My wife and I have long-standing joke. So long-standing that I suspect neither of us can remember when it started.
It goes like this...
We will be sat relaxing at home, the day's work done and the kids in bed, enjoying a well-earned drink, when I spot that my wife's wine glass is almost empty.
"Fancy a top up?" I'll ask.
By way of a response, Julia will put down her glass and lift her top and bra to flash me her beautiful tits (top up - get it?).
Now I know this is not high-class wit. It is unlikely to win any prizes at international joke-telling conventions, but I don't care. It is fun, and I get another chance to see those fantastic tits, 34D's with large but perfectly proportioned areola and nipples which, especially since breast-feeding, seem to be permanently erect.
I should point out that Julia is not a habitual flasher and has resisted my suggestions for any more public displays. Other than sunbathing topless on beaches where it seems the norm, and one trip to a deserted nudist beach, Julia's nudity and flashing has been for my eyes only.
Except, we have this friend, Claire. We've known each other for years and years and stood by each other in all the ups and downs of life, so maybe that is why Julia feels so relaxed with Claire. There had been numerous evenings at one house or the other when drinks and laughter had lead to the girls and I shedding some clothes, and our holidays together, camping or on a Greek Island, had usually featured some occasions of nudity together. Claire's sexuality had always been a bit fluid and I think she enjoyed seeing both of us naked, nearly as much as I enjoyed seeing both of them.
But now here we are, Spring 2021, and a year after Covid 19 started to ravage the planet, we are still under social restrictions. No chance of friends getting together for any sort of drinks and laughter. At least the kids are back to school.
In lieu of proper face to face interactions with friends and family, the last 12 months had lead us all to improve our skills with video conferencing software. Zoom, Skype, whatever, that was now how we did our socialising.
It was one Sunday evening and it was my turn to get the kids to bed, when I saw Julia head to the lounge with her laptop in one hand and a glass of chilled white wine in the other. Half an hour or so later, the kids safely stowed for the night, I was in the kitchen pouring a bottle of ale for myself when my mobile buzzed. A text from Julia, all of two rooms away. From what I could faintly hear, she and Claire were in the middle of putting the world to rights and couldn't possibly claw herself away to speak to me in person.
"Any chance of a top up?" read the text.
What's a dutiful husband to do? I picked the open bottle from the fridge, but as I made my way to the lounge I sent a reply to Julia's text.
"If you'll reciprocate!"