New Horizons - Open
The Premise: Couple decides to experiment with swinging to liven up their marriage. Doing so opens this thread to any activity with any other characters they desire.
There was no logical reason that a man with a beautiful wife, good job, and nice home should be experiencing mid-life crises at age 35; but that was the way Alan felt. He didn’t know when the vague feeling that life was passing him by started, but the sense of dissatisfaction and emptiness had grown at a steady rate during the previous several months. It all came to a head on that day, while lunching with Amanda, his coworker for the last three years. She made it crystal clear that she was attracted to him and if he made a move, she would not resist. He had mumbled something like the “attraction was mutual’ and indicated they would talk later. The drive home that evening vacillated between fantasy-ridden thoughts of Amanda and guilt-ridden thoughts of Maria, his wife.
“Anybody home?” He called out, as he entered their home from the garage. He knew the answer, because Maria worked at home for the local college teaching online English Literature classes; and of course her car was still in the garage.
“I’m in here.”
“I should have known.”
She was in the small extra bedroom that had become their home office. He tried to kiss her, but received only a turned cheek on which to plant his affection.
“You stay on the computer a lot these days.”
“Duh..thats’ what one does when they teach internet classes.”
“Honey, I have an idea. It’s Wednesday, and a live band is playing at Jack's Place. Lets go dancing.”
“No, not tonight. I’d have to do something with my hair, and find something to wear. I’m just not up to it.”
“Well, what are you up to?” He asked, with a slight hint of sarcasm. “What do you want to do for dinner?”
“I figured we’d just nuke the casserole left over from last night”
“Wow, that sounds like fun”
He stepped behind her, grabbed the back of the chair, and forcibly rolled it from the computer toward the middle of the floor.
“We need to talk.”
“Not now. Can’t you see I’m busy.”
“Yes now.” He reached for the mouse, and executed the shutdown command.
“If I had not just saved my work, I’d be very angry right now, but I can see you’re in one those moods, and I don’t have any choice in the matter.”
“Right dear. You don’t.” For a while he was silent, scanning her face as if looking for a lost item.
“OK Alan. You wanted to talk. I’m listening.”
“Remember when you used to flash the truck drivers?”
“Oh my God. Where did that come from?”
“Just answer me. Remember when we made love between the dunes at the beach?”
“Yes..but we were young and foolish.”
“We were eight years younger, and I’d give anything to have some that foolishness back..”
“What are you saying? You want me to run outside and flash my tits to every trucker that rolls by. Face it Alan! People grow up!
“No, I’m not necessarily saying that.” Head dropped, massaging his forehead with thumb and index finger. “But I want more excitement, more thrills, more umph in our lives.”
“So I’m boring you. Is that it?”
“I’m saying our lives have become so routine that we’re bored.”
“Speak for yourself; but just exactly what are you proposing.”
Alan sat down and took a deep breath.
“I want you to consider, at least for awhile, that we open our marriage up.”
The Premise: Couple decides to experiment with swinging to liven up their marriage. Doing so opens this thread to any activity with any other characters they desire.
There was no logical reason that a man with a beautiful wife, good job, and nice home should be experiencing mid-life crises at age 35; but that was the way Alan felt. He didn’t know when the vague feeling that life was passing him by started, but the sense of dissatisfaction and emptiness had grown at a steady rate during the previous several months. It all came to a head on that day, while lunching with Amanda, his coworker for the last three years. She made it crystal clear that she was attracted to him and if he made a move, she would not resist. He had mumbled something like the “attraction was mutual’ and indicated they would talk later. The drive home that evening vacillated between fantasy-ridden thoughts of Amanda and guilt-ridden thoughts of Maria, his wife.
“Anybody home?” He called out, as he entered their home from the garage. He knew the answer, because Maria worked at home for the local college teaching online English Literature classes; and of course her car was still in the garage.
“I’m in here.”
“I should have known.”
She was in the small extra bedroom that had become their home office. He tried to kiss her, but received only a turned cheek on which to plant his affection.
“You stay on the computer a lot these days.”
“Duh..thats’ what one does when they teach internet classes.”
“Honey, I have an idea. It’s Wednesday, and a live band is playing at Jack's Place. Lets go dancing.”
“No, not tonight. I’d have to do something with my hair, and find something to wear. I’m just not up to it.”
“Well, what are you up to?” He asked, with a slight hint of sarcasm. “What do you want to do for dinner?”
“I figured we’d just nuke the casserole left over from last night”
“Wow, that sounds like fun”
He stepped behind her, grabbed the back of the chair, and forcibly rolled it from the computer toward the middle of the floor.
“We need to talk.”
“Not now. Can’t you see I’m busy.”
“Yes now.” He reached for the mouse, and executed the shutdown command.
“If I had not just saved my work, I’d be very angry right now, but I can see you’re in one those moods, and I don’t have any choice in the matter.”
“Right dear. You don’t.” For a while he was silent, scanning her face as if looking for a lost item.
“OK Alan. You wanted to talk. I’m listening.”
“Remember when you used to flash the truck drivers?”
“Oh my God. Where did that come from?”
“Just answer me. Remember when we made love between the dunes at the beach?”
“Yes..but we were young and foolish.”
“We were eight years younger, and I’d give anything to have some that foolishness back..”
“What are you saying? You want me to run outside and flash my tits to every trucker that rolls by. Face it Alan! People grow up!
“No, I’m not necessarily saying that.” Head dropped, massaging his forehead with thumb and index finger. “But I want more excitement, more thrills, more umph in our lives.”
“So I’m boring you. Is that it?”
“I’m saying our lives have become so routine that we’re bored.”
“Speak for yourself; but just exactly what are you proposing.”
Alan sat down and took a deep breath.
“I want you to consider, at least for awhile, that we open our marriage up.”
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