When we pulled into Matt’s driveway, I heard Terri take a deep breath. “Are you sure you want to do this?” I asked her. “Yes,” she said. “Just a little nervous.” ‘Me, too,” I said. “A lot nervous, actually.” “Ok,...

It Started in the Steam Room, Part V

"Explorations with my wife get wilder, and I make a confession"

I got out of bed and headed toward the shower. I would have loved to invite my wife to join me, but it wouldn’t be long before the kids started dragging themselves out of bed and we couldn’t take the...

It Started in the Steam Room (Part IV)

"The intense sexual experiences I'd been having with a man help improve sex at home"

I left Matt’s house that day with a strange sense of elation. We had crossed a line that most guys never cross, having sucked each other’s cocks and kissed like lovers, but while we had done something forbidden I didn’t...

It Started in the Steam Room (Part II)

"After a chance encounter with a man in a public place, I follow up with a visit to his home"

Although it had taken me two weeks to come around to the idea of emailing Matt, I was inexplicably impatient to hear back from him. I checked my inbox obsessively for several hours, so often my wife asked me what...

It started in the steam room

"A restless man finds release in an unexpected place"

At forty-five my life had settled into a middle-aged routine that I suppose most men have fallen into by that age. I’d been married almost twenty years, my kids were in their mid-teens, I had a good if not exciting...

What Happened Last Night, Pt. II

"Helps to read Part I of this story first."

“Now what?” I asked. Tom propped himself on one elbow and looked at me. “You mean now as in the next 20 minutes, or now as in for the rest of time?” “Let’s keep it simple for now,” I said....

What happened last night?

"A married man wakes up in another man's bed"

I closed the door behind me, trying to make as little noise as possible. It clicked shut and I walked away, head spinning, heart pounding and a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. How on earth had this...

He doesn’t know he’s gay

"An offhand observation turns out to be right"

When I was a college freshman, I got to be friends with a guy down the hall who came from a place near my hometown. Although it was a big state school, it turned out we had one late-afternoon class...