"Cathy? How do you stay sane with Jim gone all the time?" April asked her neighbor as they sat at her kitchen table watching her fix us each a cup of hot tea.
As she looked at Cathy, a slightly plump dirty blonde woman who was about the same age (early 40s) dressed in pink shorts and a white cotton blouse, April noticed that her white legs from the back, while larger than her own, were fairly muscular. Cathy walked a great deal in an effort to lose weight and the results of all that walking wear easy to see.
"It is hard sometimes but I've gotten used to it. The kids have adjusted to his absences and I guess I have over time. When we first got married, he was never gone. But these last ten years—I can hardly remember a Tuesday or Wednesday when he's been home."
Cathy walked to the table, carrying the cups with the tea and sat down in the chair adjacent to where April was seated.
April thought for a second as I took a sip of tea.
"Can I ask you a personal question Cathy?"
"Of course."
After a pause, April inquired, "How long have you been married exactly?"
Cathy laughed and said, "That's not personal April. We've been married almost 20 years. It'll be 20 when the fall rolls around." Pausing for a moment, she then continued, "It sure doesn't seem that long."
Looking out the window, April softly said, "That's not exactly the personal question I wanted to ask."
"Well don't be bashful. You know we're good friends and I'll answer anything I can for you," Cathy replied.
"It's hard Cathy. It's really a personal question."
"April: go ahead. If I don't want to answer it, I'll tell you that. But now you've got me really interested to ask me! You're killing me!" she said with a chuckle.
"Okay. But if you get embarrassed, just tell me and I'll run out the front door!" the redhead responded.
"I don't think you'll have to do any running my friend."
"My question is: How is your sex life? I mean, before you answer, let me say that mine is really poor. Eric and I rarely kiss anymore let alone anything more passionate or personal. We love each other but after 25 years, it seems like there is nothing left other than watching each other get undressed."
Cathy looked me in the eye and had a very slight smile on her face. A pleasant smile, not a smirk or anything like that.
"Well...let's see. Jim and I have, just like you, really slowed down over the years. When we first were going together and were really serious about one another, we were like rabbits—I remember being naked and in bed for entire weekends. There were times when Jim got an erection on Friday night and he'd still be hard going to work on Monday morning," she said with a laugh. "Goodness. Don't ever repeat that April! Jim would kill me if he knew I said that to you or anyone else!"
April laughed and replied, "Oh, we had those periods ourselves. I thought at one point that Eric's penis was permanently stuck inside of me. But what about today?"
Cathy sipped her tea, took a deep breath and said, "We don't do things like we used to. Jim still likes me to give him oral sex and that seems to be our favorite sexual pastime these days."
Unsure whether to ask Cathy for details, April decided that this was the opportunity to really open up.
"Do you, you know, with Jim during oral sex?" April asked nervously.
"Do I what?" Cathy asked.
"Oh gosh...this is so hard for me to ask you...you know, swallow him when he orgasms?" April asked, certain her face was red like an apple in embarrassment.
Cathy smiled and replied, "I do sometimes. Other times he comes on my breasts or in some tissues."
Embarrassed, April offered to Cathy, "That's pretty risqué Cathy. Thanks for being honest."
"No problem. I trust you April or I wouldn't have told you what I did."
April waited a moment and then asked, "What about when Jim's gone and there isn't any oral sex to give? Don't you get horny?"
"Of course. The older I'm getting, the hornier I'm getting. Or so it seems. I keep attributing it to hormones or something," Cathy replied. "But when that happens, I just take matters into my own hands."
"Into your own hands—what do you mean?" April asked.
"You know, I masturbate," Cathy offered.
"Oh, well, uh, you didn't have to share that with me Cathy. I appreciate it but I don't want you to get uncomfortable."
"April—if I didn't want to tell you that I masturbate, I wouldn't have mentioned it. I'm not embarrassed to tell you that. Everyone does it. Just don't pass that around the neighborhood! And before you say anything: I'm kidding, I know you wouldn't spread that around."
April paused and looked into my cup, thinking of what to say to Cathy's comment. Before she could reply, her blonde haired neighbor broke the silence.
"And I got a good silent vibrator so that helps a lot when Jim's gone and the kids are home."
April looked at her in shock. This was Cathy Moore, the neighborhood "straight A" housewife—and she is admitting she uses a vibrator?
"A vibrator? YOU have a vibrator? Really?" April asked in shock.
Cathy laughed out loud and said, "Don't make me feel embarrassed. Yes I own a vibrator. I call him different names but he's always wonderful. He is hard all the time, he is ready anytime I want him to be, he never asks me to swallow, never says he wants a threesome with my best friend and he never, ever cums in me," she said with a laugh.
"A threesome with her best friend?" April thought to myself but decided not to say anything about it right then.
"Wow Cathy. I guess I never thought of you, well, you know..."
"April. We all get horny. What's the big deal with me using a vibrator for a little sexual release?" she asked.
Cathy sat and stared at April, making her redheaded neighbor momentarily disappointed for having started this conversation.
"Come with me," Cathy said as she took my left hand in hers and stood up. April did likewise and she pulled her friend out of the kitchen and up the house stairs. The morning light shined brightly through the windows along the stairway wall as April walked up the steps behind Cathy, noticing her rear end through her shorts and the obvious outline of her panties.
We got to the top of the stairs and took an immediate right into their master bedroom that looked out over their backyard. The large bed was still unmade with pillows and blankets in a pile towards the center of the bed. The blinds were open allowing the morning sunshine to create a bright environment.
"Excuse the fact I've not made the bed yet this morning," Cathy told me.