Hi, it's me again. Cathy. I have to tell you about the last time our coffee club got together after I give you some background about our group. Our group got together initially to talk about church-related items, but evolved into talking about our homes, our families, our histories and our plans. Occasionally the conversation would innocently wander into topics related to sex, relationships before our marriages and relationships with our spouses. One of our group, Pat, was divorced and told us hair-raising stories about her experiences with various men. Although we were all faithful to our men in the strict sense of the word, I'm sure Pat's stories fueled everyone's imagination as much as it did mine. As we continued to meet together, the topic of conversation turned more and more quickly to matters involving sex, and it emerged that we were a bunch of horny, sexy, repressed, middle-aged women obsessed by thoughts of sex.
Although we talk about being turned on, our last get-together was the first time that any of us brought up the taboo topic of masturbation. After reluctantly admitting that we all did it, we began to tentatively discuss where, how, and how often. It was terribly embarrassing, but exciting at the same time. Curiosity turned out to be stronger than embarrassment, so each of us had to give up little tidbits in order to learn more about the others, and we were soon all flushed and squirming in our chairs. Then Martha (the most uptight member of our group) surprised us all by admitted to using toys. Sex toys. She reluctantly explained how she came to own a little device called a "pocket rocket."
"I don't know what got into Bud," she told us, "but he decided one day that he wanted to try to spice up our sex life. I mean, I don't know what his complaint was – I'm willing to spread myself almost any time he wants it – but somehow he thought that if he bought this thing then somehow it would make us want to do it more. So I said, 'Sure, Bud. Knock yourself out.' He went off and got on the internet and next thing you know, here's a package in the mail from some outfit called "Wet World Devices". He was red as a beet while we opened the package, and inside was a bubble package with stars and lusty-looking women printed on it and inside is this little plastic thing that looked like a kid's flashlight. It was made out of cheap pink plastic and took two AA batteries.
"I said, 'My God, Bud. What did you pay for that thing?'
"He mumbled something.
"I said, 'What?'
"Do you want to know what he paid? Twenty-six dollars – twenty bucks plus the shipping. I could have bought the same thing at the dollar store if they sold that sort of thing at the dollar store. 'Bud,' I said, 'you got took again.'
"He looked so pathetic standing there, looking down, red faced, and he just kept turning it over in his hands dejectedly, looking like Jack who brought home the beans, so I felt sorry for him and said, 'It's OK, Bud. Why don't you get some batteries and we'll see if it even works.' Well, we put some batteries in and figured out how to slide this ridiculous-looking plastic thing over the top – it had rubbery knobs and little things that looked like pearls stuck on it -- it wasn't like a penis at all, unless it was a penis that had some sort of horrible disfiguring skin disease. We went to the bedroom – this was the middle of the afternoon -- and it was really weird. It wasn't romantic at all. He just gave me a little peck and I got undressed and... " She paused. "This is too embarrassing."
"What did you do?" "Tell us." "Come on. It's just us," we coaxed.
"OK. Well, I took all my clothes off, pulled down the covers, lay down on the bed, and spread my legs. It was like a trip to the doctor's office. Bud sat between my legs and experimented with turning the thing on and off. It made a very mechanical buzz, and you could feel it vibrating in your hand if you held it.
"That's why they call it a vibrator, honey,' Pat interrupted.
Martha ignored this and continued. "Bud said, 'I've never used one of these things.'
"'Well, I certainly haven't either,' I informed him, in no uncertain terms.
"'What I mean is, you'll have to tell me what feels good.'
"'Uh, OK. Try something. Try putting it near my clitoris.' So he just put it right on top of the clit and pushed. I hollered and jumped; it felt like I'd stuck my finger in a light socket.
"'Oh. SORRY!' he exclaimed wide-eyed. He looked as if he'd just cut my finger off.
"'Better let me see that.' I took it from him, and sort of moved it around my vagina lips holding it gently. "That's kind of nice,' I said, and explored a bit more. I moved it up closer to my clit without actually touching it, pushing against the spot between my clitoris and the opening of my vagina. 'Oh, yeah. That's nice. Oh, my goodness yes. Hold it right there.' Oowee! It *was* nice, too.
"Bud held it where I told him for a few seconds, but then he started to fool around with it again. He spread me open with his fingers and started to try to cram it inside me. 'No!' I demanded. 'Put it back where it was! Now! Leave it there!!!' Honestly, he's the one who's always telling me down in the shop, 'Let the tool do the work.' So I said that to him. 'Let the tool do the work!'
"I don't think he liked that much, because I think he thought he should be doing something. If I didn't need him, well... come to think of it, that's the whole idea isn't it?
"I swear, it only seemed to take about fifteen or twenty seconds of that when POW! It was like getting kicked by a horse! I let out a cry and my whole body flinched as this big orgasm just sort of came out of the middle of nowhere and smacked me. I went stiff and then collapsed, slapping his hand away."
"Bud and I didn't use it much together after that. I put it in my nightstand, and I think he thought it was a big failure, like an experiment that didn't work. But more mornings than not, after Bud had left for work, I'd go back to bed and get under the covers, and get out my new little toy. I started to get pretty good with it, too. I could tell when I was getting close and then move it away, and sort of move it around myself, teasing myself with it. It felt good on my nipples and butt, too. I'd get good and built up and then put it right on the sweet spot and finish myself off. It was fantastic! If I'd known it was as good as this I would have gotten one a long time ago.
"I didn't want Bud to know about this, though – I don't think his ego could take the idea that a dollar store flashlight was as good in bed as him -- so I kept it a secret. I think it was the best twenty-six dollars he ever spent, though. I would have wanted to buy some other toys, too, but I was too embarrassed to do it.
"The only bad time was when I took it with me on an overnight flight to Phoenix on church business, you know, planning to get rid of some of the tension when I got back to the hotel room. It was a short trip, so all I took was carry-on. I figured it would just look like a flashlight or something like that on the x-ray machine, so it should have been all right, don't you think? Well, my bag went through the x-ray machine just fine, but when it slid down to the end of the track, some moron businessman in a hurry grabbed his laptop and banged it into my bag. What would you know but the damned thing started up all by itself down in the middle of my bag. It was sitting next to a bottle of shampoo, which amplified it, and my bag started making a loud buzzing, rattling, grinding sound all by itself.
"This guy in uniform said, "Step away from the bag, ma'am," and motioned with his arm for assistance. About four guys in uniform gathered around the bag, and he said, 'Ma'am, we're going to have to examine the contents of your bag. Can you describe the item that is making the sound I hear?'
"I was so embarrassed, I could have died right there on the spot. I'm sure my face was bright red as I said, 'It's just this thing I use. It's for... It's for... stirring drinks.'
"'Stirring drinks... OK.' He glanced at the guy next to him, who was smirking, and when they made eye contact, they both immediately burst out silently in laughter. One turned to look the other way. My guy was actually a nice guy -- sort of good looking too -- and when he regained control of himself he led me over to a table where we could go through the bag without everyone watching. A few of the other passengers must have caught on too, because I heard several people chuckling and whispering to each other. When we found the vibrator, I turned it off. He told me, 'You know, when I go camping, with my flashlight, I usually turn one of the two batteries backwards so it can't accidentally turn itself on. Then when I'm ready to use it, I turn the battery back around. You can even do it in the dark without too much trouble.'
"'Thanks for the tip,' I whispered, and almost ran away."
"You poor thing." "That must have been mortifying." "Poor Martha," we all said.
I took a moment to gather my courage, and said, "I've had a worse experience with something like that turning on when I didn't want it to. Do you want to hear it?"
"Yes." "Please." "Tell us."