My wife passed away from cancer several years ago and the mother-in-law moved in with me to help with my three children. She is about five - three and just a little on the chubby side, but certainly not fat. She has been divorced for more than twenty years and is an upright, religious woman, of high moral character.
That is why what follows is such a surprise to me even now.
Not wanting to get involved with another woman after my wife died, I chose to keep busy with work and the raising my kids.
Being a normal American male, however, I was very horny most of the time.
One night I was having a late snack at the kitchen counter and the mother-in-law was chatting with me. We often did this after the kids were in bed.
I could always be forthright with her on most things, so I confessed to her that I really missed my wife in many, many ways; not the least of which was in the marital sex area.
I told her I really didn't want to replace her with another woman and relationship, but the sexual deprivation was making me crazy.
Then I respectfully and gently offered a possible solution that I wanted her to think about very carefully.
I asked if she thought that on some particularly "rough" evenings after bedtime, I could come into her room and take care of my strong need for sexual gratification. I said it would not mean a marital type relationship, but merely a meeting of physical needs.
Knowing her character, I half expected her to get upset and move out in horror even at the proposal of such a thing.
I continued and said what I would do is give her a few days to ponder it, then, I would come and try her door after the kids were asleep. If the door was locked, I would know the answer was no. If it opened to me, the answer was yes, come in.
I sweated blood for the next few days and we never talked about it again during that time, or afterward.
