My name is Mandy and I'm 38 years old, I've been married for 13 years, but recently, while my husband has lost interest in sex, mine has grown. We have a good marriage and Steve is a really good guy, but we haven't had sex in almost a year. He's more interested in golf these days. So, one day while our son was at school, I decided to go check out some toys at a place I had seen a while back. I didn't have a vibrator so I figured I needed one. This place was in the lower level of a strip mall in the suburbs across town. I thought it was a weird place for a sex shop but there it was. It was a weekday afternoon, early afternoon, late lunch time I guess, and there didn't seem to be many cars parked, so I was glad about that. I found a parking spot not too far away and sat in my car for a second collecting my nerves. I had never been to a place like this and here I was going in alone. I got out of my car and walked up, butterflies in my stomach and walked through the door with something posted on it about not entering unless you were 18 and not offended by pictures of sex acts. Then I was in a little room with another door to my right and a window directly in front of me that had a voice hole and a money slot like the windows at the movie box offices. In a second a clerk appeared.
"Do you have a membership?" he asked.
"No."
"Have you been here before?"
Again I answered, "No."
"It's one dollar for a membership. I'll explain the rest when you get in."
I reached in my purse and slid a dollar to him and he slid back a business card with the name of the store on one side and what looked like a disclaimer on the other.
"Keep that card to get back in, otherwise it's a dollar for a new membership. Come on in."
The door to my right buzzed and I stepped through.
"OK" the clerk began as I stepped in. He was a thin young man, in his 20s with sandy blonde hair and only slightly taller than my height of 5'6".
"If you want to rent, it requires either a credit card, or a $25 cash deposit, good for one year. The arcade is a five dollar minimum. Previews are six dollars, refundable if you purchase the DVD. The theater is free for you. Couples and single males are ten dollars for twelve hours. Single females are free. The arcade is on the far left, those are the preview booths," he pointed to his left at a door, "movies are to your right, the theater is through the door on the far wall, and then toys are directly behind you. Any questions?"