagina. I awoke some time later still 
        on top
 held in a warm embrace by my sleeping husband, his cock soft, but still 
        nestled
 inside me. Oh, I love that man!
 I guess it's a good thing Josh 
        and I are trying our best *not* to have any morechildren since we seem to have so many without trying. Little William 
        was the
 result of our sleepy adventure. We had another nine months to figure what 
        to do
 next. With me staying pregnant most of the time, Josh and I probably have 
        sex a
 lot more often than most couples our age. Once Josh has knocked me up, 
        he feels
 free to fuck me like a bunny rabbit, well, at least a couple of times 
        a night. I
 can hardly believe that some women say they don't want it more than once 
        a week
 or even less. I guess they are just not as crazy in love with their husbands 
        as
 I am with Josh, or am I oversexed?
 Well, after Billy was born, Josh 
        decided he would have to sleep on the sofa onour *verboten* nights. This, plus strict avoidance of sex during the two 
        weeks
 on either side of my ovulation seemed to do the trick. Almost a year went 
        by
 without me getting pregnant, a record for us. Of course I do get really 
        horny
 during those two weeks, too horny it turns out.
 During one such 'dry spell' Josh 
        had to leave town because of a major oil spilloff the coast of Oregon. As fate would have it, Josh's little brother 
        Richard
 was on school break at the time and had come to Washington to visit friends 
        and
 see the monuments and other sights. I never get tired of showing visitors 
        around
 our beautiful city.
 For three days I took him to Arlington 
        Cemetery, the Air and Space Museum, MountVernon, the National Gallery at a dizzying pace. The fourth day Richard 
        said
 let's take a break, he had some letters to write (probably to his girlfriends,
 plural; he's really a little hunk.)
 I kept peeking in at him in those 
        sexy cut-offs, not able to get over theresemblance to Josh. Not entirely innocently I put on a pair of tight 
        shorts
 that would make him look, too. During the afternoon he told me how grateful 
        he
 was for the wonderful tour and that he wanted to show his appreciation. 
        He had
 arranged to meet some of his buddies at a Georgetown club and asked me 
        to go
 with him. "Don't be ridiculous," I told him. "I'd be out 
        of place with your
 young friends and coeds ten years younger than I."
 "You are the one who is being 
        ridiculous, Sis. (Yeah, he calls me 'Sis.') Therewon't be a guy there with a sexier date, I guarantee you." I guess 
        I am sucker
 for flattery, but it was exciting to hear that kind of compliment from 
        a good
 looking college kid, so I agreed.
 I tried to dress for the young 
        crowd in a fairly short skirt and blouse thatbrought an appreciative wolf whistle from Richard. I drove my car (a red
 two-door Saturn; the 'family' car is a Cherokee.) to the club. Richard, 
        the
 scamp, had the nerve to look over at me and then give the valet an exaggerate
 wink as we got out of the car. I was both flattered and embarrassed, but 
        we had
 a good laugh at what the valet might be thinking.
 The club was dark and noisy, but 
        we immediately found Richard's friends and soonwe were having a great time. Furtively, I checked out the girls in the 
        group and
 decided Richard was right; I *was* the cutest one. They were younger and 
        very
 pretty, but they really didn't yet know how to dress to catch a man's 
        eye. Most
 had on baggy jeans or non-descript skirts with flats. None had on much 
        make-up.
 I was "dolled up" in my four inch heels, large earrings and 
        bangles and I had on
 enough eye shadow and lipstick to define my features in the dim light. 
        Turned
 out I was the most popular "girl" there. All Richard's friends 
        wanted to dance
 with me and the night flew by as I drank and danced and laughed. Some 
        of the
 boys became quite bold in the way they held me close during fox trots 
        and
 waltzes, and by the end of the night I was euphoric... and turned on. 
        If Josh
 had been around, I would have raped him, I ready would.
 I noticed that Richard actually 
        danced with me less than his friends. Unlike hissilly sister-in-law, he had been careful not to drink too much, so he 
        drove us
 home. I asked him why he had hung back. "Not shy are you?"
 "Not at all, Sis." and 
        to prove it, he reached over and drew me close. Wow! Thiswas one hard-bodied young man. My heartbeat accelerated "I wanted 
        you to see how
 the other guys reacted to convince you how special you are. Just showing 
        up with
 you earned me dozens of 'stud points,'" he laughed. "I was the 
        envy of the other
 guys and the girls *hated* you," he grinned.
 "Glad to have helped raise 
        your social standing" I replied. By then we werehome. Richard remained in character as my date, coming around to open 
        the door
 for me, taking my hand and walking me to the door with his arm around 
        me. Once
 inside I told him good night and thanked him again for a wonderful evening.
 "No good night kiss?" 
        he asked. I couldn't tell if he was still 
        teasing or not, but I stepped over to kiss himon the cheek, but stumbled slightly and seemed to loose my balance momentarily.
 Even quicker Richard's arms were around me and he was giving him more 
        than a
 peck. Almost without realizing it, my mouth was open and our tongues were
 coiling around each other. He was so strong that with one hand he held 
        me tight
 against him while his other began kneading my ass.
 I voiced a kind of protest but 
        his mouth covered mine and his hand was now undermy dress and massaging my backside, coming closer and closer to my pussy. 
        I was
 acutely aware that I was aroused and didn't want him to find out by feeling 
        my
 wetness. It was hopeless. His hands were everywhere they shouldn't be 
        and
 everywhere I wanted them. He was like Josh in knowing how to turn a woman 
        on,
 but faster. Soon I was on the couch with him, sans brassiere, and he was 
        kissing
 my breasts and fingering my sex.
 "Oh Richard, stop. I'm so 
        hot. You're driving me crazy." "Crazy enough to fuck?" 
        he asked directly and resumed his attack on my breastsand pussy.
 "Oh... OH!... Yes, yes. I 
        need it" I heard myself say. It wasn't rape. I had been good 
        and properly seduced and moments later I wasrewarded with the unmistakable sensation of a long hard cock sliding into 
        my
 cunt. I was so wet and it went in so easily, I couldn't say if it was 
        bigger or
 smaller than Josh's, but at that moment it was the most wonderful thing 
        I had
 ever felt.
 Although he had taken me from 
        a proper wife saying, "Thank you" for a niceevening to a female in rut in less than two minutes, once Richard was 
        in me he
 made love to me with incredible gentleness. His long slow strokes had 
        me
 quivering on the edge of orgasm for an eternity before he nudged me over. 
        But
 even when I had orgasmed once he continued to fuck me. I was delirious; 
        he was
 so good. I have no idea how long he had me there on the couch or how many 
        times
 he made me come before he finally released himself into me.
 "Richard! Oh, Richard, lover" 
        I sobbed and clasped him to me. He held me andtold me I was the sexiest, most incredible woman he had ever known as 
        he covered
 my neck with soft kisses. We had finished making love and now we were 
        ready to
 fuck. I let him take me to Josh and my bedroom and he had me bellowing 
        again and
 again far into the night.
 The next morning I woke up alone. 
        Richard was dressed. He said he had decided togo back to school early. I didn't need to ask why. As he left, he kissed 
        me once
 more and whispered, "I'm not sorry."
 "Neither am I," I replied. 
        There was a tear in my eye as I watched him get inthe taxi to leave.
 I wasn't sorry then, but I was 
        later when I realized that I had let Richard makelove to me in the middle of my period. I was already past due when Josh
 returned. You'd better believe I fucked him silly those first few days 
        and tried
 to muddy the waters about just where we were in my cycle. A month later 
        we knew
 we were having yet another addition to the family.
 Victoria was something of a triumph 
        for me. I've always been partial to thenumber ten.(My maiden name is Dewey; I wonder if that has anything to 
        do with
 it?) On the other hand, it was the final blow to Josh and his principles. 
        People
 snickered about the well known ecologist who had ten children, none past
 elementary school. He never suspected, of course Richard had cuckolded 
        him --
 and Vicki looks a lot like both of us -- but he couldn't figure how I 
        could have
 gotten pregnant given my heretofore faultless cycle. It looked like it 
        was
 celibacy or surrender.
 Although our house was huge, there 
        was no way to squeeze in still another kid.We talked of custom building on a lot out in Fauquier County, but Josh 
        hated the
 thought of the long commute and his contribution to ozone layer depletion 
        and
 air quality degradation.
 A few days later, Josh came home 
        to say he was taking a job as VP forInternational Environmental Operations with a large petroleum exploration
 company. His job was to keep an eye on the opening up of a giant oil field 
        in
 the jungles of South America.
 Three months later we were happily 
        installed in a huge house in the Mil Floressection of the capital. (Now *these* people knew how to build for large
 families!) The older kids were delighted with the American School and 
        I had
 Maria and Consuelo to help me with the house, Rosita to help look after 
        the
 babies, and Don Roberto, whom we lured away from the French Embassy, to 
        cook for
 us.
 Josh turned out to be perfect 
        for the job. The project manager, Bull Parker, wasused to getting his way, blowing away environmental types. He had never 
        run into
 anyone with principles like my Josh. I overheard some of their furious
 arguments. Josh stood his ground and pushed right back. He made Bull redesign
 the access roads, narrowing them by half and installing drains and culverts 
        so
 they did not cause erosion. If that couldn't be done, Josh made them take 
        in all
 the equipment by helicopter. Bull Parker fumed that is added hundreds 
        of
 thousands of dollars per well drilled, but Josh basically outranked him 
        in the
 company and Bull could do nothing. I was so proud of my husband and his
 unbending principles!
 In some other ways, however, I 
        think Josh's principles *are* becoming a littlemore flexible. For one thing, he never asks me about my periods anymore. 
        He just
 fucks me stupid every morning and night -- mid-day, too, if he can manage 
        to
 come home for lunch. For another, I have noticed that whenever Josh is 
        around,
 Maria, Consuelo, Rosita, and even Lupe, Don Roberto's teen-age daughter, 
        get all
 doe-eyed as they steal glances at my Josh's rugged figure, handsome, craggy
 face, and salt-and-pepper hair. And it looks to me like all four girls 
        have
 suspicious little bulges in their tummies.
 Just like mine.
 
 
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