Maybe we should never have listened to them. Compared to our friends, maybe our lives were a little flat and normal, but we were happy. Living in one of the nicest parts of Miami, Jill and I had great jobs, great kids and great marriage.
But they were good friends, and so when Charlotte and Callan told us about the excitement and spice swinging had added to their own marriage, Jill and I listened and questioned.
We thought we were smart, thought we were in control, promising ourselves that we were just peeking into this crazy new lifestyle – more prurient intrigue than any serious intention of joining their ranks. But once you entertain an idea like this, once you open the box and peek inside, it’s hard not to turn the next page. To try the next little baby step, until one step after another has led you to the point where the genie’s out of the bottle and events control you rather than the other way round.
And before we knew what was happening, what had started as idle curiosity was re-mapping our marriage and our lives, leading to consequences that would change us forever.
Maybe we should never have listened to them. Compared to our friends, maybe our lives were a little flat and normal, but we were happy. Living in one of the nicest parts of Miami, Jill and I had great jobs, great kids and great marriage.
But they were good friends, and so when Charlotte and Callan told us about the excitement and spice swinging had added to their own marriage, Jill and I listened and questioned.
We thought we were smart, thought we were in control, promising ourselves that we were just peeking into this crazy new lifestyle – more prurient intrigue than any serious intention of joining their ranks. But once you entertain an idea like this, once you open the box and peek inside, it’s hard not to turn the next page. To try the next little baby step, until one step after another has led you to the point where the genie’s out of the bottle and events control you rather than the other way round.
And before we knew what was happening, what had started as idle curiosity was re-mapping our marriage and our lives, leading to consequences that would change us forever.