There is a strip of shared land between our property and that next door. Lisa thought it would be great if we could extend our wildlife area up to Owen's garage and driveway. As I worked from home and saw more of Owen, Lisa nominated me to do the negotiating. We were friendly, as neighbours are, but not that close. He seemed to live on his own and could be on the grumpy side.
The next time I saw Owen, I brought up our idea of extending the wildlife area.
"It's an interesting idea. Do you want to come in to discuss the details?" It would be the first time I had been in his house and happily accepted. He got me a tea while I explained our vision.
"All seems fine. But what if you tire of the idea. You'd leave me with a bit of work to do to get my area back to a proper garden."
"Oh, we're committed to this. You can see what we've done to our gardens."
There was a pause while he thought. "I'd like to see proof of that commitment for my land."
"Sure, but sure what I could offer. Some kind of written commitment? Do you have any ideas?"
"I do actually. Take off your clothes."
That came out of the blue! "What?"
"Take off your clothes," is all he replied.
"That's what I thought you said. How on earth does that show commitment? It more shows... well (I had to be careful.) something perverse."
He smiled. "No, I'm not a pervert! I just want to see proof of your commitment. You'd have to be pretty committed to stand naked in front of me to ask that, wouldn't you say?"
"Yes, I certainly would!!! But no I certainly won't. Thanks for the tea." And I made my exit.
That evening, Lisa asked if I had talked to Owen. I said I had but not gotten agreement. "Anything in particular he wants? Maybe I can help."
I didn't want to tell her of the proposal as I was too embarrassed for Owen. "Oh, he needed a few things that he needed help with."
"Well, help him, silly. It won't really take that much of your time, I'm sure."
It wouldn't take any time but it sure would take some guts. I fobbed her off that day but she kept asking over the next few days. I usually give into her as she is the more dominant one in the relationship. So it wasn't long before she wore me down. I headed over to Owen's with as much courage as I could muster.
He opened the door with a smile. "Yes?"
"I've come to talk about wilding the strip of land." I was trying to say this with as much conviction as I could.
"I thought you didn't have the necessary commitment to do that." He smiled.
"Well, Lisa and I have discussed it. And well, she's convinced me to reconsider. Can I come in to discuss the details?"
He smiled again and welcomed me in.
"Look, do you really need me to strip? Surely, having comeback knowing I'd have to do that shows commitment enough?" He just stood their silently. "Look, can't you ask something else of me? Work around your house? Anything?"
I got the message. Off came my clothes. It was a very odd feeling and rather demeaning. He smiled. "Okay, now you can ask what you want." I went to pick up my clothes. "No, no, you stay as you are until I say so. Go ahead. Explain what you want to do."
"Again?"
"Yes again."
I didn't know why he wanted me to do this. But in for a penny in for a pound. So I went over again how we wanted to use the joint strip for a wildlife area. "So, I don't now doubt your commitment. I'd like you to seal the deal by kissing my cock." I looked at him in horror. "Oh, I don't need you to do it in real. Just kiss here." He pointed to his groin area.
"That's humiliating! How can you ask me to do that?"
"That's what I'm finding out. I think it's a show of trust. I'm not asking for a legal document or anything. Just for you to provide a kiss to seal the deal."
Well, I had come this far. Being naked must have put me in a subservient frame of mind. I found myself walking over to him, kneeling and kissing his groin. "That's wasn't so bad was it?"
I wasn't sure if I had ever done anything as bad. But it was over and I had his permission. "Can I get dressed now?"
"Certainly. When do you think you will start?"
It was if nothing so humiliating just happened. Well, I guess it didn't for him! So I tried to act as normally as I could getting dressed and answering his questions.
Lisa and I worked over the next few weekends removing the grass and preparing the ground. Owen was reasonably friendly and never mentioned the arrangement. This made me feel a bit better. Lisa decided that she wanted to remove an ornamental bush and replace it with a more insect friendly bush. "I think we best ask Owen first. I explained that we would be working on the ground. I didn't mention anything about removing bushes."