Is honesty the best policy? I'll let you decide.
I've been married for forty-one years; to my second wife actually. The first marriage ended when my wife found lingerie that didn't belong to her in a box in our closet.
She didn't believe me when I confessed that it was mine! I tried to explain that it was a fetish that I had before we were married. I just liked girly things. She couldn't imagine that an ex officer in the Army, a guy who played soccer in college and was a big flirt could also be, in her words, perverted!
In reality that was me! She just couldn't accept it and that was that. I decided to be honest and open with the next woman in my life and the next one after that if necessary. It wasn't worth the inevitable grief to keep things hidden.
A few months after our divorce I met Sally. Do you remember the song about the girl who sang "do wah diddy diddy dum, diddy do?" That was Sally! The original flower child; except she was three years older than me. And, she didn't actually sing that song but that is how I think of her to this day. Happy, smiling and full of life; she is fun to be with. That's why I married her but before I did I told her about my fetish.
Her eyes were as big as saucers as I explained about my failed first marriage over drinks at our favorite restaurant. Her reaction, "Are you wearing panties now?"
I blushed and said, "No, of course not!"
"Oh, sweetie, that's too bad!" She giggled, leaned over the table and whispered, "I'd kind of like to see that."
"You're not disgusted?"
"Why? Should I be?"
"No! But I was afraid you would be. I didn't want to lose you but I didn't want to be dishonest either. Helen couldn't get past it and..."
"Helen is an idiot! But remind me to thank her if I ever meet her."
"Are you ready to order?" Our waiter interrupted.
Sally put her hand on mine and squeezed. "We're just having a quick drink tonight; could we have the check please?"
As the waiter left she squeezed my hand again. "Let's go to your place and order a pizza. I'd like to see your collection."
"But...," I objected, "I don't have anything to show you."
"What? Then why did you tell me?"
"I already told you, I don't want to keep secrets."
"Then we'll just have to go to my place! I want a fashion show!"
From that evening on I tried my best to always be open and honest with Sally and she has always been understanding, accepting and honest with me too. She often would buy things for me like bikini briefs or silky boxers and when she found a source for items that were a little naughtier she bought things like "package enhancing" briefs.
Every once in a while we would have a "girls night." Sally would have some new sexy lingerie. I would shower and shave and try her newest things on. She always made a cheese plate and a hot hors d'oeuvre to enjoy as I modeled her latest purchases. She purchased a wig and had it styled to match her hairdo. When our "play date" was on a Saturday she started to do makeup for me. We began with just lipstick but eventually it included everything she used right down to the foundation.