The things I do for my husband.
Love, it's strange, no?
When going into an open marriage, you expect to have a slightly different life than the average American couple, but still.
We both knew when we met, when we started dating, when we got serious, when we considered even the idea of marriage that there was no way we would be able to stay physically faithful to one another. We were tipped off to that fact that we were both seeing other people when we had our first date. I suppose it goes without saying that we had sex on the first date as well.
Having a threesome with a drunk sorority girl on our fourth date pretty much sealed that deal. (Long, stupid story. Short version: We were playing a game of sexual chicken, we went into one of the local bars frequented by other students like us, a few drinks later there's a blonde Greek in our bed. Well, his bed actually, but I was spending pretty much every night there already.)
Anyway, the first serious girlfriend Mike had after our marriage was good for him. She got him out of the house, she was good in bed, I was better looking than her so there wasn't any jealousy there. It was great...until she decided to marry the guy she was seriously dating. Even that would have been fine, Mike had no objections. But apparently her fiancee, soon to be husband, took offense that she had been seeing someone behind his back and he refused to marry her unless she dropped her boyfriend.
Some people have strange morals.
This was unexpected, but a few months later, Mike found a new girlfriend and all was well and good with the world again.
That lasted about two years until Mike started moping around the house and I knew something was wrong. Naturally I had to ask. What a mistake.
"Lydia doesn't want to see me anymore."
I could tell he was trying not to cry like a little girl. It took forever to weasel the story out of him, even then he refused to go into detail, just that they had an argument and had broken up. Thing was, he still had a thing for her. Great. So I either needed to find him a new girlfriend right away--so I could continue fucking around--or get him back with Lydia.
I chose Lydia. It seemed the easier route.
It was easy enough to find her dating profile online; Mike never hid it from me, but I never looked either. It was easy enough to find. The internet has been a blessing to millions of people looking for long intimate relationships and those looking just for a one night stand of sex. More reliable than singles bars too.
Oddly, even though I had heard about the woman for two years, I had never seen a picture of her nor had I bothered looking her up.
Name: Thongirl
Age: 30 (I knew that was a lie, maybe by only a few years, but still)
Height: 5' 9" (taller than I expected, taller than me)
Weight: 140 (if true, not bad, Mike had said she had curves)
Hair: brunette, long (contrast with by short, blonde; I guess Mike likes variety)
Skin: pale with freckles
Body type: sexy and curvy (see, I knew; again different, I'm petite and athletic)
Bust: 38D [full D] (her note, not mine, and wow, I'm barely a B)
Piercings: ears only!!! (not that adventurous I see)
Tattoos: none (same as me, but it's the quiet ones you have too look out for)
Pubes: shaved (well, who doesn't nowadays?)
Personality: shy (yeah, right)
Marital status: Married, but looking (no duh)
Favorite sex position: female superior (aren't we all?)
Fantasy: three-way, group sex
Orientation: bi-curious
It was the last item that let me know exactly how I was going to do this.
I won't bore you with the emails we sent back and forth, it was all pretty humdrum stuff. Suffice it to say that I led her on--just a bit--and she went for the bait. I never really told her who I was. The internet is a wonderful thing.
We met for the first time at, of all places, a bagel shop. I don't like coffee bars and nightclubs are no place to meet and talk with someone. Besides, where else can you meet someone in the safety of daylight and not look like you're up to trouble?
I was waiting for her and even though it seems a bit trite, when she walked in I recognized her immediately, more from her description than the few pictures she had sent me. She was much more striking in person than in the somewhat forced and posed pictures she had sent me. Tall, dark hair that cascaded down her back, simple white blouse that showed off a touch of cleavage and tight, but not too tight, jeans.
I stood up from my table to greet her and held out my hand.
She smiled, clasped my hand, then pulled me in close and kissed me on the cheek.
"A handshake is a little formal for what we have planned, isn't it?" she said. Her voice was high and light.
I smiled back at her but didn't kiss her cheek. It would have seemed forced coming from me. She was aggressive, not the shy she had put in her profile, but then again, we were friends already, weren't we?
"Yes, I suppose it is," I agreed with a laugh.
We sat down and there was an uncomfortable silence.
"So easy to send email," she said, "so hard to speak in person."
"Yeah, strange, isn't it? I've met a lot of people this way, but its always a bit uncomfortable at first when you're face to face."