After several years of marriage, sometimes the sex gets left out of life. Sometimes it needs a jump-start to get back into gear and make things new again. All by myself I figured this out, and all by myself, I came up with a silly idea that I hoped would work. We have been together five years, and maybe this was our wake-up call saying that should do something different a little more often.
All night Wednesday I ran through scenarios in my head, trying to come up with the 'perfect' plan. Karen and I usually spend a few hours apart every evening, and today was no exception. By the time she came out to the living room to watch our recorded shows together, one plan stuck in my head. Between watching the show and talking about our days, I worked out what details I could without seeming to be distant.
My alarm woke me up an hour earlier than usual, and I jumped out of bed, the thought still fresh in my mind. Armed with a large cup of coffee, I sat in the living room at the computer, browsing a few select websites. After a quick search of free providers, I made two new email accounts with Hushmail's service, making accounts no one would associate either of us. One email address for Karen (now 'Mistress Gina'), and one for me ('Mister B').
From my new email account, I sent a simple message to Gina's saying it was from her 'boyfriend' and that everything to follow was all to stay secret. With only a few minutes to think about what kind of naughtiness to put on Craigslist, I made a new 'woman seeking man' post, playing off of what she had told me at one time was on her sexual bucket list.
Good morning husbands of the metro area, I would love to meet one of you, with the express intent of making each other happy during lunch this Friday. My pleasure will be making you happy, as long as you make me happy. We don't even have to know each other's names.
Me: Old enough to know better, young enough to not care. Happily married, but looking for a few casual dates with the right man. I've got good looks, an average body, and I've been told my boobs are awesome. You: About the same age as me. Happily married, but looking for a few dates with the right woman. Good looks, average body, and been told you know your way around a woman's body.
Send me an email telling me what you would like, I'd love to hear back from you. Do not send pictures, I know what guys look like. Any attachments will get your email deleted.
Reading it again after it went live to the world, I thought it sounded cheesy, but it was only for Karen and me so I could care less what the world thought of it. I emailed her a link to that hookup post, as well as a slightly dirty email describing what I would do to her during this requested lunchtime hookup. Disabling my computer's screen-saver, I left my new inbox open, knowing she would see it on her way down the hall. On her laptop in the kitchen, I logged in to her Hushmail account and left the page open, knowing she had to see it.
Now that the opening moves of my plan were in place, I got ready for work, hoping I was doing the right thing. I had the oddest mix of nervousness and excitement all day, the whole time wondering why Karen never contacted me. She usually at least texts or calls a few times, so her silence worried me. During lunch I had a 'duh' moment and remembered that I could also check the email accounts on my phone.
Starting with Karen's 'Gina' account, I was shocked to see only one message in her inbox. The one from me. I was shocked to see such a low number, knowing how many perverts are always searching that site. On a hunch, I looked through the other folders, laughing when I saw there were over fifty in the trash. There were all kinds of replies, and about half of them had attachments. There were many pictures of full-body shots of men, both dressed and various states of undress, and surprisingly enough a few topless pictures of women. The guys' emails were mostly kind of creepy, but there were a few things that gave me some inspiration to try with Karen. The emails that had women's pictures were from guys asking for a three-way, and I must admit I spent too much time considering those, but I knew I had to get back on task. Switching to my new account, I wasn't surprised to see only one email. From my Karen, I mean Mistress Gina.
She said:
That's an awesome idea, Mister B. We need to be careful though, I can't let my husband find out, and obviously don't let your wife know. That aside, hell yes I will meet you tomorrow for lunch. I will book at room at Shady Resorts on I-82. We can't stay too long though, my husband is expecting me home around 2PM. Just knock on the door, I will be ready. 12:30 sharp, don't be late. Tell me what you need me to do. xoxoxo, Mistress Gina
My heart pounding, I sent a reply:
Perfect, I will be there. You need to leave the curtains open, with the door slightly ajar. Don't latch it, there will be no knocking, I will just come in. You will wear only an over-sized button-down shirt, mostly closed but not buttoned. You will be laying on your back in the bed waiting for me. Leave a towel draped over your face so you can't see me come in. Your iPod will be playing, the headphones will be over your ears, playing loud enough for me to hear it when I walk in. Whatever you do, do NOT remove the towel from your face. Period. Bring a toy. Tape index cards on the window in the shape of a heart so I know which room to enter. MrB
After sending that reply my heart was pounding, the pictures my mind was drawing distracted me from finishing my food. Once my awkwardly painful erection had mostly faded, I was able to head back to my office without walking funny, but the thoughts stayed with me. Karen was all I could think about now, and I thought I would be lucky to make it through the rest of the day without screwing things up bad enough to get fired. To help with that, a co-worker agreed to take over my spot on the sales floor when I said I needed to focus on getting a paperwork project done for our manager.
When I got home, I did everything in my power to act like nothing out of the ordinary was happening. Even though Karen didn't mention anything about the emails or our plans, she 'accidentally' let me see her laptop screen showing the email account before quickly switching back to the game she was playing. It looked like this secrecy thing was going to work out after all! For the rest of the day, everything went as it usually did. The normal chit-chat, the talk of everyday life continued. Neither of us gave the other one a clue as to what dirty thought were going on behind the scenes. I thought it was kind of funny though, this whole invisible second identity thing. Karen and I were married, but there was now a hidden side to us, a budding boyfriend/girlfriend thing that was starting. Maybe we should work on the dating/lover thing as much as we work on the married part?
The next morning at work was just as bad as before. A used car dealership in a dime-a-dozen suburbia town doesn't get all that many customers, but there's always a few people wandering around. Since today I was better able to contain my thoughts, I stayed on the floor to greet and schmooze the customers. There must have been an extra bounce in my step or some invisible force projecting from me today since I closed two sales by lunch. Both were women shopping by themselves, and I could swear they even flirted with me a little. Maybe my impending lunch date had my pheromones raging, but whatever it was, it was working like a champ. If the financing side went through, this would be my personal record. Luckily, the last round of paperwork was finished at 12:00 on the dot, and my whole body was trembling in anxiousness. My leg and foot were bouncing nervously every time I paused, my eyes straying to the clock ever few seconds, counting down to when I could leave. I had a very important appointment to keep, there's no way I could be late for this.
Finally clocking out, I snagged a temp dealer plate to cover the BMW I was 'test driving'. I was almost running to the car by the time I went through the doors, I had to get the hell outta dodge. The traffic gods smiled on me today, turning every stoplight on my route to green. Just for me! At 12:24 I pulled into the hotel's parking lot and had my pick of about twenty spots out near the far end of the lot. Backing in to the spot, I saw the time click over to 12:25. Grabbing the binoculars I had brought for just this trip, I scanned the windows until I found the room Karen had rented. It was #301. Third floor, first door off of the stairs. I could barely see into the room from here, but there was enough to see that she had followed my orders so far. The open curtains showed a pink heart made from paper stuck to the window.
Tossing the binos into the passenger seat, I ran for the building, suddenly worried about the time. Pausing on the third floor stairwell, I caught my breath before heading down to the walkway. Two maintenance guys walked by me as I walked through the door and my heart jumped into my chest. They were only feet from our room, and with the curtains open, I could see from the walkway that Karen was showing a lot of skin. They were oblivious, not even slowing down or looking into the room as they walked by #301.