****A short story of a couples first swing and its aftermath.****
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I laid there staring at the ceiling of my bedroom through bloodshot eyes. It had been a restless and fitful sleep. I turned to look at my wife next to me. Her brow was knotted in a frown and her body seemed tense. It looked like she wasn't sleeping any better than I did.
She must have sensed me looking at her, since she opened her eyes and said, "Morning Honey, are you okay?"
I shrugged, gave her a small smile and answered, "I'm not sure, I guess we need to talk."
"Yeah, I guess so," she answered quietly.
"Let's take a shower and make some coffee first, maybe make some eggs," I suggested.
"Sounds good," she replied as we headed to the bathroom.
Why were we so uncomfortable this morning? I guess I should give you a little background first.
My name is Hank Aaron Williams. I know, I've been hearing it all my life. My mom was a huge country music fan and my dad was a baseball nut. Thanks a lot guys! Anyway, I am 45 years old and have been married to my wife Marsha for 22 years. I'm 6' tall and weigh around 200 pounds with brown hair and eyes. I work out regularly and am in pretty good shape for a middle aged guy.
Marsha is also 45, 5'6" tall and a willowy 115 pounds. She has long blonde hair and big blue eyes. She runs almost daily to maintain the same weight she had when I met her. She has small perky boobs and the tightest ass I have ever seen. I try to run with her sometimes but I usually just slow her down.
We met in college and got married shortly after graduation. I am an advertising account manager and Marsha is an elementary school teacher. We are the typical white picket fence, suburban family. We have two daughters, Jane who is 20 and Mary who is 18. They are both in college and it has been a bit of an adjustment to being empty nesters.
Our marriage is a good one, we have always been devoted to each other. We have had our struggles over the years as any married couple does, but nothing that ever jeopardized our marriage.
Sexually, we have always been compatible. We seldom go more than a few days without making love. Our sex life is pretty tame by some standards. The usual set of positions, some oral, nothing kinky but loving. We tried anal early in our relationship, but Marsha didn't like it so we haven't done that in years.
So that brings us to why we are so uncomfortable with each other this morning. As I said, we live in the suburbs in a nice family neighborhood. We have lived here for 15 years and loved raising our kids here.
A couple of years ago, a couple moved in across the street, Brad and Amy. They are about 10 years younger than us and look like they stepped out of a fashion magazine.
Brad is about 6'4" and 215 pounds of muscle. Not like a weight lifter but extremely fit, you know? With blonde hair and blue eyes and a pretty boy face, he is the guy any man dislikes on first sight.
Amy is equally gorgeous at 5'8" and around 130 pounds. She has curves in all the right places with large breasts and a firm ass. The swish of her hips mesmerizes every man in the neighborhood. She has long red hair and piercing green eyes in an angelic face. The women of our neighborhood felt the same way about her as we men did about Brad.
Until you get to know them. They are the absolute nicest people. Always friendly and offering to help out around the neighborhood. You can't dislike someone like that, right?
As we got to know them better, we started to really like them and got over their physical appearance. We started to hang out more, having each other over for BBQ' s and going out to dinner occasionally. Brad and I always helped each other with home improvement projects and played golf together. Of course he was good at that too! The ladies hung out together too and we all became good friends.
As we got closer, our conversations got more intimate. One night after dinner at their house and a couple bottles of wine, they revealed to us that they were swingers! You can imagine the look on our faces, we were dumbfounded. They explained that they were not too crazy into the lifestyle, they just liked to wife swap with people they were attracted to.
Brad explained, "We don't want to make you uncomfortable, we have many friends that we don't swap with, but we are both very attracted to you guys. More than that though, we really like you both. We certainly don't want this to affect our friendship, and there is no pressure. If you are not into it, that is perfectly fine, we can go on as friends like we have been."
Marsha and I looked at each other with a "deer in the headlights" expression. Neither one of knew what to say.
Finally, I said, "We have never even considered something like that. I don't think we could do that. I mean we are flattered, you both are beautiful and wonderful people but we couldn't ever go outside the bounds of our marriage. At least, I couldn't."
Marsha was nodding her head to indicate that she agreed with me.
Amy, who was sitting next to Marsha, held her hand and told us both, "Please, please do not let this affect our friendship! We really like you guys and if you just want to be friends, that is fine. We agonized over whether to ask you or not, please don't hold it against us."
Brad added, "Yes, we really value your friendship. I mean if you ever change your mind, let us know but we don't want to lose you as friends."
The atmosphere was rather uncomfortable for a while but we opened another bottle of wine and started playing a board game. Before long, we had relaxed and put the conversation behind us.
Of course, the seed had been planted. I started to wonder what it would be like. Amy was freaking gorgeous! What would it be like with another woman? Could I handle Marsha being with Brad? Marsha and I were not virgins before we met, but neither one of us was very experienced. So many things ran through my brain over the next couple weeks.
I knew Marsha was thinking about it too. I would see her staring off into nothing sometimes. Our sex life got better, not only more often but more energetic and exciting. I knew we were both imagining what it would be like with Brad and Amy.
Finally, snuggling after an intense love making session, I addressed the elephant in the room, "Do you want to do it?"
Marsha knew exactly what I meant, "I'm not sure, I have been thinking about it. Do you?"