This story is a complete fantasy. There is no underage sex or cruelty.
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When Maureen told us that she had arranged for Henry and I to attend the Special Evening on Thursday we were both filled with excitement and trepidation. Henry told me quietly "I am afraid in case I am too old Martha."
I understood his nervousness very well and told him that I felt exactly the same way. For all our fears we both knew we wanted to go.
On Wednesday, Maureen came over to see us. She knew how we were feeling and worried about us as she reassured us "You don't have to worry Aunty Martha. You and Uncle will be fine. All of your friends will be there and are so looking forward to seeing you."
I felt I had to say "But Maureen, I am almost 60. Some of the young men will laugh at me."
She shook her head and told me "You have no idea how they think Aunty. You are just at the age they fantasize about, and you are nice and plump and a sort of Mother Image for them and you dress so beautifully."
I looked dubious "A Mother Image?"
She smiled "That's right Aunty. A sort of Mummy for them. They will all want you."
I nodded and asked hesitantly "Should I wear young clothes?"
"God no Aunty. Just wear your ordinary clothes which are all nice. You have a lovely flowery frock which is knee length and so respectable and your normal underclothes, but definitely not tights."
"Not tights?"
"No they can be passion killers. Either wear tan hold ups or tan stockings and suspenders or nothing."
I gasped "Nothing?"
She laughed at my consternation "No, I don't mean 'nothing at all'. Just not stockings or tights. You will have to wear your knickers. The men will expect a woman of your age to have panties on."
I felt relieved. I wondered how far she wanted me to go "What about panties. Should they be tiny ones."
"No Aunty. Wear your ordinary knickers. The ones with the wide gussets. They suit you and they are quite erotic, especially for the young men. You can wear nice modest heels which is suitable for your age."
I nodded. I could see Henry listening apprehensively. He asked "What about me, Maureen. Should I wear anything special?"
She laughed and so did I. She just told him "No of course not Uncle. You go as you are. You are an older mature man, and that is what the younger wives will want. They will want to excite you and make you a big boy."
He was panting with nervousness but I could also see he was swelling out his trousers and so could Maureen. She laughed "He has got a horn on already Aunty." We both laughed.
I asked her "How does it start Maureen?"
She sat down and explained things. "We are meeting in the Church House. The Vicar and his wife are the hosts on Thursday. Nobody rushes anything. Remember they are all very normal respectable people. Even the people who have been many times before, are still nervous and apprehensive. For the first hour everything is like a normal get together of the Parish. Some of the guests will not participate but they wont mind things happening around them and will want to watch."
"But when will it actually start, Maureen?"
She smiled "It will start usually with the younger men getting impatient. When they start just try to slow things down a bit otherwise they get carried away."
"It will be the same for you Uncle. I know young Mrs Davies has designs on you. Just let her chat to you and let things take their course."
Henry gasped "Do you mean, Lucy Davies, the Religious Instructions Teacher in the local school?"
Maureen nodded.
It really shocked me "But Maureen, her mother is Grace Rowlands married to Jack. They are our best friends. Are you telling us that their daughter will be at the Special Evening?"
Maureen laughed "Yes, that is exactly what I am telling you Aunty. Not only will Lucy be there but so will her mother and father. You will have a shock when you see the people who go to the Adult Evenings."
Henry and I shook our heads in bewilderment.
Before she left Maureen told us "I will pick you up in my car at 7 pm tomorrow night Aunty. Can you be ready then?"
I assured her we would be ready and asked "Will you be taking care of us at the Vicarage Maureen?"
She shook her head. "No Aunty. I thought that it was time that you did some things on your own. You did say that you and Uncle Henry didn't want to be a Vanilla Couple."
I looked at Henry and he looked back at me. We had said that. He nodded. I said "Yes Maureen. We have to deal with this ourselves. Does Malcolm know you are taking us?"
She nodded. "Yes he knows."
That was the first time she had intimated that her husband knew about her Adult Evenings.
I had to ask "Has he been to any of them Maureen?"
She looked as if she didn't want to discuss it but did say "He has been to some Aunty, but they are very Special Adult Evenings. I will explain those to you some other time."
Even in my nervousness I was intrigued but knew she wouldn't say any more so I kept quiet and accepted things.
THURSDAY EVENING
On Thursday Evening, Henry and I got ready to go out. We were both a bag of nerves. Maureen picked us up in her car dead on time. As we travelled in the car, I jabbered nervously. Henry was very quiet. All Maureen said was "Don't rush things. They all want to see you there but they wont overwhelm you. Just enjoy things but don't do anything you don't want to."
As we entered the Vicarage we were met by the Vicar and his wife who smiled pleasantly and after the usual greetings led us into the large reception area. A lot of our friends greeted us but as Maureen had told us, they didn't overwhelm us, thank goodness.
We all settled down in cosy little groups. We ended up chatting with young Mr Davies and his wife Lucy. As she taught in our local school and I was a Governor we had an immediate subject to chat about. I knew that Bill Davies was a keen fisherman and Henry had been something of an expert angler in his younger days so it was a very friendly group.
I could see my friend Grace Rowlands and her husband Jack chatting with the man who runs the Post Office and his wife. Grace gave me a wave and mouthed words to the effect "Will chat later."
Lucy Davies was of course my friend Grace Rowland's daughter and when she had been very young had always called me Aunty Martha. We both joked about these memories and I asked her how her teaching was going. She was so enthusiastic about things that her husband laughed "Now you have her started Mrs Cane, it will be a job to stop her."
Henry was interested in a new Fishing Group which had started in the village and it turned out that Bill Davies was the secretary, so it soon became clear that my husband intended to join before long.
I looked around and could see that there were quite a number of groups in the room in similar sorts of friendly discussions. It was a reasonable size room but was set out with settees and easy chairs. We could all see each other and yet we were separate.
There were all sorts of drinks set out on a separate table and Bill immediately asked us what we would like. Neither Henry nor I drank much alcohol but we were both afraid of being wet blankets and not joining in. I felt a bit awkward trying to explain but Bill and Lucy were lovely.
Bill said "Don't worry Mrs Cane, quite a lot of people don't drink. What would be nice for you would be to have a tiny drop of white wine and top it up with lemonade and the same with you Henry, a tiny drop of whisky topped up with plenty of coca cola." They were such good company we felt so relaxed.
I did say to Lucy "We don't want to spoil your Evening, Lucy. You will probably want to talk with your other friends."
She smiled back "Certainly not Mrs Cane. We will all mix up more later on but for the beginning both Bill and I wanted very much to spend an hour with you."
I felt gratified when she said "I have adored you for years but over the last few years Bill has really fancied you."
I giggled, but Bill intervened "Now Lucy, don't embarrass our friends. They are new and don't want to hear anything that might shock them."
I explained that we were new at these parties and it had come about with chats with my niece Maureen and that Henry and I realised how much we had been missing.
Bill nodded his head wisely "Not very different from us Mrs Cane. And even more so for Lucy's mother and father. I think we all realised together that there was more to life than work and theatre and teaching. There was a lot of excitement around as long as we opened our minds. To be honest we all realised that we had been living Vanilla lives."
Henry surprised me saying strongly "They are our feelings as well Bill. Both Martha and I were fed up of being a Vanilla Couple."
Bill Davies nodded. He had been surprised how strongly Henry had spoken. So was I really but I was glad he had.
I looked around the room and could see there was a little more intimacy in the groupings.
My friend Grace Rowland had slipped her cardigan off to reveal that underneath she had a sheer black blouse on which was quite see through.
The thing that surprised me was that she didn't have a bra on. Like me she was almost 60 and her breasts and nipples were exposed and she was talking to the Post Master. She was clearly enjoying him ogling her.
Lucy saw me looking at her mother and just smiled without commenting apart from saying "Mr Jones from the Post Office likes talking to my mother."
I tried to hide my surprise. It was important that we joined in with everything naturally. We wanted to be part of the Evening.
Henry did his bit to join in and said "I think you said you said you fancied my wife Bill. In which way?"
Bill Davies coloured up and murmured "I don't want to embarrass you Henry. I am sorry."
I said "Don't be silly Mr Davies. We have come here of our own free will. You wont embarrass us."
Lucy joined in to support me "Quite right Aunt Martha. I can tell you that Bill has more than fancied you for over 5 years and some of the things are really outrageous."
I wanted to giggle and I could see that Henry was really intrigued and asked "Come on Bill. You said we were all friends here and there were no secrets."
Bill nodded. He said "Well Henry I must confess I have fancied Mrs Cane since I saw her in that smart fitted dress when she made that nice speech at the School Reunion party. I can't tell you what I wanted to do to her."
I wanted to giggle as I heard this young man talk about me like this in front of his wife and my husband. I remembered that dress very well and knew a few of the men were looking at me later on as I sat on the settee. I wanted to know more now, and so did Henry.