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Authors name: Homer Vargas

Story title : Principles

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Principles

by Homer Vargas

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 the diner 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. I had 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'll bet 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 he could 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 coming back 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 very much longer.

You don't need a blow by blow, do you?. He

drank and sniffed. I snuggled. He felt -- really

well. My blouse came off and my titties got

kissed. His pants came down and his prick was

fondled. He diddled. I came. I spent the night

fucking his brains out. When he got 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't think 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. All of 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. Josh and I

started getting invitations to weddings and baby

showers in the following months.

Not surprisingly, Josh fell in love with

Courtney the minute he picked her up out 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 when I

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 principles again, but with a

second child we would have to move to a bigger

apartment --more green space consumed in urban

sprawl, more hot water consumed, 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 he refused 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

eating me and getting blow jobs (fat chance!), but

eventually I went back to see Dr. Black --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, Josh suffered

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, 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 intensive comforting. 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 protection and 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. This thing can become dislodged and

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 long that 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 hard 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 the Planet" 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. 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 a condom. 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 great bargain 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 the problem 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 after I 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 to latex, 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 the rhythm 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 usually

came about three times during each examination!

The method really worked for several months,

although it was hard on both of us to 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 Josh subscribes 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 -- so we 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 had just

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 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 each other'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 twice more 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. Josh called 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 for both 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 left me content just to be cuddled by my

strong minded, principled husband.

You would think that we had all the bases

covered. Well, not quite. It was one of the

*worst* nights almost exactly two weeks since my

period when I am always really hot. I had almost

raped Josh in 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 must have

been really horny still, 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 were really 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 more children

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 on our *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 spill off 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, Mount Vernon,

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 the resemblance 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.') There won'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 that brought 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 soon we

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 his silly

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! This was

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 were home.

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 him on 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 under my 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 breasts and 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 was rewarded 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 thanks for a nice evening to a rutting

female 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 and told 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 to go 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, a tear in my eye

as I watched him get in the taxi to leave.

I wasn't sorry then, but I was later when I

realized that I had let Richard make love to me in

the middle of my period. You guessed it. 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 when I

was ovulating. 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 the number ten.(My

maiden name is Dewey; I wonder if that has

anything to do with it?) On the other hand, it

was a real 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 for International 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 Flores section of the

capital. (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, was used 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 little more flexible.

For one thing, he never asks 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

lately 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.

Comments to the_story_writer@yahoo.com

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It's okay to *READ* stories about unprotected sex with

strangers. But it isn't okay to *HAVE* unprotected sex

with strangers!! You only have one body per lifetime,

so take good care of it.