Carrie and I have been friends for 4 years. It was a chance meeting; she and her husband Ryan were looking to purchase a used car from my husband and me. We soon learned, our husbands had served together in the Air Force and knew some of the same people, although they had never met, and she and I were in the same line of work.
We became "couple friends" the four of us double dating and enjoying each other's friendship. From this, Carrie and I became best friends.
It wasn't unusual for us to go shopping and out to dinner alone, leaving our husbands to do the macho things on their own. This particular weekend, the boys were on a fishing trip. Carrie invited me over for dinner for a girls' night while they were away.
I brought the wine and she made a delicious dinner. We were through our second bottle of wine when the conversation started to become more personal. Carrie, for the first time mentioned her first husband to me.
I knew she and Ryan had both been married previously, but she had never offered any details, and I had never thought to ask. She told me how she and her first husband married young, and had a very active and open sex life.
Carrie then started to tell me how she and her previous husband had been into partner swapping, and threesomes. She then explained that Ryan didn't have any idea about her past experiences as he was to straight-laced and wouldn't understand.