[MF] Wife Leaves Town, Friend and I Go Drinking

Please don’t take this story as endorsement of infidelity, it’s just something that happened and I thought some people might enjoy it.

I’ve been married for seven years now and have two children with my wife. Our marriage is very good. We co-parent really well, we run our household well together, we both make decent money and have similar financial goals and outlooks. Sex is still great, but not as frequent as it was. Having children and being proper adults makes it much tougher to find that passion that’s naturally there when there is more time for each other.

Before we were married, my wife and I had a pretty close-knit group of friends. A lot of our group is now married, and most have kids of their own so the group is still pretty close. We’re not all going out boozing together every single weekend like we were, but we now have more family themed get-togethers. From that group, only one guy and one of the girls aren’t married or in a serious long term relationship. The guy moved away five years ago and the girl had moved but recently returned to our city. She’s still a close friend with both my wife and I and is great with our children, her name is Sara. When my wife and I were just starting to spend a lot of time together, Sara was clearly also interested in me. At the time I only had eyes for my wife and wasn’t willing to risk my now-wife getting jealous if I hooked up with Sara so I didn’t reciprocate her advances at all. After some time, my wife and I began dating and we both continued being pretty close friends with Sara, there was no awkwardness or resentment at all.

[Group] Ski Weekend Couples Fun

With all the COVID measures in place and my wife working from home, we were feeling cooped up recently. So when a couple we know invited us to go stay up at the local ski hill, we jumped at the chance. We have two kids and the other couple does as well. So two five-year-old boys, a three-year-old boy, and a three-year-old girl along with the four adults. We justified it in our heads by saying that the two younger ones are in the same daycare, so we’re all probably being exposed to the same germs anyways.

When we arrived at the condo we were sharing they were already there. Of course the kids immediately began playing and were excited to show each other toys, rooms, etc. We got ourselves unpacked and set up and made some dinner. It was perfectly wholesome family time and we all got along really well. The conversation just flowed beautifully since we’re all in the same stages for kids, careers, and real estate. After a while we got the kids to bed and had a couple more drink around the dining room table. My wife made one comment about hotel-room/vacation sex and they were happy to laugh along and agree that a change of scenery can add some spice to a marriage sometimes. Little did I know how far we would push this idea. We all ended up going to bed at a very reasonable time that night since we wanted to hit the slopes early the next morning and getting kids ready can be such an ordeal. When we were in our bedroom my wife and I talked about how nice it is to just feel relaxed around another couple.