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Janice and I had been married for about 10 years. My name is Bill, and from my perspective, we had a solid, happy marriage. We had never had any serious problems, and were very much in love with one another. She was, and still is, a beautiful, intelligent, interesting woman, and I considered myself very lucky to have her for my wife. She was a great mother to our two children.
Our sex life had become very predictable and boring, which is probably true of most married couples after the first several years of marriage. We engaged in sex very infrequently and when we did, it lacked something - pizzazz! We seemed to do the same things over and over - very boring. Even so, I had never had an affair and I'm sure that she hadn't, either. Other women had looked tempting to me from time to time, but I had not had a serious interest in them - only the normal male curiosity. One of the strengths of our marriage was that we had always been very open and honest with each other.
One evening after the kids were in bed, Janice snuggled up to me on the couch and started the conversation that shocked me to my inner core. I guess I'm a bit Victorian when it comes to sex. That's why I was so shocked. But wouldn't you be? Let me explain.
She proceeded to tell me that she ran into her old high school boyfriend, Mike, downtown that day. She hadn't seen him since the day they graduated some 15 years ago. Although she had told me a little about Mike before, I had never known the extent of their romance. This chance meeting was unusual since we currently live over a thousand miles from where she and Mike had grown up.
She told me that he was glowing in his compliments on her appearance, and told her that the years had been good to her. She was embarrassed and very flattered by this, since she hadn't ever considered herself to be a beautiful woman, which she is. She wasn't always beautiful. She was what one might refer to as a late bloomer. She was attractive, but a bit too skinny back in high school. Maybe that was why Mike was so effusive in his compliments. She said that he looked to be in pretty good shape as well. He was married with three children and in town on business for a few days. They had spoken for a few minutes and then he invited her to lunch. Since it was around noon, and she was hungry, she accepted his invitation. They discussed old times and one thing led to another. He eventually asked her over to his hotel room to finish what they started back in high school.
She said that they had never gone all the way, but had gotten into some heavy petting once or twice. She can remember the one time when they were parked at the local lovers lane. He got her to climax with his finger and she stroked him off. She chuckled and said that the back seat of his father's car got to be pretty messy. She probably would have let him go all the way that night, but he didn't push it. They broke up shortly after that and went their separate ways. Now I wasn't totally surprised that a guy was hitting on my wife, but I was surprised at what came out of her mouth next.
She said that seeing him again got her to thinking about that night and what could have been. She could have lost her cherry in the back seat of his father's car instead of to me a few years later. It got her aroused. It was the first time another man had gotten her aroused in a sexual way since we met. Then, when he invited her up to his room, she got even more aroused at the prospect of having sex with him. She said that she was very tempted to go right then, but couldn't bring herself to cheat on me. She told him that, and left him disappointed at the restaurant. She could sense that he too was aroused, and was really dejected when she turned him down.
I felt very reassured at that point, but then she dropped the bomb. She asked if it would be OK with me if she did go to his hotel room and have sex with him. Now that really shook me. My wife was asking me to give her permission to have sex with another guy! My first response was, "No way in Hell!"
Janice said that my reaction didn't surprise her, and pointed out that she could have gone without telling me about it. She clarified that by saying that even though she could have gone, she didn't, and wouldn't go without my knowledge. She also stated that she would abide by my decision, whatever it may be. She would never go behind my back. "My love and respect for you is too strong," she said. She stated that we have a solid marriage and she was too deeply in love with me to go behind my back. This affair would be merely to satisfy her sexual curiosity.
Since she had never had sex with any other man, she was very curious as to what it would be like. She argued that it might even improve our sex life, which, she added, had gotten pretty boring in recent years. 'It might help hers,' I thought, 'but what about mine?' Actually I was getting aroused at the gist of this conversation. The thought of my wife shacking up with another guy, Whoa! My arousal was a bit surprising to me because of my puritan-like attitudes. Could Janice's sexual romp with another guy really help me too?
She went on to point out that sex and love are two separate things, and that we should understand and accept that. There was no chance of her falling for this guy; she merely wanted to satisfy a physical desire and a curiosity. Besides that, she said that if the situation were reversed, she would be only too happy to accommodate my request, just to please me. She said that she was very secure in our marriage and thought that I was too. If I really was as secure as she, I should not have a problem with her request.
I told her that I appreciated her honesty and that I needed some time to think about it. This was a heavy load to drop on me all of a sudden. She asked that I not take too long since Mike will only be in town for a day or two more. 'That took nerve,' I thought. 'Asking me to give my permission, then giving me a sense of urgency.' Anyway, I told her that I would let her know in the morning. She smiled and kissed me on the cheek.
I didn't sleep much that night. If I truly loved her, I would honor her request and allow her to enjoy herself. But then again, if she truly loved me, she wouldn't even want to do something like this. Would she?