Well, our daughter came home yesterday evening so this will likely be a quiet week. But last night, as everyone can imagine, we spent quite a long time talking quite openly.
I'll try to condense down several hours of conversation. First and foremost is that she doesn't think this is going to be a lasting thing with Paul. I smiled at that and she asked what I was smiling at and I told her that I'd thought I'd seen signs of this to which she feigned surprise and said I must be imagining things but then did come out and say that "there isn't enough between them" to make it something more long-lived. She said again that she doesn't love him. I asked her what Paul is feeling and she admitted that he held some attachment to her but she maintains that he has never said he loves her.
She came out and said it - that this time, for her, it's the sex that she is into. She said she hoped it didn't hurt me too much to know that Paul is definitely better than I am in bed. I told her that I had known that for a while now. She went on and on about it telling me that she never knew she could feel the way he makes her feel. And she came out and said it, that just him cumming in her, that she feels it's affected their sex together. I told her that I was sure it was and that I told her what I'd "read online" about it. She giggled and said that she didn't think about that part of it, how it could affect her hormonally and that sort of stuff.
And all of that obviously led to the discussions about what we both wanted to happen next between us and in her relationship with Paul. Again she asked me about my beta desires "you know, your beta thing, is that still what you want". I told her yes, that it was something I wanted - and we were both clear on what it is we were talking about because she came out and said that it turns her on to think about doing it - denying me fully. And, as I clarified, that she will fulfill her sexual desires with Paul, she smiled and said that this was something she found it hard to understand but now sees it better. She absolutely loved knowing I'd masturbated at being so turned on her with Paul on Saturday night that she said she was beginning to see how this turned me on and that it was something she'd begun to see for herself. She told me again how turned on she felt seeing my cock and, she held my hand as she said it, "knowing I'm going to fuck it" Just like that. Her tone turned softer and quieter when she told me that she'd begun enjoying having control of herself sexually and that she couldn't really appreciate everything before as she says she never felt like what was going on was her decisions. And she came out and said it - that she likes how it feels between us when we're lying in bed and stuff where she said again that she really feels like she's finally able to tell me how she felt and that she likes how she doesn't have to always feel on the defensive sexually now.
I apologized for that and she told me it wasn't my fault, that she understood how I felt I "should" behave and then said that was one of the nice things that she began to recognize as part of my "beta thing", that some of it had affected her and us and she looked at me and said that "my desires may be towards Paul right now, but they are going to go back to you when I'm done with Paul and you're going to really like it". And she proceeded to tell me how she didn't think this was going to be a long-term thing with Paul. She said that he doesn't really appreciate what is going on, but more so, she actually said he is kind of boring at times. I told her that she shouldn't compare him to me and that after 30 years together, that we have a lot more in common and all of that, but she said that it isn't that. Instead it's that she just can't seem to find something that they share other than sex and skiing. I looked at her and asked "is it that you can't find anything or that you don't want to?" She looked at me for a moment and then understood what I was asking and she smiled and pulled me to her and said "baby, I don't ever want to replace you".
She was quite proud of herself for enjoying sex with Paul without feeling any/much emotionally. Yes, she admitted that she feels something for him, she said she has to in order to let herself really go with him, that she has to feel she can trust him and that overlaps on a lot of other things for her. She told me again how it feels good to say she loves it or even that she loves him during sex but she again told me - its just about the sex, that "...I love him for what he's doing to me, not because of who he is...". And she giggled and said that she hasn't remembered feeling like this since back in college, and yes, when we first started to date, where she remembers liking and enjoying sex so much without needing or wanting to feel the emotional part of it.
So - where was it all leading? Rather than continue on with each thing we talked about. In the end what she said was that with the kids still away at college, that she wanted to "do more" with Paul before they come home for the summer. She held my hands and, she wandered around conversationally until she came to the point where she asked me if she could become more exclusive with Paul "maybe starting in April?". When I asked her what that meant she softly cupped my cock and balls and said "it means we won't be having sex together....." and when I didn't reply right away she said "it'd mean you'd get to look at me but not have me, at least for a little while". Before I could start to reply she stammered out that right now she feels like she could let herself do this and that the timing is really good to try this out. And then she said it, she said "I want to try it with Paul before things take a down-turn" and she again told me how she doesn't think this will be something that lasts and lasts with Paul.
I asked her again if he wanted her or had any "designs on her" (if that's the right way to say it). She giggled and she said "well of course he's joked that he'd like more time with me" but she says that he's never said or done anything to suggest he wants her to leave me. At least not that she's aware of. She said that mentally (and physically) that before the kids come back home that it'd be the best time for her to see what it really would be like to throw herself sexually at another man and to fully want it with him and not me. It seemed like she'd broken through her inhibitions for a bit and she said that she feels like she's ready for this to happen and from how we've talked since before Christmas even, that it's sort of inevitable and she looked at me and said "you want it to happen, right?" and I nodded my head yes and she said "me too". She said that it kind of scares her but at the same time, she says that it's something she now, jokingly blaming me for starting all of this, now wants to try.
She almost immediately added again "you know baby, if it ever gets to be too much, you just tell me and I'll make it better for you". I know that was a different thing than she'd said before but I knew she meant it in the same way. I asked her what she was going to tell Paul and she said that she didn't think she had to tell him anything "he knows what you enjoy" and told me that he was still surprised at my really wanting them to be together. "I know it's maybe sooner than we had originally talked about" and she asked me if that was going to be okay. Before I could answer she told me that she was surprised that she felt this way "already" (building on the earlier part of the conversation) but that she felt it was something she was ready to try out. And she turned to me and asked me how I felt about it?
I told her that I was concerned about Paul and what message he was getting. She told me that nothing was going to change regarding how she feels about him but that she would talk to him and make sure he understood that he shouldn't misconstrue what was going on as anything related to her having more feelings for him. She smiled and said that she knew that was important and that she agreed. I held her hand and I told her that I trusted her and that this was a big thing I was trusting her with and that in some ways, it could affect a lot of things and that she needed to be very aware of it. She smiled and hugged me and said that she had been clear with me all along and that wasn't going to change now and she giggled "especially knowing it's something you want me to do". And that was a good segue into me telling her that I was a bit hesitant and that it was happening sooner than I'd thought to. She held me and said "you see how good he is with me, what he makes me feel...." and she said that she wanted to do this with him while she was still really into it with him and while she felt herself able to let it happen.
I did ask about how this would work and she said that is why they started to talk about getting together on 2 weeknights - and she looked at me and asked "maybe it would work up to me spending 2 nights with him?" as opposed to taking up so much time on Saturday. It naturally led to the question of who is pushing for this more and she said that Paul did ask if they could get more time together during the week - and that he seemed fine with changing to 2 weeknights instead of the current schedule. I was kind of dry-mouthed at how openly and calmly she was talking about this part of things but again repeated my question about whether Paul wanted this or initiated this and she said "no" and she giggled and said "he doesn't care about what you and I do together" so it really reminded me that this something she is initiating. And I asked her so - "this is something you want, isn't it?".
She hugged me and said that she can't believe it's what she's saying "but, yes, baby...". And she was almost in tears at this point when she told me how she felt like this was an opportunity that she couldn't feel she could say no to and that she just felt it was something that would work right now for all of us. She said that she can't believe she "feels this way as your happily married wife" but then hugged me and said that she "really wants to try it". I hugged her back and I looked at her and said "I feel the same way". I know I was nervous saying it and I know she was nervous hugging me back saying "I know". We looked at each other and she said softly "so, are you going to be okay?". I nodded and said "you?". She smiled and nodded back.
It seemed like we'd reached a big turning point. She looked at me and said "lets take this slowly over the next few weeks" and then she giggled and held my cock and "I'm not done with him just yet either baby".
I'm sure I missed a lot or glossed over a lot - I admit I'm trying to do 2 things here right now.
More in a bit - gotta do some actual work today.