I must tell you about a very exciting sexual experience that my wife, Susie, and I enjoyed last week. I get hard just thinking about it now, but at the time it was just about the most amazing and naughty thing we had ever done.
We had been wanting to expand our sexual horizons for some time, but were not interested in the swinging scene, since we were quite content with each other as sexual partners, as well as life time companions. Quite by chance we discovered a mutual interest in exhibitionism/voyeurism. To put it bluntly, we liked watching people having sex, and we watched good quality porn together, as well as subscribing to a website for voyeurs.
When we were making love we would often fantasise that we were the people in the videos, and we posted a few erotic pictures of each other online, which gave us quite a thrill. But in more sober discussion, usually over breakfast after a night of hot sex, we came to the decision that we would find it really exciting to be watched while making love.
At this stage I should explain that we are no longer in the first flush of youth, being in our fifties, and that time -and in my wife's case, babies -have taken their toll on our bodies. We are still both pretty trim, but there are the inevitable lines and wrinkles, and our flesh is no longer as taut as it once was. But I still think my wife is beautiful, and she still turns me on when I look at her, and she says that I don't look too bad for a man of my age.
We had no idea, however, of how to turn our fantasy into reality. We were aware of sex clubs, and the whole swinging scene, but fucking other people was not on our agenda, as we had seen friends' marriages collapse because of the jealousies and tensions caused by infidelity on the part of either or both partners.
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It was a small advert that popped up as a banner on the voyeur website that we looked at together most evenings, that suggested to us that there might be an opportunity to satisfy our desire to be watched. It was for a small but exclusive club that claimed to caterto people with our particular tastes, and even better, it was situated in a fairly upmarket district near to where we lived.
Eventually, after some rather nervous discussion, we decided to take the plunge, and sent an email to the contact address on the website, to which a link on the advert took us. We received a return email within the hour suggesting that we make an appointment to visit the club, and meet the owner. At this stage there was no commitment, but if, after seeing what was in offer, we were still interested, we could discuss the terms of membership.
Now that we had taken the plunge, there was really no looking back, and we phoned the telephone number in the email we had received, and made an appointment for the following Friday evening.
We found the place without difficulty. It was a large Victorian mansion in a quiet neighbourhood with tidy tree lined streets, and an air of respectable gentility. We parked in the large car park at the rear of the property, and walked up a broad flight of steps to the imposing double front door. We rang the bell, and after a short delay the door was opened by a smartly dressed young man, who showed us through to a comfortably furnished waiting room, and told us that Mr. Smith (not his real name) would see us presently. He asked us to take a seat, and offered us a cup of coffee from the machine in an alcove while we were waiting.
On the coffee table there was a selection of glossy magazines of naked people, either masturbating, or having sex. There was also a large flat screen television on one wall, showing a beautifully shot video of an attractive young couple making love on a large double bed in a plushly furnished bedroom. All of this, although explicit, was very tasteful.
After about ten minutes the young man reappeared, and ushered us into Mr. Smith's office on the other side of the entrance lobby. So far, apart from the magazines and the video in the waiting room, there was nothing to suggest that this was a place that cateredto people with deviant sexual desires. In fact, it was more like the kind of establishment one might find in Harley Street in London, where physicians to the rich and famous had their rooms.
Mr. Smith looked like nothing so much as a successful banker, in his grey Saville Row suit, crisp white shirt and what looked suspiciously like a Guards necktie. After shaking our hands, he invited us to seat ourselves on a comfortable Chesterfield, and sat down opposite us in a large wing-backed armchair. He said that his secretary, an attractive young woman sitting to one side of the room,also expensively but soberly dressed, would be taking notes, if we didn't mind. She would assist us with the membership application procedure later, he said, if we liked what was on offer and wished to proceed.
"The first thing you must understand," he said, "is that this is not a sex club. We do not encourage indiscriminate couplings at Club Exstasis, and there are no dungeons or orgy rooms. Only couples of a certain, shall we say, class, are accepted as members, and although we do permit two couples to use the same bedroom at the same time, we are definitely not a swingers club. This is purely a club for couples who wish to watch others making love, or be watched themselves."
He paused for a moment to allow us to digest this information, and then continued, "We promise absolute discretion to all our members, but we demand a similar level of discretion in return. If you decide to apply for membership, before you are admitted we will make discrete enquiries into your background, and a condition of membership is that you give consent for these investigations. Finally, membership is not cheap, and the annual fee for a couple is Β£3,600, which will be collected by Direct Debit from your bank account. You may choose one annual payment, but most members elect for quarterly or monthly payments, for which there is a small administrative charge. Now, do you have any questions at this stage?"
I replied that it was all very clear, and that we were quite happy with everything. It was, I added, exactly what we had been looking for.