A "One Off?"
If you require stories where all cheaters must be burned, please do not read this offering; you will get indigestion, and I don't want that.
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I always wondered why I was so straight-laced, anal-retentive, and a rule follower; was it heredity, environment, or both? I'm sure that my name, Chauncey C. Prendergast, had something to do with it.
It could be hereditary since both my parents, and both sets of grandparents, were conservative and unusually fussy. However, since everything that the six of them taught me was also conservative, precise, OCD, and/or conforming, it could certainly be environmental. It was a long time, and an unusual experience, before I answered that question to my satisfaction.
Because my family is rich, in addition to being straight-laced, rule-followers, and anal-retentive, I always attended exclusive private schools where most of the students were similar to me -- even if not to the same extreme. We all wore coats and ties the entire year, and pressed shorts with a crease during warm weather. I was distinguished at school only because of my size; by my junior year in High School (actually College Preparatory School) I was 6 feet 5 inches (2 meters) tall and 230 pounds (104 kg), my adult height and weight. I never actually did work; the only times that I was sweaty were playing power forward in basketball or tight end (boy did that name fit me) in football, or when weightlifting to prepare for those sports, always with pressed uniforms or workout clothes.
I went to Princeton and always wore slacks with a crease in them and designer shirts. My hair was always perfectly coifed. I never drank beer, only fancy cocktails and those in moderation, and I was the staunchest supporter of the honor code. I only dated women who were as close to anal-retentive as I was -- maybe even OCD. I took courses that prepared me for a life as a proper corporate executive enjoying a good existence in NYC with 2.4 children and a nanny.
I met my future wife Anastasia Carnegie when we were both seniors at Princeton. She is a large woman, 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 meters) tall, 142 pounds (65 kg), but even more elegant than she is big, always dressed perfectly in designer clothes, with regular trips to spas and high end beauty parlors, as befits the daughter of an S&P 1000 COO. She is as much a rule-follower and as straight-laced as I am.
Anastasia and I had a large (400+ guests) expensive wedding with a reception at the Gramercy Park Hotel, and started out life in an apartment owned by our parents in Manhattan overlooking Central Park and with corporate jobs, making both sets of parents satisfied. We had some difficulties in our corporate jobs in relating to some other employees because they weren't like us, but we coped and weren't pejorative.
While I would say that both Anastasia and I enjoyed life to the fullest, it may have been because we didn't know what else life had to offer. Our sexual encounters were pleasant, but not close to earth-shattering. Neither of us was especially fond of oral, and anal was definitely off the table. All of our friends were just like us, conservative, designer clothes, corporate jobs, etc.
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Anastasia and I had been married three years, and we were both twenty six, when we went to a popular resort in North Carolina for a week; mostly pleasure but with one business meeting for each of us. The resort had an excellent reputation, although it wasn't formal like the normal five-star resorts we frequented (especially with our parents), like the Greenbrier, or the Four Seasons in Jackson Hole, or the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa. The clientele was much more eclectic than we were used to, but neither of us considered ourselves snobs or bigoted even if some others might consider us that, so just like we were at work we weren't judgmental or uncomfortable.
There were several couples that were particularly intriguing since we never associated with people like them in our cloistered upbringing. One couple was a tall thin elegant-looking black man and a wiry Asian woman with unusually large tits. Another was a muscular black woman who looked like Serena Williams and a thin older white guy with long hair and rose-colored glasses. Yet another was an always provocatively dressed small white woman with a pretty face, red-and-green streaked hair, and obvious body piercings, paired with a small white guy who also had body piercings, blue hair, and outrageous outfits.
I found the last-mentioned couple especially interesting. I often glanced over at the woman and sometimes noticed her glancing at me. We even exchanged smiles a few times, although no words. I found it especially enjoyable to watch her when she was dancing to fast dances -- she was extremely athletic and incendiary.
Anastasia and I were having a good time, participating in a number of activities and going on a number of outings, and dining and dancing at the resort most nights. I believe it was the fourth night of our stay, luckily after we had each had our one business meeting, when an unusual event occurred. One of the items served was a seafood dish that I didn't like the looks of and cautioned Anastasia not to eat; however she loved seafood and knew that I didn't so she pooh-poohed my concerns.
We were eating dinner with another couple who were as close to as conservatively dressed as we were when during dessert, about twenty minutes after we had finished our main course, Anastasia started cramping. Her condition progressed to a flushed face, hives, and then -- right at the table -- vomiting. The scared waiter and maรฎtre de rushed over, but soon their attention was directed to other parts of the venue by others having the same reaction as Anastasia.
All hell broke loose in the dining room. Once I cleaned Anastasia up -- a very unpleasant task for someone as anal-retentive as I was -- I carried her to our room after being assured by the resort assistant manager -- who was now in the dining room dealing with the shit-show -- that the on-staff doctor would promptly meet us in our room.
After Anastasia vomited some more in our suite's bathroom I took off her outer garments and put her in our bed. The doctor soon arrived; he seemed to diagnose the problem immediately because of the number of others who suffered the same fate as Anastasia; scombroid poisoning from the seafood.
The doctor gave Anastasia a sedative cocktail that would mitigate her symptoms and put her out. By the time, five minutes later, that the doctor was ready to leave to attend to others Anastasia was snoring so loudly that it sounded like a freight train.
"How long will she be out, doctor?"
"At least ten hours, probably twelve."
"Is it important that I stay here with her -- I can't sleep given the noise that she is making."
"No, she will be out and needn't be attended to. Ask the assistant manager for another room, and just check on her every three or four hours."
I gave Anastasia a kiss on her forehead, made sure that she was covered by a sheet and blanket, and then went to see the assistant manager.
While the assistant manager was reluctant to give me another room, she relented when I pointed out to her the resort's liability for serving bad food, and the fact that we had one of the most high-end rooms in the place. She comped me a basic room that was unoccupied.
I checked out the spare room, and it would do well enough to get a few hours of sleep between checks on Anastasia. However, I was too charged up to sleep then, so I went to the main bar. The only open seat at the bar was next to an old guy in a fancy suit who I hadn't seen before and the little woman with the provocative clothes, pretty face, body piercings, and red and green streaked hair, whose purse was "saving" the seat.
"Is this seat saved?" I inquired.
"Yes, for you," she giggled.
I sat next to her and ordered a Moscow Mule.
The little woman looked at me; "Isn't your wife the one who started the shit-show in the dining room?" she asked with a grin.
"I'm afraid so," I replied.
"Then you're probably escaping your room just like I am because my husband is totally out of it after the doc tor's visit, and won't be awake for twelve hours or so."
"Is he snoring as loudly as my wife?"
"Sure is -- I don't know how I'm supposed to sleep with that racket."
"I got another room comped so I hope to get at least a few hours of sleep in between checking on her."
"Well aren't you the industrious one," she cackled.
"What's your name, by the way?" I asked, holding out my hand.
"I think that tonight I'll go by Calamity Jane, and call you Paul Bunyan," she replied with a diabolical grin as she shook my hand with a surprisingly strong grip.