The Fat Cow

He was able in the morning and we got it done before meeting Mike and Gloria for breakfast.

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Gloria and I sat together on the flight home and she told me that we needed to spend more time together now that I was back to work.

"Oh yeah, just what I need. You would be trying to line me up so I could be on my back on the bed next to you."

"Would that be so bad?"

"Yes it would. I have almost no chance of being caught if I limit myself to out of town trips. Screwing around at home is like begging to be caught."

"Oh no girlfriend. I already told you that no one but hubby touches me when I'm not on a trip. I just think we need a girl's night out once in a while. A few drinks, dance with a couple of guys, tease them a little and then leave them with a case of blue balls."

"Why would you do that?"

"Because they would be assholes. They would see the rings, but would try to hook up with us anyway. It doesn't bother me to burn assholes. Besides, doing it makes me horny and I go home and practically rape my old man."

"Which is why I couldn't do it."

"Why not?"

"Because it would send me home horny."

"So?"

"So I wouldn't be able to do anything about it" and I told her the sad story of my relationship with Jerry.

"He said that? He actually called you a fat cow?"

"He did."

"Well fuck him then! Get rid of him."

"No can do. I can't do that to the kids. I'll suffer with Jerry and let Hal take care of the rest when we travel."

"That's no good. You could go weeks without getting laid. I don't know about you, but I can't go three days without getting laid, let alone weeks. We have to figure something out for you."

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Things were a little on the cold side between me and Jerry when I got home. I'd known they would be, but then again before my going back to work they hadn't been any better.

I was doing the laundry on Saturday and as I was separating the whites from the coloreds I found a pair of Jerry's briefs with lipstick on the front next to the opening. I stood there staring at them when the light bulb went on over my head came on. Jerry wasn't stupid and Jerry wasn't careless. The shirts with the traces of lipstick, the remains of the condom wrapper and now lipstick stained underwear? I could see maybe one shirt being accidentally overlooked, but the rest of it?

I was meant to find them! I was being set up!

I was supposed to find them and go storming after Jerry and confront him. Faint traces of lipstick on shirts didn't do the trick so let's try a condom wrapper. Shit! That didn't get the job done so let's make it a little more blatant with lipstick on my underwear. Oh no Jerry. Oh no. I put the briefs in the plastic bag with the rest I was saving and wondered what would come next. A full tied off condom where I couldn't miss it? No way Jerry! No fucking way!

I've no idea why Jerry wanted me to confront him, but it wasn't going to happen. Whatever game he was playing he was playing alone because he wasn't going to get a confrontation from me. If he wanted to force the issue then he would have to do it because I was going to be wearing blinders as far as he was concerned.

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It was two weeks before my next trip; a three day, two nighter to Boston. Hal wasn't on the trip this time. It was just me and Mike. We went right to Wayman Technologies from the airport and didn't get to the hotel until six. We arranged to meet in the hotel restaurant at seven and as I unpacked and freshened up I wondered if Mike would make a pass at me before the night was over. And then I wondered if I would be receptive if he did.

We ate dinner and after we were finished Mike asked me if I wanted to have a drink or two in the lounge and that led to a dance or two and during a slow number he 'accidently' touched my leg with his erection and I pretended that I didn't notice. After a couple of more drinks Mike asked:

"You and Hal have a thing going or do you just like to play when you are away from home?"

I had expected the question or one like it and I'd had all day to think about it, but still hadn't made up my mind so I said:

"Hal and I don't have a thing going, but as far as just wanting to play when I'm away from hubby I don't know. Hal is the first since I got married."

"Maybe you need to try someone else."

"Maybe I don't want to get a reputation."

"Hey sweetie; what goes on out of town stays out of town."

"What about my out of town reputation?"

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not dumb Mike. I know what you are asking. What if I say yes? What happens the next time you, me and Hal are on a trip? You going to arm wrestle for me. Or do 'rock, paper, scissors' while I stand there and watch? What about my working relationship with Hal back home when he finds out?"

"Hal is cool with it."

"Oh?"

"When he hooked up with you I told him how much I envied him. He said I should be patient; that some day I might get a chance. When I found out that we would be alone on this trip I asked him if I would be upsetting any apple carts if I tried with you and he wished me luck. Told me that if I could make it happen I'd be in for the time of my life."

I'm sure that I had a nasty look on my face when I said:

"Oh he did, did he?"

"Don't go having bad thoughts. He also told me he would marry you in a heartbeat if you would leave your husband, but he knows you never will because of your kids. In fact, he told me that he hoped I would get to spend the night with you because it would help lessen the emotions he was feeling where you were concerned."

"He said that?"

"Scout's honor."

That is what made up my mind for me. Emotional entanglements were the last things I needed and as much as I liked Hal I didn't need him stuck on me. Maybe if Jerry got run over by a bus so separating him from the kids wouldn't be a problem and Hal and I could work things out, but not until.

"What the hell" I said to myself as I stood up and dropped the key to my room on the table in front of Mike.

Mike was every bit as good in bed as Hal and he had something that I couldn't get enough of. He had a skinny dick! I was maybe seven and a half inches long, but it wasn't very big around. It was perfect for anal sex and fortunately for me Mike liked anal as much as I did. He did me once in my pussy, but three times in my ass. He had the cleanest cock in town by the time we were done because I kept having to wash it and get it clean so I could suck him hard again.

We made it again in the morning just after the front desk gave us our wake up call. The next night was a repeat and on the flight home Mike said:

"If you would like I'll tell Hal I struck out."

"No. Let him know. It will be much easier for all concerned if the three of us go on a trip together and he knows."

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When I got home Jerry was his usual sour self toward me, but the kids were happy to see me. The next day I talked to my mom and she told me that both nights Jerry stayed out late and didn't get home till after eleven. Out with 'lipstick girl' was my thought. I had to smile at that. He thought he was putting something over on me. I might have been a 'fat cow' to him, but he was a stupid asshole to me.

When I did the laundry that weekend I found another pair of briefs with lipstick on them and I also found a shirt that had a couple of blond hairs that had 'somehow' gotten wrapped around a button. "Keep trying Jerry" I thought, "Just keep trying." I put the underpants and the shirt in the bag with the rest of his planted items.

I made a decision that weekend. While Jerry was off doing something or other I moved Becky into Alice's room and then I moved all of my things into Becky's old room. Becky and Alice both whined, Becky because she had to give up her room and Alice because she now had to share hers. I shut them up by promising to increase their weekly allowances and then of course Cindy whined that it wasn't fair that they got an increase and she didn't so I had to give her one also.

Jerry didn't notice the changes in the bedroom when he went to bed.

I was in the kitchen was in the kitchen fixing breakfast when he got up in the morning. He got a cup of coffee out of the pot and sat down at the table.

"I got up in the middle of the night to pee. You weren't in bed."

"I was in bed."

"No you weren't. Your side of the bed hadn't even been turned down."

"I was asleep in my bed."

"Your bed?"

"I moved into Becky's room."

"Why the hell did you do that?"

"You haven't had anything to do with me for months so I just decided that since you didn't seem to want me around I'd move and get out of your way."

He just shrugged, got up and refilled his coffee cup and went out into the living room to watch the morning news on the TV.

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Tuesday Gloria asked me to stop for a drink after work. We drank margaritas and talked about work and the people there and then she said:

"I hear I might be going on a trip with you next week."

"I knew I was going, but I haven't heard who with."

"What I hear is that it will be you, me, Hal and Mike."

"Could be. Either Hal, Mike or both are usually with me."

"If it is true can I have Hal this time?"

"That isn't up to me honey; you need to work that out with Hal, but I think I can safely say that he won't be averse to it."

"Just checking. I thought you might have something going on and I didn't want to intrude."

"Nothing except that he has been an out of town bed buddy."

"You won't lose anything on the deal. Mike is pretty damned good in bed."

"I know."

She looked at me with surprise on her face and said "You slut you!"

I just shrugged and smiled.

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The trip was a three day and two night visit to Baltimore and Gloria had no trouble in getting Hal to give her a try. The first night Hal spent with Gloria and I played with Mike and the second night I got Hal and Gloria had Mike.

Hal was softly snoring and I was leaning on an elbow looking at him as thoughts danced through my mind. I wondered why I could turn on men like Hal and Mike – turn them on so much that they couldn't leave me alone when we got naked. They acted like they couldn't wait to get me naked and they kept trying to get me to play with them when we were home from the trips. Why did my own husband, the man who had pursued me and practically begged me to marry him, find me so repulsive?

It wasn't just Hal and Mike either. Since I had gone back to work there had been a lot of men checking me out and coming on to me and yet to my own husband I was a fat cow. I began to wonder if I shouldn't just leave Jerry. I might suffer some guilt at taking his children away from him, but he would have visitation rights. I wouldn't try to keep him away from them.

Did I really want to wait the twelve years before the youngest was ready to move out before getting a life for myself? I fell asleep with those thoughts still bouncing around and those thoughts were never very far away over the next days and weeks.

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It was three weeks before my next trip. A one day, one night jaunt to Detroit. There were three of us – Hal, Mike and me. We spent the day at Excelsior and then met for dinner in the hotel restaurant at seven. The lounge was next and I danced a couple of numbers with each of them and even though we seemed to be enjoying ourselves things seemed a little strained. It took three drinks before I figured out why.

The two boys were trying to figure out how to bring up the night's sleeping arrangements.

I should have been a little pissed that they had just assumed I'd be going to bed with one of them, but I wasn't. The 'fat cow' was feeling pretty damned good knowing that two healthy good looking males wanted her. Then I had a wicked thought. I was a bit of a wild child before I'd met and married Jerry. I'd done a threesome or three and I'd even once pulled a train at a frat house kegger, but I had put all that behind me when I had said "I do." It had been a long time ago and I'd not thought of it in years. I looked at them seated across the table from me and said:

"Both."

"Both?" they asked almost in unison. "What do you mean "both?"

"You are both walking on eggshells trying to figure out how to bring up what will be happening when we leave here. I've just made the decision for you. Both."

"You're kidding, right?" Hal asked.

"Not in the least" I said as I stood up. "We have a long night ahead of us so we'd best get started."

It was an exhausting night. Their cocks were very busy. Two holes had cocks in them at all times. Ass and mouth; pussy and mouth and pussy and ass until they couldn't get it up anymore

The evening had not only been memorable, but it had helped me make a decision. I decided that I wasn't going to wait twelve years to get on with my life. On the flight home I decided to put an end to the farce that was my marriage to Jerry. I'd give him as much visitation with the kids as he wanted, but I was no longer going to stay tied to someone who didn't want me just for the sake of his relationship with his kids.

After checking the laundry on Saturday for any more of his 'accidental' overlooks I'd give him the confrontation he was apparently looking for.

I didn't have to wait for Saturday.

Friday evening as I was doing the dinner dishes Jerry said, "I'm short a couple of shirts and some underwear. I've looked in the laundry room and they aren't there."

I dropped the pan I was scrubbing into the sink and left the kitchen. I was back in a minute with the plastic bag that had all of the lipstick stained clothing in it and I tossed the bag to him.

"I was saving it up until I had a full load for you to take to your bimbo so she could launder them for you."

I went back to the sink and back to scrubbing the pot. With my back to him I said:

"What's the matter Jerry? Cat got your tongue?"

There was a minute of silence and then Jerry gave me the biggest line of bullshit I'd ever heard.

"There isn't any bimbo. I sensed you pulling away from me so I faked those things hoping that they would make you fight for me."

"Me fight for you? That's a laugh Jerry. Why would I fight for an asshole who tells his cousin that he is sorry, and these were your exact words Jerry, "That I married that fat cow!" The only reason that I haven't already divorced you is that I didn't want to separate you from the kids, but that has changed. I've decided that I'm not going to put my life on hold until the youngest turns eighteen. I'll be seeing an attorney as soon as I can make an appointment."

"I don't want a divorce."

"Tough shit Jerry because I do and I'm going for one."

"I won't let you take my kids away from me. I'll fight a divorce."

"Fight it all you want. All you can do is waste money on a lawyer to slow it down or stall it, but you can't stop it. I am not staying with you just so you can have the kids around. You can have all the visitation you want. Besides; I need to be gone so you can find another woman to give you the son you want to carry on the family name because I sure as hell won't be doing it."

I finished the dishes and then went to help the kids with their homework. After putting them to bed I took a shower and when I came out I found Jerry sitting on the bed waiting.

"We need to talk."

"No we don't. I don't need to hear anymore of your bullshit. You not having a bimbo might or might not be true, but this 'fight for me' bullshit is just that – bullshit! If that is what you wanted you would have been doing your damndest to make it happen, but you have totally ignored me for the last two years and I'm finally done with it."

I walked to my bedroom and closed the door on him. Jerry kept trying to get me to talk with him over the weekend and I refused to discuss anything with him. Finally, after dinner on Sunday he said:

"Okay, don't talk with me, but understand this; I will fight a divorce tooth and nail."

"It would be in your best interest not to. If you accept it and sign the papers with no trouble I won't ask for alimony and I'll agree to maximum visitation where the children are concerned and I'll agree to a fifty/fifty split of the assets. You fight me on it and I'll go for alimony, as much child support as I can get and use of the family home until the last child turns eighteen. You want to make house payments for the next twelve years while you also have to pay to live in an apartment somewhere?

"I'll get custody Jerry; any good lawyer will tell you that. The courts always give custody to the mother unless there are some really nasty circumstances and I'll tell you this right up front. You fight this divorce and no matter what visitation the courts give you it will amaze you to find out how many things I can do to see that you don't get to see them. I don't want to use them as a club Jerry; but use them I will if you fight me on this.

"If you fight it you will have to get an attorney and they aren't cheap. You will be paying him and all he will be able to do is stall things. Once I file, unless I withdraw the filing, the divorce will happen. Sooner or later it will happen. I don't want you Jerry. I haven't wanted you since you told Ralph I was a fat cow. Accept it Jerry; it will happen."

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As I was leaving the house to go to work on Monday I noticed the soiled shirts and underwear on the floor of the laundry room and I decided to hang onto them and maybe use them if jerry did fight the divorce. That afternoon I made an appointment with an attorney for Tuesday afternoon. When we talked I told him that all I wanted was custody of the children, an even distribution of assets, reasonable child support with Jerry getting ample visitation.

I gave him the bag of Jerry's dirty laundry to possibly use if Jerry did decide to fight. I told him that if Jerry fought the divorce I wanted the attorney to pursue a scorched earth policy. He told me he could have the papers filed by Thursday and Jerry served on Friday and I told him to do it.

Wednesday I told Hal and Mike I had filed for divorce and that there would be no more playing on trips until the divorce was final.

"If Jerry fights the divorce he might just decide to hire someone to see if he can catch me doing something he can use against me. Even if he doesn't fight it I need to be careful."

Hal asked me to have lunch with him and since Jerry hadn't been served yet I said okay. Over lunch Hal said:

"What are my chances once you are single again?"

"As good as anyone else's."

"Can't you give me any more encouragement than that? If I have a better than even shot I'll file on my wife and with luck we will end up free around the same time."

"I can't give you any encouragement because I have no idea what I want to do. I just might want to stay single for a while. And then of course there is Mike."

"Mike?"

"Yes, Mike. He has also expressed an interest."

"No fair. I got to you first."

"What has fair got to do with it? We dance well together and we are pretty good in bed together, but other than that I don't know all that much about you and you don't know much about me. You don't know my likes, dislikes or anything. All you know is that we have fun once or twice a month while on business trips. I need to know a hell of a lot more than that about someone before I get serious about them. And back to Mike. Do you have any idea how much I enjoyed what happened on our last trip. Why would I want to get married again and have to give that up?"

"Maybe you wouldn't have to."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm a fairly open minded guy. I like what we did on our last trip too."

"Just how open minded are you? Bear in mind I have no intention of giving up my job and you already know that you don't always go on all my trips with me. Could you handle seeing me go off for two or three days with Mike or someone else from the department knowing full well what would likely happen? How about once I'm divorced and I don't have to limit myself to out of town trips? What if neither of you went with me and I wanted to pick up some guy in the hotel lounge?"