Part 1
So the first time my wife and I "swung", it occurred while on a beach trip with another married couple, way back before any of us had kids and had really settled into our 'adult' lives.
I must've been about twenty seven or twenty eight, so my wife Cel would have been about twenty five or twenty six. We had been together for about four years and married just under a year. We had a great relationship together and still do, to be honest.
I was working at the second of my after-college professional office jobs, and had become buddies with a co-worker named Brian. He was a relatively good looking guy and so was I and we both liked to stay in shape at the company's rec center. We would sometimes cross paths there as well as around the office. We were the youngest guys in the office and were both recently married, so we eventually started sharing random jokes and one-liners if we saw each other at the water cooler or at the gym or whatever. After awhile we realized we actually had the same sense of humor and would quote all the same bad comedy movies throughout the work day whenever we'd cross paths or sought the other out to joke around.
Cel and I were relatively new to the city, as we had moved there for my job. We didn't have any friends there, especially not couple friends, and eventually Brian invited Cel and I out on a double date with he and his wife, Jacky. From my anecdotes and descriptions he figured they would get along, so we all went out, and it worked pretty well.
Both wives were what I would consider "basic": into Pinterest, social media, Starbucks, Target, etc. They also hit it off, becoming quick friends.
Let me describe the girls: they are both attractive women and at the time had similar long hairstyles, although Jacky was blonde and Cel is brunette. Jacky is more athletic looking, with bigger breasts, a bit shorter, and a little lighter skin tone. She tended to dress sort of provocatively and wear a little more makeup while Cel is more conservative. Cel has a bit more of an pear figure, with smaller breasts, a slightly bigger butt and thighs, and a darker skin tone.
Personality-wise, Jacky is more outgoing than Cel, but they are both very sweet and fun to be around. Jacky works in some sort of promotions/ marketing and has a very 'in-your-face' personality. I know she did pageants when she was young and also cheerleading and still had that go-go-go party girl thing going on. It would always be Jacky egging Cel on to get her to go out to a random concert, or go out for a drink and have (shocker) more than one glass of wine. When they were together it was usually Jacky coming up with fun ideas and then talking Cel into them.
Brian was a very silly person and was constantly making jokes. I'm the same way and as we are both guys, the jokes are mostly somehow sexual in nature, at least tangentially. This is just the way we'd talk, but I did notice he'd sometimes throw in jokes about swinging here and there, or little insinuations or suggestions like: "Hey maybe up here you go to the left with Jacky and I'll go to the right with Cel, who knows what might happen, right?" And then he'd couple it with a sly wink. He'd always feign humor, though, and I would just laugh along.
It was never anything serious, but it did get me thinking: I mean, I didn't think I'd ever do it myself, but it was nice to see someone else who seemed open minded about sex. Also, his wife was smoking hot! The thought of fooling around with Jacky always turned me on. She had these great breasts and would always wear low cut shirts to show them off. Just thinking about those getting a hold of those jugs had fueled some hot sex with Cel.
The swinging stuff was always mentioned as sort of a joke until one time when we were shooting free-throws in the gym, and he outright told me he and Jacky had an open relationship.
"Are you kidding me?? How did you work that one out??" I was shocked and very interested.
"It just sort of happened, we were joking around about having a list of people we'd like to sleep with, a Hall Pass or whatever, and I put her cousin down, cause she was always flirting with me. I thought Jacky'd be pissed, but she was cool with it. A few months later at Christmas when her cousin was flirting, I asked Jacky and she said go for it... its been on like Donkey Kong since!"
Brian laughed and rebounded the shot I had just missed. I could only stare on in wonder.
Brain continued, "Now whenever theres a family get-together her cousin and I invent some excuse to go screw like rabbits. Last Christmas I fucked her in the kitchen while the rest of the family was in the living room singing '12 Days of Christmas', it was definitely a White Christmas, my friend!"
That made me laugh but I was still sort of speechless and he continued, "It's insane, she thinks our spouses don't know and Jacky is totally cool with it. To be honest, Jacky and I were in a little bit of a slump before this, and it's really helped out. We're at it in the bedroom now like three or four times a week, minimum these days."
"So you're telling me you're cool with Jacky fucking other guys??"
"I mean, I'm not 'cool' with it, but I am cool with having options. Like, we aren't giving each other a play by play of this shit. When she goes off on her work weekends I know she's having fun, but I trust she's being safe and so am I. I've had a couple of other women here and there and it's all super discrete. We use protection and go to the doctor regularly and all that, so no worries there."
I knew where this was sort of heading and wanted to cut off any further inquiries into my marriage and any potential opportunities there. "Man, that is amazing and I'm jealous, but I know Celeste would never go for anything like that." As a from-birth Catholic, Cel had always been a little sex-shamed and it had taken me years to get her to 'open up' as far as she had.
"Too bad for you bro, she's a hot chick and you're a good looking dude. This isn't the 50s, everything doesn't have to be so formal and holier-than-thou. Also, whats the alternative, I'm gonna want to do it, sneak around, get caught, and then my marriage is over cause of a little" (he made a blowjob motion) "or a little?" (he made a hip thrusting motion) "Naw, we have our fun and end up with each other."
"Well good for you with the" (I made a blowjob motion) "and the..." (I made a hip thrusting motion) "but my hands are tied!"
Brian looked straight at me, a mock serious expression on his face. "Now THAT sounds like a good time!" Then we both laughed and the subject of swinging stopped there.
We all became pretty decently close and eventually Brian and Jacky suggested a weekend vacation to a beach house. It was some random place Jacky had found on Air BnB and none of us had been there before. It was walking distance to the beach and had a strong Boozy Beach vibe. The name of the place was the 'Swinging Palms'. I laughed, thinking about all the 'swinging palm' jokes I'd be hearing all weekend. Jacky swore she had been assigned this cottage at random, there were about ten different similar places on one street by the beach and they were all maintained by the same company. From the internet page, it looked like a beautiful place.
It was a Friday morning and Cel and I were excited to get out of the city for the weekend. The group had all taken Friday off, eager to get down to the beach and have some fun. Cel is a planner and lives to be on time, so we were on the road early and arrived first. It was hot, but not too hot, and there was a nice breeze blowing in from the ocean. There was a key waiting in a lockbox, so we let ourselves into the "Swinging Palms" and started to put our stuff in one of the bedrooms.
"Oh wait," Cel said, "I think we're supposed to be in the other bedroom."
They had paid a little more than we had and were going to take the bigger room, so we picked up our stuff and moved over. When Brian and Jacky arrived, we all settled into our rooms, which were connected by a short hallway. A sliding door off the living room led to the backyard where there was a large pool and hot tub.
There was only one bathroom in the main area, but outside the place was built like a split level and there was a sort of laundry area/ pool house that had another bathroom and a couple of stalls for showers. Of course, Brian was the first to notice a small hole in between the showers about halfway down the wall. He immediately started making glory hole references which went over the girl's heads. I just thought "Wow ok, I guess it REALLY IS the Swinging Palms, all righty then." We finished checking out the house then went out for supplies and to get something to eat.
Everyone had a couple of drinks at lunch, then headed back to the house to get ready for the beach. Brian and Jacky said they were already dressed but needed to go to the office for the rentals and sign some paperwork and they'd be right back. We heard the door open and close and their car start up and drive away, so we figured we had the place to ourselves. Cel and I were in our bedroom changing when she realized she had left a bag in the other bedroom. She felt a little weird going into their space but I told her, "I'm sure it's fine, just go get it. They said they were going to drive down to the office and be right back. I'm sure they wont know or care if you go in there."
She left the room and a few seconds later I heard a storm of laughter and giggling, then a bunch of murmured apologies and Cel walked back into the room with her bag and a sheepish smile on her face.
"What happened?" I asked.
Cel, still giggly, said "Oh my gosh, when I opened the door Jacky was in there butt naked!"
