What I am about to tell you happened in 2009 at the lowest point in the Great Recession. Markets were melting down. Folks were hanging on to their jobs with a death grip, and foreclosures were piling up. I was one of the casualties.
For almost 20 years, I had worked for the Central City Free Press, rising to the position of editor and columnist. Although the Press survived when many other major metro dailies did not, it didn't survive without sacrifice and layoffs. Along with dozens of coworkers, I lost my job.
Meanwhile, the large company my wife, Jane, worked for had its own version of cutting back. Scores of white men in the their late fifties and early sixties were forced to take early retirement. That meant she was able to move up into the position of general counsel and chief legal officer vacated by her old boss. The company saved money by paying the new folks less in salaries and bonuses. Even with that limitation, it meant a pay raise for her.
After our two boys were in bed asleep, one night not long after my lay off, we sat down to talk about it. She pointed out that if we went without paying a nanny or au pair — ours had just quit — and I became 'Mr. Mom,' we still would net $10,000 ahead of where we were.
"If you get any free lance jobs, then that's just extra money," Laura said with a smile. "You don't have to. It's just an option to consider."
We talked about it. We talked about my prospects, about my teaching part-time at Bayard University, about doing nonprofit work and how that might grow into a paying job. In the end, we always circled back to the idea of me becoming the homemaker. Laura didn't insult my masculinity by calling it that, but that's what it was. In the end, it's what happened.
I became the primary parent for our kids -- meals, shuttle service, mediation. I became the cook and cleaner. Funny thing was, I liked it, and so did my kids. We'd never been closer. I even managed to squeeze in some paid blogging and writing during the day while they were in school. My relationship with Laura also changed.
Work was a grind, and the added responsibilities at the office were a new and heavy weight on her. Most days, Laura arrived home stressed and tired, rolling in just in time for dinner. I had my own stresses, but they actually seemed less. Plus, on most weekdays, I could manage an afternoon nap before I picked up the kids. It was reinvigorating. Once homework and baths were squared away, I would put the kids to bed, then attend to Laura. I'd fix her a glass of wine or a cocktail if she wanted it, and she would plop her head or feet in my lap while she told me about her day and we watched TV.
Now, I've always had a little bit of a foot fetish. Nothing too intense or obsessive, but it was there nevertheless. Rubbing her feet with a little oil or moisturizer became part of our routine. My getting a semi-hard erection while doing so also became a routine part of that act of service. Until one fateful night, Laura was too distracted by the TV, telling me about her day or simply blissed out to notice that. However, that night in January, I was in my boxers, and we hadn't had sex in several days.
At the exact same time that I noticed my hard cock had escaped the fly of my boxers, Laura noticed, too.
"Well, I guess you enjoy rubbing my feet as much as I do," she said with a little laugh. "Wifey's clit is so big tonight."
We had both become comfortable enough in my new role that our conversation sometimes was sprinkled with playful, mocking pet names like "wifey." I would sometimes tease her back by calling her "boss" or "bitch-queen."
Laura grazed my cock with her naked foot, eliciting an involuntary moan from me. She chuckled, sat up and wrapped her hand around my hard shaft.
"God, you are hard as a rock. Is this really turning you on, baby?"
I replied with a breathless yes, and she giggled.
Before we go further, I should admit here that during the day at home I had taken sometimes to cruising certain porn sites. It had been partially accidental that I had stumbled on some domestic femdom ones, though. I'd always found BDSM and roleplaying somewhat silly, like adults playing cowboys and Indians, but I now found that these things became a turn on. Maybe it was my new role in our household or maybe it was a tendency lying latent or dormant in me for a long time. Nevertheless, I was somewhat prepped for, even eager to accept Laura's sexual assertiveness.
For a minute or two, she silently stroked my cock and teased my balls with her feet. Laura then noticed the bead of precum that had formed on the urethral opening of my cock. She sat up and then swiped it onto her finger. I think she shocked and surprised us both by depositing the drop onto my tongue and into my gaping, panting mouth. Both of us blushed. She smiled, and I swallowed.
"I think wifey should do her duty and give her man a nice, long blowjob. Don't you think?"
I nodded.
"Get up and strip for me."
In less than a minute, I stood before her completely naked, completely erect and completely hers. I was so mesmerized by the experience that I wasn't even nervous about the kids waking up and finding us like this in the living room. I was ready to perform for Laura, ready to serve. I was turned on like nothing else, at least since I was in college.
With warmth and love and just a bit of steel, Laura smiled at me. She stood and slipped off her panties, past her black thigh-highs, to her feet. Next, Laura removed her top and bra. Except for her skirt and stockings, she was naked. Laura sat like a queen on the edge of the sofa.