This is a story about a married woman who begins a cyber-affair with a man who is not her husband. I understand that some readers do not like this kind of story. If you are one of those readers, do yourself a favor and don't read this. If you do read it, you've been warned.
My name is Josie and I'm a 34 year old wife and mother from a mid-sized town in Wisconsin. I work three days a week as an auditor at a local bank, which gives me a chance to have a career, pick my daughter up from kindergarten, and still have some time to myself.
I'm about 5'4 and 120 pounds with mid-length light brown hair and hazel eyes. I'm proud that I've kept my figure nice by jogging and practicing yoga and I enjoy the inviting stares I still get from men when I am in public. I always have been a little embarrassed that my breasts are only a small B cup and I wish that I had a little bit more to show off. I sometimes wear padded or pushup bras to give my breasts a little extra volume and definition.
My husband Steve and I have been married for 11 years and he is a good provider and family man. He dotes on our young daughter but, frankly, has never paid enough attention to me. Even in the first months of our marriage Steve had little interest in me physically and I had to almost beg him to have sex with me. I tried everything including sexy outfits and role play but nothing seemed to make him want me. Our sex life has only slowed down since our wedding night and now I am lucky to have sex with him once every two or three months. His sex drive seems to constantly decline while mine only increases as the months pass.
As much as I physically need to have sex with Steve the real problem is how bad it emotionally hurts that he doesn't want me. I'm an attractive woman, I keep myself in good shape, I do everything I can to be attractive and yet he still does not notice me. Honestly, it's hurtful and makes me feel like I am less than a woman. How can my husband not want to have sex with me? What is wrong with me?
I'm writing this so I can try to make sense of things that have happened to me over the last few months. I hope that if I can put them down in writing then I may be able to understand why I've done the things I have. Sometimes I feel like I don't even know who I am anymore and that I have become someone else completely. I always thought I knew myself well but now I wonder who I really am.
It all started about four months ago. It was a weekday morning and I was home while my husband was at work and my daughter at school. I put the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher, picked up the house, vacuumed the floors, took a shower, and then in my fluffy bathrobe I settled down in front of the computer. I paid some bills and then went to my online account to use the chat rooms.
I know I am probably the youngest and one of the last people in the world to use online chat rooms but I started doing it when I was a teenager and then stopped for a long time before reinvestigating online conversation about eight months ago when I tried it again out of boredom.
That first day I found a chat room for people that wanted to talk about gardening and learned some good things about how to keep squirrels away from my tomatoes. The chatting was fun and I got to meet some likeminded people. I went back about once a week and got to know some of my fellow gardeners. Often I would get instant messages from men asking what I looked liked or if I wanted to go into a private room but I ignored them. Most of these men seemed predatory and only interested in me sexually, but generally everyone was harmless enough.
On the day in question about four months ago, I went to both of my two favorite online gardening rooms but found no one there that had anything interesting to chat about. I started looked looking around other rooms and eventually saw a member created room entitled "Home Alone in My Bathrobe." Chuckling to myself I clicked on the room and went inside. Almost immediately I received five or six instant messages which read, "a/s/l" (age/ sex/ location). I quickly closed the messages and ignored any other attempts by these men to garner my attention. I wondered if such an uncreative and rather crass opening salvo generally produced results for these men because it only cemented my lack of interest in them.
I found the chat room to be rather dull and left after a few moments and returned to paying bills. I minimized the browser and worked on my finances for the next ten or fifteen minutes. I then figured that I would go read a book and went to close all of my open programs.
When I started to close the Internet browser I noticed an instant message that had popped up in my absence that read, "Must be a hard life sitting around in your bathrobe."
Before I even realized that I was doing so, I typed in, "You seem to be in the chat rooms too. How productive can you be?" and sent the message.
Quickly, the words "TouchΓ©, you have put me in my place" appeared and then a smiley icon joined it.
"Just don't let it happen again. :)" I typed and sent, not knowing why I even bothered.
"I'll keep better control of myself for now on. I'm Kyle, by the way," hastily came up at the bottom of the conversion box.
"Hi Kyle. I'm Josie."
"Hi Josie. I promise I won't make any pussycat jokes. So, are you really in a bathrobe?"
"Thanks. Yep, just a bathrobe and cup of coffee this morning."
"Nothing underneath the bathrobe?" he asked. In retrospect this was the point that I should have stopped talking to him. I like to think that normally I would have but it felt good that someone was interested in what I was wearing and how I looked. It had been so long since I had interacted with anyone that cared about my body that I enjoyed the attention. Also, I told myself that it was innocent enough, what could happen by talking to someone that can't see me and knows nothing about me. So, I might flirt a little. It was harmless and good for my ego.
"I have on underwear too."
"What kind of underwear?"
"Black bikini cut underwear. No bra." I was surprised how much it excited me to type the words. My skin was suddenly flush and my body felt alive. My nipples were now stiff and rubbing against the soft fabric of my robe. I had just begun chatting with this stranger and already I was telling him such personal things. I couldn't believe that I liked talking to this man this much, but I didn't want to stop.
"You get better and better all the time. :). You sound very sexy."
"It's just a bathrobe and a pair of panties. Most women own the same." I typed not going to let him think that I appreciated the generic compliment that he undoubtedly gives to every woman he talks to online. The compliment did resonate with me though. While I knew he didn't know me, it did feel good that someone thought I was sexy and he was willing to face rejection to say so. He made me feel desirable even if I didn't want him to know it.
"Touche, again. I stand admonished. I only wanted to compliment you and tell you how sexy you are."
I flushed a little and was happy that he couldn't see me. He and I then quickly shared our basic details and I learned that he was a single, tall, brown haired, blue eyed, 32 year old man from Chicago who worked in banking. He complimented my appearance and told me that I sounded both lovely and exciting and my husband was a lucky man.
"He doesn't seem to think so," I replied much too honestly. "He doesn't notice me."
"He's not very bright then. You sound wonderful. Honestly, I wouldn't be able to stop from being all over you all the time."
"That's very sweet."
"There's nothing sweet about it. I can't pretend that I would be soft and nice to you. I would do nasty things with you."
I read and reread the sentence three times and knew I should be angry, but instead with each reading I became more and more excited. The tiny light-colored hairs on my arms were standing straight and a wave of heat passed over me. My body felt alive. My nipples had stiffened even more beneath my robe and were now rubbing against the soft downy fabric.
"Really? Why do you say that?," I answered, unsure how to respond. I knew that I should stop chatting with this man, but I didn't want to quit.
"Obviously, you're not being taken care of properly. It's a sin that a sexy woman like you is being treated that way. You should be constantly shown how desirable and appealing you are. You should be pleasured and satisfied over and over again."
"That would be nice. I wish it worked that way."