My wife, Carrie, is a dancer and choreographer. Because exercise is an integral part of her career, she has maintained a great physique over the 25 years we have been married, even after giving birth to two children. To this day, when we go out she still turns a lot of heads, both young and old. I'm very proud to be with such a beautiful woman and over the years I haven't minded showing her off occasionally. We are raising a family of two children and a dog in a conservative suburb of a major western city. We both have careers and so our lives are very hectic. I would say that we have managed to have a fairly routine sex life that has been punctuated over the years by some episodes of truly naughty behavior. Those are the subject of the stories I would like to share.
In high school my wife, Carrie, was in drama. She really enjoyed acting and being on stage but didn't have the time to pursue it when she got to college. While we have always enjoyed the wide range of theatre experiences our area has to offer, Carrie really missed the thrill of performing. I encouraged her to audition for a part in one of the smaller avant-garde companies that we particularly liked and she finally worked up the courage to do it. She didn't get cast in the first couple of auditions so she signed on for one of the theatres workshops for actors. In addition to honing her acting skills, she met many directors and other actors at the workshop and in the very next audition she was cast in a play. It was a small sexy character part in which she was dressed in a tight fitting cat-like outfit and moved sensuously around the stage making suggestive comments. She got a lot of stage time and absolutely loved the experience. I have to admit that watching my wife writhe sensually around the stage was quite a turn-on. I ended up by myself a lot on the 6 weekends there were performances but Carrie had such a glow about her that I knew it was worth the loneliness. And an added benefit was that she really tried to make it up to me when she was home so that our love life blossomed during the six week run of the show.
Soon after her debut, Carrie informed me that the director of a future play had seen her performance and asked her if she might be interested in starring in his upcoming play. It seems that not all productions at this theatre had open casting calls. For a really small cast, in this case only 2 actors, where chemistry between the actors was critical to the quality of the production, the director would recruit the actors he thought would be best suited for the parts. Carrie was really excited about being chosen for a role but she explained to him that she would have to consult her husband before committing to the part.
"Look," I said when she broached the subject with me, "it's true I got pretty lonely sometimes, but if it's really important to you then I think you should pursue it. I can find things to do to keep busy. And, besides, I'm sure you will find ways to make it up to me."
She smiled. "Thanks for being understanding." She wrapped her arms around me and kissed me deeply. "It really means a lot to me that I have such a supportive husband. I really love you for that." I waited for her to break our embrace but she held me tightly. There was going to be more. "But there is another issue we need to discuss before I can accept the part," she said tentatively. I felt a little pang of uneasiness in the pit of my stomach. "The play is about this couple than ends up in a one-night stand and then the guy thinks he's found his soul mate and he tries to convince the woman..."
"So what does that mean, you're going to have sex on stage?" I asked, just trying to get a rise out of her. I found it hard not to push some buttons when I could see that she was trying hard to say things in just the right way. Surely she didn't think I was going to be upset by a story line.
"No, no, of course not," she blushed. She paused and took a long breath. "But there will be some nudity."
Well, here was a twist. I had never really had a problem with Carrie being naked in front of other people before. In the past I had openly encouraged it and almost always found it exciting to see how other men responded to my beautiful, sexy wife. But this situation was much more intimate than flashing some strangers in a public place. She would be rehearsing this play for weeks and then doing 24 shows in front of a live audience. And for most of the time, I wasn't going to be present to enjoy the sights. That reality could play havoc with my insecurities. As I struggled to sort out my feelings, I stalled, asking a question I was sure I already knew the answer to. "You or him?"
"Both of us, actually." She paused a second to let her answer sink in. "The play starts right after they have made love and they are still lying in bed. The director thinks it's really important to be authentic and he's insisting that the characters be naked." Characters? You mean to say my wife, and some other dude will need to be naked, I thought. " Honey, I've been thinking this over for a while," she continued, "and I agree with him. I think it's important that the characters fully open themselves up for examination both mentally and physically."
What kind of artsy-smartsy line was this? She was going to get naked on stage with another guy in a room full of people she didn't know. I don't think there was any way to lead into this subject matter gracefully, so her options were limited but I still felt like she'd dropped a bomb on me. The best I could do at this point was to assess the damage. "So you're going to pull the sheets down and show your breasts?"
"Actually, I will have to get out of bed and walk across the stage completely nude near the beginning of the play, and then there will be a couple of other nude scenes when I change from a robe into clothes."
"And you're okay with this?" Of course she was. Otherwise she would never have brought it up.
"Well, I wasn't at first. But, the director talked to me about it a couple of weeks ago and I've thought about it a lot since then. I've read the script and I think I can really bring this character to life. I really, really want to go for this. It's a great opportunity to fully explore the sexuality of another person. I just think I will learn so much about my craft and so much about myself. I know this is going to be a life-changing role for me."
There wasn't really much for me to consider. If she really wanted to take the part, I couldn't stop her. And even though she appeared to be giving me some kind of veto power, if I decided to exercise it and say no then she would end up resenting me for holding her back from doing things she really wanted to do or she would override the veto and do the part anyway. So I decided to be supportive and encouraged her to take the part. I was a little nervous about all of the unknowns and variables, but I knew she loved me and I loved her and that after the show ran its course our relationship would probably be stronger from the experience. And I was already getting turned on thinking about my sexy wife roaming around naked on the stage being in front of a group of strangers.