Gary:
My name is Gary Smith and this story involves my wife Luisa and her best female friend Penny, myself and Penny's husband, Darren.
Something happened a few weeks ago to endanger our marriage, as a consequence I have asked Luisa to tell all our friends, family, work colleagues and anyone else in our joint contacts exactly what happened and more importantly what we did to save the situation as couples.
When I told my wife I wanted her to tell everyone we know what happened at first she wasn't happy, saying she didn't want to tell the world or write anything and put it in the public domain, it would be embarrassing for us.
I admit it would be embarrassing for her and Penny, yes its a bit harsh but I don't want any misunderstandings between our mutual friends and family and work colleagues, there are already rumours about Luisa and Penny.
However, Luisa has written the email the "confession"/ "announcement"/ "story" with the help of her friend Penny, Penny and her husband are with us in the house Darren agrees with my solution but Penny realises it could be embarrassing for her as well as her husband, but she understands it.
We are currently sitting in our office/spare room. Luisa, is poised to click the send button on the computer, the button will send an email to my family, my wife's family, our friends, even our work colleagues. We both estimate there are 100 contacts in our shared email account.
If my wife of 20 years clicks that button all those people will know exactly what she did and how she endangered our marriage.
"Luisa, this is a tough choice, I know this. But honestly its the only way I can see where everyone will know exactly what happened. And there will be no misunderstandings." I said to Luisa in a conciliatory tone.
I took hold of her other hand she smiled ironically, "How bad can it be? Gary, I know I fucked up and I know you have lost some trust in me. But if this helps you recover some of that trust I will do this."
She clicked the button. Luisa had copied all our contacts into the email. The calls and texts should start in about 5 minutes.
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(What followers is the text of the email my wife has just sent.)
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Luisa:
(Okay, here goes, this is what happened on a night out involving myself and my best friend Penny. Everyone reading this email knows me and knows my husband, a few will also know the arsehole who almost succeeded in breaking up my marriage.
However, in case anyone doesn't know me or the circumstances of a couple of days ago I shall explain who I am and the background to this event. But first a little background on my husband and myself, yes I know our families will already know our background but some of you might not.
My name is Luisa Smith, my husband and I have been married for 20 years. We don't have any children by choice. We are both 45, we met in a pub in Oxford, some drunk idiot was trying to chat me and my friends up, we were not interested.
There was a young man, my age who caught my attention he had long black hair he was slim and he looked pale, he wore a black T shirt with an image of a band called the Sisters of Mercy on the front and black jeans and heavy Dr Martin boots and a long black trench coat, he was a Goth, and he was sitting opposite us quietly drinking Cider and reading a book, I kept looking at him and he shyly looked back at me.
I was wearing a mini dress made of leather, yes the pub was a rock pub, and I was and still am a rock chick, and almost anything goes as long as its not smart or casual clothing, in the pub. It could get rough some nights but generally it was a good atmosphere.
This particular evening there was one very drunk idiot who was trying to talk to me he was starting to really annoy me and my friends. It got to the point where he was leaning over me staring at my chest and my prominent breasts.
I will admit the dress was tight and revealing. But it was conservative compared to how some of the other women in the pub were dressed. The dress was high up my thighs and very low cut.
It was the fashion of the time, a 20 year old women like me could walk into a rock pub like this one and not be hit on or bothered by stupid young trendy or chav boys as they used to be called.
So back then, 20 odd years ago I was tall, slim with slightly bigger than average breasts, and long black hair, I have a dark complexion due to my Mexican heritage. My mother is Mexican my father English.
Yes I got hit on by men and some women. Yes I did have several boyfriends in college, I had my fair share of dates, but no one ever came close to winning my heart, yes I had sex with a few of them and yes it was okay, but it didn't ever become really good until I met my future husband Gary, the legal age in the UK is 16, and I admit between the ages of 16 and 18 years I did play the field.
Gary has never asked me about past boyfriends and I have never asked about his girlfriends, I'm not interested. When we first started dating we were exclusive and have been ever since.
Anyway this idiot kept leaning over me and was trying to be charming but he was anything but. It was at that the point, the Goth, Gary, stood up and came up behind the idiot.
"Leave the ladies alone, they are not interested in you."
He said this calmly and quietly so as not to draw attention to us. Stupidly the idiot turned around and said in a loud drunk voice, "Fuck off Gary, I can talk to any woman I want."
At which point the pub went quiet. Gary then grabbed the man by his collar and threw him face first against a wall. He then turned to me and said,
"Sorry, I don't know your name, I'm Gary."
"I'm Luisa, nice to meet you Gary." I said with a smile.
"Likewise, Luisa, what would you like me to do to this piece of shit?" he said still pressing the drunk against the wall.
"Gary, it doesn't matter really just make sure he isn't near me, but you however can buy me a drink and come and sit with me." My friends smiled and made room for him.
He marched the drunk to the door and threw him out. Gary then came and sat next to me and we started talking about music, beer, books and life.