As a couple we were now somewhat outsiders to our social group. Some were dating but most were just horny eighteen and nineteen-year-olds on the make. We went to the usual parties on Fridays and Saturdays and had a good time but usually left fairly early.

Susan became, somewhat to her discomfort and surprise, a confidant for some of her classmates. I was always amazed at the stupid situations that some girls get themselves into. And how naïve eighteen and nineteen-year-old girls are about boys (I conveniently forgot how unbelievably naïve I was about girls just last year).

She tried to provide a bit of guidance but suspected anything she...