After dinner, Doris Blake sat on the sofa with a glass of burgundy wine and watched the evening news. Her husband Tom was at the driving range and her 18 year old daughter Tammy was out with her friends. The 37 year old blond was a stay at home mom; she was pleased with her life and didn't mind not entering the job market. Tom was a dentist and insisted that Doris did not have to work, although the credit card bills had been piling up lately and he urged her to cut down on her spending.
The telephone rang and Doris answered it and spoke to her friend Joyce, "Hi Joyce, what's up?"
Her friend excitedly told her, "There is a new reality show on tonight at 9pm. I read all about the show and it sounds wild. The show is called 'The Wife Game' and the wives have to live with other families for three months. Can you imagine living with another family and having a different husband for three months?"
"No I can't, that sounds crazy, why would anyone want to do that?"
"Well, to start with you get $100,000.00 for three months and a chance to win one million. You really get an opportunity to see how other people live and you get to sleep with another woman's husband."
"The only thing that is tempting me is the money. Tom is the only man that I have ever been with and besides, if I sleep with her husband then she will be sleeping with Tom, right?"
"Sounds like you both could use a little change; just think how exciting it would be. Watch the show and think it over, I will call you after the show, bye."
"Talk to you later, Joyce, I'll watch the show but please don't hold your breath while you are waiting for me to be on it, later babe." About 8:30 pm. Tom came home and Doris greeted him with a passionate kiss. Doris saw their reflection in the mirror and thought how good they looked together; he was 6' and she was 5'5", he had dark brown hair and brown eyes and she was a blue-eyed blond.
Doris told Tom about the show and he opened a beer and gave his wife another glass of wine and they settled down to watch the show. The MC asked the contestants questions and the couple that gave the most correct answers were rewarded by picking the couple that they wanted to exchange wives with. The wives would go to the other families home for three months. When Tom heard about the hundred-thousand and the opportunity to win a cool million, he suddenly became very interested and suggested, "Let's go on the show! This could be exciting and we could use the money."
"You must be insane! Do you really want me to sleep with another man? I know that I don't want you to sleep with another woman. I can't believe that you would even consider such a thing! You are joking, right?"
"No darling, I am serious, just think about the adventure and how much we can learn about other people, not to mention the money. Come on baby, don't be so close minded; open up and let's go for it." Tom answered the phone and told Joyce that he was ready to go on the show and then he put Doris on. Doris stated that she would think about it but doubted that she would do it.
The next day Doris was working in the garden when her lovely 18 year old daughter Tammy came home from school. Tammy joined her mom in the garden and asked if she watched the new TV show called 'The Wife Game', she said that everyone at school was talking about it. "Yes I watched it with your father and he wants us to go on the show but I think that it is stupid."
"Oh mom, please think about it; just imagine you and dad on the show, that would be so cool. I watched it with my friends and we all loved it. I wonder what kind of mother I would have for three months. Think of it as a learning experience and think about the new friends we could make. Please do it mom, it would be such fun."
After dinner Joyce came over and Joyce, Tammy, and Tom pressured Doris to call the show, noting that she could call anytime, day or night. Doris was tired of the constant urging and relented and agreed to call the show thinking that the chances were slim that they would be selected to go on the show anyway. She dialed the number, surrounded by the instigators and was shocked to hear that the show had an agent in the area and would be there to interview them within the hour.
The news brought applause from her friend and family. Doris felt butterflies in her stomach and wondered what she had gotten herself into. Fifty minutes later the doorbell chimed and Doris greeted two extremely attractive women and invited them in her home. They were both tall, close to 6', one was black and the other was a white woman with long, flowing red hair. The women wore business suits with short skirts and complimented Doris on her lovely home. After about forty-five minutes of questions and conversation, the black woman stood and excitedly exclaimed, "You are just perfect for our show, you are exactly what we are looking for. I will book you for a show next month; our people will be in touch with you and we will provide a limousine for your transportation. It was so nice meeting you."
Everyone was excited but Doris, she was stunned. Over the next three weeks Doris learned that the show was taped at different locations each week and all of the contestants lived in the same area. It eliminated cross country traveling and made it easier for couples that bonded and wanted to continue their new friendships.
The following Saturday night a limo picked up Doris and Tom and drove the nervous couple to the studio. They were escorted to the stage and were startled to see such a large audience. There were five other couples, one white, two black, and two Hispanic. Doris looked beautiful in her black gown but felt very insecure in front of the large crowd and did not do well with the questions. Before she realized what had happened the show was over and a black couple had won and chose her to be the wife for their family.