If you were to ask me, I have no idea why these thoughts became so persistent. Am I a terrible mother? One could argue; however, I choose to think about it differently.
My name is Marie, and I'm your typical middle-class housewife in her mid-forties. I have an excellent job, a nice house, and a nice family.
My marriage to Jason has been excellent for the better part of 22 years. But lately, I can't help but feel a lack of...satisfaction. It's almost like something is missing.
I started thinking about my son Eric, who recently moved back into our house for the summer before returning to school in the fall. He looks a lot like his father did at 22, a handsome blonde with a muscular build standing at six foot one; he is beautiful, a definite glow-up from his awkward, dorky teenage years.
The thoughts started around the first week he was home. I was walking upstairs to grab my laundry out of my room and put it in the washer when I saw Eric rummaging through it. Being quiet so he wouldn't notice me, I ducked behind the staircase's landing and observed what he was doing.
""Hmm, these are perfect,"" Eric said as he stuffed a pair of my panties from the basket into his pocket. My jaw dropped. Eric was taking a pair of my panties and stuffing them into his pocket for what? I'm his mother!!
I quietly went downstairs and sat on the living room couch to process what happened. So many questions were going through my head, why did he want my panties? What was he going to do with them? A part of me felt disgusted, but then again, there was a part of me that felt....aroused?