Julia & Matt were an everyday couple in their late 30's. She worked part time in nursing and he worked in a local factory. They had been married for nearly ten years and their lives had been in a bit of a rut for several of those years. Matt had only recently found a new job following a spell of unemployment after he was made redundant so money was always tight. It was a hum drum existence, struggling to makes end meet from pay check to pay check. None more so than their sex life. Julia and Matt met in their mid 20's and although their sex life had never been anything amazing but they were happy it was never what you could call boring. But the stresses of everyday life had taken its toll and the spark had certainly gone.
Julia had a higher libido than Matt and his long hours and various shift pattern left him exhausted and uninterested in sex. Julia had to resort to erotic fiction and her trusty dildo for her only sexual release. This could not continue for much longer. Although Julia was sympatric and understood that Matt was exhausted from work she needed more than a book and a toy. Especially after hearing stories from her friends about their sex lives and how they managed to spice things up with their husbands to keep things fresh in the bedroom. and they all had kids to look after as well. Julia couldn't have children so they didn't have that complication or excuse.
Julia didn't know what to do make a difference. She was never particularly forward sexually and had never done anything like this before. One idea that did stick in Julia's mind was sexting. Her friend Sarah told her that she sent naughty texts and even pictures to her husband while he was at work and how it had worked so well.
"He is never late home from work after seeing what is waiting for him at home. In fact many a time he has left early sighting an emergency at home when the only emergency was his need to fuck me." She was never one to mince her words, "and the sex is amazing of course," Sarah said with a wry smile on her face.
Julia thought that this could be a great and fun way to add a bit of zing and decided to put her plan in action. Matt had a run of late shifts and they always night owls so she thought it would a good time. So one night she decided to give it a go. Things didn't go as she had hoped. Most of her texts went unanswered and the ones that did only got a terse response. "Babe I'm at work and really busy" or just "What the hell are you on about." Julia was not only disappointed because it didn't work but she felt frustrated because it felt like she had been rebuffed and shot down. She didn't want to talk to Matt about it as she felt too embarrassed about it. After speaking to Sarah on the phone about it she said that she should try it again as maybe she had just caught him on a bad day. So the next night she tried again only to get the same result. Julia was getting annoyed by the lack of results.
The next day Julia met up with Sarah for lunch and she confided in her about how it hadn't worked. "I don't understand, it always works for me, give me your phone" Sarah demanded. " I need to see what you're sending him." She looked at Julia's 'naughty' texts for a few minutes." So where are the sexy messages then?" she snorted.
"They are the sexy messages" Julia replied defensively.
"Hunny these are not sexy. You might as well be asking whether he wants chips or mash for dinner! You'll never get anywhere with these, here check these out."
Sarah was always much more confident sexually. Some would say aggressive even but she thought it would be good to see what kind of messages she sent. Sarah handed Julia her phone so she could she her messages. The first one she read made her eyes bulge in surprise. The second one made her almost choke on her coffee. "You can check out the pics if you like." Julia looked apprehensive, the texts were rude enough she could only imagine what the pics would be like. "Go on" Sarah pushed. Julia opened one up. She was relieved to see she that it only a picture of Sarah wearing some sexy lingerie. She looked hot on the pic, Julia had always thought that Sarah had a great body. I could do that she thought.
"Nic pic Sarah, if I was a man I wouldn't say no!" Julia laughed.
"Thanks, but that's nothing try some more."
Julia opened more pictures, one at a time, each of them getting more and more sexual. Julia was getting a little more uncomfortable with each picture. Not only was she looking at ever increasingly sexual pictures of her best friend but she didn't think that she would ever be brave enough to do anything like this. However she was strangely getting slightly turned on at the same time. Then she opened one pic, it took her a few seconds to work out exactly what it was a picture of. She squinted her eyes in confusion before turning the phone the opposite way.
"OH MY GOD', is that what I think it is?" she spurted out. Sarah noticed what picture she was looking at and giggled.
"Oh yes, it's my dildo" she replied.
"It's not what it is I'm shocked at, its where it is positioned" Julia said handing Sarah the phone back, almost in disgust. "You really send these to Clive?"
"Of course I do, babe there's one thing you need to understand about men, they are simple creatures and a bit dim, sometimes you do need a sledge hammer to crack a walnut."
"This is all a bit too much, I'm not sure I'm at all comfortable doing anything like that" Julia said.
"COMFORTABLE?...COMFORTABLE?" Sarah asked sternly." A sofa should be comfortable, a onesie should be comfortable, a sex life should be exciting, passionate, exhilarating."
"Well, this lunch has been very eye opening indeed. Oh is that the time I need to get back" Julia said.
"Ok babe" Sarah replied, "I know that this might be a bit much for what you're used to but remember what they say. If you always do what you've always done, you will always get what you've always got. And if I can give you one piece of advice, once you've reach the line at which you're 'comfortable' with and then move it ...then move it again and keep moving it until you get what you want!" Julia nodded in an unconvincing way. "And if you still have reservations then have a couple of glasses of wine. If I remember rightly wine always used to loosen you up eh Julia?"
They hugged each other said goodbye and parted company. All the way home Julia was thinking, she couldn't quite take everything in. Could she ever do anything like Sarah had done?