John had only just discovered his recently married wife loved another man. He now spent too much time going over his wife's emails to William, the man she had been screwing for many years.
The emails made difficult reading.
Carol eventually called down and asked "Darling, will you please come to bed."
John did as Carol suggested but couldn't get an erection. He apologised for not being able to have sex. This was the first time that he had failed to get erect. Even with some ropy prostitutes he had been able to do the dirty deed. Now anger and disappointment had rendered him temporarily impotent. This was worse since he was with the woman he had only recently married.
The big questions were "was he with a woman he really loved?" and "Had the marriage been a big mistake?". John didn't know the answers at this stage. And that ignorance was making John miserable and impotent.
Carol understood and gave John a kiss and cuddle. She felt no guilt about her relationship with William but would have preferred that John knew about it before they married.
When Carol was asleep John went downstairs, made himself a coffee and re-read the emails. He got so engrossed that he couldn't concentrate any more. He got so tired that he had to sleep. He went back upstairs and slipped in beside Carol. His wife slept soundly and hadn't noticed his absence or his return.
When Carol woke him up 4 hours later John felt like he had a hangover. He usually slept well and his body had reacted badly to the lack of sleep. He drank a full bottle of water and that made him feel a little better.
Carol said "Do you want to talk things over tonight?"
John replied "I don't think I can. I don't want to lose the plot, like Reggie did. I think I will say things in anger which won't help either of us."
PAUL ACTS AS MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR
Carol said "You look like shit, darling. Do you have a friend you can discuss this with? If you want you can let him see the emails."
John asked "Will you be willing to have a 3 way discussion with my friend Paul? I did help him in this way when his wife was unfaithful."
Carol said "If that's going to help us to weather this storm, then okay. But I have never been unfaithful to you. I want you to be quite clear about that."
And so John arranged with Paul to come over that night. John also sent the most important emails to Paul, with his wife as the only copy addressee. He also included the details about how he had met Carol, and about Reggie and William.
He also included Carol's declaration that she had never been unfaithful to him.
PAUL'S REACTION
Being an impromptu counsellor would not be an easy thing for Paul. He still had strong feelings about being cuckolded by his wife, Linda. Reading Carol's emails brought back long repressed emotions. At one point he cried.
He couldn't stop recalling that Linda had sent similar emails. Linda and Carol were pretty good at expressing the primary emotion of love and the desire for its physical manifestation.
It was the first tears that Paul had shed since he discovered Linda's treachery. Paul had often cried in the weeks after he knew he was a cuckold. That well of disappointment was still active in him.
But he owed a duty to John. He phoned Linda to say he was going to John's house and would be staying with John and Carol overnight as they had "marital problems". Linda expected marital problems, but not quite so soon.
