A message from the author.
I know that it is not everyone's cup of tea. I know equally well though that there are many of us who thrive on it, who enjoy it and get a big buzz from it. I know I do. I get a massive kick and huge excitement from it. There's some guilt and trepidation too of course, but they are relatively easily overcome. And when you have a fling or an affair the downsides are far outweighed by the upsides, well they seem to be at the time. And one of the upsides, ironically, is that often after an affair, fling or a one-night stand and usually during it as well you feel closer to your partner and it can become the glue that keeps the relationship stuck together.
Now I am talking, of course, about women cheating. Horrific is it may sound to some bigoted men, it does happen. Women do go off and 'sow their wild oats,' oddly just like men do and have done for years. Well in this new age it's the females' time and it's us who can have our cakes and eat them as we fuck both our husband and our lovers.
I'm talking about cheating. About playing away from home, being unfaithful and having bits on the side. Long term affairs, short flings and even one-night stands, they all provide that buzz, that kick and usually those thrills and excitement. And during and between my two marriages I have had loads buzzes and kicks and lots of thrills and excitement.
Liaisons such as described above arise from many situations. This series of stories, some of which is taken from real life as it happened to me, looks at the motivations, pleasures, excitement and concerns of the more common circumstances.
Christina x
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The Neighbour.
'Was it an accident?' I wondered looking up and across the table at him. He smiled. I smiled back and then felt it again, his foot touching mine. I looked up again and he raised his eyebrows and mouthed.
"Sorry."
I looked away. I turned and talked to the guy next to me a boring older man probably in his late sixties or seventies dressed far too conservatively for this neighbourhood barbecue dinner party. After a few minutes I felt it again. This time, though, it was firmer and lingered. I turned and looked at Ian my next but one neighbour who was sitting opposite me. He raised his eyebrows and I shook my head making sure that none of the other ten guests round the table on the large patio beside the swimming pool saw me. He smiled and pressed harder.
"No," I mouthed. "Stop it."
He grinned.
"Enjoying yourself?" Ian asked as we stood chatting by the pool an hour and four or five glasses of wine later.
"Yes it's good."
"Yes the Monktons dos always seem to off well."
"They used to run swinging parties years ago, you know."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Did you and Kate come to them?"
"No, no way would Kate do anything like that," he said rather blatantly looking at my fairly low cut black tee shirt type top. "Would you and Richard?"
"Well never have."
"Would you like to?"
I was getting a little embarrassed so I sipped my wine. "Not sure."