Carol and I are in our early fifties, we have been together over 30 years and have raised two great children, we are still very much in love and still enjoy an exciting sex life, enhanced through the aid of videos and magazines.
When our daughter left home 18 months ago we decided it is time to start enjoying the fruits of our labour and therefore planned an overseas excursion taking in a small part of Europe that we had missed out on seeing many years ago when we embarked on your typical kiwi OE that most of us tend to do when we are young.
After many months of planning we were finally on our way and it wasn't long before we were enjoying the beauty of a new landscape, combined with the intoxicating foods and wines that the Europeans take so very much for granted.
We felt like a couple of new love birds enjoying the days and enjoying each other at night, without the need for magazines or videos, we felt like we were reborn.
Our experience happened upon us I considered by chance and certainly was not in the itinerary.
We were in Nice and decided to join a tour that the hotel we were staying at had to offer, their was about 50 people on the tour, couples and singles. Tours are not our thing but this one we considered to be interesting and we had a spare few hours.
We had been with the group for about an hour and a chap came over to me and asked if I was as bored as he was and we laughed about how all tours are the same and we thought if Carol wanted we would break from the group and grab a vino, Carol was bored as well so we split away.
We found a wine bar and enjoyed a couple of hours in the company of this American who introduced as David, a divorcee filling in some blanks in his life.
We decided that the day was drawing to an end and we grabbed a cab back to our hotel but on the way we asked if rather that taking dinner on his own would he like to join us to which he replied to the affirmative.
When Carol and I returned to our room I was not any the wiser of what could possibly be going on in her mind because like a professional poker player she gave nothing away.
She made no comments she simply continued life like every other day over the past 30years, she gave no clues in her style of dress, her time preparing to shower and dress, as far as I was concerned we were simply grabbing a bite to eat with an a chap we had met and then a normal night together.
We all met downstairs and walked around the city looking for a restaurant that caught our eye and finally selected one that had a guitarist playing in the corner.
We ordered a wine at first and enjoyed buoyant conversation for a good hour before ordering our meals and our third bottle of wine.
David excused himself to go to the toilet and Carol dropped her bombshell; why don't we ask David to come back to our room after tea.
I guess at this point I was still off the radar because I remarked don't you think we have already had enough to drink and Carol replied that she wasn't considering anymore alcohol, my expression clearly said it all because she elaborated.
We often looked at movies including threesome's and teased each other over the years but I never dreamed that reality could present itself so my lack of situation awareness was quite easy to understand.
We could see David at the counter now and Carol stood up from the table and leaned towards me and spoke quietly suggesting that if I wanted my fantasies to became a reality this is a one time offer, its only because we are strangers so far from home and I may never get the chance again!
David passed Carol as he returned and she went to the bathroom, I guess I could see her attraction in him although I guess while I had often thought of other guys banging my dear wife I had never really put a true human element to the thought.
David sat down and told me he had already fixed up the account and was grateful to us for inviting him to join us, now was my moment, I either seized this opportunity or it may well be forever lost so I asked him if he would like to come back to our room when we returned to the hotel.
Like me he had read nothing into the evening and replied that he was fine and we were welcome to enjoy the rest of our evening alone.
I could see Carol heading our way so rather than discussing further I thought I would wait till I got back to the hotel so when Carol returned there was nothing to indicate that I had spilt the full scenario to David, we both stood up and we all decided to head back to the hotel.
Enroute David said he might head off on his own for a walk and I could sense that the evening was slipping from my grasp when Carol spoke up asking David to come back to our room, yet again like before he declined but this time we were both insistent and he agreed so long as it was what we wanted, I am sure little did he realise what we actually wanted.
Hotel rooms in Europe aren't so large, a double bed plonked in the middle of the room with a couple of chairs and a desk and an adjoining bathroom. Upon arrival Carol asked David if he would excuse her as she wanted to go the bathroom and change into more comfortable attire, she asked me to look after our host.
