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My girlfriend Gloria and I had just moved into an apartment together, having gone out for six months or so, before making the committment. We moved in furniture from each of our apartments, after deciding what would go best in the new place. With the exception of a television, we really had everything we needed, but her set had just died, and mine was an old one that didn't have long to go. She volunteered to take care of getting a new one, and I said that would be fine. I usually deferred to her on most things as she was the more aggressive partner in more ways than one.

Our sex life was great, although I must admit that our roles were somewhat reversed from the norm. She was clearly the assertive one, but as my nature is basically shy and retiring, that suited me perfectly. The first week we spent in the new place went fine, and we each adjusted to having another person in the place we lived. It was more of an adjustment for me, I guess, since I work out of the house as a computer consultant, while Gloria has a good job as a buyer with a major clothing firm. One night she told me that our new TV would be delivered the next day, and that she had picked out a really state of the art model, one that incorporated virtual reality. That sounded great, and I told her that. "Just don't fool around with it," she said, "until we can go through all the instructions together," and I agreed. "I have a busy day, anyway, so I won't have any time to do more than just sign for it."

The next day, Monday, when the set was delivered, I had the guys unpack it and put it in place, and I noticed that there was no brand name on it or on the box. But I was on the phone, and didn't say anything, figuring that Gloria knew what she was doing. When she came home, though I mentioned it to her, and she said that the TV was manufactured by a private firm, to special order. After dinner, we decided to try it out, so she began to unpack a box that came with it, and found the instructions and two remote controls, one ordinary-looking black one, and one that was silver-colored.