I've always thought of myself as ordinary. At school I was an ordinary girl, fairly clever, but not a genius, and as I got older, and grew breasts, they were completely average in size and shape. I certainly wasn't ugly, and I soon started to get asked for dates, but I wasn't drop dead gorgeous either, so I knew I wouldn't ever be a model or a film star.
If there was a way in which I was out of the ordinary, it was that I was a bit straight laced, a bit prim and proper, so when I went on dates, and the boys would try to grope my boobs, or put his hand up my skirt, I would push them away. After a number of similar experiences I stopped saying yes to the requests for dates, because I knew what they expected from me, and I didn't want to give it.
When I was eighteen I met Christopher, and for some reason he seemed different. By then I was working in the library, and he had come in looking for a rather old book which hadn't yet been digitised, and I tried to help him. We were both as shy as each other, but somehow we managed to have a drink together after closing time, and we quickly became friends, then a couple and, after three years we got married.
About twelve months ago something happened which completely changed our lives. We were still together, and we were both very happy in our rather ordinary lives. We had a nice house in a suburb of the provincial market town where we were both brought up, we would both go to the Methodist church on Sundays, and out for dinner or go to see a film on Saturday evenings, unless one of our friends from church or work were having a dinner party. We had been happily married for five years, and were trying to have a baby, so I'd stopped taking the pill and we made a point of having sex at least once each weekend, and maybe once during the week, if it was the right time for me to get pregnant. I have to confess, I didn't love sex, I thought it was ok, I didn't hate it, but I very rarely had an orgasm, and so it seemed a bit pointless, apart from the baby making, of course.
I think Christopher liked it a lot more than I did, but that's true of most men, I think, however, I always felt that he wanted something from me which I didn't give him, but I could never work out what it was.
Just over a year ago, on a sunny Saturday morning, we were discussing a hen night which I was supposed to go to. It was for one of the girls I worked with, and while we weren't special friends, I felt that I had to go, just because she'd invited me, but I didn't want to. I told Christopher that I wasn't going to go, but he persuaded me that I must go, since I'd made a promise. I knew he would do that, but it made me feel less guilty about going out 'on the town' without him.
"OK, you win, I'll go," I told my lovely husband, "but I'm going to have to go shopping for some new clothes, I haven't been clubbing for years!"
"Did you ever go clubbing?" He asked, smiling sweetly.
"Not really, no." I confessed.
"Come on then, let's go and raid the shops for something sexy for you to wear."
I wasn't at all sure that I wanted something sexy, but I didn't want to criticise him when he was being so nice.
Once we were at the shops, Christopher started suggesting dresses which were really short and really clingy.
"I can't wear that darling, everyone will think I'm a tart!" I protested.
"Better that, than as prim and proper as a librarian, don't you think?" He answered grinning.
"Ha ha, very funny." I shot back, trying not to grin too much.
"How about this one," he suggested, as a compromise, "it isn't as short, but it's still quite clingy."
"Well, it is very nice, but are you sure you want me to go out clubbing without you, dressed in that sort of dress?"
"Firstly, I trust you, and, I think you are beautiful and I want to be proud of you." He answered, presumably hoping that I would be swayed by his argument.
"OK, I'll try it on." I conceded, secretly rather excited at the idea of going clubbing in such a sexy dress.
I took three dresses into the changing rooms, but there was only one I was interested in. It was the little black number which my husband had suggested. I still couldn't quite understand what was going through his head when he suggested that dress, as it was so clingy that it showed off all my curves, and I just knew guys would hit on me, but I was so excited at the idea of going out clubbing wearing something really sexy for a change, that if he was happy with it, then I would buy it.
As soon as I put it on, I knew there was a problem. I had on my usual 'ordinary' panties, and the lines could easily be seen. At that time I didn't even own any thongs, so it would have to be big panties or nothing, and I certainly wasn't going out clubbing with no panties on. I tried one of the other dresses on and went out to show my patient husband.
"It's ok, but a bit boring." He told me.
The next dress was even more boring and I wasn't surprised when Christopher rejected it straight away.
"Just the one I suggested now." He said, looking as excited as I felt.
"OK, I'll try it, but there's a bit of a problem." I suggested.