I nervously twisted my hands together as I awaited Randall's arrival. After a week of separation, we had decided to talk and see if we could work it out. Randall's car pulled up. He stopped, but didn't get out. So I switched off the ignition and got out of my car and into his. "Hello, Randy." "Hello, Lynn." I thought I knew what I wanted to say, but just...
My husband, Steve, and I met in college in another state. After graduation, we moved to the small rural community where he grew up. He was popular in High School, and was dating Anne, who is now the minister of our church. When Anne's husband was killed in a car wreck, Steve was there to comfort her. Old feelings and her loss, and well, one thing led to anot...
Week 1 As my wife and I both hit our 30’s, it became more and more noticeable what the effects of age can do to the body. In the last few years, I put on a few pounds, mostly in the middle. Still, I’m staying in pretty good shape, going to the gym at least three days a week. But Lynn is more concerned about her figure. It’s a mystery to me, like any other g...
It arrived in the mail today. It feels a hundred years have gone by since then. My chest is tight and my mind is reeling. Coming up the walk I grabbed the mail and went inside. A couple of bills, junk mail, and a plain package with my name on it. I throw it on the counter in the kitchen. I get myself a drink and open the package. "What the fuck?" I murmur t...
Dear Wife, I just recently found out that I was a cuckold and did not know. I was just contacted by a mutual friend who told me all of the details about a night last month you missed dinner. I understand and was told to me that last year you became friends with Jim. You say you were only friends and talked about lots of stuff. However earlier this month y...
A gentle breeze swept through the air as I strolled down the cobblestone path. As the sun began its final descent of the day, a fiery red hue illuminated the sky above me. I glanced around, taking in the pure serenity of the park. I could just make out the gentle sloshing of the river up ahead. The solicitous song of an anxious robin rang through the tops of...
The hour of dusk has arrived at last. The sun’s last golden rays spills silently into the shadowy realm of inky darkness. A cool October breeze fills the bedroom, blowing open the heavy burgundy drapes, moving shadow and light .The smell of the first fires of autumn clings to the breeze, like a cold reminder of all that is coming to an end. I stand bathed...
There you have it, Mona Lisa did have eyebrows. So we have learned that Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of a Florentine merchant's wife originally did show eyebrows, the subject of the portrait did not pluck them in some sixteenth century fashion statement and da Vinci didn't glamorize the woman by hiding the hair. This is only some of the new informati...
Day 1 How do we find meaning without independence? Eight people. One room. Four walls. No doors. They awoke together, the groans of the first awakening the second, and so on, until they were all sitting up, examining their surroundings and each other. Before anyone could gather their wits, a deep voice poured out of the walls from every direction at once. “W...
My wife and I were on our way home from a business night out. We were sat in the back of a taxi with about a thirty minute journey ahead of us. My wife looked beautiful and sexy, she was wearing a plum coloured dress that fell to mid calf, with a halter neck. Very elegant and I loved the way the loose skirt of the dress swayed when she walked. I looked over...