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Prelude:
In the first part of this story, I had reluctantly given my wife, Janice, permission to have sex with an old high school classmate of hers. I had hoped it would put some excitement into our sex lives. It did at first, but read on.
My Turn:
It had been four months since Janice had had her initial sexual encounter with Mike. He had been back in town three times since, and each time Janice had spent more time with him at his hotel, she even stayed overnight the third time. Each time she seemed to have enjoyed it more than the last.
The second meeting lasted twice as long as the first and she returned even more radiant. I asked her what they did and she sort of brushed me off by saying, "You know, about the same as the first time." She didn't want to talk about it any further. We didn't even have sex as we did the first time. I was a little turned on because of the thought of her having sex with another man, but it was not nearly as intense as the first time. Then, when she brushed me off, I lost all thoughts of fucking her. I thought she might expect, or want, to have sex with me, but instead she said she was very tired and needed to get some sleep.
We still had sex on occasion, but it had gotten to the point where she seemed to be going through the motions. It was always at my urging, she never initiated it. She also came up with more headaches than ever before, but not on the days that she saw Mike.
Janice's extra-marital sex had not had the desired effect. Not only was our sex life unimproved by her dalliances, it was definitely much worse than it was before Mike entered the picture. I no longer found this situation exciting or erotic. I was much more hurt than I thought possible. Each time that she informed me when she was going, I cringed at her anticipatory excitement. I no longer asked her for the details when she returned, and she didn't volunteer any information.
I was really hurting. I was jealous. I felt like I had lost her. She was still a good wife and mother, but she was not interested in me as a sex partner. She very definitely preferred Mike to me in bed. It was a tremendous blow to my ego. I got to the point where I couldn't take it any more. Our marriage was in serious jeopardy.
I finally sat her down for a discussion one evening after the kids were in bed. I needed to know where I stood and where she thought our marriage was headed. I didn't pull any punches. "You must be aware that you're putting a serious strain on our marriage. It's so obvious that you prefer sex with Mike over me. Could you please try to explain why you're doing this?" I blurted out.
Janice was not at all surprised. She paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you absolutely sure you want me to answer that question?"
"Of course I do."
"You know that I won't lie. I'll just tell you what I feel."
"That's what I'm asking for, an honest answer."
"OK, here goes. Even though I knew that you'd be asking this question sooner or later, it doesn't make it any easier to answer. I know that I've already hurt you deeply, so, hopefully, what I am about to say won't make it any worse. First let me say that you and Mike are total opposites. You're a handsome guy and a wonderful person. You aren't the least bit egotistical. Mike is overly fond of himself. He's an egotistical bore, and even though he's attractive, he's not what you can consider handsome. I don't really like him as a person. Therefore, I could never love him. What I have with him is purely sex - lust if you will."
She paused, then went on, "You, I love very much. However, sex with you has become unimaginative, sort of mundane. You've always treated me as an equal, which is the way I want to be treated as a person. However, I seem to have had a deep-seated desire to be somewhat submissive in sex. You've never been very forceful. Mike is just the opposite. There is no question that he's in control of our love-making, and I find that I like it that way. Mike has forced me to let my hair down and be totally uninhibited. I had not realized how sexually inhibited I really was, until I started seeing him."
She paused again, then went on, "I still love you very much and I'm scared stiff that our marriage is in jeopardy. I don't want us to split up. I need you as a husband, friend, father, and provider. You're great in those roles. However, I also need the sexual release that Mike provides. I'm caught in between. I know that I've not been myself lately. It's because of my guilt. I feel tremendously guilty about the situation with Mike, but I just can't seem to help myself. I have sexual needs that you've been unable to satisfy, and Mike does. It's not really your fault."
Another pause, then, "Prior to our last meeting, I had made up my mind to not see him any more because of what it was doing to you and our marriage. When he called, the animal in me surfaced, I got so aroused and excited that I just couldn't resist."
I sat there in silence for several minutes, absorbing what Janice had just said. It wasn't what I wanted to hear, but of course she did warn me. As much as I dreaded her words, I had to admire her complete honesty. At least that was still in tact between us.
Janice had tears in her eyes. I could now see the torment, the conflict that she was experiencing. However, it did nothing to soothe my feelings. "I did love you very deeply, but I can't continue to live like this for very much longer. It's impossible for you to love me as you say you do and continue to hurt me. You're behaving like a slut. I don't think I can live with that. If you really are a slut, you probably can't help yourself and our marriage is over. If you're not, you'll control your lust and stop seeing Mike."
She was visibly shaken with my assessment of her behavior. She thought for a moment, decided not to respond, got up and started to walk away.
I managed to catch her by the arm and told her, "Before you leave, I have a few more things to say."
She stopped, turned around, and prepared to hear me out.
"You're apparently confusing love with comfort. You find life with me comfortable and you're afraid of losing that comfort. I now must question my love for you, since you obviously don't love me the way I want you to. Love isn't a one way street. Since you're mainly interested in satisfying your own lust, I'll try to find another partner to satisfy mine."
She looked a bit shocked and tears started to form again. "I'll take no immediate action to break up our marriage, but if I do find someone else who satisfies all of my sexual and emotional needs, I'll probably be seeking a divorce."
She sobbed freely with that bit of news. I let go of her hand and she left the room.
I don't know what she expected from me. I wish that I had known that she didn't want to be treated as an equal in bed. Is it too late now?
The next time Mike was in town, Janice tried to keep their meeting a secret. She told me nothing ahead of time, but when she didn't come home until the next morning, there wasn't much doubt about where she had been. She had said that she just couldn't help herself.
I was having a great deal of difficulty trying to sort things out in my mind. The solutions to our problems weren't coming to me. I was very close to calling our marriage off. One part of me wanted to throw her out on her ass, another part remembered all of the good times we've had together. I had told her that I would take no immediate action to break up our marriage, and I didn't.