I was 43 when I married for the first time. Stella was 32 and two years free of a bad marriage. I was a well traveled and experience bachelor, she was a neglected wife looking to make up for lost time and opportunities. Once free of her marriage vow she turned totally promiscuous. I suppose the fact that her ex left her for a 21-year old tart with a reputation for being a sleep-around had something to do with this, something to do with her need to feel desired and to prove to herself that she could still attract men. So she went on a "fuck anything that walked" binge by going to bars where mostly bikers hung out. But after a year of this what was exciting at first left her feeling cheap and degraded so she withdrew to a life of celibacy. She left her job at the Harley-Davidson dealership for a better paying job at a company that made precision auto racing parts, went back to school and focused on being a better mother to her 7-year old son.
During this time she was content to trust her vibrator and fantasies to take care of her sexual needs. 12 months into her new job she was sent to Las Vegas to work her company's booth at a trade expo. While there she scanned a copy of one of those free newspaper-like publications that advertised studs and hookers for hire. She was intrigued, even tempted, but there was no way on her salary that she could afford the asking price. It just so happened that I was there to look for new suppliers at that trade expo, which is how we met. Stella, light brown/blue, 5'4" and nicely curved, was busy with others when I walked up to her booth. I looked at the brochures and samples and then noticed on a chair the "sex for sale" publication so I walked around the counter to take a better look. She turned to look at me, saw me flipping through the pages and turned beet red.
"See anything here you might like to try?" I asked.
"Hey, I'm single and don't have a thing going for me. There's nothing wrong with a girl fantasizing, is there?" she giggled shyly.
Her makeup, hair, clothing and the way she carried herself was totally professional but I didn't have to look hard to see that just beyond this image was a sexy and needy woman. I gave her my business card, told her where I was staying, suggested she pick out someone she would like to try from that sex for sale rag and then to give me a call when she got off work.
I was just about to go down to the casino to play poker when she called. She sounded both nervous and excited. She gave me a name and phone number. I told her to get ready to have fun, then placed the call, gave Stella's hotel and room number and charged it to a credit card.
Two days later at the airport she saw me in the boarding area waiting for my flight to be called. She sat next to me and smiled like a Cheshire cat. We were both going to the same destination on an airline that did not offer reserved seating so we sat next to each other for the 90-minute trip. Her hired stud knew what he was doing. She couldn't remember ever being that pleased. The guy left her swollen and sore, and totally spent. Having been with some very good hookers I knew exactly what she meant. We had a couple of drinks and talked, and by the time we reached our destination we exchanged phone numbers and looked forward to seeing each other again.
We went out for dinner five nights later and, afterward, took along walk on a pier that jutted well out over the Pacific Ocean. I was at that stage of my life where hookers and one-night-stands no longer appealed to me, and she was just beginning to realize how much a committed relationship meant to her. I was a bit concerned about our 11-year age difference but she wasn't, so over the next four months things progressed. We grew closer and closer, liked the same things and were very good together in bed. I hadn't been with any other woman in all that time, still, there was something unsure in me, about me, this being that I was never monogamous. I didn't feel any need much less want to be with anyone else but for how long would that last, especially with the amount of business travel required of me?
She didn't press me to get married but she did very much want us to live together. I truly liked her son so all in all that seemed to be a good idea, all except for my uncertainty about staying faithful to her. She assured me that that was not a problem for her providing she got to "play" every now and again. Treating her to a hired stud in Las Vegas was one thing, after all, I had no intention of ever seeing her again. But if we lived together how would I feel about her being with another man? For sure this was that age-old male "double standard" but there it was and it needed to be dealt with. There was no denying that what was good for the gander was just as good for the goose.
We were both honest about everything. She told me about fucking more than 100 men during her first 12 months after divorce, and how that ended up leaving her feeling like a piece of meat. Those men looked her as a convenient cum dump. Not one ever asked her out, and it got so that within five minutes of entering one of those bars she was in a supply room or somewhere either sucking or fucking, sometimes as many as 10 in a row. It took her a long time to realize that that wasn't pleasure it was self-punishment for not being enough of a woman to keep her husband. Yet there were those rare times when she felt truly desired by a man. That she enjoyed to no end. That hired stud in Las Vegas made her feel that way. She realized that he was just doing his "job" but no matter, he went out of his way to make her feel like was the sexiest and most desirable woman on the planet and that, combined with his "know how" and large "equipment" made for the most thrilling and satisfying sex ever. She loved what we had because there was emotion attached to the fun and creative sex we shared, but to feel truly desired by a strange man she could enjoy from time to time.