My name is Scott. I like women. I don't apologize for it. I'm in my mid thirties now and considered a pretty good looking guy. I'm not cocky, but I do pretty well with women. I'll tell you more about me later but right now I want to tell you a story about an unusual time I had recently.
I was in my most frequent haunt. Hell it's a meat market let's be honest. And I was on the make. I'm single and have a beer distributorship so I spend a lot of time in places like this.
Henry is a very good customer. Before you get the wrong idea, I don't drink much. Being in the business I see way to many ugly stories so I have the occasional beer and that is about it.
I go to these places because I'm a student of people. I don't sell beer because I couldn't do more, I graduated magnum cum laude with a double degree in business and psychology.
It gives me a big advantage in business, most people think I'm a beer salesman, which I am, but therefore they tend to underestimate me and it gives me a big advantage.
In any case, I was sought after by many major corporations out of school, but decided to build my own business instead. It was hard at first but I was perseverant and now have a very successful and lucrative business.
So back to my story. I was doing my usually sipping of a beer and watching people and to be honest, looking for a woman that I might spend the night with. I'm not ready for a long term commitment yet, I know this about myself, but I do love women and was looking to get laid!
I saw this one woman sitting by herself. She was gorgeous. Beautiful face, fantastic body which was shown off by her sexy clothes. Almost slutty but just tasteful enough to be purely sexy. But she looked out of place.
From her appearance you would expect that she was there to be picked up, but every time a guy came up to her she just shook her head and indicated she wasn't interested. I watched for a long time and was trying to figure out what it was with her.
Finally I couldn't stand the curiosity anymore and so, as is my way, I decided to just go find out. I walked over to her table and just sat down without asking.
She looked up at me with a deer in the headlights expression.
"Uhh what are you doing" she said.
"Sitting down to talk to you, why?"
"Well I'm really not looking for someone to sit down or to talk with thank you very much!"
I chuckled gently and asked, "Well what are you doing here. You must know what kind of place this is, and you are an extremely attractive woman, dressed to attract attention and yet you spurn every guy who approaches you. I'm here to ask you why?" I said in my most disarming, smiling manor.
She looked at me, didn't speak and then looked away.
It was then that I saw she was wearing a wedding band.
WTF I wondered, she was looking like she was on the make, but sure not acting like it.
"My name is Scott, may I ask yours" I said in my most friendly not threatening voice.
She looked at me and smiled just a bit and said "Linda"
"Nice to meet you Linda, now can I ask again, what the hell are you doing here?"
She took a sip of the glass of wine she had been nursing for the better part of an hour and finally looked me in the eye.
"You seem like a nice enough guy, but I'm not here to get picked up if that's what you think"
I laughed, "That is quite obvious, and it's why I asked why you are here. There have been numerous guys hitting on you, if you were here to get picked up, it would have happened by now. So why are you sitting here in a pickup bar, looking like a million bucks and ignoring every guy who comes on to you?"
"Aren't you here to hit on me?" she said with a bit of a sly smile.
I laughed, "Well, I wouldn't mind but you are a curiosity, I'm more interested in getting to know you. You may find that hard to believe but it's true. I'm a student of people and you are a curiosity at this point."
She finally chuckled, "Yes I imagine I am"
"So care to share your story with me, I'll gladly buy you dinner, with no strings attached. I'm hungry and you don't appear to be really here to get picked up which is what most people here are looking for, So what do you say, I know a very nice restaurant nearby that has great food?"
"Really, no strings?" she said with a cocked eyebrow.
"Absolutely none!" I promised.
"Hmmm" she pondered. "Ok yes I'd like to get out of here and I am hungry too."
"Let's go" I said.
"It isn't far we can walk if you prefer or we can ride together in my car, up to you?"
"Let's walk" she said
I took her arm; she seemed a bit self conscious at first but then seemed to relax as I said it was just around the corner, which it was.
We entered the restaurant, one I loved and was well know in.
"Hi Scott, give me a minute and I'll get you a table" said my friend the maitre'd
The place was packed and there was a line.
Within a minute or two we were seated at a nice table off in a bit of a corner.
She looked at me with a smile, "You seem to have some pull here"
"Yeah, owner is a friend of mine and a good customer. I come here often so it has its perks"
"What do you do?' she asked innocently
I chuckled again, "I sell beer"
She looked at me with a raised eyebrow again and said "I see" rather neutrally.
I ordered some hors d'oeuvres and a nice wine. We sat in silence until it came, which was not very long.
Once the wine was pouted I raised my glass and tapped hers, "Here is to a nice evening"
She said nothing but smiled.
The hors d'oeuvres showed up and we started to nibble, finally I spoke, "OK so what the hell were you doing in that bar?"
"It's quite clear you weren't interested in getting 'picked up', which is why almost everyone else was there. So what were you doing there?"
I don't beat around the bush.
"What where you doing there?" she tossed back
I chuckled again, "Sometimes I go there to pick up a woman, but mostly I go there to people watch. It's why I approached you! Why did you agree to have dinner with me?"
"Because I wanted to get out of there I was willing to take a chance you were being honest about just wanting to take me to dinner" she said with some trepidation in her voice
I laughed softly and said, "Well I was being honest, I found you an interesting woman, and am enjoying sharing an evening, well a meal. I won't admit to not being interested in having it be more than just dinner but that's all you signed on for and that's all I 'expect'
"But I'm very curious about the story behind you being there, I know there must be one, especially after I noticed your wedding ring!"
She blushed and looked down, then took a large sip of wine.
Then she took a very deep breathe, and look me in the eyes for the first time.
"It's because of my husband's fantasy" she said shyly.
Now was my turn to take a long draw on my wine glass, because I had a hunch where this was going, but couldn't really imagine any man being that dumb.
After taking another deep breath and another swallow, I finally asked, "What is your husband's fantasy?"
She looked me straight in the eye again and after a glance away she whispered "He wants me to be with another man."
She looked away immediately after she spoke the words, I even noticed her eyes mist up for a moment, and then she looked back up at me.
"I have no idea why I told you that, I just feel like I can trust you" she said with a slight smile.
I knew of this fantasy between husband and wife of course, but she seemed so unhappy with it I had to probe. Damn me if you will but it's my way.
"Well, I still don't understand why you are here, it's clear you do not share this fantasy and don't want it, so why are you here, well why were you there?"
She looked at me strangely, "you really meant no strings didn't you."
"Linda, I'm a very honest man, why the hell did you accept my invitation to dinner if you didn't think I was being straightforward?"
"Well because if I had to do it, you seemed like a really nice guy"
I laughed again, hard.
"I think that is a compliment, but I'm not sure" I laughed some more
She turned bright red, "I didn't mean it that the way it came out" she said
"It's ok, I did take it as a compliment, now what the fuck is wrong with your husband!"
