Ruthie is my wife, lovely, young and beautiful, and we are happy with each other. But there is this one thing: she has these very submissive sexual fantasies. It's always been a problem with our love life. Or rather Ruthie's. My problem is that I can't match it. All I can do is hype her up, by whispering stories of how she's just my sex toy.
But now, even that has become insufficient. She wants more. Often in bed she cries out under my ministrations, screams that I should use her body purely for my own sexual gratification, without mercy, without empathy, without tenderness.
Story telling just isn't enough.
Gradually it has become a burden. Our sex life is deteriorating. Sometimes I really try and play the dominant man of her dreams. But it doesn't work. I love Ruthie too much. I just can't be cruel like that. She knows and never buys my efforts at role-playing. It isn't real enough.
I'm getting afraid of losing her. To the point of compassionate desperation. So much that I have proposed she should try and find herself an extra-martial lover, one that would fulfill her needs. I'd rather share her than loose her.
Of course she protested. Cried in my arms. She wants only me.
But in the end, she hesitatingly agreed.
So she put an ad on a dating site, although she was still filled with doubt.
It took long before she dared to make a choice from the many reactions to her ad. But in the end she took a decision and picked a couple. They described themselves as dominant and contemptuous, which could well meet her urges. And I agreed that a married duo was more likely to limit the risk of jeopardizing our marriage. Neither of us aspired to that.
Then, after much more hesitation, and some prodding of me, Ruthie invited them over to get acquainted. I still had sincere doubts, but I love Ruthie dearly, and felt I should at least grant her a chance to act out her fantasies.
Thus Ruthie prepared them dinner at our place. Tom and Laura they were called. As a matter of fact, they turned out to be a rather nice couple. I had to agree to that. And actually they were not bad looking either.
Laura, rather petite, seemed lively like a frisky mountain brook, She was slightly younger than Ruthie. And I have to confess that during dinner I could not help thinking she was sexy too. An intelligent face. For me that's always important in a woman. It's one of the things that made me fall for Ruthie. I hate what they call dumb blondes. And Laura isn't like that at all. She has a sharp nose, big almond eyes that shine like gleaming coals when she smiles, and a wavy frame of black hair makes her a pleasure to look at. She works as an editor for a well-known literary publishing firm. Actually quite a pleasant woman to have around.
Tom's not so different in that respect. He is a computer specialist, or rather used to be. Climbed up to high management circles. He has a quiet, self-conscious, personality, a low baritone voice, a gray moustache, and is well build. A lean frame and no belly. His hair begins to grey, but as compensation his always open shirt reveals a rather manly bushy chest.
On the occasion we talked quite openly. Right from the beginning. About their sex life and then about ours. They acknowledged what they had already written in their response to Ruthie's ad. They had quite dominant and commanding sexual fantasies. Since they both had those feelings, they could not act them out with each other. Ruthie and I exchanged a glance. We knew the problem. We had similar frustrations.
So we told them. They laughed and it caused them to open up even more. The wine also helped. They even said they did find us attractive.
That evening Tom, Laura, Ruthie and I became closer than I would have thought possible. Chances were that my Ruthie might actually mix well with them, especially when we all agreed that our marriages should not be endangered. Tom, smiling, reassured Ruthie: "Don't worry," he said, "we don't want to make love to you, we just want to fuck you." He can be rater crude at times and knows their effect. Ruthie blushed dark red. It was what she was looking for.
After they left I asked her about her thoughts. But she was already lost. Spoke almost as if in a trance. She admitted she already felt being the subject of their fantasies, and longed for them to act them out on her.
Somehow her words, and her attractive smile when she said them, made my mind surrender. In a strange way Ruthie's feelings appeared somehow appealing. That night we made love in each other's arms like we hadn't done for a long time.
So last Friday we took the decision, and asked them if maybe they wanted to come over and see if things would work out with Ruthie.
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A few days later they did.
Seating them on the sofa opposite us, I tried to make some small talk over drinks, but none us were very good at that. And sooner that I had thought Tom came to business. All of a sudden he asked me, no, told me in a surprisingly commanding voice, to undress Laura.
He had taken the initiative. My heart began to boom.
I took a deep breath and looked Ruthie in the eyes. It suddenly felt like she had become a school child facing the headmaster. She turned red in an instant.
I hesitated. This was Ruthie's game. Not mine. But on the other hand, Tom's order had not left me numb. It startled me that I actually found it arousing to obey. Not for Tom or Laura's sake, but for my want to excite Ruthie.
She wavered when I touched her. Did she have second thoughts? But no, she didn't protest. Just slightly trembling, she closed her eyes.
I think I trembled too when fumbling longer than I should with the zipper of her long dress. But I finally made it fall to her feet. Ruthie briefly opened her eyes wide, aroused and frightened. However, she bravely remained standing in her pretty underwear.
I was awed by her courage.