Eve felt reasonably content with her life. She had a loving relationship with her husband Adam, her children had just left home to go to good colleges, and their 20th anniversary was coming up. But how to mark the special event? They were wealthy, but holidays abroad... well, they had done that. Finally, they booked a three-day break in a cabin by a remote beach.
Yes, it needed to be something special. After long discussions, they were drifting towards some sort of renewed wedding ceremony or event, but Adam wanted something a bit more scaled down, personal. She could see his point.
Inside, she was quite alternative, and in the past they - at her suggestion - had gone on meditative retreats in remote places. Adam went along with this, and quite enjoyed them - if enjoyment was the right word. Eve thought that 'tolerated' was the reality, even though he professed enjoyment.
Though Eve was not the kind of person who weighed herself daily, she did dig out the old wedding photos, and wished that they could recapture the slim figures they had on their wedding day. Maybe juice fasting was the thing? They had done occasional days during retreats. So, on went the iPad, and googling followed. Most searches took her to diet pills or Asian wedding rituals, but she eventual tried a search for
wedding three-day juice fast
Among the results was a page with guidelines about fasting. She started reading. Well, it was about love, marriage, and fasting, but it was also about enemas! The topic was not new to her: some of her friends at the yoga class sometimes did them on retreats, but she always thought that you needed a teacher to show you how to do it. But it seemed not! The subject sucked her in - it seemed a natural extension of fasting - to cleanse the body. The main problem was Adam. They had never got into anal areas during sex, and she was rather doubtful about mentioning enemas. Still, the holiday was a week away. Maybe she would find a way? Decisively, she googled for enema bags, and ordered two travel ones. She could take them, and if they never got used, so what?
The day came to leave. They packed the car with a juicer, loads of fruit juice and light food to break the fast. Though Eve had not broached the idea of enemas with Adam, she made sure that she had the bags, some KY jelly, salt, and baking powder. She also printed a pile of sheets from the Internet about enema techniques and benefits.
After a one-hour drive, they arrived at the remote cabin in the late evening. Just time to unpack, and fall into bed. (Two toilets, she noted, nervously). After lots of hugs, kisses, and happy anniversary greeting, they tried to drift of to sleep. Eve was nervous knowing what she had to discuss, and Adam was also finding it difficult to sleep.
After a fitful night they awoke and embraced. Eve decided to bite the bullet.
"Adam, I wonder if..." said Eve.
"Eve, could we go for a nude swim?" Adam blurted out simultaneously.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt, dear - what were you about to say?"
"Oh, nothing important," she said. "Let's do it!"
She was both relieved at the postponement of her topic, and understood that he had been equally nervous at suggesting the swim. After collecting towels and putting on swimming costumes (just in case) they strolled to the beach, hand in hand, happy to feel a new opening in their relationship. The beach was deserted, so they stripped off and frolicked in the warm sea.
Walking back from the beach was edgy for Eve. She knew that the moment was approaching. They went inside, slipped some clothes on, and sat down to their first juice.
"I'd like to do that every day" said Adam.
"Adam, because we are fasting, do you think we could do enemas as well?" said Eve hurriedly.
"Ok... maybe tell me more" he said, tentatively.
"Well... I have some printouts from the web you could read. I'm not an expert myself. Let me get them from my bag".
She returned with a massive pile of paper.
"Jeez Eve. Could you just tell me the main bits"?