Thanks to all of the readers who responded so positively to my previous story about my Weekend Getaway with my future husband, Jim, and his friend, Sam.
We had a number of exciting times after that weekend but they were usually with strangers or near-strangers. However, I would like to relate a more recent event that started a seismic change amongst our circle of friends.
It had been obvious to me that for some time there was an underlying sexuality among our group. We were all in our late twenties or early thirties, but we were also clearly fighting the onslaught of time as best we could. In fact, the particular group of people that we were closest to were all members of the local health club and we would gather on Saturday mornings and throughout the week for our workouts. In time, I will introduce you to all of the members of this group of friends but for now it is best to focus on Peter and Michelle, the couple that Jim and I were becoming closest with.
Peter was a taller, stronger man who still had the athletic body he had worked so hard to define in college. He was in sales (as was my husband, Jim) and he approached the world with a confidence bordering on haughty pride. Michelle was his stay-at-home wife β shorter and a bit more solid than me (although almost everyone qualifies since I am about 5' 11") with a natural grace and ease about her. Michelle seemed content to live the role of "dutiful wife" as long as the beautiful home and the BMW came with it. Although her aspirations were much different than mine, I admired her comfort and her gentle way.
Over time, my husband Jim and I began to spend more and more time with Peter and Michelle. We got along well together and our schedules left us a great deal of time for barbeques, outings, and evenings together. As I mentioned there were a number of good friends who participated in these gatherings, but Peter and Michelle were clearly our closest friends in the group.
Of course, when you are young, attractive, confident human beings, there is often a teasing element among interactions and conversations and we were all guilty of this as well. No one in the group knew that Jim and I had often had sex with other people outside of our marriage but references were constantly being made about sexual matters. As the particular summer in question eased its way into July, I noticed that Peter was becoming particularly attentive to me.
He would go out of his way to make sure that my wine glass was full or that I had the most comfortable chair at a gathering. I was flattered by the attention and I was also a little intrigued. I knew that Jim and Michelle were also becoming very close and it had been a while since Jim and I had "played outside" (as we would sometimes refer to it). Low-key murmurings and fantasies began to play around in my mind and I knew that whether they reached fruition or not, they couldn't help but increase the joy and excitement that Jim and I experienced in our sex life.
One Friday night, things seemed to start moving towards another level. We had gone over to Peter and Michelle's house for pizza and wine β and usually that meant a lot of wine. After the Red Sox game ended there was really nothing very interesting on TV, so I started looking through their VHS tapes and DVDs. My search was fruitless though, so I started to tease Peter and Michelle.
"You don't even have any porn, here," I said kiddingly. "You really should have a little porn in your collection for some special nights."
Michelle seemed somewhat taken aback by my words, while Peter seemed revitalized. "What kind of movie did you have in mind, Candi? I mean, do you have some special desires that we should know about?"
"Candi has a lot of special desires," Jim said, "but I have never known her to be a specialist β in life or in the movies."
"I guess I'm just a little bored," I countered. "It might be kind of nice to watch something different for a change. But I guess another viewing of "Die Hard" is in the works for the night."
"Don't tell me that you guys have a lot of porn movies at your house. I've never seen it when I was there," Peter challenged.
"We own a few x-rated movies," I said. "And we have been known to rent others on occasion to play a very special game of ours." Jim's head snapped up at my words. I smiled and him and then looked at Peter and Michelle before continuing. Their eyes were both staring at me. I wasn't sure if this was the time to push it, but the wine got the better of my common sense. "Jim and I like to play 'Anything They Can Do, We Can Do Better'. It's like Simon Says for adults. Do you want to hear about it?"
I was surprised when Michelle was the first to respond in the affirmative. She had a curious smile on her face as she asked for the details.
"Well, basically what we do is rent a porno video. We have found that some of the tapes of amateurs are actually a lot better for this then the ones with professionals. We watch it and we try to recreate the scenes from the movie. When we first started we barely got through two scenes before the movie was completely forgotten. Now, we force ourselves to wait sometimesβ¦we prolong the sense of foreplay before doing our re-creation of the scene."
"How do you make yourself wait?" Michelle asked. "Isn't it hard to know when to stop and when to go?"
I was pleasantly surprised by Michelle's interest and seeming enthusiasm towards our amateur sex game. I was beginning to wonder if I had underestimated her basic nature.
"The best method we have found is to roll a die a few times. Let's say we roll a three, a one, and a four. We will then act out the third, fourth, and eighth sex scenes from the movie β assuming we can last that long. We watch the first two, act out the third and fourth (the roll of one on the die meant we had to do the first scene after the one we had already done), and then we have to wait until the fourth one after that. Some of the video tapes of amateurs have a lot of scenes β some long, some short β so you never know what you will have to do or how long you may have to do it."
Peter and Michelle had restrained smiles on their faces, while Jim had a huge grin on his. He had known that I had thought about Peter and Michelle as close, close friends and I think he knew that I was trying to push this relationship a lot farther. There was a sense of airlessness in the room as everyone waited for the next comment. Jim did not disappoint.
"There is one problem with the game, though," he said suddenly. "Sometimes there are scenes that are impossible to recreate with just the two of us. We have had to make up special rules when they occur."