Well, here I am again. I told you before how my darling husband brought three men to have sex with me, and it all worked out rather well. Then I had my first black man, Kevin, and my husband enjoyed a burlesque artist, Sally, and we had several very sexy years. Then things moved on and it was just us again. We were very happy to have had the experience and settled down, not expecting anything else to happen.
Just to update. We went to Harry's wedding and met his pretty bride and their baby daughter, that being the way it often is. It was really heartfelt as I told him sincerely "I am really happy for you Harry, and she is a lovely and lucky girl." Kevin visited a couple of times with his wife, and eventually two little boys. We never said anything - we didn't need to. We didn't do anything. His wife said she was always glad to meet the man who was obviously Kevin's best friend.
I haven't heard from Dick, which is no great loss, and we get a card from Tom at Christmas. He always chooses one showing the Three Kings and the Stable.
Sally is still doing the circuit, and we manage to see her shows sometimes. I am still envious of her figure.
After the project, and another successful one, my husband got promoted and moved to another office. Our next door neighbours proved to be a charming black couple, about 15 years younger than us. I will call them Alec and Betty. They had the same slightly unusual surname as Kevin, and I mentioned that we knew someone of that name. "Oh, he's my cousin," said Alec. "Small world."
That night, my husband said to me "Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
"No," I said. "But I know what you are. Just try not to make it too obvious with them."
That night we made love passionately. And at 4 a.m. I used the black dildo, which I had not done for quite a while.
At breakfast I said. "OK, you can think what you like, but nothing is going to happen. We are past that, and I am sure they would be horrified even to contemplate it. They are a normal couple, as we are now." He had to agree. But I think we both liked to imagine something, just a little bit.
A couple of weeks later I was chatting with Betty (who really was as nice as my first impression) and she said "Alec got an email from Kevin. I gather your husband's a civil engineer too, and they worked together. He sends his regards and said something about a project with a lot of drilling and pumping that led to a longer contract. He also thought you might like to know that his eldest boy has started school."
"That's lovely," I answered. "I think that must have been the project where they met. They saved the company a lot of money, and both did well out of it."
Months went by, and we did the usual neighbourly things, and they invited us to join them at a restaurant. There was an orchestra and a small dance floor, so they persuaded us to join them. We danced with our partners, and it seemed appropriate for the men to ask the other wife. It was all very proper.
That night, he asked me "How much did you fancy Alec, then?"
"Not as much as you fancy, Betty," I said, a bit sharply, but not unkindly. "Which is not as much as you fancy Alec with me. In your dreams, buster!"
"That seems a very good idea," he answered. We laughed and made love.
I was in their kitchen one day talking with Betty over a glass of wine. The technical term is gossiping. Mainly about the stupid things our husbands had said and done, and the faults of men in general.
And she said "Have you ever been with a black man?" smiling and making that shoulder hunch and grin that some girls do to show they are being naughty.
"I refuse to answer on grounds that it might incriminate me!" I (or possibly the wine) replied. "And there is no-one for me but my husband now." I managed to add quickly. "We are very happily married."
"Of course," she said smiling radiantly. "I've been with a couple of white men, but Alec is the love of my life. I think it's common for women to want to try it at least once. But when you find true love you go with whatever man it is."
On another day, Alec remarked to us "Kevin said you were a very adventurous couple."
"Can't think what you mean," I said. "Dull as ditchwater, us." Alarm bells rang in my head as blood flowed in my lower parts.
"Well, I don't know," said my husband. "I've travelled abroad a few times for the company, and we sometimes go together, usually to places off the tourist trail where construction is taking place. She's always been great about roughing it."
"Of course," said Alec. "That's what he meant. I know he thinks a lot of you both."
Eventually it happened.
After more wine in the kitchen, Betty enquired "Do you like my husband?"
"Yes, a really nice man."
"He likes you too, you know. A lot. And I know your husband fancies me. He sometimes shows it." And she gave a small laugh.
"We both think you're a great couple, and we're glad you are neighbours," I said rather primly.
"Well," she said. "If you ever wanted to take it further, it might be possible. We've done it before."
I put on my best 'totally shocked' face and said "I think I should go now."
Back home, we discussed it. Was she really suggesting? Or was I just leaping to conclusions? Perhaps I hadn't heard quite right. Or was my own history affecting an innocent remark?
Alec came round, his face rather worried.
"I've come round to say Betty's really sorry if she's caused offence. She's crying now. I think we misjudged the situation. But you're the best neighbours we've ever had, and we hope we can still be friends. If you don't want to talk to us, OK. But if you can put it aside, we would really like to be just friendly neighbours."
Then my hero took charge, in his direct engineer's way.
"Were you or were you not suggesting wife-swapping?" he said with a stern face.
"Look," said Alec, looking a bit desperate and confused. "We're not really swingers, but today people tend to be a bit more relaxed about marriage." I frowned. "I mean," he went on hurriedly. "Not to be serious about marriage, of course. But with safe sex, there isn't any harm if the husband and wife both know and agree. Kevin knows this about us, and I really thought he was making a hint when he said you were adventurous. I can't say how sorry we are, and do apologise."
"Were you or were you not suggesting wife-swapping?"
"Well, sort of. I mean yes, but only in a friendly way. Oh, I'm sorry, this is getting worse." And he turned to leave.
"We'll think about it," said the engineer. "But maybe." And he showed him out.