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what's under it. The only thing I could think to change would be maybe a little bit brighter shade, to provide a little more contrast with her coloration.' Blushing slightly, Kelly sat down, and after a moment, Kathy popped up and took the 'stage'.

'Kathy has picked well on style and material, but a different color of outfit might be better – I'm thinking something black, or dark gray to contrast with her hair color. To draw attention to anything she wants noticed, the material could be more transparent, or fit a little tighter.' She nodded, and looking thoughtful, sat down, to be replaced by Sandra.

'The ONLY change I can think of for Sandra is to think about changing to a darker color to contrast with her hair and skin tones. Maybe black, maybe a dark blue to highlight her hair color. Because of her pale nipples, she almost HAS to go with something very sheer to get any visibility of them.' That said, she exchanged places with Candice.

'Candice is one of the few women with the right coloration to make black an excellent choice – her hair, skin tone, eyes, all of it make black almost ideal for her. The only disadvantage to that would be the difficulty in finding something light enough to let her emphasize any particular areas she might want to highlight.' Visibly pink when she sat again, she was quickly replaced by Mary Alice.

'Mary Alice has a good start, too. She can emphasize her bust by wearing something a bit tighter or clingier, or continue with what she has on now, and still make it clear she's well developed. A thinner material, or one that was even a little more transparent would definitely draw attention to her nipples. A shorter top, and something like tap pants would emphasize her narrow waist. With her dark hair and complexion, a bright color would contrast nicely. It could be red, yellow, or even a*bright* white.' Mary Alice gave me an appraising look as she went by.

Next up was Susan.

'Susan is actually kind of difficult. Dark hair, pink skin, and blue eyes – not an easy combination to deal with. Not that she isn't attractive – just the opposite, in fact – it's just that it's tough to pick out ONE color that would look good on her. What comes to mind is to go with something neutral like black, but add in a little red for emphasis, maybe red trim at strategic points. Her blue eyes are always going to draw a guys attention, so if she wants to emphasize her bust or anything else, she'll have to be a bit more obvious than most of you – snug fit, sheerness, or maybe even both.' Susan and Kim exchanged places when I was done.

'Kim's skin tones are fairly neutral, so she could 'get by' with about anything, really. But if she really wants to grab attention, something seriously contrasting is called for – I'd say that she was one of the few women who would actually benefit from say, an electric blue camisole or teddy. Alternatively, white would contrast with her hair, and draw attention to her nipples.' Looking contemplative, Kim sat down.

Jan asked, 'From a guy's view, what gets your attention?'

I replied with 'Well, some guys are attracted to breasts – sometimes small, but usually large. Others are attracted to butts, and others find legs attractive. Some like blonde hair, others brunette, and others prefer redheads. Even within the different groups, there is a lot of variation: on breasts, some men like large nipples, others prefer small.

Large butts, small butts, soft butts, firm butts. Slender legs, muscular legs. Long hair, short hair, curly or straight. Lots of pubic hair, little – or even no – pubic hair. Pointy breasts, round breasts. I can promise you that for each and every one of you, there is a guy somewhere that thinks you look absolutely perfect, and even more that think you look pretty good, and even more that think you look just fine, as part of one or more of the groups that they find attractive.'

'But how about*you*', Kelly asked.

'Me? I'm not so fussy, in some ways, and a lot more fussy in other ways.'

'How so?' she asked.

'I'm not so fussy, in that I don't care about one particular area of a woman's anatomy – I don't focus on breasts or hips or butt or legs or any of that. Birthmarks, scars, and so on aren't important to me, other than to regret any problems that they may have caused the person that has them. I'm a lot more fussy because I want the girl to have a brain, and use it. I want her to be as interested in me as I am in her.

Patience, understanding, and compassion are always good things in anybody. Willingness to think and act on her own is good, too. Most important of all is that she should have respect for herself.'

Kathy asked 'Why is a girl's self-respect important?'

'Important to me, you mean; there are a lot of guys out there that would be just as happy to have a girl that DIDN'T have self respect: such girls are easier for that kind of guy to control and manipulate.

For me, though, I've got enough confidence in myself to think that if I think a girl is special enough to get my attention, then she should have enough sense to recognize that, and find me special, too. The only kind of woman that I've found that have that kind of sense got it from having a high degree of self-respect and self- confidence.'

'How does that work?'

'Because someone is able to respect themselves, they are also confident in themselves. When they're confident in themselves, the more confident they are in the decisions and judgments they make. When they're confident in their decisions and judgments, the more they're willing to make them, and the better they get at it.'

'Sounds like it's pretty hard to learn, and do.'

'It is hard to learn, and do – but I think the results are worth it: the final result is someone very special, and worth knowing. Besides, when is anything worth having or doing easy?'

They all laughed, and Jan said, 'You sound like some of our teachers!'

'Ever think they might be right? After all, they are teachers.'

With that to occupy their minds, I called for an end, so that 'a senile old fart like me can get some sleep' – which earned me a number of snorts of derision at my self-description. Reluctantly, they agreed, and all wandered back to Jan's bedroom. I did ask Jan to stay back for a bit, as they were leaving.

Once we were alone, I asked Jan 'What was all that about? I mean the visits for sodas and chips and marshmallows, and all the rest of it?'

She blushed a little, and said, 'Well, I was kind of bragging on how patient you are, and how you never tried to grope me or anything, and they didn't believe me. So they got the idea of coming out here to watch TV after we got ready for bed, to see if you were really that polite about not looking. When you didn't do or say anything, some of them thought you were gay or something.'

'Let me guess – Robyn and Sandra the most.'

She looked surprised, but said 'Yeah! How did you know?'

'They were a little less than subtle about trying to get me to look at them. What else was going on?'

She looked startled, and continued 'Well, um, once they realized that you weren't gay, they decided to see if they could shake you up by trying to overload you. When that didn't work – the nightgown competition was supposed to do it – they realized that I wasn't joking.

That made them want to see if you were as patient and nice about talking to us 'kids' as I'd said. You were; that's why they didn't give you any trouble about leaving you alone just now.'

'Is there going to be anything else going on tonight, then?'

She smiled, and said 'No, I don't think anything involving you – I think you pretty well confused them by being as polite and honest and everything as I told them you are. If I know them, they'll even leave you alone: you're kind of scary, sometimes, about how you're willing to talk to us like we're grown up enough to understand what you're saying.

Besides, you gave us a lot to talk about, so I don't think there will be time to bother you any more.'

'Good. I really am kind of tired, and really do want to go to sleep. If they ask what we talked about, just tell them I said it was okay to raid the fridge and chips and such – but that if anybody wakes me up, they'll find out what I'm like when I'm not being nice.'

She laughed, and told me 'I'll tell them that if they do anything to wake you up, you just might be mad enough to bite them – that'll scare them!'

I laughed, too, and gave her a little pat on the butt as I told her 'Bedtime, Trouble. I'll see you in the morning.'