Shelly and I were married when we both graduated from college. We are both in our late 30's, having good careers and a great family with our teen girl and boy. Living in a suburbs in a very nice neighborhood and with good friends seem to be a American dream. We would often spend our Fridays at Jerry and Katie's place. Usually Ron and Mandy would stop in after all the kids would end up in their recreation room. They would be there for hours playing video games. Many time the kids would just get played out and sleep the night there and we would just picked them up on Saturday morning.
One Friday night we all met up at Jerry and Katie, Bruce and Misty stopped in. They did not usually stop in since they were both in the late 20's and usually went out clubbing. When we asked what was up, they just said that they were getting bored with the club routine plus it was getting a little too expensive. Mandy made the comment that maybe they are just getting to old and need to have a couple of kids to make their lives complete. They just laugh and said that is something they will planned down the road. Well all us guys were just sitting around on the patio drinking a couple a beers while the girls were in the living room drinking wine and watch a program on television. We could usually hear them laughing or discussing some topic that they would be watching but tonight they were quiet and intrigued at the program.
Jerry gets up and said he going to get some beers, on his way back he stops to see what the girls are watching. It one of those cable channels running a documentary on alternate life styles. After waiting a few minutes we start yelling for Jerry and the beers. When he come out he tells us what they are watching. Jerry opens the blinds and sides open the door, we all turn our seats and can see what they are watching.
" Can you believe that just sitting there watching and not saying a thing" goes Jerry.
" Yea you would think that they would be arguing up a storm on that topic" Ron pitches back.
After a few minutes we just go back to sitting there drinking but it was somewhat different this evening. We spent most of the time just waiting to hear them say something. After a couple of hours we call it the night. We walked over to Ron and Mandy's but the kids are all asleep on the floor and couches. " We just get them in the morning"
Ron replies "yea, just let them sleep."
When Shelly and me got home, I had to ask what was up with them all being so intrigued with what they were watching. She looked at me with that deer in the headlight look. She just stayed silent there for a minute or two. She then just kind goes " we didn't know that you guys were spying on us."
"What - we were all sitting out on the patio - we usually hear you girls in there laughing or chatting about something. It was just odd that you all were so quiet."
"Well it just nothing - just an interesting program. Something wrong with us girls watching something interesting?"
With that Shelly jumps into the bed and rolls the comforter over her and goes to sleep.
The next day I walk over to Ron's to get the kids. Ron is out in his back yard. I walk over to him and ask" What was up the girls last night? Shelly just got all pissed with me and went to bed."
"Yea, Mandy was really somewhat chatty last night. Asking me questions about my relations that I had with other girls before we got together. Not really sure what that was all about."
Just then my cell phone goes off, it's Jerry. " Hey what up Jerry?"
He just quiet for a moment then he goes," I know that this might sound somewhat strange but Katie was asking me if I ever thought about having sex with anyone else but her?"
" What did you tell her?"
" I just say no."
I looked at Ron and said" Something is just really odd here. Had to be something with that program that they were watching last night."
Heading out to the home improvement store and I run into Bruce. "Hey Bruce - was Misty acting odd last night?"
"What do mean?"
"Asking odd questions about sex or just acting plain out strange."
Bruce looked at me and laughed.
"What so funny? Shelly was just plain pissed off and I have no idea what I did."
"I asked Misty what they were watching last night. She said that it was a program on swinging. You know like two or more couples getting together and having sex with each other."
"What - does she think that I screwing someone else? This just doesn't make any sense to me."
"Don't get yourself all in a uproar there - just they were watching it and I guess they were talking about it last night among themselves. After a day or two they probably forget all about it and go on to some other topic."
I called Jerry and Ron later and told them what Bruce told me. We just all agreed that this would probably just pass.
Following Friday came and like the usual routine we met up over at Jerry and Katie, the kids were at Ron's playing videos. Around seven it started getting cloudy and we could feel some rain falling so we headed indoors to the kitchen. Sitting there drinking some beers, the girls are in the living room laughing.
"Well looks like it back to the normal for them" Ron goes.
Mandy yells out" Hey guys come on down."
We just all kind of look at each other think now what's up. So we pick up our beers and go into the living room. The television is off and the girls are just sitting there quiet. After a few awkward minutes of just standing there Mandy goes " any of your guys have ever thought about - you know like swinging or something?"
Ron almost dropped his beer and looking stunned. Jerry just stood there and Bruce just sort of smirked a little and then just put his hand over his face. After a few more minutes of silence Mandy say" Well guess that dead subject."
