“Your boyfriend, Gunnar?” I asked. “Pfft, yeah, he is probably with your sister. Those two have been going at it non-stop for the past couple of days,” she exclaimed with a laugh. “You know about that?” I questioned. “Of course, I do! He’s my boyfriend,”...
I awoke far too early the following morning. Daybreak had arrived, sending piercing beams of sunlight through the cabin windows and into my eyes. Yesterday had been a long day and I had only gotten about four hours of sleep. Chandra noticed that I was awa...
I had just turned eighteen when my parents first invited my older sister, Chandra, and me to join them on their traditional summer vacation. They never spoke about their yearly trips very much. In our younger years, they would typically say something like...
When I was in my early thirties, I decided to join a gym. I had recently broken up with my longtime girlfriend and thought that I needed to trim up a little bit. Aware that I most likely was going to be targeting women younger than myself, I felt like I n...
It was the Saturday night following my thirty-second birthday. My wife, Elizabeth, had arranged for our two young children to stay at her parents’ house for the night while we went out for dinner and had a bit of “alone time.” We went out to my favorite h...
I was hanging out with one of my friends, Nick, at his parent's house on a Saturday afternoon. In an attempt to get a bit of freedom, we decided to head to town and grab something to eat. It was a typical small town with mostly fast-food restaurants and p...
Every night we would get out the binoculars and scan the neighbor's driveway in an attempt to catch him washing his car once again. It took a couple of weeks, and we nearly gave up, but eventually, we found him outside. Rebecca had picked out a pair of ti...
It had been an unusually slow Wednesday at the office. I hung around a bit past lunch break before deciding to cut out a few hours early. Things had been pretty chilly between “the Mrs.” and me in the bedroom recently. There would be a couple of hours bef...
It was just after six in the morning when I boarded my return flight to Chicago. As part of my job, I took a regular trip to our neighboring regional office in Minneapolis, which usually lasted a couple of days. Meetings had run late on the previous night...
I was stunned by Mother’s announcement concerning her pregnancy, not so much because it was unlikely, but because I knew that it was entirely my fault. It would have been easy for me to make excuses. I could have claimed that it might have happened during...
After being given some time to think about the events of the previous weekend, I decided that I had overreacted. It was a pretty fun interaction after all, at least at the end. Best of all, however, was Mother’s reaction. I was glad that I got to see her...
I couldn’t believe what I had just heard. I wondered what Mom could have been thinking as she invited Derek to join us. My initial fear was that it would mean that I wouldn’t get any “alone time” with Mom on the couch. Then I realized that if something di...
The following week seemed to drag along at a snail’s pace. I was constantly consumed by thoughts of Saturday nights, both past and future, including what had already happened and what was to come. I had formerly told Mom that I wanted to be on top next Sa...
Although it certainly seemed like sex was on the menu for next Saturday night, I still wanted to figure out how to return the favor from the previous week. After watching Mom play with her vibrating "friend," it was quite evident how little I actually kne...
The following week, it seemed like nothing had changed. Mom was behaving as if nothing had happened. It messed with my head to the point that I almost wondered if I had dreamed the entire situation up. Still, it consumed my thoughts for the entire week. A...
