Chapter 42
After Cheryl's Vegas trip she swore off extramarital adventures for several months and my chastity cage was put away in her dresser. As it turned out, my wife also began to experience the first signs of menopause when she missed her period following her trip. At first, Cheryl was mortified that she might be pregnant, thinking that any of John, Nate or Bill may have knocked her up. But after taking a pregnancy test and visiting the doctor, she learned that she was merely experiencing the onset of menopause.
Now, plenty of my wife's friends and acquaintances had horror stories about menopause, but for Cheryl, she didn't experience any of the negative symptoms. No mood swings, no hot flashes and best of all, no loss of libido. In my wife's case, menopause just meant that she no longer had to go through the hassle of her period and she frequently joked that this would have been great during her "slut years."
Both John and Nate called Cheryl repeatedly following the Vegas trip, apologizing, and hoping to get together "for drinks" to ask forgiveness in person. But Cheryl had made up her mind that she was over both of those guys and she refused their invitations, wishing them well but telling them she'd moved on. But when my wife heard from the Gym Guy, who had been silent for quite some time, she jumped at the chance to get together. And the two of them spent an entire Saturday afternoon fucking and sucking in a sleazy motel room before the Gym Guy said he had to get back to his wife.
Cheryl hadn't bothered to lock me in chastity before her date, but I refrained from masturbating anyway and when she returned home, I immediately began to go down on her, assuming she would want me to clean her pussy. But in contrast to what was standard practice after my wife's dates, this time Cheryl wanted to make love and I reluctantly pulled my mouth off her tasty opening and moved up until my erect penis was nudging against my wife's slit. And when I pushed my hips forward, burying my dick into Cheryl's juicy pussy, I felt like I'd died and gone to heaven.
My penis was immediately engulfed in the warm, wet, fluids left behind after my wife's tryst and as I began to stroke in and out, it felt like I could barely feel the walls of her pussy, she was so stretched and filled with come and pussy juice. I wish I could say I spent a goodly amount of time savoring this special treat, but it was after no more than a minute that I shuddered in orgasm, adding my own semen to my wife's well fucked vagina.
That afternoon, as I lay on top of my wife thanking her profusely for making love to me after her date, Cheryl cooed, "Of course I'm going to make love to you. You're my husband and I love you." This was music to my ears, and I couldn't help but profess my undying love to Cheryl as I smothered her with kisses.
After that long overdue love making session, Cheryl made an effort to assure that she and I occasionally made love. And although my stamina wasn't any better, nor my penis any bigger, Cheryl felt that it was important that we continued to enjoy sexual contact on a somewhat regular basis. I have to say, I appreciated this change in attitude but, truth be told, I'd already adjusted my expectations with respect to being granted sexual favors from my wife. Having gone for over a year without making love to Cheryl, I'd certainly contemplated that this restriction might possibly be permanent, and I'd had to imagine what it might be like to remain celibate.
Surprisingly, however, I'd come to realize that even if Cheryl and I were never to make love again, I'd still love her with all my heart. Our marriage was so much more than sex, and although I would be disappointed to never again feel the warm embrace of my wife's pussy, it was something I knew I could live with if that's what Cheryl wanted. Fortunately, Cheryl was not interested in keeping me permanently chaste and although we both knew that my sexual skills left much to be desired, the intimacy of making love was still important to us both.
It was during this time that Cheryl and I had several heartfelt discussions regarding our marriage. The nature of our marriage had always been somewhat unique, but Cheryl had become worried that maybe she'd pushed things too far with John and that it might be best if we toned things down a bit. I told Cheryl that I'd had many of the same misgivings and while confessing to my wife that her relationship with John had been intensely exciting to me, I'd worried that he'd been taking advantage of her. When my wife assured me that she'd never done anything she didn't want to do, I felt greatly relieved, but I made sure to tell Cheryl that I would always be there for her if she ever felt differently with future lovers.
These conversations were liberating to both Cheryl and me and I found myself admitting that as much as I was willing to serve as my wife's chastised cuckold husband if that's what she truly wanted, I didn't want her to lose the ability to see me as her rock. I then sheepishly whimpered, "I know you need other guys for sex, I get that. But i hope you still respect me. I'm your husband and I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy." When I said this to Cheryl, she threw her arms around me and promised that she'd never, ever lose respect for me and that she loved me with all her heart and that night we both reaffirmed our love for one another.
Eventually, Cheryl and I reached some decisions with respect to our marriage. Although my wife was obviously not going to give up her extramarital affairs, we decided to go back to some our earlier ground rules. And so, after talking things through, Cheryl and I decided to revert to the pattern we'd enjoyed prior to John and Chris. My wife would pretend to be a cheating wife and I would act my familiar role as the unaware cuckold husband. And although we no longer wanted her lovers to be aware that I knew of her infidelities, Cheryl did insist that she wanted to keep the chastity device as an occasional option since she found the eroticism in having me locked up while she was with another man to be an exciting kink.
Once we had decided on our marital path, I think we both sighed in relief. As kinky as our marriage might appear to outsiders, there has never been any question that we both loved each other dearly and having some boundaries helps to keep things in check. And although I still masturbate frequently to memories of my wife's lusty encounters with John, Cheryl and I both know that long-term, we needed to keep some separation between our life together and my wife's extramarital adventures.
It was almost a month following my wife's get-together with the Gym Guy that she received an invitation from Bill, asking her if she wanted to meet him in Phoenix where he had to be on business for two nights. Cheryl and Bill had been keeping in touch as they had promised, and my wife had been coaching him on how to meet women, even going so far as to help him edit his Match.com profile. Except for her date with the Gym Guy, Cheryl had been forced to rely on me for her sexual satisfaction and she jumped at the chance to take a short vacation with Bill. And when I returned home from work that evening, my wife sprung the news on me, and I made her flight reservations that very night.