We've been happily married for almost 30 years, raised three wonderful children and have four grandkids and I thought life was good just growing old with my husband. Well a couple of years ago he announces that he'd like to take up swinging. I was crushed and felt he didn't love me. He kept telling me he did but wanted to try to put some excitement in our love life and I finally relented. We started going to some swinger's meet and greets and dances. He'd dance and flirt and I'd just watch and sometimes get to dance but I really wasn't interested in anyone else.
We went to a few house parties and he'd play. One time I went with this man because Allan, my husband, insisted that the only way he could play with his wife if I played with her husband. I did and it was no big deal. I told Allan later that he was a much better lover and still wasn't that interested in swinging.
Allan found a couple of guys that he thought I'd be more interested in but I still didn't find anybody that really sparked a fire in me or even turned me on in the slightest. Allan kept asking me to dress sexier but my conservative and religious upbringing made it difficult for me to do even though Allan kept buying me sexy clothes. I figured, who'd want some almost 50-year-old woman anyway. Well two weeks ago, that all changed.
The company I work for decided to completely upgrade their computer system and software, which required all of the regional office managers to go to corporate headquarters in Kansas City for a week of training on the new computers and software. I'm one I had to go even though I'm very computer literate and felt it was unnecessary. Headquarters set down what they'd pay for travel expenses and told us that if we could get it cheaper, we could keep the difference. On the other hand, if we went over, we'd have to make up the difference so I went online and found a great package deal. There were two flight offers that filled my bill and the one that was $25 cheaper had only a forty-five-minute layover in Salt Lake so I took it figuring that was an extra bit of spending money. My mistake.
We landed and some passengers got off and more took their place. When we taxied to the runway, the pilot announced that there was a problem and we needed to return to let the mechanics check it out. Apparently, there was an over heat light that was coming on and FAA regulations wouldn't let them take off if it was on. The mechanics worked on it for almost an hour and then we taxied back towards the runway. Finally, I thought since now I'd get in late but at least we were on our way.
Well just as the pilot hit the throttle, that dang light came on again so he aborted takeoff and we headed back to the terminal and had all the passengers disembark. The airline official said that they were bringing in another plane from Denver to take us on to Kansas City but it wouldn't be there for over an hour and to make ourselves comfortable.
Have you ever tried to get comfortable in those airport chairs? Well the plane finally gets there and we had to wait for them to transfer our luggage and by then we were running three hours late.
By the time I got to my hotel, it was almost one o'clock in the morning. As I walked up to the desk at this economy hotel, a little cutesy blond desk clerk said, "I'm sorry mam but we have no vacancies."
I looked at her in disbelief and told her, "Look, I don't have time for your games. I have a confirmed reservation and booked using my credit card. Here's my receipt and confirmation number" as I handed her my paperwork that luckily I had printed out.
"I'm sorry," she said, "when you weren't here after midnight and this young couple came in needing a room, I gave them yours. I'll refund your money and call around and see if I can find you a room but it's going to be difficult since there are two conventions and the state fast pitch softball tournament going on this week. This couple was desperate, that's why I let them have this room. We won't have any rooms available until Thursday at the earliest."
I could have wrung her neck. I didn't want my money back; I needed a room! I took my paperwork back and used the counter phone to call the 800 number for the travel company. I explained to this nice young man my predicament and he asked to talk to the clerk. She explained how she had given away my room and was very sorry but there were absolutely no rooms available. I then heard her give him her phone number. She said to me, "Well he's going to see if he can find you a room but I doubt if he's going to have much luck.
I sat there fuming and was thinking that people as stupid as her shouldn't be allowed to live when her phone rang and after a short conversation, she called me to the counter and handed me the phone. The nice young man that I had talked to earlier said that everything was taken care of. He said that they had found me a room at the Sheraton. I explained that I was on a set perdiem and couldn't afford that type of hotel. "Don't worry mam," he said," we've already made arrangements and the hotel you're at now will make up the difference. We have someone from the Sheraton on the way over to pick you up now. If I can be of any more assistance just call and ask for Stephen." I said my thanks and hung up. Shortly a young man arrived and picked me up.
When I arrived, I didn't even have to check in. They whisked me up to my room saying that I could check-in in the morning. My room was on the top floor and when I walked into the room, it was so opulent I couldn't believe it. The young bellman turned down my bed and left, not even waiting for a tip. I called down and asked for a seven o'clock wake up and crawled into bed wondering how I'd function on less than four hours sleep on top of jet lag. Well the next day I managed to keep on top of things even though I was getting dirty looks from the trainer every time I yawned. During the afternoon break, he made some snotty comment about being sorry I found his training so boring. I told Paul my plight and explained that it wasn't him but my lack of sleep and that placated him. He thought it was great that I was getting to stay at the Sheraton and was paying only about a quarter of what it should have cost.
Tuesday I was more on top of things and even pointed some things that Paul didn't know and also made things easier and helped cement my relationship with him. Things were coming easy to me but not to others and I found myself helping out quite a bit the next few days. I told him that this could have probably been done with a PowerPoint presentation and saved the company some money. "Hey, what are you trying to do, put me out of business?" he said. Having more time on my hands since Paul was busy with the others, I began to notice that he was very handsome. Hell, I even had a few fantasies about him and I, not that he'd ever consider someone my age. Paul was about six feet tall, jet-black hair and ruggedly handsome, kind of looking like Antonio Banderas I thought to myself.
Wednesday was more of the same but Joannie, this cutesy young blond from our L.A. office made the comment that I was the teacher's pet. I chalked it up to her ineptness at the computer and her age. I found myself helping any others that wanted some help if Paul was busy and he really appreciated it. At break time I came up behind her as she made the comment to her friends, "I'll bet Kelli goes to bed masturbating with thoughts of Paul in her head." One of them pointed out that I was right behind her and she said as if to justify it, "Well I know I sure did last night. So, tell me, do you masturbate to visions of him taking you?"
I just smiled and walked away thinking, "What a bitch!"
Thursday after lunch, Paul took me aside and said, "Kelli, if you want to go back to your hotel you can, since we will be mostly reviewing the stuff that you have obviously mastered."
Smiling I told him thanks and said I'd take him up on it. He then asked me if I was going to the bar at the Sheraton that night. "Why?" I asked, "What's going on in the bar?" Paul explained that Thursday night was Ladies night and all women get their drinks for half price. On top of that they had a great dance band there. "Are you going to be there?" I coyly asked.
"I will if you're going to be there," he said. Now Paul is probably in his mid 30 and what he'd ever want with a woman my age is beyond me but heck, a few drinks and some dancing might be fun after what I had been through earlier in the week.