Mother's Open Marriage

[jack30341]

Wondering how this sounds. ...

Dad comes to son and says, 'hey, your mom and I have decided to see other people. We're gonna stay married, but we're going to discreetly go out when we want. This is all kinda unsettling for her, so keep an eye on her.

Son gets with mom and explains he knows they're seeing other people.

Mom says, yeah, I asked him to let you know.

Mom wants son to take her out to get her comfortable being out again.

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Feedback is much appreciated.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Is this a hook for mother/son incest?

 

[jack30341]

Yes.

How does it sound?

 

[MajorRewrite]

Might be more interesting if the son secretly follows his mother on her first few dates. He's concerned for her safety and generally disturbed that she's dating strange men. What he sees makes him horny, and that disturbs him too. The mom notices him spying and puts on a sexy show. And when they confront each other ... irresistible attraction and hot fucking of course.

The ending could be the father telling his son how happy he is that the son handled the whole situation in a mature way.

 

[Hypoxia]

The Son-guards-Mom-on-dates trope can be an exhibition-voyeur or LW framing device. Within that, Mom's encounters can be multiracial, queer (lesbian-bi-trans), group w/trains, BDSM, odd fetishes, other incest (with her siblings / parents / aunt-uncle), and maybe even throw in orcs, aliens, and ghosts. This could be a never-ending series; each chapter features a new class of encounters. Leave the Mom+Son incest as a perpetual comedic tease, never quite happening -- Son can only watch and record, never join in. The voices in his head are so busy arguing over the rightness or wrongness of it that he never makes the approach. Poor lad...

 

[fertamertoni]

Dad comes to son and says, 'hey, your mom and I have decided to see other people. We're gonna stay married, but we're going to discreetly go out when we want. This is all kinda unsettling for her, so keep an eye on her.

In my opinion, this premise is a little weak. Why did she agree to an open marriage if it's so unsettling to her? Not to mention, in real life that conversation would be incredibly awkward. Most parents would keep an open relationship secret from their kids unless something brought it to light.

Instead, how about tweaking it so that the son suspects the father of having an affair, he tells his mother, which is when she reluctantly reveals it's okay, they have an open marriage. Well, technically open -- they agreed to it but she hasn't gone on any dates yet herself. This way you can lead into the whole son-dating-his-own-mother thing, without all the weirdness of the dad explaining to his son that he's banging other women, like that's no big deal.

 

[Hypoxia]

Instead, how about tweaking it so that the son suspects the father of having an affair, he tells his mother, which is when she reluctantly reveals it's okay, they have an open marriage. Well, technically open -- they agreed to it but she hasn't gone on any dates yet herself.

That works quite well with my suggestions above. Yes, Son *could* date Mom. But I think the son-as-frustrated-watcher trope would be more fun, maybe with Son encouraging her dating to get even with Dad. The question: Is dating Mom aware of Son monitoring-guarding-stalking her? If so, is she inhibited, or playing to him, or what? Mom's dates can encompass the wide range of themes I mentioned above; many stories ensue.

 

[blin18]

It doesn't sound like the father or the open marriage even plays a part in this, its just needless complication that makes it less believable. As one responder said, how can she be reluctant AND a willing participant?

Much simpler: they're divorced and dad instigated it. Mom is still hurt but its been 12 months and son encourages her to get out there. She is reluctant and nervous. He offers to take her on a date to get her back in practice. She accepts.

To make it more realistic, they pretend they don't know each other and chat like they've just met. They discover a new side to each other and are both surprised at how intimate it is. They progress through a typical dating process: he picks her up at a bar and they chat and dance. Second date: dinner and movies, chaste kiss afterwards. Third date, drive in the countryside. Kiss afterwards is more intimate than either of them expected, but now the 'practice' is over and neither get to explore the feelings they just unearthed but won't discuss.

Mom professes further reluctance to get out there, hoping this will lead son into taking the first step. But he misses the opening and offers to chaperone and coach her from afar. Maybe he gives her a spy earpiece and microphone.

She goes out. He watches. Of course she's a milf so she has plenty of suitors straight up. Son watches and coaches, but the guys just don't measure up. In his opinion, none if them shows her anything like the respect she got from him in their fake dates.

He confronts her afterwards. He's passionate and emotional, telling not to settle for the wrong guy. He launches into a physical demonstration of what the guys did wrong, kissing her and disrespecting her body. "I don't understand" she cries. "What is it supposed to be like?"
"Like this!" he cries, tears tracking down his cheeks.

You fill in the rest.

See. No Dad.

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EDIT: Fuck it, now I've got my muse all worked up. I don't have the taste for incest though and this needs a little taboo to work. I've added it to my ideas folder using estranged step-siblings. I understand that's not actually taboo at all, but it could be for the characters, even though it wouldn't tickle incest readers.