My son is 33, I'm 59. He's a wonderful man, he's handsome and charming and thoughtful. His wife died a few years ago, before they had kids. It's been very hard on him, but after a while he started dating again, and I've met a couple of the women he's been with at various family functions, they've all seemed lovely, but those relationships don't seem to have lasted all that long. He and I are both private people so we don't really talk about the details, he'll say something like "it just didn't work out." I guess I think that he's maybe not ready to fully move on.
On my side, I've been alone for 8 years since Mike's father died. He was almost 20 years older than me (workplace romance!), and the last few years of his life there was very little in the way of sex. I've dated here and there but i just haven't really found anyone that I've felt compatible with. I don't really crave having a man in my life, I've been enjoying my work and friends and travel, and the bit of dating I did just didn't seem worth it.
Anyway Mike and I see each other maybe once a week, he'll pop over my house to say hello, or sometimes we will have supper together. It's always nice to see him, and we talk about his work, politics, that kind of thing.
It never in a million years occurred to me to be sexually attracted to my son, but in September he came over and we talked about all the usual things, but when he left we hugged. Normally when we hug it's just a quick embrace, but for some reason this one was longer than usual. And after a second or two I noticed the feel of his body, and then I was just overcome with that tingling sensation, like our pheromones were intermingling or something. There's a feeling I probably haven't felt in 20 years, when you just KNOW that you could sleep with a man you are talking to, like your nerves kind of reach out and tickle each other. My stomach fluttered and I felt my heart racing, and my brain was screaming "what the hell is going on?" Finally our hug broke and I was just so flustered I didn't know what to do or say. I couldn't tell if it was all in my head or if Mike felt it, and even if he did I'M HIS MOTHER!! I was very confused to say the least.
Mike said "Well, ive got to be going!" And then gave me another quick hug, at which point I almost melted into a puddle.
When he left I was speechless, but my whole body went into overdrive, and I don't think I'd felt anything like it since I was a sex crazed teen. Or ever for that matter. The next few days I spent seesawing between furious masturbation and incredible guilt and shame. I couldn't stop myself.