If you want 10" cocks, women who orgasm in 10 seconds flat, simultaneous orgasms or gallons of cum then I'm sorry, but this is not the right story for you. I like to write about ordinary people with ordinary sexual appetites in slightly out of the ordinary situations. I try to keep the plot lines as near to reality as I can.
I try to keep the sex as true to my own experience as possible. I love to write about kissing, stoking, how sex feels and sex as an encounter which involves all the senses. I do like to 'get dirty' but only in the height of my character's arousal. All my stories have my own experience in them, but they are not autobiographical.
This story is about the effects of menopause on a loving man. The lead up is part autobiographical in that my mum had a really bad menopause. It was incredibly tough on her and I'm not belittling or ignoring that. I wanted to spare a thought for the loving partner, my dad. That's as far as reality goes, the rest is fantasy.
No one in this story is under the age of 18.
Constructive feedback welcome. I am from UK, so UK spelling applies. Thank you for reading my story.
Prologue
I knew my mum had been badly affected by the menopause. For a number of years, she had not been herself and being around her sometimes felt like treading on eggshells. We had talked a little, but my mum is a very private person and so we all just learn to accept her mood swings etc. That was until one day my husband came home late from playing golf.
Act 1 - The problem
"You're late." I wasn't angry with Bob. He was normally so reliable so, I was curious as to why he was late especially as he had been playing golf with my dad.
"I know, sorry, but I had heart-to-heart with you dad over a beer. He is in a bad way Maddy."
That was a complete shock to me. "A bad way, what's wrong?"
"He is suffering with your mum's menopause; do you know the man hasn't had sex in 3 years."
I was a bit taken aback and actually a little upset with Bob and (frankly) my dad. They appeared to have no conception of what it is like to 'suffer' from the menopause. "How do you think mum feels. He isn't suffering, she is suffering. It isn't his body that is sending him mad. Perhaps he could take up wanking."
"That's a bit harsh Maddy. It isn't so much the sex your dad misses, although he clearly does miss that. It is that he has not had so much as a kiss or a cuddle for 3 years. He misses the touch and intimacy of another human being. He doesn't blame your mum, but he is feeling lonely and isolated. I think if he doesn't find some sort of solution, he will leave her."
I am a bit 'touchy feely' myself so I could imagine what it would feel like not to kiss or cuddle for 3 years. I am not sure I could live life like that. The enormity of the situation 'took the wind out of my sails'. "You think thing have gotten as bad as that, Bob? Perhaps I should talk to mum."
"He has already tried that. She completely understands his position but there is nothing she can do. She keeps hoping things will change but they don't. It seems she is resigned to the potential that he will leave her."
I had no idea things were so bad. Actually, I was a bit peeved that neither my mum nor my dad had confided in me. "We have to do something; I can't let my parents separate. They love each other. It's ridiculous and I won't let it happen."
"I knew you would feel lie that Maddy, so I tried to think of a solution as I drove home. An affair would be too dangerous, he is quite likely to fall in love with anny woman who gives him intimacy, love and affection. A regular prostitute might work in the short term but in the end, he would be paying for intimacy. You just can't pay for what he is looking for; love and affection. I guess, as you say, he is stuck with wanking until something changes, but I don't know how long he can carry on."
We discussed dad's problem going around the same issues coming back to the same thought. Dad would have to 'tough it out'. "I think that's right Bob, we will just have to make sure we stay close to mum and dad. Do what we can to help them both through this period. I'm not sure what we do if he says he is leaving but we cross that bridge when we get to it."
Bob added, "and in the meantime we do what we can to help him. You could probably help him with a bit of intimacy."
I nearly spat out the mouthful of coffee I was drinking. I gulped it down. "What, have sex with my dad?"
"Of course not, Maddy."
"Then what?"
"Just be a bit more 'touchy-feely' with him. Nice cuddles, kiss on the cheek, you know just touch him a bit more. Nothing inappropriate. Although you might want to dress a bit more provocatively to spark his libido, give him something to wank over." Bob laughed.
"Yeah right, I don't want to be the vision in dad's head while he makes love to his hand, thank you very much. I am your sex symbol and that's enough for me."
So that's how we decided to help dad. We visited mum and dad more often and I always made a point of being close to dad. As we agreed nothing inappropriate, as far as I was concerned. Looking back, I think I probably did dress a little more provocatively but nothing out of the ordinary.
I am not sure it was working but it was the best we could do. Things changed one fateful night. I had a girls' night out and it was simpler to stay the night at mum and dads house, than come home. Nothing out of the ordinary as I often did that.
Act 2 - homecoming
I closed the front door very slowly. I was a little tipsy, not drunk but I had had a good night out with friends. Dinner and dancing, my favourite. I was a little hot a sweaty from the dancing, looking forward to my bed and a good night's sleep. I quietly tip toed past the living room. I noticed a dim light through the half open door. The house was silent, and I heard a very faint rhythmic sound, but I couldn't place it. I slowly opened the door.
'Shit'. It was my dad. The light was from a laptop and the sound was him wanking. At first, he didn't notice me. I was frozen to the spot, open mouthed. He looked up and jumped. "Oh shit, Maddy." He slammed the laptop shut and yanked up his sweatpants.
I thought quickly. I didn't want us to be embarrassed or for there to be an atmosphere between me and my dad, so I decided to make light of it. I took control, walked over to him, sat down next to him and said, "what are you watching?"
"Maddy, you frightened the life out of me creeping up on me like that." He changed the subject.
"I'm sorry about that I was trying not to wake you. Anyway, what are you watching?"