Where do I begin...
My name is Glen, late thirties. I've just come back from a cruise, traveling for the first time as a single man around Australia. To say it was different from what I had experienced on earlier cruises with very loving female partners, is an understatement. Let me try to relate.
I have only ever cruised with girlfriends over the years, and that has been great with romance and beautiful love making. What made this cruise different was I decided to go alone and to maybe meet a single woman, but it was to mainly recover from a long relationship which had mercifully ended. It really was best for both of us, and it was time to move on.
I was lonely anyway, so I figured it might be fun to maybe drown my sorrows with another single. No expectations, just to get some sea air into my lungs and to reassess where I was heading in my life.
If it led to a one or two night stand, all the better.
On previous cruises, I'd often seen notice boards placed near the lifts encouraging singles to meet up and mingle. So, on the second night of this cruise, cruising on the leg between Brisbane and Sydney, after showering and dressing quite smartly, I thought I'd go along to see what goes on in this type of group meet up. I'd always been curious.
As I entered the room, I immediately was faced with numerous scattered groupings of singles, all chatting somewhat nervously. Unsurprisingly, there were mostly women aged 40+ and somewhat fewer men, aged 50+.
I felt I stuck out a bit as I'm a fit, 39.
I suppose to help people loosen up, the cruise had put on a spread of wine and light refreshments which seemed like where most people entering gravitated to first. Collecting what seemed like a chilled white sparkling wine and chomping into a small red savory sausage, I looked up to see a woman of about 50 walking up to me.
With a wide smile she said, "Hi, do come here often, or is this your first time at one of these?"
"Well, no," I said feeling somewhat awkward with the boldness of her greeting, "this is my first-time cruising alone, though" As we began to exchange small talk on where in the world we'd both come from, a younger quite subdued woman with eyes slightly downcast, joined us.
Just as I was about to say hello to the shy woman, possibly in her mid-20s, a female convener in the front of the room introduced herself as, Cathy our host for the evening.
She then shouted out a welcome to everyone and commenced to invite people to enjoy the cruise company's hospitality with the drinks and food provided and encouraged everyone to mingle.
Casting her eyes over the 30-40 or so people who had come along, Cathy said, "I know it can be difficult to get to talk to many people at these types of get-to-gethers, so I'd like to conduct tonight a bit like a speed dating type of arrangement where each person get 5 minutes or so to talk to each other, and then with the ring of a bell, one side of the tables shuffles along to meet the next person on the opposite side of the series of connected tables, and so on.
"No pressure we just hope you all enjoy talking to new people with whom you can share the many facilities on the ship" she laughed.
This caused much nervous mumbling among the group, as everyone began to sit randomly on the chairs along both sides of the tables.
"Very good, lets commence and in 5 minutes, we'll all shuffle along and you can all chat with the next person, OK?"
At the sounding of the bell, everyone started to talk to the person opposite. I spoke to 3 clearly lonely, but lovely, women and 2 disinterested men before the woman, who had welcomed me earlier, sat down opposite me. I noticed the other younger woman who had belatedly joined us earlier was seated next to her and that I would be speaking to her, presumably next.
The older woman introduced herself as Tara and looked to the younger woman seated next to her announcing her as her daughter, Samara.
"Tara and Samara, your names rhyme" I said somewhat amused.
"Yes, we've always been close. Samara is also my sub..."
Rocking back into my chair and taking in a gasp of air, I said, "I see, that's different."
I immediately sensed they came as a couple, who seemed quite open with their sexuality, and kinkiness.
"Relax, I'm not always so forthcoming about that to everyone, but this cruise is over 12 nights, and I think it's best to be upfront and open about what we hope to get out of the cruise, don't you?"
"Why, yes, I'm sure people like to couple up. There does seem many eyes scanning about, looking for prospective couplings, I guess".
"Exactly, are you curious to know more about the two of us? We won't be offended, if not."
"Sure, I imagine some sort of threesome arrangement might be what you two are seeking. Is that right?"
"Almost" Tara answered with a sly grin. Tara added, "Look, if you like we could break away from this and talk over there in that seating alcove. We can talk more discreetly without being concerned that others might listen in."
"Sounds fine," I said, as Tara, Samara, and I too, intrigued, rose and backed away from the tables.
It became immediately noticeable that Tara was wearing a skintight pair of black tights, which formed what had to be an uncomfortably tight camel toe, or front wedgie. In contrast, Samara wore a simple dress.
As my eyes were helplessly drawn to her impressive and delving groove, Tara sensing my glare simply said, "I'm a woman, and I don't care who knows it. If you enjoy looking at me, feel free, I love lust, and to limit it or recoil from it, loses it for me."
Seldom have I met a woman who is so outwardly confident, which was quite the opposite of what Samara seemed. She avoided eye contact with me and seemed to have her lips partly opened when our eyes did occasionally meet. Tara, her mother seemed to be in charge, or possibly even a dominant over her daughter, her sub, as she had earlier introduced her.
