This story is fictional with characters who never existed and events which did not really happen.
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Ben had been married to Ann for over 25 years. He has loved her ever since they had met in college. Ann has always seen herself as plain and dowdy; certainly not attractive or sexy by any stretch of the imagination. Growing up, her mother had always told her she had to work hard and be a good woman because she certainly wasn't anything special. Ann could never accept a compliment about her appearance even from her husband. She always told him he was supposed to say stuff like that even though everyone knew it wasn't true. They are glad to be married to each other and have built a good life together.
At 47, Ann was showing the regular signs of maturing. She carried her 160 lbs on her 5'8" frame well. Her light brown hair framed her face and her sparkling brown eyes. Her skin was soft and supple and she had it just everywhere. Oh how Ben loved to see and touch her. While her breasts were not huge causing men to stop and stare, her C cups were nothing to be ashamed of either. They sat high on her chest and readily respond to Ben's attention. Her hips had widened as she aged and her belly sagged a little. Ann's friends would describe her as cute but she saw herself as drab, fat, and old.
Ben saw Ann as just what she should be; a maturing healthy woman he was glad to be with and proud to be seen with in public. He wished she would dress better and do more little things to take care of herself. It might help her to feel better about herself. Ben was no Adonis either. At 6'1" and 190 lbs, he believed he could stand to loose a little weight but he saw himself as decent for being 51. His hair was graying at the temples and jaw was square making his face strong. He would look anyone in the eye and tell them the truth.
Ann knew in her heart, Ben had settled when he married her and could have done so much better for himself. Whenever she made any comment like that, she saw the hurt in his face. She believed he hurt because he knew how true it was and it made him think about how much better his life could have been. In reality, it tore at his heart every time this wonderful, beautiful, sexy, and alluring woman beat herself up with self-deprecating putdowns. When Ben had met Ann, he had found the love of his life and when she smiles, she is drop dead gorgeous.
They had never had any children as Ann had cystitis when she was young and ended up with scar tissue on her ovaries and fallopian tubes after the cysts had ruptured and healed over. She was unable to get pregnant; she saw that as just another way she had failed Ben and their marriage. They had talked of having children and when they couldn't Ben had accepted it for what it was and taken it in stride. Not having children gave him the opportunity to pursue his favorite hobby.
Ben's favorite hobby is to take Ann away to wonderful places to get her to relax enough to put a big gleaming smile on her face and take pictures of it before she catches herself and it disappears. It is his attempt -- his quest to show his beloved just how truly beautiful and loved she really is. Sometimes he is so frustrated he just wants to shake her or spank her to get her attention. Over the years, they have seen many places around the Pacific Northwest, the US in general, and even made two trips to Europe.
One of their more recent trips had been to the Canary Islands. They had stayed 10 days in a beachfront resort. Ben had bought Ann a modest two piece swim suit at the resort the second day they were there as her very modest one piece was so confining she had been quite uncomfortable the day before on the beach. It had been more than the confining suit and hot sun which had Ann uncomfortable. It was quite common for women there to be topless on the beach; a few had been entirely nude but that was rare.
Ann had caught Ben looking at the other women from time to time. She couldn't really blame him; how could he not look? She couldn't really expect him to not look. Some of them were beautiful compared to her sad, droopy, tired old body. Ann was aware her husband was focusing most of his attention on her and their time together even with all the exposed boobies around them. She figured he was just trying to compensate for his guilt for looking. When Ben had given her the present he had bought her, the two piece swim suit, Ann was shocked.
In her one piece, she could hide many of her flaws. Here he was wanting her to wear a two piece and in public no less. By most peoples' standards, it was modest. All she could see was it put her sagging belly on display and called attention to her wider hips and small chest. She would be so embarrassed to wear only that in public. What could he be thinking?
Despite Ben's encouraging words of love and beauty, she chose to wear her one piece suit again the second day; another day on the beach with her husband being genuinely glad to be in this beautiful place with her. His compliments and encouraging words and her third margarita had Ann thinking. She loved him dearly and he really wanted this. She could make herself do this for him if it was what he really wanted. She just hoped no one would grab her beach towel and throw it over her to hide her ugly body from the rest of the beach goers.
That evening she spent some time alone in the bathroom with her new swim suit. The bottoms were full enough she didn't need to trim anything. The top was the right size but it was tight enough there would be no way to hide how small her breasts were. Looking at herself in the mirror brought on a moment of panic. She didn't know if she could really do this. But, she had set her mind to it. It would just take more margaritas. She only drank margaritas on vacations and tomorrow she was going to need them.
Ann had come out of the bathroom wearing only her nightgown to find Ben waiting for her on the bed. He took her into his arms and kissed her telling her how much he loved her. He lifted her nightgown up over her head and off to hold her nude body, fresh from the shower, close to his own. He began to stroke and caress her body as he kissed her. Oh how he loved her soft skin and the way she gave herself to him. When he began to caress her breast, she had asked him to just hold her; so he did. They fell asleep in each others' arms. Ben was very happy.
When they got on the beach the next morning, she had ordered a margarita immediately. Her glance had darted around as she had taken off her wrap; there had not been any drum roll or tada. No one even seemed to notice or give her a second glance. Ben treated her just as he had the first two days; everyone else did too. She had drunk that first margarita quickly to steel her courage; but she soon realized this wasn't going to be as tough as she had thought.
Ben was delighted she was beginning to relax wearing the new suit on the beach. His words of love and beauty continued just as before. He helped her with her sunscreen as he didn't want the newly exposed areas to burn. They still had a week to be there. He just loved touching her soft radiant skin. It excited him to be doing it with others watching. He was a man and he knew what he really wanted; for her to relax and let go enough to go topless on the beach. Just getting her to wear the new suit had been a victory and anything more was probably not a realistic expectation.
Her husband was just happy to be there with her with his camera on the ready as he looked for that moment when her elusive smile showed up. Back home he keeps a collection of pictures of her from all kinds of places they had visited. In each one, she is smiling and happy and oh so beautiful. Oh how he wants her to see herself the way he sees her. They had eaten dinner at the beach side restaurant as they watched the sun set. After a great meal, with a couple of trophy pictures in the camera, Ben took his beloved back to their room for the night.
After their showers, Ann was eager for her husband to make love to her. When she came out of the bathroom, she had pinned him to the bed straddling his waist with her legs and holding his hands above his head with her hands. She looked into his smiling face as she lowered her lips to his. After a long hot kiss, her lips kissed him all over his face like little butterfly bites. Then her kisses trailed down his hairy chest and abdomen to his stiff cock.
She kissed and licked his cock finally taking him into her mouth. She didn't do this often and usually only after he asked; begged really. She sucked him deep into her mouth. Even though he couldn't get any stiffer, she did it because she knew how much he liked it. Then her kisses moved back up to his lips as she lowered herself down onto his stiff throbbing cock. Her heart jumped as she thrilled to the feel of him filling her and her breasts swayed against the hair on his chest.
When Ann was eager, her first orgasm came easily and quickly; this time was no exception. As she came down from her orgasmic high, she began to ride him again grinding her wet pussy down onto his ridged shaft. He was telling her how beautiful she had been on the beach that day in her new suit and how proud and happy he was to be with her.
She could see the excitement in his eyes. She knew he was going to reach his orgasm soon and she needed to hurry her next one along if she wanted to get there at the same time. She reached down with one hand stroking and pulling her clitoris as she continued to ride him. They both came to breath stopping heart pounding orgasms together as they looked lovingly into each other's eyes. They knew each other so well after so many years together. They each made a trip to the bathroom to clean up and go pee before they fell asleep holding each other.