Jim, my father in law, said "As my solicitor, can I speak to you in confidence? I mean that you won't even tell my daughter about this conversation."
I was intrigued why Jim would not want me to tell Lilly, my wife, about whatever he was about to tell me. I feared that it might be something bad. Perhaps he had terminal cancer.
ATTORNEY - CLIENT PRIVILEGE
I am indeed Jim's solicitor and so I know all about attorney-client privilege. I could be struck off the register of Incorporated Solicitors and be sued.
If I am not struck off, the main penalty would be losing clients. Very few people want to be advised or represented by a playboy.
I had never had a privileged conversation with a client in a swimming pool changing room. I had never stood there naked with a client also totally devoid of clothing. We were waited for the other men to finish with their showering and there were no other men there.
I replied "I will be as silent as the grave. What is it that you want to tell me?"
THE REQUEST
Jim, my father in law, said "Edith wants to be filmed with you fucking her. And then for both of us to be filmed fucking her. We have a couple of friends who are handy with a video camera. They have a few videos that you can watch online.
They aren't into porn, they are erotic artists. Edith has always fancied you. She likes seeing you in your swimming shorts. She is jealous that I get to see you naked.
I know it is a bit rich being asked to cuckold your wife with her mother. But Edith is a determined lady. She wants you, despite you being married to our daughter. In fact that adds an extra dimension to the eroticism.
Lots of men want to fuck a mother and daughter. Few are given the opportunity to have an affair with their wife's mother and have the father's blessing and his active participation.
And this isn't just sex it is ART."
MY INITIAL RESPONSE
I know that my in laws are pretty broad minded, going to nudist beaches and to dogging sites and such like. But this was a "totally out there" request.
I had not considered Edith sexually. It was something of a shock to be considered sexually by her. But it fuelled my ego. I didn't know Edith fancied me but I liked that she did.
I said "I have never been unfaithful to Lilly. I am also dependent on my clients who expect a certain level of behaviour. There is also a moral problem in committing adultery."
Jim said "Edith didn't expect you to agree straight away. She just wanted me to put down a marker. You haven't given me a positive rejection of her proposal. That is a good sign."
INTERRUPTED (THANKFULLY)
One of the showers became available and Jim went to have his post swim hose down. Then the other shower became available. I took my time. I wanted to procrastinate. Proscrastination may be "the thief of time" but it can also be a handy weapon when faced with a difficult decision. And this was not only a major decision but an extraordinarily difficult one.
I didn't want to offend my in laws, or lose them as clients. But I didn't want to have extra marital sex either. I needed the wisdom of Solomon when deciding which woman would have custody of a child.
A HOLDING REPLY
I said "I haven't accepted Edith's proposal either. Before I reply I will have to re-examine the rules about solicitors having sex with their clients.
And the law about filming sex between consenting adults."
I had given a holding reply. But I had also indicted that if my solicitor's rules and the law allowed it, I might comply with Jim's extraordinary request."
Jim said "I will tell Edith."
RULES ABOUT SOLICITORS HAVING SEX WITH THEIR CLIENTS.
I found out that one solicitor had a 7 year affair with his client. The client's husband complained to the solicitors' complaints bureau. The solicitor was cleared of misconduct.
Solicitors who become sexually involved with a client must consider this would impair their ability to act in the best interests of the client.