Our sex life has gotten a little stale and the tension was making us fight. It didn't help that she had a hard time supporting me in my career and activities. Her needs drained her energies from my needs.
So I stopped by the sex store on the way home to pick-up something to spice things up.
There were lots of things I would like, but which ones would Naomi go for?
I passed by dildoes because I already knew they intimidated her. Dildoes are kind of one-sided anyway. Only the girl gets to enjoy them.
All the restraints were right out. Any time I'd suggested having her tie me up to tease me she talked about her getting teased. Finally she threatened that if she ever were to tie me up that I'd be sorry.
When I came to the games I knew I just needed to find the right one.
I saw the teasing Jenga game, the Monopoly type game, Truth or Dare, and finally The Role Play Game.
Naomi was in Drama in college and still liked literature quite a lot. I figured this one was in her wheel-house.
I looked over the categories:
Cheerleader and Athlete,
Housewife and handyman,
Maid and Boss,
Photographer and Model,
Cop and housewife,
Study buddies,
Master and Slave,
Professor and Student,
Escort and Client,
Doctor and Patient,
Nurse and Patient,
Strangers at a bar,
Movie Characters,
I looked at that last one and briefly imagined myself as a movie star receiving my academy award.
The rules were that we would fan the cards out, roll the dice to see who picked, and the picker would design a story based on the prompt on the card.
Only I didn't know that until months later. Naomi was a little peeved that I'd picked up the game. She said it was insulting to our sex life.
So Naomi read the rules when we first opened the game. The way she read them we would fan the cards out on the table, roll the dice to see who played the "Pink Heart" part, which was submissive, and who would play the "Black Heart" part, which was more dominant. The Pink Heart player would draw a card at random. Then the Black Heart player would invent a scenario with setting, character traits, props, and a basic plot all mapped out.
I didn't get it the first time she read the instructions so she clarified. She said, "Suppose we rolled the dice and I was the Pink Heart. I would play the submissive role and you would play the dominant role. So if the card was Strangers in a Bar, I would go down to Smitty's, then you would come in and pick me up as the more aggressive player. Before we started you would invent names for us, say what kind of person each character was, and outline the major plot points."
I got it. "So maybe I'd be Steven Stud and you'd be Wendy Wallflower. Then I'd come swaggering into Smitty's, buy you drinks, and sweep you off your feet. Next you would satisfy all my carnal desires since the Pink Heart has to do what the Black Heart says."
"Exactly!" She exclaimed.
Again, I didn't read the rules myself so I didn't catch the discrepancy.
We rolled the dice, it showed a pink heart, so I was pink for the first play, while she was black. I hadn't considered that I would be the pink player. It was unnatural for the man to be pink.
Anyway, that's the way the dice rolled. So I chose a card, it was Professor and Student.
Naomi began weaving a storyline, "OK, I'm Professor Ballbuster and your Nancy No Nothing..."
"Wait!" I objected, "Why did you give me a girl's name?"
She stared me down, "You bought the game. I'm just following the rules and the rules say I make up the characters. I figured because you're the Pink Heart, a fem name would be good."
She stopped for a moment, "We can play and follow all the rules, or watch Murder She Wrote."
I chose to play the game.
She spun her web further, "So I'll find you sitting on a bench in the quad at the local Uni, and I'll sit down next to you...I'll say, 'Aren't you in my Econ 101 class?' Next I'll threaten to fail you if you don't give me everything sexually that I want."
Her story sounded sexy and exciting, we would get out of the bedroom, she could flex her dramatic skills, we'd have sex, and most importantly spice things up. "I can do that."
"Well, don't forget. This is improv. We have to adjust to changing situations."
Abruptly she got up and went into our bedroom. I didn't know if I was supposed to follow or wait or what. She came back a few minutes later, "Here's an outfit for you." It was her grey sweatpants with the word "PINK" emblazoned on the butt in silver rhinestones, a tube top, and a flannel shirt.
"I can't wear that in public." I complained.
"Why not? It's sweatpants and a flannel shirt. It's even your shirt."