Mark K wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:39 am
SF, from what I am reading here, and from my past readings and listening to podcasts, you both seem to be following a somewhat normal course of situational events that most couples involved with consensual non-monogamy go through; highs and lows and confusion, be it swinging, or Hotwifing, threesomes, etc. I know there are a lot of details being digested here, about your wife, the men, and her actions, etc, but I don't think we have heard a reflection from you on how you are doing and feeling about this. Can you go outside of the details, up to 30,000 feet so to speak, and tell us what it is like for you, in general terms, and how it feels now that SW has accomplished a long-held fantasy of yours and actually become a Hotwife!
Thanks, it's time for the big overview. I kind of did this indirectly in prior posts, but will go ahead more specifically now.
- I am happy and overcome with appreciation for my lovely (!!!) wife who has taken my longstanding desire and really put herself "out there" in so many ways, in order to provide this to me. I have refocused my overall communication with SW to continue pointing to this and reaffirming my love for her, that we are indeed going to another level in our marriage.
- I am both turned on and also feeling angst, from one moment to another and from one day to another. It seems fully consistent with what I expected would be coming from this, but of course the actuality is not possible to anticipate. In any case, I'm doing fine with it. My bigger concerns continue to focus on SW and how she manages herself with such a shock to what used to be the "normal" and is now so different. Let's remember that I have been thinking about this, lurking on this board, etc. for at least five years and therefore my mindset has already adapted, and it's merely the reality that is the adjustment. Her situation is the reality is difficult but the bigger issue is her mindset, it's really a tall order to think it can change in eight weeks. Yet here we are, and she's being a champ on the roller coaster of emotions.
- We are seeing early fruits in the following areas:
a) She is feeling more powerful and her libido seems to have increased.
b) She knows I am now trustworthy with my emotions and that jealousy and anger do not figure into the equation. As such, she is now being much more communicative about the details. But it's early days, and we both know she defaults and prefers to be independent (in all areas of her life) and therefore seeming to be secretive. This will be an ongoing theme to manage.
c) She has done some reading and thinking about sex and sexuality, and about hotwifing and cuckolding, and is starting to embrace what this means for me (what I'm looking for and not looking for, especially not cuckold) and for her (that she is free to decide what she wants out of it and to pursue that).
d) Better and more intimate, honest communication. We are having so many heart-to-heart conversations and expressing love and appreciation for each other as never before.
e) She is now noticing men looking at her, and is taking their attentions as a positive thing, vs. before, when she had on a kind of protective energy bubble to ward off men and/or to not notice them. She used to think nothing good can come from it, so it was fully shut down on so many levels. No longer. Example: When she was out to dinner with a girlfriend and her two nieces last visit, some guys were giving SW some attention and she was subtly encouraging it. Her nieces noticed the guys' attentions and they became angered, offering to SW to tell those guys off, etc. SW told the girls to let it go, that it's okay, that nothing will come of it anyway, etc.
f) She has opened up about her prior relationships, communicating feelings of loss and happiness and how she still feels about these men. Again, I believe this is because she has a deeper trust in me, that I will have empathy and appreciation instead of jealousy etc.
- I love the details she has now provided regarding her encounter, and the fact that she seems determined to continue even in light of the recent change in his communication to her (e.g. she was loving the attention and the hot texting in the leadup to sex but he has all but dropped off the face of the earth). It has fed my imagination and I get such a thrill that it's not merely a concept and fantasy,
but my beautiful wife has actually been naked and had sex with a tall and handsome man, and she is all set to do so again!.
It has been very difficult for her, emotionally. As noted previously:
1) She lost some weight. Anxiety and uncertainty, for sure, and also her pride to be "perfect" for a man if he is going to see her naked. Probably on the verge of where she ought not to lose any more weight. I'm now paying closer attention to what and how much she eats at meals, just to be sure.
2) She is hitting the wine a bit harder than usual. Again, apparently managing her anxiety and uncertainty. Had a couple of negative outcomes recently (e.g. she dropped out of her morning plans for us on Sunday because of being up too late on Saturday night and drinking too much wine; also scraped her car door against a concrete pillar in a local parking structure as a result of being distracted with thoughts, out with girls drinking wine, etc.).
3) She gets overwhelmed from time to time and begins with "it's all your fault" etc. But these have become the onramp for meaningful, heart-to-heart conversations that tend to end quite well these days.
So, approximately eight weeks into this, my premise for the challenge (which I'll remind you was the security video of her with Mr. B and how her eyes and body language were so obviously relaxed and comfortable with him, she was happy and loose and clearly enjoying the time with him, listening to music and hanging together as a woman and man, intimate (without sex) has started to come full circle. She and I did precisely that on this past Saturday night; we had date night at home and really relaxed and connected in a way that I can't recall for many years. And had terrific sex to boot!
If she abandoned it now, and never went back, I'll be happy and appreciative in any case. I'll know this feeling and the intense appreciation for her, and I certainly have more inventory in the mental library of my sexy wife.
And that's all I have to say about that.