This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
This is a story of a wife who thought she was happy and a husband who thought he wasn't. A husband who learned that what he said to his wife may not be the same as she heard. Hopefully, it may help some husbands to appreciate what they have and some wives to be a better women.
I was born and raised a Texas girl and now, because of work, I live in Georgia with my husband Wes. I wish I could describe myself as the image of every man's wet dream with nipples the size of extra-large gumdrops and a vagina of extraordinary proportions but that is not the case. I am 5'10" with long legs that have always made me feel self-conscious and out of proportion. A few years back I had the opportunity and means to have some cosmetic surgery done. One of the improvements was breast enhancement so that I am now a very full C cup. I felt this put me back in proportion and drew some attention away from my long legs. In addition, as I fast approach 40, I am still in particularly good shape. Since that time, I have tried to be more comfortable with my body and overall appearance but Wes continues to nothing to help my self-esteem.
However, that all changed when I was on a business trip for training in Ft Lauderdale, FL with a colleague named Sean. At this point I will have to digress and explain my relationship with Sean so that you truly understand and appreciate how my transformation took place.
Sean is retired military and on his second career at our facility. By the time I arrived there as a student, he was one of the senior technician and Sean became my mentor. Therefore, we spent a lot of time together and grew extremely comfortable with each other. Even after completing my training, since Sean was a senior technician, he was often assigned the big, important, or high visibility projects that required more than one technician, I would normally be assigned to assist him. Each year as a group, half of our unit would attend a work-related conference and attend outside training. Sean and I were almost always together. Most of our section were younger, single females. We would generally travel together during the class and for lunch. Sean and I were the only two married members of the group so rather than party hard with the singles at night, Sean and I ended up going someplace else.
During one of these trips, Sean asked if I knew the "Three River Rule", which means what happens three rivers away from home, stayed three rivers away. I said I had not heard of it, but it sounded like a good rule. As I said earlier, I had become extremely comfortable being with Sean. Not only was he attractive but also because he was interested, really listened to what I had say and was not judgmental. In addition, Sean is able to capture you with an intensity of his able eyes and voice and make you feel as if you are the only woman in the room. After agreeing to the Three River Rule, our conversations became more open and intimate, perhaps a little titillating and more flirtatious. I shared secrets and thoughts with Sean that I had never shared with anyone. I enjoyed being able to verbalize any and all my feelings and thoughts and knew that they would never go any further. However, I would be less than honest if I denied never having other less plutonic thoughts of him. I also enjoyed hearing Sean doing the same. It got to the point that even when we were home, if either of us needed to get something off our chest, we would go for a Three Rivers lunch or after work drink.
Due to our changing circumstances at work, Sean saw the training opportunity in Ft Lauderdale and knowing that it would probably be the chance for us to attend together, he asked if I was interested in the course. I said I was, so he arranged for us to attend the course which went from Monday through Friday (with Monday as the travel day) and the following Monday and Tuesday with Wednesday as the travel day. We both knew that this would be the last opportunity for us to travel together. As usual, I got the rental car and Sean made the flight and hotel reservations. He found a genuinely nice hotel on Las Olas Blvd in Ft Lauderdale. Las Olas Blvd is often referred to as the Rodeo Drive of FT Lauderdale and is just a great place to stay with really nice restaurants, boutiques, and shops.
We arrived on Monday afternoon early enough that Sean wanted to go to the beach, so we changed and headed to the beach. We no sooner pulled into the parking lot near the beach when it started raining with thunder and lightning. We turned around, headed back to the hotel and then just sat under the covered patio at the hotel. As we were finishing eating, it stopped raining so we decided to have a few drinks and people watch. While on our third Irish whiskey (Black Bush) and water, Sean said that I seemed a little more quiet than usual and asked what was up.
I said, "Do you remember when we were in Milwaukee, and I told you that Wes had no appreciation for money management and had maxed out our joint credit card?"
Sean said, "I remember and as I recall you said you were going to cut up his credit card."
I said, "I did cut up his credit card and made him put $300 a month on the card. Things were going along OK for a while and then Wes lost his job. He kept spending as if he were still working. But what really started bothering me was that now he was sitting at home, allegedly looking for a job, and doing nothing around the house. I was coming home, cooking, cleaning the house and doing the laundry. Then he had the gall to say that I seemed to have lost my interest in sex and that he always had to initiate sex and that I didn't seem very enthused. Well, no shit, I was exhausted all the time. And oh, by the way, instead of the good looking, in shape, smooth talking south Texas jock I married, he is now the overweight, balding, lazy stay at home husband."
Sean said, "Knowing you, I am sure that you have discussed this with Wes, so is the situation getting better, worse or staying the same?"
I said, "I am beginning to think that he is really losing it because he has been asking me to do some really weird stuff in the sexually."
Sean said, "Like what whips and chains, anal, group sex?"
I said, "He wants me to have sex with another man while he watches. In fact, he brought it up again during foreplay last night."
Sean asked, "Did you ask Wes why he would even consider asking you to do that?"
I said, "All he would say is that is a fantasy of his and he thought it would rekindle the sexual spark and make me more enthusiastic about sex."
Sean said, "It is not an uncommon fantasy and, in most cases, generally doesn't end well. From my perspective, the husband that actually has his wife do it, has issues of his own. He may feel that there is something he can't give his wife and so he wants someone else to do it, he wants to have sex vicariously through another man, or he wants to humiliate his wife. I suspect that in his mind, he sees his wife only having sex with someone else when he is present and that she will always be his. What he needs to appreciate is that once he lets that genie out of the bottle, there is no putting it back. When we get back to the rooms, I will send you a link to a story or two about wife sharing."
When I got back to the room, I checked my email and saw that Sean sent me several links to Literotica. He sent a fair representation of stories where husbands wanted to share and expose their wives as well as size matters. In some instances, the wives wanted to participate and others they didn't. Once on the site, I read several other contributions as well.
Tuesday
After class on Tuesday, we went to a really nice Italian restaurant, on the second bottle of red wine, Sean asked me what I thought of the stories he sent me.
I said, "Wow, even if a fraction of the contributions has any truth to them, there are a lot of husbands who want their wives to have sex with and show their bodies to other men. As well as a bunch of bored and dissatisfied wives."
Sean said, "All true but what do you think about it?"
I said, "Not one of the stories gave any insights as to the why so I am still kind of dumbfounded. I can remember when Wes would get jealous and would end up in fight if another guy paid too much attention to me or held me too tightly when we were dancing. Sex has been fun but never really that important or even on mind without some catalyst and I don't see that changing. I would be too embarrassed to expose myself because people would laugh at my weird body proportion. As for the size matters idea, that is an urban legend, not to mention that greater than average size is not that common."
Sean said, "Very interesting, but I have learned to never say never, to not say you like or dislike anything until you have tried it, and to judge until you have walked in the other lady's shoes. Have you had a love making session last an hour or have had more than two orgasms in one session? Have you ever had an insatiable lust for someone?"
I said, "No! Lasting less than 10 minutes and no orgasm is more like it. I can't even imagine an insatiable lust for someone."
Sean said, "Then you have not really made love. When your partner provides the combination of physical, mental, and emotional input, sex will become an especially important and special part of your life. It's funny you should mention people not wanting to see your body because at the last picnic Jenny (Sean's wife) mentioned that it appeared that you were not comfortable in your bathing suit and seemed to lack a lot of self-esteem about your body and appearance. We agreed that you would probably be a knockout with little or no clothes on and it was a shame you didn't seem to realize it."