This is a true story of a place and time I never thought I would find myself. I was 62 years old and happily married for 15 years. I attended a so called "Spiritual Healing" seminar with a girlfriend of mine. She is a 63 year old widow and of late had been into a lot of off-beat things like diets, "healings", etc. I wasn't involved with any like that but somehow she convinced me to go with her and since Donna was paying, I felt obligated to be there. This seminar was at a hotel in another town conducted by a man and woman. They were into opening minds in regard to a "new spiritual life" that involved freedom of the mind coupled with sexual health. The room of about 30 was evenly split between men and woman, there were both singles and couples. Things started out okay, talks about how special we all were and how we needed this "awakening". During a short break, the man seated behind us joined our conversation. As we talked, his hand was on each of our shoulders and he seemed to take over our talk. He was pleasant and cordial. When a short video began, he pulled his chair between us and his had was resting on my leg. I think he was also touching Donna at the same time.
His name was Ralph and he seemed very interested in the both of us, asking questions, keeping us laughing and telling us his story. After the seminar was over, he asked us to have a drink with him. We talked about the seminar and got into revealing a lot about our sexual thoughts and feelings. I didn't realize it at first but Ralph seemed to know just the right things to say to get us to open up. Donna was extremely open with him. During this whole time, his hands were either around our shoulders or touching our legs and arms. He even gave us a few small kisses. Not sure how many drinks we had, but I know he kept our glasses full. At points in our conversation, he would bring up some point from the seminar regarding sex or being open to new things. The drinks were having their effect and with Donna's growing enthusiasm, it wasn't long before Ralph invited us up to his room.