Background Note: My name is J.C., and I'm a 40-something woman living in a major city on the east coast of the United States. I am a senior executive at a major healthcare company, so I have to be discreet. Several years ago, my marriage ended suddenly for reasons I don't want to go into here. Up until then, I had a very conventional, monogamous, "vanilla" sex life. For some reason, the end of my marriage triggered a sexual awakening in me. Over the past year or so, I have embarked on a series of adventures that have profoundly changed me and my view of myself as a sexual person. In short, I have done things I never dreamed of doing, and have loved every minute of it. I've decided to share my stories with you readers. I hope you enjoy them, and that they inspire you to fulfill your own secret fantasies.
The Conference
Indianapolis! Of all the places to have a major healthcare conference. And in the middle of winter too. I guess Miami, New Orleans, and Las Vegas were all booked (ha ha). I was anticipating three days of snow, ice and boredom, but it was an important conference so I had to go. No one else from my office was going, but I would have one friend there who I will call Katie. "Katie" was in her late 20s. She was a rising star at her company, a competitor of ours in another state. I'd known her informally for several years, mostly through meetings like this one. She was really smart and fun to be around, so I always looked forward to seeing her.
Our schedules didn't allow us to get together the first day of the conference, but we were finally able to meet for a drink at the hotel bar on the second day. After some chitchat and industry gossip, the topic of conversation inevitably turned to how bored we were, and how much we missed being at home.
"These conferences are really a pain," she said. "My boyfriend is going to a wedding in Napa Valley this weekend, and I could be there with him. Instead I'm stuck here."
I thought to myself that I wouldn't mind a romantic weekend in Napa Valley with a good-looking young man, but I let that thought pass. "I know, but it's part of the deal. You have to show up and network. Maybe we'll even learn something at one of the sessions."
"Yeah, right β like new FDA regulations for antidepressant advertising. That's really thrilling stuff."
"OK, but the networking is important. Are you going to the sponsor's banquet tonight?"
"Yes, I'm going. Can't decide what I'm looking forward to more β the overcooked chicken or the overcooked salmon. Hopefully, the CEO's remarks won't go on for too long and I can get back to my hotel room by 8:00. There's a movie on I'd like to see that my boyfriend won't watch with me."
I had seen that listing too. I thought to myself that we must be bored if we were both checking the TV guide in the morning! The movie was a romantic story about two young lovers. It got really good reviews, but Katie was right β it wasn't that appealing for men. "Why don't we watch it together?" I said, "It'll be girl's night in β we'll put on our PJs, and I've got a bottle of chardonnay stashed in my room."
"Best offer I've heard all week. I'll see you at 8:00 or so β whenever I can escape."
When I got back from dinner, I took a quick shower and changed into my pajama bottoms and a tank top. I was a little concerned that Katie would think I was a slob, but I didn't really worry about it. After all, it was girl's night! I poured myself a glass of wine and settled down in front of the TV.
After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door. It was Katie. "Sorry I'm late," she said, giving me a kiss on the cheek, "I wanted to freshen up after that long day."
Katie was wearing the long terrycloth robe that comes with the room. It struck me as odd. I would never have walked around a hotel wearing a robe, especially with so many people that know me around. I figured younger people were less uptight about that sort of thing.