Author note: I left the names out of this story to protect real individuals, and the two names I used, are pseudonyms. This story felt good to get off my chest and was much less fiction than I care to admit. I hope it doesn't bother anyone that I left out my GF's name in this story, and simply refer to her as GF.
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I think in any relationship there is always an unwritten understanding about certain things without having to have each one of them spelled out, but some people just seem to be more attuned, or considerate perhaps of what types of things will make his or her partner feel uncomfortable.
I'll give you an example that comes to mind from before we began our open relationship. It was a pretty regular day, My GF and I had the day off and we are texting each other, just sort of checking in as couples do, and she said she is was her friend's house, one of her coworkers.
"Hi, hun, what are you up to?" I text.
"Oh hi, not much, went to Ali's, you know, from work." She responded.
"Oh cool, what are you guys up to?" I ask.
"Not too much, we ate lunch, and then her sister stopped by and they went out for a bit."
"I see, so why didn't you go with her? What are you doing alone there? Are you bored?" I asked.
"LOL, no." She responded.
I sat there for a while thinking how odd this was. So my GF goes to her coworker's house, then her GF leaves, I ask if she is alone, and she doesn't text back right away. Maybe it's nothing, or maybe she doesn't know how to explain. Anyway, just feels weird. I'm too busy to worry about it, and I don't think she has any bad intentions, I just felt a little confused. About 15 minutes later I send another follow-up text.
"Hun, what are you up to if Ali isn't there? You don't have to wait there for her if you don't want." I said.
"No, it's ok, I'm just hanging out with her roommates playing some video games. It's pretty fun." She replied.
So this is an example of what I was talking about, she gets in these situations I guess you could call them, that are basically harmless, at least she thinks so, where she is hanging out with a guy, or a few guys, that she doesn't really know in this case alone. Maybe I wouldn't be so worried if she didn't have such a perverted side, she was constantly thinking and talking about sex, far more than your average girl, that's for sure. I never know exactly what to say either. In this case what I wanted to say kind of came out all wrong. I got home from work and she was getting out of the shower, and over dinner, I was dying to fill in the holes of what the rest of her afternoon entailed.
"So what video game were you guys playing?" I asked.
"We were playing mostly basketball, but I couldn't figure out how to pass or score. We played a few other games, one where we killed some zombies, and some dance game."
"Dance game?"
"Yeah, you know, you hold those controllers and dance along, mimicking the characters on the screen. OMG, it was super fun, we should totally get that for our place here."
"Hun, I'm not sure exactly how to ask this, but do you think it's ok to hang out with a few guys all afternoon rubbing their bodies up against yours?" I said my voice with a notable amount of jealousy.
"What is that supposed to mean?" She asked.
"I just worry about you hanging around a group of horny guys," I told her.
"It's not like that." She said and finished eating in silence.
"I trust you hun, but I don't always trust guys, especially around a girl as hot as you are. If you are alone with a guy or guys, I don't always think that is appropriate when you are in a relationship. That's all I'm trying to say." I said.
"You are being really stupid now, please just stop talking." She said.
I felt powerless and went off to the shower and couldn't help but imagining my GF sitting there with Ali's roommates, presumably on the couch playing video games with a few guys in their basketball shorts and socks, scratching their balls, probably each one of which was probably horny enough to fuck a wet glove. I encourage my GF to dress sexy, and she is all into those lolita clothes, but luckily she wasn't wearing anything that crazy, just this cute little overalls shorts thingy which knocks a good 5-10 years off her appearance, but it was not quite as extreme as some of the things she wears. Maybe it's an Asian thing, or strictly a Japanese thing, but she loves fashion, well Lolita fashion anyway.
I was laying down on the bed, when she came out of the shower, her second shower of the day. She was wearing her pink robe, barely covering her ass, and I felt so turned on, partly because I knew that she was mine. I knew that at the end of the day she still came home to me, and I was thankful to have her. I couldn't help but also admit that she was a little unaware of how guys around her might be looking at her sideways, that she didn't even notice most of the time or care. Most of all, it felt like I was almost in competition with those guys she was hanging out with as if we were still single, and I had to be the 'best of the best' to compete with all of these dudes trying to hit her up. It brought out a more masculine side of me, and just the thought of it seemed to erase any relationship monotony that is so common for couples.
Why did she take a shower after coming home and then take another shower after dinner? Maybe she just needed time to herself after my comments, I thought to myself. A part of me, though, was beginning to get a little suspicious. Did she just fuck Ali's roommates? Ok, probably not, but I was beginning to wonder if she knew how to say no if a guy tried to hook up with her.
Over the next few weeks, similar things kept happening, where it seemed like she was forgetting she had a BF when it came to social cues or certain contexts where another more aware GF might not let herself get in these situations. Ok, maybe some aren't that bad. The time she let a guy pay for her coffee. Not that bad, surprised she even mentioned that one. When she let a complete stranger from a bar drop her and her friend off, where the guy drops her friend off then takes my GF home. That was another instance where she was alone with a guy, that to me, just didn't seem like a safe place for a girl in a relationship. Ok, maybe the guy was driving most of the time anyway, but the thought of hooking up with her had to have crossed his mind, especially if she had a few drinks in her which she did, and you should have seen the way she dresses when she goes out, it's indescribable. She looks like she is in some J-pop, or K-pop video ready for some choreographed dance number or her first day of preschool, not sure which. This isn't even mentioning all the things with her coworkers, going out for drinks after work, going to lunch with a male co-worker from another department. I wasn't sure if it was my lack of trust or just a fear growing inside me, but I had to find out for certain. I kept thinking of ways to test whether or not she would be able to say no and I kept coming up short.
"There is really no way to know for sure, you know what I mean?" I explained to my buddy Hunter over lunch one weekend.
"There is one way..." He said, with a smirk, taking a handful of fries into his scruffily bearded face.
"What?" I replied. Clueless.
"You could tell a guy to try to fuck her and see what happens." He said, admiring his own intelligence.