EXTRA MONEY
by Musings of Pan
John and I had been married for two years. We recently bought a small house in the suburbs and were barely scraping by on John's commissions. His business had dropped off and I had not been able to find a job. It looked like we might lose the house and our goal of starting a family was far off. To make things worse the stress of this started us picking at each other. Our great marriage was getting shaky.
Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Becky. I am 25 and good looking enough to attract some attention, if I do say so myself. At 5'5" and 126 pounds I am trim enough because I run almost every day. Of course, like every woman, there are things about my figure I would line to change but we won't get into that. Over all I feel good about myself but still worried about coming up with the money to make our mortgage payment and fix my car. It seems whenever money gets tight something expensive breaks and this time it is my car.
One morning I was having coffee over at Sally's house. We get together for coffee and gossip several mornings each week. Sally and her husband Tom always seem to have something new. This day it was new window treatments. She was going on and on about them while I was sitting there looking glum. Finally she slowed down and asked, "What is wrong, Becky?" I just couldn't hold it in any longer so I told her about our money problems. I was still lamenting our financial troubles when Sally brightened up and said, "I just may have a solution to your problem if you are up for an adventure."
I replied, "I would love a solution and an adventure, but I am not going to spend my days doing cold calls to sell investments."
Sally laughed and assured me that this does not involve telephone solicitation. She then got very serious and made me swear that I would not tell what she was about to reveal to anyone. This sounded intriguing so I agreed just to find out what the secret was. When she asked if I had experience as a waitress I told her, "Yes, I did that all through college but the amount of money I could make as a waitress would not solve my problem and I hardly would call that an adventure."
"Yes," she said, "If this was a normal waitress job you are right. But this is a very different job." I was getting even more curious when she reminded me that I was sworn to secrecy. Sally then explained that for two months now she has been working serving lunch at a very exclusive men's club in the city. She told me the tips are very high because all the girls are naked.
That stopped me. Did I hear what I thought I heard? I gaped at her and then exclaimed, "You have been serving lunch to men naked?"
She giggled, nodded, and said, "It's more fun than you can imagine watching those fancy business men gape and follow us around the room with their eyes. It gets me excited just thinking about it. We take lunch orders and serve just like a normal upscale restaurant and act like nothing is different. But the tips are much higher. How do you think we can afford all the stuff we are buying?"
I just stared for a moment, not sure what to say. Then I blurted, "Does Tom know?"
She told me that she discussed it with her husband Tom before she started and that he was OK with it. In fact she said that it would get Tom all excited when she described her work day to him. "Then great sex!" She said.
"Do they touch you?" I stammered.
"Of course!" She said, "You have to be quick on your feet. I just step away while giving him a smile or a wink. It is all just teasing. For the very high tippers I might stand still and let them have a bit more of a feel." Sally was grinning as she told me this. She said if I wanted to try this she could arrange it but that I should talk to John first.
My head was spinning as I left. The money sounded good and the idea of serving a table of men naked excited me, but could I do it? Would I panic? What if my friends found out! All that and just the idea of discussing this with my husband. I was panicked already!
I stewed about this for three days. The more I thought about serving naked, the more excited I got. This was not the way I was brought up, the angel on one shoulder told me but the devil on the other shoulder kept describing how thrilling it would be. Finally, I knew I had to talk to someone. John and I have always been close enough to tell each other everything. Well, almost everything.
That evening after supper we did not have anything going on so I mixed a drink for each of us and told him we needed to talk. He responded that he was just as worried about our money problems but did not know what to do.