My wife Emma and I have been avid swingers for the past dozen years. We are both in our late thirties and we both have our own businesses. We are successful and happy I believe in that we have some money saved, few bills, a mortgage free home as well as a vacation/ retirement condo in St Marteens and best of all, love each other deeply.
We are also very involved with our community and its needs as it comes to helping others. We have done everything from working and donating to the food bank to bowling for hospitalized children. We find this fulfilling but sometimes depressing as the needs far out last the donations and volunteerism.
Emma has been a constant organizer for many of the charity organizations we belong to and is always looking for new and improved ways to raise funds and expand the pool of donors. This story is about how she really expanded her efforts.
I was working in my home office one bright morning, enjoying a bagel and egg with some Hawaiian coffee. Emma had left earlier to go to a planning meeting at the home of Wanda Proctor. Now every planning committee has a Wanda on it. The matronly, white haired know it all who dominates the meetings while putting others ideas down. They are the take charge people, not that they do a better job, but that they believe they are the only ones capable of getting it right. Emma and Proctor often clashed at these meetings, but in the long run they did do the events and raised funds. Many of the ladies involved disagreed with Wanda, but few would buck her, so Emma usually caved that an event could go forward.
I was taking a long sip from some still steaming coffee, when I was startled by the front door slamming. From my office I heard the distinct sound of high heels on the tile floor and the clang of keys dumped on the granite countertop. I assumed that Emma had returned and was not in a good mood. Boy was I right on target.
Walking into the kitchen, I found Emma red faced and breathing heavy, her 36D tits rising sharply in her white blouse while wringing her hands. Usually she keeps a lid on it when she's really mad, but something or someone had set her off big time today. I was almost frightened to ask what it was.
"Em, what's the problem, why are shaking so much?"
"That fucking cunt whore bitch."
"Wow, tell me how you feel honey. That came out with so much acid, I feel like I need a tums shower. Who are you talking about?" I asked knowing full well the answer.
"Wanda fucking Proctor pissed me off so much today that I quit the organizing committee."
Now this was news, Emma loved that group (save Wanda) and would normally walk over coals for those ladies. She has spent more time and treasure with this group than anything else lately, including her business. Based on her emotions, I thought it best to try and settle her down by pouring her a cup of coffee and getting her to at least sit down.
My dad, that old sage of married life came to mind. After 45 years married to mom; son he said, the best thing when the spouse is upset is listen and listen some more. Do not interject or try to be impartial, just keep your trap shut and let her get it all out. That was my plan for Emma at this juncture.
"Em, it must have been some meeting for you to quit, please tell me about it." Smooth operator, that's me.
Emma sat, kicked off her high heels and took a large gulp of coffee. Her breathing had settled some but was still erratic from her anger. She took a second gathering her thoughts before she began.
"Glenn, do you remember a couple months ago when I floated the idea of the volunteers banding together to make just one committee?"
I nodded to that.
"Well the idea was that instead of us assigning a person or two to organize and do a fundraiser we would only do large events together and then disperse the funds to the causes that needed help the most. We did not want to say do a cookie sale to benefit just the cancer society, but do something bigger so many organizations would benefit. You also remember that the only person against that was Wanda."
I again nodded. I recall the angst of that time, Emma was wound up tight over that fight but still not like she was now.
Emma continued on. "So today we were planning new events and Jenny Spenser suggested since we had some new businesses in town with young single people we should have a people auction. That is auction off the people's time for dates, chores whatever. Since we had never done anything close to that, most of us gave the concept thumbs up."
I was a little distracted when Emma brought up Jenny Spenser. I had met her several times before and once she was in our house shortly after her marriage. Jenny was a newlywed, early 20's, tall brunette with the most phenomenal ass I've ever seen, up there with J Lo. I just had a short fantasy break thinking of that ass in my hands while Em was talking. Reality returned quickly as Emma resumed her tale.
"No, Wanda would have none of it, considering it far beneath us. She literally brought Jenny to tears knocking her idea. Instead the old hussy said we should do a walkathon. God knows we've had walkathons to death. They always involve the same people and we also raise the same amount of money, so absolutely boring and mundane. So I got into it with Wanda about being stagnant and not wanting to try new things, she called for a vote and it was 10-2 with only Jenny supporting me. As usual the others were afraid even though I know most supported us. After the vote she did a high and mighty about agreeing with her and I basically said I quit."
Ever the statesman I responded with "you did the right thing, honey."
Now that Emma had gotten all this out I noticed her body and voice calming down and relaxing a little. I thought that after she totally chills, she'll find a way to get together with the girls and continue on with the charity work. I was about to ask if she wanted more coffee when the phone rang.
Being the closest, I answered it.
"Good morning to you Sam" I remarked. Emma looked at me with a wide eyed expression and nervousness. It was our town Mayor, Sam Proctor. Yes that Proctor, the husband of the old battleaxe herself, Wanda. After about a minute of listening, I said, "fine we'll be here" with a perplexed Emma looking on.
As soon as the phone hit the cradle I got that urgent "What did he want?"
"He's on the road and will be here in about 10 minutes, wants to discuss something with the both of us."
That was not good enough for Emma.
"For heavens sake Glenn, what does he want?"
"Just said he wanted to talk to us babe, that's all."
Sam Proctor is a great guy, elected as mayor for the past three terms. He was nothing at all like his wife in personality. He was the richest guy around, the largest employer in town, running three businesses and really did not have the time to be mayor, but his skill as an executive was fantastic and he was by far the best mayor we could have. He got along with everyone and was never confrontational. It didn't hurt that he was also the town's largest donor, a point his wife Wanda exploited to the max.
I started to brew another pot of coffee, not really knowing what to expect but figured it couldn't hurt. Emma was antsy to say the least, running around more or less in circles while trying to appear she was actually doing something. It wasn't long before the door bell rang.
"Hi Sam, come on in" as I gave our mayor a hearty handshake. We were friends since we moved to town some 10 years ago, even though he knew some of the issues we had with Wanda. Sam was one of those striking guys, the type women adore and men respect. He looked a lot like that late actor, Peter Graves of Mission Impossible fame, though shorter in stature. He was by far the most important man in town, even if he wasn't just the mayor, but he made you feel that you were when he engaged you.
Emma came up behind me and when Sam spotted her she got a big hug and kiss on the cheek. We led him in to the den and we sat down to the coffee that Emma had poured earlier. Sam looked relaxed but also like a man with a mission so we let him just come out with it.
"I had just gotten to the meeting this morning when I was told of the fallout you had with Wanda. I first of all want to apologize for her and would hope that the fence can be mended because we need everyone to pull together."
Emma cleared her throat, but her posture said more about her discomfort as she sat on the edge of her chair.
"Thanks Sam, but you should not have to apologize for anything. You were not there and one thing led to another. I perhaps acted a bit hasty, but I feel we need to go in a different direction in terms of our fund raising drives."
Sam was at ease and appeared hopeful that a resolution was near.
"Does that mean you will come back if Wanda apologizes?"
"It's not a question of that Sam. I know we can get along again and we were both at fault. I just don't think the disagreements are going to end because we are just on different pages when it comes to our work. It would be best if we split and did our own thing."
Sam pushed back all the way in his chair and finally took a sip of coffee. He had an expression on his face of a man with something else on his mind though.