FWB Saturday

Yesterday she got a call about 9:30 and her new guy wanted to come by. We had an appointment at 1pm so she said he could come by after 3 or before 11.

He wanted pussy so you can guess what time slot he chose. I shortly heard the knock at the door and oddly I had just and I mean just finished shaving her pussy for his visit.

I was actually in the kitchen putting the utensils into the diswasher so they would be nice and clean for the next shaving ritual....

She greeted him at the door and I heard what sounded like kissing. They both poked their head into the family room and he just said hello, inquired about how I was doing, small talk etc and then said to her, "Come on lets go fuck!" They disappeared down the hallway and went into the bedroom closing the door behind them.

I busied myself with a chore that needed doing prior to us going to our appointment. I could hear them and could hear her too.

Then I heard a loud bang on our bedroom door and could not imagine what that was.

They came out about 30 minutes later. She and he both had a smile on their face. He thanked her, and me and he left.

She was positively glowing. She looked very happy and just had a brightness about her.

She told me that she gave him a blow job and he gave her a facial as a reward for doing that. She said when he came he came so hard he lost his balance and banged into the bedroom door. That explained the noise I heard.

After getting him off he went down on her returning the favor. They talked about he Olympics and then left. I suppose they had a bit of Bedroom Olympics themselves.

I was very happy he came over. I have been feeling a bit under the weather this week and that has lead to me having some surgery tomorrow morning so frankly I was not really up to fucking this weekend anyway.

You see being a cuckold can have its advantages for both parties. She got hers and I got happy knowing she got it and vicariously I got sex too....

I have noted a drop in readership over the past month and am at loss to explain it. Maybe the blog is just getting old and does not hold much interest anymore.


But what the hell, sometimes I just write for me....

Sugasm #137

June 23rd, 2008 by Vixen | Last modified: June 23rd, 2008

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HNT-getting wet

She may have gotten wet but I got hard....

Great Sex and.....

The other night, she and I had some really fantastic, great sex.....our romps in bed from my perspective are always great and I sense she feels the same too....

I awoke in the middle of the night with some serious pain that caused me to visit my local emergency room. what a bummer. I have to undergo some common surgery and will visit the surgeon today to find out the details....

Why do I sense the fucking I am going to get from my medical insurance and the medical community is not going to be as fun as the fucking I got my from lovely...??/alas this is not a medical blog and I won't bore you this story.....

A Pussy Scorned

I have written about my "loss" of Fantasy Man on previos occasions. He moved out of state and we moved to a different state. Having been a fuck buddy to Fantasy Man for 5 years, I was sad. He does still call from time to time just to hear my voice while he jerks off...but the call last week said he was trying to work his way down to where I live. Wow. I was shocked. Hubby said he'd find a way, that he just likes my tight pussy far too much not to give it up entirely. I understand his world, and he did have to go to a LOT of trouble to arrange this meeting.

Sure enough, a few days before the "event", he called, and in hushed tones (as if he were a spy & didn't want anyone to hear) that he would be down this way on Friday. The next morning, he called & said it would be Thursday instead, and the trip had to be approved. Well, it was approved. He called & said what time he'd be in & to meet him at a certain hotel around 6PM. I had to wait in the car & he'd call with the room number. (that is the way he sneaks me past his co-workers) He had said he wanted me all night, so I brought along my bag for the night & planned to get up early to get to work on time, since there is a lot of traffic between that hotel & my place of employment.

When I walked in the room, he was stark naked. I bent at his knees & gave him a blow job as if worshiping his cock. He leaned me over the bed & fucked me in the pussy from behind. He wanted me to rub my clit while he was fucking me. He was very horny & more than ready--it did not take long. He spilled his come all over my behind. I still won't let him fuck me in the ass & he still begs for it. Rubbing his cum on my ass is as close as he can get.

Since it was 6PM. I wanted to take him out to dinner...that was heartily NIXED. Oh my God, his wife's family lives all around this area & mentioned one town in particulalr that was where the nice restaurant is I wanted to take him to. Then he said he had to go down & have a couple of beers with his coworker who is his boss. ???? He thought he'd stay there for an hour, then order Chinese food? I was hungry & I get cranky when I am hungry. I told him I wasn't going to wait around for that to happen, I went out & got a burger at a nearby Chain Restaurant. It just so happened, hubby was in the area (he wanted to walk by the room & see if he could hear any fucking) We had burgers, then we each drove back to the hotel. Hubby went in first. From the 2nd floor, we could see the bar, but Fantasy Man was hidden behind a wall. I went to the room--hubby right behind me. The room was empty. Hubby went home & I laid down on the bed & waited.

And waited. and waited. Hubby texted me & told me to go to the bar & hang out..I did not want to do that, so there I lay. I called Fantasy Man on the phone & he asked me if I was in the room waitng patiently. What's that all about? It is now nearly 2 hours later. He knew I was up there. He'd rather sit & drink beers rather than play with a real live pussy? Now I am pissed & told him I was bored & wanted to go home. He got his ass up to the room at that.

He reeked of alcohol. He laid on the bed all bleary eyed from booze. He said he didn't think he could get another hard on. Well, I did manage to get him hard again and he rolled me over & fucked me from behind again, and came inside me this time.

Now he wanted to go get something to eat...so he got directions to a nearby Chinese Buffet. I had to go to the car first & wait for him to come down. So I waited & waited. Hubby called & said he is passed out, I better call him. So I did & I accused him of passing out--he said no, he was having phone problems, Yeah, right. So & I drove him there & waited (again, this waiting) for him to come out with his food. I told him I did not want to stay the night, so he gave me a hug & kiss at the restaurant, then I drove him back to the hotel. He said he had to get up at 5AM anyway, & thanked me for being such a trooper.

I was never more bored & unhappy with a hook up with Fantasy Man as I was this week. I am so dissapointed with his behavior. To me it is obvious, he'd rather drink than have pussy. So I will oblige him...he can have all the booze he wants, but he cannot have all this pussy that he wants.

And what is the worst--he probably doesn't even remember any of this happening! He'll be very surprised at a chilly reception should he ever bother to call again. I don't like being around drunks. Even mushy ones. (he was the one that wanted the hug & kiss)

The luster of the fanatsy has dulled considerably.











He reeked of alcohol.

Fantasy Man Returns

Well her number one fantasy guy got into town last night. She stopped home from work to freshen up just a bit and headed off to his hotel. She missed her turn and had to call me for directions but she eventually got there.

I drove to the hotel and walked up to the floor where they were but could not hear anything. I left and was almost home when she called.

"We fucked!" but he has to go have a beer with his co-worker and I need to get something to eat." I'm confused, he just fucked you and left.......well apparently he is going to take an hour and meet her back in the room.

I suggested a place to have dinner and met her there. Find out she wanted to take him out but he claimed to have family in the area and did not want to risk it.

We ate, she drove back to the hotel. I went inside and thought he was at the bar but he looked a bit different than the last time I saw him...He does not know me. I wanted her to go to the bar and I was going to flirt with her but since I was not sure he was at the bar she went to his room. I followed but he was in fact at the bar.

She called him but he did not answer and I left. Actually, feeling pissed that he would hide her in the room like luggage.....damn I was really pissed. I got home and eventually texted her asking where he was...still at the bar....


I know guys and figured he would start drinking at loose track of everything, He eventually called and she said she was thinking about leaving as she was bored. He came back up to the room in a bit...she said he reeked of beer.....apparently got a hard on and the fucked again. He then asks her to drive him to get something to eat...is there an inconsistency here? Anyway she took him someplace for take out and he did She dropped him off at the hotel and came home.

Her pussy was dripping cum. we chatted and watched the last few minutes of the new show Swingtown....I was watching it before she got there. One character in it reminds me of my ex wife...the prude.....!!!!

anyway we eventually went to bed and yes this time I did put my cock in her. I was turned on a lot and did not last too long, pulled out and gave her a cum shower.

but all in all I think she was disappointed. Long wait...long fantasy and it did not play out too well. Will she see him again...Yeah, I think so, he even said he would arrange to get here now and then. But he better be a lot nicer to her next time....Im still pissed......

Not all of these situations are the hot, hot fantasy a lot of you think they are...This is the real world here....and if I had not been so horny from so many days of teasing I may not have even done what I did and frankly it felt not as good as I thought even though I got off quickly...yeah physically fine, emotional let down...did I mention Im still pissed?

HNT Today and Pondering the pool

Yes, it is I.....pondering what is to be.....she actually snapped one of me.....so feeling my oats, I thought I would post an HNT of me. It shows some but not much......

Actually I was trying to think of the angle to take when I was going to shoot her..(take her picture).

Today is thundery and rainy...First time in several weeks. Rotten day for it....You know why? Of course not! Her number one fantasy guy called and he has made arrangements to get into town for the night. He had to pull some strings.....she is to meet him at his Hotel tonight after work. She put on a lovely sun dress, a sexy thong, packed the toys into her overnight bag......packed a special pair of panties just for him, a photograph we recently got at an art fair when we went with some friends and kissed me good by.

I was out of town the other day....We have been experimenting with prostate milking. Its really neat. For those who have not tried it, by stimulating the prostate gland and ejaculate substance dribbles out of my penis..It is not an ejaculation, nor does it produce an orgasm,but hte feeling is pleasant, expect for the intrusion...well to make a long story longer, she had been doing a bit of teasing and denying,. remember last week she had her new fantasy guy over and if memory serves me I have not cum since then...I did put it in her and I have gone down on her but basically her cunt has been off limits to my cum since. We were going to do some milking last night when I arrived back from my business trip.

But when I suggest it, after shaving her pussy and going down on her, she just frankly said, "No, I want you to wait until after I see fantasy guy...." she actually changed her mind and postponed my release another day, jsut because she wants to save it up. She does not want me in her before she does him and we have both discussed that he does not either. He always asks her when she got it last and we think it makes him feel hot when she says to him that she saved her pussy just for him...strokes his ego I guess.

So I sit here typing this, with the stirrings of a hard on...horny.....wanting her pussy and knowing he is to get it tonight...Hopefully the storms wont fuck up the travel plans......Ill let you know.....if I am again a cuckold husband

Sunnin the buns/or HNT early-& Being Late on Comments

The sun is warm and lovely this time of year.....I hope that a series of pool photos doesnt upset anyone. I took a lot of em.....You know I might be biased but damn I think my wife has a great ass......I believe that opinion is shared by a few guys who have had the opportunity to put their hands on that ass too......enjoy

Sorry I was so late on comments but I was away, probably thinking about her ass...

The cable guy, the guest and Me

This happened a while back but I had never written about it for some reason and last night she and I were discussing the event and kinda smiling and remembering how hot it was when it happened.

I was at work and we were switching cable tv companies because of lousy service. Back when it first came into being there was only one choice and that was the vendor that won a lucrative contract from the local municipality.....Today just about anyone with equimpent can install the service including satellite companies, phone companies etc...but you aren't reading for that tidbit.

So I come home and there is a guy sitting on the stool in the living room and he introduces himself as X.. A guy pops up from behind the entertainment center we have and he introduces himself too. So right away I assume they are working together and that guy sitting on the stool is the supervisor and he is checking out the picture quality.

His name was the same name as one of her newer boyfriends. Now during the introduction she just smiled and I am thinking she is happy with the new service because earlier in the day I had called to see if the cable people showed up on time and she said yes and "he" was very knowledgeable and seemed to know his stuff well.

So anyway, I walk down the hall to the bedroom and it suddenly hits me. X is not part of the cable team. X is the new guy I had not met. She follows me down the hall a few minutes later and she is grinning from ear to ear. "Oh! is that X the X I think or is he......" She just starts to giggle and giggle like a school girl and she needs to say nothing..I now understand. She tells me he called earlier and wanted to come over but the cable guy was here and she told him to come at a certain time, thinking the cable guy would be gone.

Although very good at his job, he was very slow at it too it seems. Well, eventually, he gets around to the internet installation and he calls me into the office (we have an extra bedroom we use as an office) and asks me somequestion about the wireless card I have. I am technically challanged and dont know what he is getting at and we launch into a 20 min discussion on how my wireless operates.

In the meantime I am looking for the disk that runs the wireless and I cant find it, so I go back out to the living area to ask her if she had put my disks someplace. Can't find her...I go into the office and for some reason ask cable guy, "Hey, did you see my wife walk by." (our house is not that big) He says no and I poke my head into the hall way and it hits me, the guest bedroom door is closed and its never closed.

Ok, no rocket scientist am I, but I can surely figure it out now. About twenty minutes later while still engaged with the tech who is having a difficult time accessing my wireless, (we forgot I had it password protected) I hear the unmistakeable click as the bedroom door upens. I poke my head into the hall way and she looks at me and grins, he grins, I grin and she gives me the ok sign.

She hugs the "Supervisor" and he leaves. She later tells me the poor guy drove an hour to see her and had someplace to go at 4 and no one expected Mr Cable guy to be here that long....so the poor guy could not go home with a raging hard on....now could he..

We talked about it most of the day after the real cable guy left. It was hot. She did not provide any details but I did get the idea the she blew him and fucked him and sent him home or to where ever very happy.

I don't think he has seen her since and he had only seen her a time or two before that.. It was just one incident I had forgotten to ever mention.....

So there is my wife, cuckolding me, without telling me while we have the cable guy in the house....although the juicy details arent here I hope you guys find the incident interesting.....

And no, she did not offer up any pussy that night either....

Hanging around the Pool HNT--Flash Details

She wanted to demonstrate her athletic ability. I have to admit I was a bit nervous thinking it was not such a bright idea but she is amazing and actually made this look easy. I had a hard time getting a good angle and we did several retakes.......I popped this one off just before she made it to complete vertical but you get the idea.....Happy HNT......and now for details of the flash post.
We got a call from her new fantasy guy about 6 and he said he wanted to cum over....I mentioned that I would be here and he said, "I don't care I'm going to fuck her anyway." Well that was bluntly put... Come on over...He did...Got here about 7 or close there too. We introduced ourselves and he seemed a bit nervous... No matter, men who claim to like fucking other men's wives are always a bit ervous the first time...It goes against our grain and we think this is prohibited.... After a few minutes of exchanging usual banter, she more or less took him by the hand and they walked down the hall towards the bedroom. I was not invited along and they entered and closed the door.

Of course I was curious and wanted to hear what was going on but the a/c was on and its rather loud with the air exchanger being right next to the bedroom and its fan blower going. I posted the flash and stayed near the hall way and eventually the a/c cycled off and I coudl hear the usual moaning and groaning of the sounds.. She was making sounds I associated with her cumming and I could hear slurpy sucky sounds too. It was pretty obvious she was enjoying whatever they were doing. The a/c came back on and again I was deaf. I will confess that I was getting rather excited and my ole friend Pete was trying to poke his helmeted head up too. They were in the room about an hour maybe slightly less and the a/c cycled off again and I went to the hallway and heard her really getting loud and I could hear the noise the matress makes when she and I fuck so I assumed she was getting fucked. I heard inaudible whispering but could not make out what they were saying except I did hear one Oh My God! from her. then I heard the sounds really speed up and I heard him scream and it was obvious he had just cum. Then I heard the sounds of contentment and soon they came out. He was actually breathing hard, was sweaty and looked like he had a work out. She was grinning from ear to ear...She put her hands on his shoulders and remarked how broad they were as she really likes guys with strong shoulders and arms..I have to admit he was a good looking guy. He shook my hand and said he appreciated the opportunity to give her a good and proper fucking, or words to that effect anyway. He left shortly there after...I did put my hand up her skirt and it was obvious she had been fucked.....very obvious....shortly thereafter we went to one of those trendy coffee shops and had coffee and desert and she gave me some details...those details consisted of she gave him a bj, he went down on her, fucked her and he came twice which accounted for the definite evidence of recent fucking. While at the coffee shop I noted a lady sitting in the shop and it became apparent she had noticed I did not have underwear on some loose fitting shorts. I suppose I was actually exposing myself to her and when I realized I was, feeling exhibitionist I did not do much to unexpose myself....I kind of flirted with her by letting her get a glimpse and then making sure she could not so it looked accidential...well to say the least it was the only sex I got last night....although my lovely did play with me but it was apparent she had enough fucking...I did remark that it sounded like she got nailed really well and she said that she had indeed and that he had "girth" which I suppose meant in girl talk that he had a big cock....well that is the latest from the cuckold husband home front. I think all of us really enjoyed the experience.

Flash

She just went into the bedroom, closed the door and I imagine she is either sucking cock or fucking....I briefly met her new fantasy guy...The one she posted about....This is a new one...I cant hear anything and I can not see anything...will post when I know something...and tomorrow is an HNT anyway..

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Answers

I have over time received a lot of questions from people curious about how we can have the relationship we have. Some questions border on the purient interest category and some are actually seeking information.

From time to time I am going to answer some of those questions and today is one of those days.. Maybe because a lot of bloggers do a Too Much Info Tuesday post or perhaps just because I need something to write about. By the way expect some more photos as we took about 70 this weekend.

Q. Don't you get jealous when your wife has sex with other men?
A. No, never, not even...
Q. What do you get out of it, (her having sex) with other men?
A. Well that is complicated. I enjoy her happiness, I think she looks fantastic with her legs spread and a cock going into her pussy. I like the look she has. I like the idea of multiple partner sexual activity... I just like it.....
Q. Does she like men with big dicks?
A. She says seize is not important but I think she does, but I think she perfers guys with good personalities.
Q> Do you and she have a bdsm relationship?
A. No, we do on occasion play tease and denial and chasity games.....
Q. Do you like to watch/
A. Yes
Q. Do you always watch.
A. Sometimes, but rarely
Q. Why don't you watch/
A. Because she prefers it that way, and she gets shy and I don't want to inhibit her.
Q. Do you have to approve the men?
A. I may screen potential partners for her but its always her choice and if she finds someone I did not screen that is more than fine. Actually her long time fantasy guy is someone I did not screen, nor have I ever met.
Q> Do you always fuck her after she has been with someone or do you go down on her afterwards.
A> No, I do not always fuck her afterwards, yes I have gone down on her after she has been with someone.

I will answer more some other time.... and in the meatime if you have any questions you want to ask send them to me in email or leave a comment...

Happy HNT

Maybe I posted this before but Im getting low on inventory so what the hell. Happy HNT.....

Questions

I get a lot of questions from people interested in our cuckold relationship. Most come directly to me at my email address. I have begun compiling some and thought they might make a good post. So if you have a question you want to ask you can send one to the email link and/or you can post one on the comments section and in the next few days I will put the most interesting together and answer them.

I think some people would prefer the annonimity of an email so if that's the case ask away. I will not identify anyone and merely post the question and my answer. I believe this is a bit more than what the bloggers call TMI....so if you have legit or just curious questions fire away.....

Should make for an interesting post. Oh and by the way, we have to take some new photos as we have exhusted the last few batches....and something may be brewing on the cuckolding front but Im not sure when.

Grils and Playtoys

I just wrote a post about thinking about doing myself and holding back as I like the edge thing. The post inspired a comment from Curious Girl who by the way has a great blog of her own. Thanks CG for the inspiration.

In any event she mentioned having had a brief relationship wherein she enjoyed playing with the guy and not getting him off right away.

I have found that almost every girlfriend who I have been with enjoyed playing with my boys in some fashion and I learned that they did not mean for their playing to lead to some type of ejaculatory release nor was it an invitation to immediately try to... put bluntly...fuck them.

Like most guys when I was in my teens and learningn to appreciate sex with girls, I like most guys called these girls "Prick Teasers" and frankly that was not a compliment

As I aged and matured I began to appreciate these "Prick Teasers" a whole lot more, eventually coming to realize they were not bad people for wanting to play with the guys..... and just play for plays sake. After all, every time a boy takes out his baseball or football he isnt playing in the World Series or Super Bowl.

The first time I had a girlfriend who actually admitted that she just wanted to play with them was really mind boggling; but I was estatic. By that time this had become a recurring fantasy for me.

We were at my place and we were in my bed sans clothing just wathcing a late night tv show. I have always slept naked and most girls who I have been with eventually join me in my au-nautral sleep habits....I have also lived where it is very warm most of the year. (That helps)

In any event she looks over at me and says, "I want to play with your cock and balls but I really don't want you to cum or try to fuck me: I just want you to know that before I start; if that's not ok, I won't play with them at all!"

Shocked, but in heaven because somehow my fantasy was about to come true even though she and I had never discussed this fantasy before. Sure I had girlfriends who had played with them before and then had to listen to me whine, "Well why did you start if you were not going to finish......boo hoo....!! etc. etc

You ladies out there can probably relate, especially to the whinning...

Of course, I agreed, "Ok, if that's what you want......" So she started, slowy, gently, then she was like a kid in a toy store, she was squeezing, kneading, pulling, twisting and just generally enjoying her self. If she sensed I was about to go over the edge, she would back off. She was very good at playing.... getting me close and then closing down the sensations. She played with me for well over and hour. She cooed and giggled: She looked and examined and she just generally had a great time. She looked down and said, "Oh, my goodness, your leaky. She put a finger on the honey like pre cum substance and touched it to her tounge; then she did the same and touched it to my tounge which I at first resisted but then accepted......she continued playing for another 20-30 minutes and then said, "Well its time for us to go to bed," she kissed me rolled over and went to sleep and left me with a raging hard on....I snuggled her and soon drifted off to sleep myself...

No I was not frustrated. I was quite relaxed and really enjoyed it......She and I eventually drifted apart for reasons other than my not coming and I eventually met my wife who does the same thing for me.....and for herself too.