Book 1 - Our New Beginning
Preface:
Ryan and Chris were married shortly after graduating from college. They met at a frat party and it was love at first sight. They were never apart, always laughing and funning with each other. Their friends voted them to be the couple that stayed together forever. When Ryan proposed marriage Chris didn't hesitate a moment, instead she jumped into Ryan's arms and kissed him long and hard while saying yes, yes, yes!
Ryan was always assertive both in and out of the bedroom. Oh, nothing as strong as a BDSM relationship, no whips or chains, but sometimes it got very close to that. Often Chris would taunt and tease Ryan pushing him beyond the boundaries of vanilla sex. She would playfully resist his assertiveness, but in the end she would always concede to Ryan's demands, leading to Chris finding herself pined to the bed, under Ryan's strong muscular frame, orgasms ripping through both of their bodies. This venture beyond vanilla sex drove Ryan and Chris beyond their normal orgasmic boundaries, to an extreme sexual high. Neither of them could ever get enough, always looking for ways to intensify each other's orgasms. Life was fantastic both before and after their marriage. Sex was exquisite even during pregnancy. Ryan and Chris were cautious of their unborn child but they still craved sex. Experimentation was frequent and bold, and they both found ways to please each other.
Ryan spent extra hours at work, always pushing for another promotion so he could better provide for their growing family. With Ryan putting so much effort into his career, Chris assumed a dominant role at home. This worked well for both of them at the time. Gradually they adjusted to their new life and became a typical, model family. Chris went back to work shortly after their third child was born and started her own climb up the corporate ladder. The family moved into a quiet neighborhood, in a big house and everything was grand.
Their careers advanced at a rapid pace, the kids grew up fast and Ryan and Chris were happy, except they both have become bored with their sex life. Ryan was always exhausted due to the long hours he spent at work, Chris was overburdened by work and taking the responsibility for managing their home. The kids always needed to be somewhere, and when the kids finally started college the bills became overwhelming. When they were in their late forties Chris was bored with their plain vanilla sex life and wanted a change. She pushed Ryan to become more daring with sex and once again they started experimenting with their sex lives. Ryan soon became excited with the new games and started leading Chris into new and more daring situations. This only lasted a short time and once again their sex life hit a brick wall. Ryan was not adjusting well to a micro-managing boss and that stress along with his age caused him to have erection issues. Chris started menopause. She also got a supervisory promotion at work that forced her to become dominant at work. She was overwhelmed both at work and at home. She hated being dominant. She hated having hot flashes. She gave up on sex. She gave up on Ryan. She was just miserable and after three years she couldn't take it any longer. She told Ryan to move his things out of her bedroom.
Ryan moved into the studio apartment over their garage and lived there for nine months until one night he had enough and snapped. That's the night both of their lives would change forever.
Chapter 1
I sat in a ratty dive bar a few blocks off the river and stared into the bottom of my empty glass. It was a little before midnight and I was talking to the stranger in my head, at least I thought I was. I must have been mumbling out loud. The bartender came to refill my glass. "Wife problems?"
I grinned at him as he poured me another drink. "It's that obvious?"
There was no expression on his hollow face "You were mumbling something about how the hell did you get here? Not physically here, not at this bar, but at this point in your life."
"Oh. I'm sorry." He must have heard this a million times because he guessed almost everything.
The bartender poured himself a shot and said "It's always the same. A guy in his early fifties, you probably work in some high rise office, married to a once beautiful, sexy woman, with a couple of great kids, and you live in a nice house. But now you've been booted out, to some rat hole apartment?"
"Close. I got booted to the "Mother-in Law" unit. It's a studio apartment over the garage in our back yard. It's been, let's see, nine months now since she told me to move my things out. We haven't been doing great in a long time but I thought things were OK between us." I drained my glass and he poured me another whiskey.
I continued "Where was I? Oh yes. Chris, my wife, is in her early fifties, works in a high rise on the other side of town. She used to adore her very handsome husband. Ok maybe I'm not that handsome but I always provided a good life for her and the kids. Then almost four years ago she started menopause. She says she loves me but she's just so bitchy most of the time, asking me to be "patient" with her."
He listened patiently as I continued. "I've been over this a million times. It still comes down to me not sharing a bed, house or life with my wife." He was about to say something but I cut him off. "I know what you're thinking and no, she's not seeing anybody else. I've got a way to track her car and I've followed her. Several times when she was gone at unusual times or for long periods I thought I'd catch her cheating. But she was either with her sister or her girlfriends. I even checked out her co-workers, but I found nothing. I had a buddy install a hidden, remote control security camera in her bedroom and she's never had anybody in her bedroom." I took a long, slow sip of my whiskey and smiled "I did get some very good, totally candid, masturbation scenes of her so I added a few more hidden cameras." We both laughed.
I swallowed the last of my drink and motioned for the bartender to pour me another. "At least you got something out of the deal." The bar was almost empty and the bartender must have been board to want to listen to me babble on.
I don't know why I told him Chris masturbated. When I did the pit of my stomach got all twisted up with excitement. I went on with the story, telling the bartender everything. "We were always very sexually active and right before she started menopause she told me she was bored with our vanilla sex lifestyle. She started reading really trashy novels, the kind with wild fuck scenes in them. She pushed me into role playing and experimenting with our sex life. We tried some light bondage, me spanking her, I would tell her what to do, we tried public foreplay and she would even expose herself in public. She hated when I made her do those things in public, but she always got so fucking hot I couldn't stop myself. Whenever she would be submissive and would have me tie her up or when I made her show herself in public we always ended up with us groping and kissing each other deeply. I would have to force her to have foreplay and kiss when we were still in public, but she got even hotter. Then we'd rush home, I'd bind her wrists and fuck her till she moaned and screamed. It was some of the greatest sex of our lives. And it wasn't just the sex. Those were some of the greatest times we spent together. We went on long walks or to the movies. We went to early morning coffee on Sunday and just talked. We sat at home on the sofa holding hands or snuggled in each other's arms watching mindless TV. It was as good as when we started dating in college."
"Then, SMACK! It was like being hit upside my head. She started giving me, "I'm having a hot flash. Don't touch me." It felt like our married life had ended. It just all stopped. All the hand holding, all the spending time together, all of the talking with each other was just over. It took three years of not having a relationship, coupled with three years of dull, infrequent, and plainer than vanilla sex. Then she asked me, no she told me to move my stuff out of HER bedroom. It had nothing to do with infidelity or money. It had nothing to do with anything, except her turning into the biggest bitch on the planet. Oh I still eat dinner and spend time with the family when the kids are around. But at 17, 21 and 25 they don't see us very often. They're always busy with their lives and I know soon enough they'll all be out of the house for good. So I take my time with them whenever I can get it. But when they're gone, or in their rooms I leave and go to the gym, the bar or my little piece of shit studio apartment."
The bartender got another beer for the drunk at the other end of the bar. When he returned he was polishing a glass and just stood in front of me, waiting for me to continue. "Some time ago, Chris got her own checking account, so I did too. We split our accounts and split the bills. She didn't figure that I'd split the family bills equally. She thought I'd pay all the family bills and all my personal bills. She never figured that I'd stop paying for her hair and nails, clothes or dinners out with her friends."
"She threw a fit and tried to tell me I had to pay at least part of her personal bills because I made more money than she did. She thought that meant I have to pay more of the family bills. WRONG! I went to my apartment, and left her to figure out her own bills. Then she had the nerve to come and barge into my apartment, MY APARTMENT and demand more money to "maintain her lifestyle." Can you believe she had the audacity to tell me the sofa was in the wrong spot, my desk was a mess and it smelled earthy, like old wood? Actually it just didn't smell like roses. You know that scented spray that women like to use all over the house. I hate that shit."