**Quick note: This story is based on a dream! While constructive criticism is welcome, and comments are greatly welcomed, verbal attacks aren't needed and will be deleted. Happy reading.**
I stood at the window looking outside, the sun barely peeking over the horizon. I knew in my heart that today would be another lonely day. My husband was deployed to Iraq, and the house was overwhelmingly quiet.
I had printed off my husbands latest email and was re-reading it again, focusing in on his last closing line of "I've been confused for a while, and I'm sorry if I've hurt you, but I'm not sure if I love you, or women for that matter. Just give me some room to think." One minute I was crying, the next minute I was furious and angry.
"It doesn't make any sense!" I thought. I let out a mournful sigh as I crumpled up the letter and hurled it against the wall. I wasn't in the mood to deal with the possibilities of what he was saying in the letter.
My name is Sarah, I lead the typical life of a military wife, if there is anything typical about it! It seemed like clockwork that my husband and I moved around. It was hard leaving behind friends, packing up, moving to a new base, and wondering just how long it would take to find friends again. When I wasn't moving, it seemed my husband was on a TDY -temporary duty- assignment, or in this case deployed.
Ever since my husband deployed, I had been battling insomnia. I blamed it on the time zone difference. My afternoon was his evening, his evening was my morning, my morning was his afternoon. It got crazy trying to adjust to his time zone, while staying in my time zone!
The times that I could sleep were mainly filled with dreams of an erotic sense, though there were also the dreams that were filled with terror that often woke me up in a panic. I thought of how one minute my husband was by my side, and the next minute he was on a plane that would take him half way around the world.
Today was just as lonely as the previous days. I couldn't help but reflect back on that day when my husband came home and said "I leave tomorrow." Unsure of how to respond, I simply stood there stunned.
It had been a little over three months since my husband had left, and I could barely stand the torment of being sexually deprived! I knew all too well that military couples were held to a higher standard than their civilian counterparts in the realm of marital fidelity. I couldn't quite understand the hypocrisy. It seemed as though most civilians thought that military spouses came with a 'flip switch' that would automatically shut off our sexuality.
Admittedly my sexual drive runs stronger than that of my husband, a rarity for sure! There was never a day where I didn't want my husband to just have intense, passionate sex with me, but that would never happen. The times when we would have sex, were good but infrequent and short. Sex left him exhausted and sleepy while it left me desiring and craving more!
That day, as was custom, I checked out my normal social networking sites, followed by checking my email. I came across an email from a friend who knew I loved to read.
"You should check out Literotica." the email read.
Out of sheer boredom I decided to check it out, and found myself quickly drawn into reading the many stories, I quickly grew bored and saw the chat room feature, and thought "Well I love to talk, it's just fantasy coupled by a touch of reality so why not!"
I quickly discovered it wasn't so easy to get into the chat room. It seemed to be buggy, but finally I got inside the chat room and soon realized it was a mix of activity, the content varied, and it seemed like every so often people were being booted or banned for the silliest of infractions. I couldn't help but think that for an erotic chat room it seemed puritanical at best!
In a matter of seconds I was immersed in the world of chatting. After trying to keep pace with the rapidly flying personal messages, and whispers, someone by the username "FFGSailor" requested a chat, to which I obliged.
The chat started out quite simple:
"Hey baby girl, how are you?" came the typed question.
"Baby girl huh? Oh and I suppose you're now my daddy?" I quickly typed.
"Well if you want me to be your daddy, sure...just kidding! You sound upset. Care to talk about it, baby girl?" he replied.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to sound snippy with you. I'm hurt, I'm angry, I'm just so...lost! I got an email from my husband and he seems to be struggling with his sexuality. I don't understand it! I've tried doing everything I know to do, and I seem to be fighting against a brick wall! I almost think he's betrayed me! I don't know what to do anymore!" I replied as I felt more tears begin to build up.
"Wow! That's got to be heavy! I'm sorry! Sometimes men can just be asses." came his reply.
I smirked and typed my reply of "Yeah, in my husband's case he's a dumb ass! He's always been 'off' sexually. When we were first married, he would go a month, sometimes longer, without having sex with me! I use to think it was my fault, and I would often cry myself to sleep when he would turn me away, but now I'm thinking that perhaps it's always been this way and I was just to naΓ―ve to recognize it."
"Damn! I'm sorry baby, it shouldn't have been that way for you! You sound as though you've got quite the sexual appetite!" not waiting for a reply he continued typing, "What do you look like? I'm 5'7" I have brown hair and hazel eyes, and I'm 40."
Even though I was in a bit of a bad mood, I couldn't help but giggle as I realized I was taller than this person I was chatting with.
I quickly typed in "I'm 5' 10" and I have blonde hair that is just below my shoulders, which I often wear curled. My eyes are often an intense shade of blue reflecting a mischievous happy mood, unless I'm pissed off then they look green, or if I'm sad they turn a bright aqua."
"Wow that's intense! You sound lovely! I'm guessing your eyes are green right now huh?" he responded.
I went quiet momentarily, as I debated on offering to send him a link to my picture.
Finally I decided to offer to share my picture and typed "Yes, my eyes are green right now...Would you rather see a picture, so you're not over imagining what I look like?"
"Sure would!" he replied, and then he quickly typed in "Just got it! What did you mean by 'over imagining'? You're cute and your eyes are very blue in this picture! I love your smile! Your husband is a fool for not knowing what he's got!"
I softly smiled as I read his reply. I wasn't so naΓ―ve to assume that every person would share a favorable opinion of me, but frankly it wouldn't have mattered if the comment would have been less than flattering. I know who I am, and I don't need the validation of anyone else, besides it's not like I was ever going to meet anyone from online.
"Well I appreciate that you think so!" I quickly typed.
It seemed that the questions ranged all over the place from taste in music, to where we were from, to our marital status and then finally he asked the question
"Have you ever cheated on your husband?"
Never one to be evasive with the truth I replied, "Well no, of course not! Admittedly there is a guy that I've grown to be close friends with, we've never met, but we do talk to each other on the phone and text each other. I know if he lived locally that it would be a struggle to say no to him, especially with my husband's current confusion!"
I was thinking of my guy friend Glenn, and suddenly I saw the question "Would you ever want to meet up with him if you could?"
I hurriedly typed "Well after this email from my husband, I would have to say yes I do, with all my heart!"
"I bet you're thinking of him right now, aren't you?" he typed.
I paused for a moment before I replied "Yes, I am. It's a more pleasant subject, and while I don't mean to be rude towards you, it's just hard for me not to think of him. In the short time I've known him, I've grown to care deeply for him."
I was momentarily distracted by the vibrating of my cell phone, picking it up I read the latest message from my friend Glenn "Morning Sarah, how are you?"
I felt a soft tingle rush through my body as I replied "Mmm well I'm naturally wonderful because I'm thinking of you!" We exchanged a few more text messages before I finally realized that I had left the chat go quiet.
I sent a quick message "Sorry about the delay, I got a text message and replied to it."
"Oh it's okay, you were gone a while, was it your guy friend?" came the quick reply. I couldn't believe this guy, he sure was bold with the questions he asked!
"Yes it was." I quickly typed.
"Would you ever want to meet me, if I lived nearby?" he asked. I sat thinking to myself as I debated on how to reply to him. I didn't want to be rude, but I also thought he was being too intrusive, especially considering that we didn't know each other.