Some time ago, my wife, Kathy, came home and told me in a perplexed way that the new guy at work, Alan, had asked her out for a drink.
Now she had mentioned this guy to me before. He was short, a bit overweight, thinning hair, balding, older than she was which was 42 at the time, and "unattractive" with thick glasses and big, fleshy lips. Now when my wife says unattractive, I take it to mean ugly. She is a very kind, giving, and likes to please.
He kept to himself, which my wife thought was a result of his unfortunate looks and a corresponding lack of confidence.
"So what did you say?" I asked.
"I told him I was married, of course."
"Well it must have been nice to be asked on a date. When was the last time that happened?" I asked.
"He said it was not a date but just a drink. And the last time I was asked out on a date was when I was in high school before I met you. Gee, it must be over 25 years ago. Now I feel old."
"You are not old by any stretch of the imagination. You are still a beautiful and desirable woman, and his asking you out proves it." I said.
Now I had formed an image of my wife with this man, holding hands, dancing, just sitting at a table having dinner. Beauty and the Beast, I thought. It was turning me on! I was shocked but wanted to go down that path, even though it was clearly outside any societal norm.
"You're just saying that. I could stand to lose at least 10 pounds" my wife said.
In fact, she had put on a little weight in the 20 years we were married, but in all the right places, I thought. Her breasts were large and beautiful, 38DD. Her waist was 28 inches with just a little swell of the belly, which I liked. And her hips were 40 inches. She had a big, beautiful bubble butt.
"You should say yes to him," I just blurted.
"What?! You want your wife to date other men?! Why? Do you want to date other women and are using this as a justification?"
The answer was yes, I do want you to date other men, but could not say it. Could hardly admit it to myself, but my cock stirring at the image of them together outvoted all else.
"No, I do not want to date other women. You are more than woman enough for me. I would never date or even ask to date another woman. I love only you and will love you whatever happens. Your going out with another man will not change my love for you. What I want is for you to be happy. I am happy when you are. I get pleasure when you do. I know I have been working a lot lately and not able to pay you proper attention. Why not go out and enjoy yourself. It would make me happy."
Kathy was at a loss for words. I could see she was thinking. Finally she said, "No, I am still a married woman and a married woman does not do this."
I then played the ace card, "It would be an act of kindness. This poor man seems to be all alone. It would not be a big deal to just go and have a drink with him and think how much you could help him."
"Hmmm," she said.
Aha, there was no "no." I let it drop.
The next day I got a call from Kathy at work. "Just wanted to let you know that I will be a little late getting home tonight," she said.
"Oh, what's going on," I asked.
"I told Alan that I would have a drink with him and he asked for tonight so I said yes. I shouldn't be too late. Just one drink."
"No problem. I will get some pizza and there will be some for you when you get home," I said.
That evening as I waited for my wife to arrive home, images of them together came in my mind. I was still surprised at the power of them, and the images were not even of her having sex with him, just being together. My wife and another man. It was so hot that I was stunned, but continued playing them in my mind.
As it turned out, Kathy was several hours late getting home. She apologized, but said Alan insisted that she have more than one drink. She noted that his personality was so very different from his appearance. He was really "manly, commanding, quite forceful, no that's not the word, maybe masterful." She felt she could not say no.
I asked if he was surprised at her reversing her decision. She said apparently, since he asked her why. He said that yesterday her marriage prevented her from going for a drink with him and he knew she did not get divorced in 24 hours.
I wanted to know what she said and asked her. Her answer was that she had talked to her husband and he felt bad about how much he had to work and that he could not give her the attention she deserved. She told him how sweet I was that I was happy when she was happy and that I got pleasure when she got pleasure.
He said, "so your husband did not object to your going out with me for a drink?" No, she said, "he encouraged me."
"What about dating," Alan asked.
She said she thought about it, thinking he was just making conversation, and finally said "He just wants me to enjoy myself; so, no, I do not think he would object, but I am not sure that as a married woman, I should."
He pointed out that this was something like a date and it was ok, wasn't it. Kathy allowed that it was but said it was not a date nor a dating relationship. He told her to think about it.
The next evening, I got a call at home. Kathy was doing volunteer work and would be home later.
While Kathy was out, the telephone rang. "Hello, is this Kathy's husband?" asked a very manly voice, like a command voice they talk about in the service.
"Yes, who is calling?"
"I am Alan, the man who took your wife out for drinks last night. I just wanted to call and thank you for letting your wife go out with me." His words were words of thanks but his voice was something else. It seemed condescending or contemptuous. Perhaps that is too strong, but there was something there, letting me feel like I was being judged and found short.
He continued, "Not many men would allow their wives to go out with other men. So I am glad you are one of them. I have been interested in your wife since I first saw her. I just love her lush body."
There it hung. He said something terribly inappropriate. This was not a man who was interested in only drinks and conversation with my wife. What would I say? It was very odd. He was taking the measure of me. But his voice did not compute with the image I had of some nebbish.
What to say? I felt like a recruit standing at attention in the presence of a superior officer. Also the image of my wife out with him that I had last night came back and I realized that it was exciting. Finally, I said, "thank you; she does have a nice figure." What! What the hell was wrong with me? I was thanking him for his making a remark about my wife's body. Any normal husband would have told him off.
"I would really like to see more of it. I am calling to set up a date with her. She told me that you could not give her the attention she deserved and I think she deserves a whole lot of attention. So since you cannot give her what she needs, I can take care of her. Tell her that I will pick her up at 7 o'clock tomorrow and I want her to wear something sexy and a bit revealing. Does she have a garter belt and seamed stockings?"