I'm fortunate, that, after one failed marriage, to have found "my person". Abby, my second wife, is 11 years younger (than my 46), and perfectly matches my, still considerable, sexual energy.
Let me describe her: 5'11", slender, long legs, mid-length sandy blond hair, blue eyes, a firm B cup, and the type of tiny, tight ass that you want to be close friends with. Adventurous, both in and out of the bedroom, with a wicked sense of humor--I definitely met my match when I met her, and after 15 years of marriage, we're still crazy about each other. Most of my friends say, and I tend to agree, I married out of my league.
One such friend, Luke, whom I've been besties (is that still a word?) with since we were about eight, wasn't so lucky. Luke married Becky young, they raised a wonderful son, and after he went off to college, things changed. We've remained close over the years, but it's always been very apparent that Becky doesn't enjoy my company. We occasionally have dinner and drinks with them, and Abby does her best and gets along with her great, but Becky has never warmed to me.
Despite being on polar opposite ends of the political spectrum--we're liberal atheists and Luke and Becky are quite conservative Christians, we still manage, for the most part, to overlook that and enjoy ourselves. Luke and I take a twice a week walk (gotta keep that heart healthy!) at several local parks, and discuss our live, and marriages pretty deeply.
On a recent walk, he confided in me that he and Becky haven't had sex in almost two years! While Luke said he still finds her attractive, and tries to initiate sex, she has shut him down almost completely since their son went away to college. Obviously, this has caused quite a lot of marital friction between them, and Luke admitted that he has resigned himself to jerking off in the shower once or twice a week. I suggested to my frustrated pal that maybe a change of venue and some scenery would light a spark.
Abby and I own a cabin in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania, on a small lake (actually a glorified pond) that's been in my family for years, and we were planning a 5 day trip there, pre-Memorial Day weekend, for a little recharge--campfires, hiking, and quiet excursions on the small boat we keep there. Luke, already familiar with the place since he often accompanied me on family trips when we were young immediately brightened at the suggestion, and said he'd gauge Becky's response as soon as he got home.
In quick order, the plans were laid--Luke and I would make the 2 hour trip in my truck on Friday morning, and the girls, who both had work, would join us that evening in Abby's SUV. With all of us returning the following Wednesday, we were excited for a great trip.
With the truck packed with our gear, plenty of beer, and food, Luke and I set off, both grinning like goofballs, on Friday at about 9am. After an uneventful Spring drive, we arrived at the cabin, unpacked everything and after changing in some shorts and hoodies, decided to take an inaugural hike in the uncharacteristically warm weather. That was when the call came in.
I could tell by the look on Luke's face that it wasn't good news--Becky's sister was having troubles with her husband, she kicked him out of their home and wanted her sister's support, so Becky had to cancel. After the shit week Luke had at work, she wanted him to stay and relax, but she couldn't leave her sister alone with her marriage crumbling around her. The irony wasn't lost on me (and I'm sure Luke as well) that she was canceling on a trip designed to breathe some life into her own marriage in order to help her sister's marriage. A crestfallen, and pissed off, Luke let her know he was, in fact, going to stay, and told her to give her sister his best.
Departing for a long hike around the lake, I tried several times to see if he wanted to talk it out, but Luke was being stoic and quiet until we returned to the cabin for lunch. He told me he was at the end of his rope, and intended to give his wife an ultimatum when he got home. I advised him not to be in a rush to make that decision, and maybe a few days away would change his perspective a bit, Abby and I would do our best to make sure he enjoyed himself. I had no idea how prophetic that statement would be...
Abby arrived with Luke and I about 3 beers deep and grilling some ribs. After a quick kiss for me, and some sympathetic words to Luke, my smiling wife went in the cabin to shower quick and change out of her scrubs from work she works as a nurse). I let loose with a wolf whistle when my beautiful bride emerged 40 minutes later in yoga pants and a loose fitting hoodie of her own, to which she replied "yeah right, I'm dresses to glamorous!" Taking a swig of beer, I pulled her roughly to me and kissed her hard on the lips. Breaking the kiss, she whispered "later Ken, not around Luke, he's hurting", I relented and went back to the grilling and dinner prep.