"huh?"
"We should have sex in the storage locker"
"really?"
"Yes!"
"ummm... ok!"
We have been married now 10 years, love each other dearly and couldn't imagine life apart. Every now and then though we strike something that we are very different about. In the last year or so it's been our sexuality. I think most couples hit it, the point where you think "Is this is it?" when it comes to sex, whether it's frequency, quality or connecting (or all of the above) something goes amiss and it's not easy to get back... We did lots of things from coaching and talking... most I won't go into... but something we did discover was that our communication on desire wasn't great... (by the way, we did work at it... and got it well and truly back... so don't worry... we are good :))
Those who know me know that I am an open book and insanely open minded... If it's safe, sane and consensual, go for it... might not float my boat but if it floats yours... good for you. She is as open minded, but finds it harder to express it verbally.
So imagine my surprise when I hear "We should have sex in the storage locker!"
Holy Shit! Yes.... Yes Honey.... Of course we should!!!!
The other thing is, it's been just a crazy few months. Between getting a house ready to sell, selling the house, moving, buying another house... and throwing in that she has been away about 8 weeks out of the last 12 for work... We have been missing the excitement a bit. I mean it's nice but we spend a lot of time missing each other and that puts stress on the limited time together, so this has given me something to focus on for a week she isn't here...
I'm focusing on the fact that when she gets home, I'm going to fuck her in a storage locker!!!
So, how does one fuck in a storage locker? How does one now, given that it's no longer an instantaneous flash of desire and feel that this is an event that requires thought, deliver on something that sounds so simple but in reality... not as simple as it sounds.
First - Area to fuck in. You usually don't rent a storage locker to be empty. Ours was pretty full... of random things from the old house, Garden Tools, hoses, more IT equipment you could poke a stick at and even a wine cabinet... It was all there. So first thing that needed to happen is space to actually fuck in. 4 car loads back to the house to dump things in the garage, a massive amount of stacking things and I am left with a floor space of 2300mmx1600mm. Sure, it's no king size bed, but either she is going to be on top of me or me on top of her (and probably behind her too) there is ample room there to fuck.Free area to fuck... Check! - Should probably move the gas cylinder.
Second - what do we fuck on??! I know standing up sex sounds great, but when I am well over 6 foot and she is barely over 5 foot, that has it's challenges... and really, we both like a little comfort while getting our rocks off! Luckily for us, this isn't hard. A few years ago we bought a Esse Chaise sex lounge from Liberator in Atlanta, Georgia USA. I know, I know... whats wrong with a bed right? Go have sex on a liberator esse chaise lounge and you won't necessarily know what is wrong with a bed, but you will DEFINITELY discover everything that is right with an Esse Chaise. Due to us just selling a house, and not wanting our sex furniture hanging around for the world to see... this was already stacked up in the storage locker...Surface to fuck on... Check!
Third - Aesthetically pleasing to fuck in. Sure, if you're into industrial bdsm, a storage locker would be just the thing to get the blood flowing. Metal walls, wire mesh ceiling, hard concrete floor would suit the average post-steampunk inspired Dom/sub relationship down to the ground... But that's not us... We have been known to stay in some of the most lavish accommodations just because the room looked great to have sex in... so while a dirty floor and metal wall is fine for an instantaneous quicky... this is an event! This needs to be special, after all, she said she wants to fuck in a storage locker so we're doing this right god damn it!!!
Walls... Firstly two walls are covered in stacked up furniture and boxes, not so sexy and as explaned further up, the other two are hard, cold aluminum. While plastering the room would be what any good, self respecting DIY, home handyman would first consider... I went completely non man and took a trip to Spotlight Fabric store!
Things I thought I would never do.... register for a VIP membership to a haberdashery!!
So, on a Tuesday morning with all of the baby boomer sewing aristocracy it's me... 41 years old, bearded and in a gym singlet buying ready made curtain fabric. And wow... these women know how to make a guy uncomfortable, self entitled old ladies assuming I am going to let them go first ("hey lady, I'm on my lunch break, excuse me that I don't care if you're going to be late for your weekly bridge meet up"), women behind the counter who get all so upset that I didn't know the difference between pinch and pencil pleats or what god damn hooks I need for either... I'm just making a room to fuck in!!
So armed with 10 metres of burgundy velvet curtain material (and the god damn right hooks too I might add) and 4 metres of white muslin and a black furry throw for the floor, time to turn this grotty metal locker into an alluring fuck den!The mesh ceiling made it pretty simple to hang the curtain fabric and the fact the room is 2750mm high and the curtain fabric was 2800mm wide (or rather "drop"... see I'm learning) no need for hemming here bitches, straight up it goes hung from cable ties on the ceiling (I am yet to see a problem that cable ties can't fix). It still needs the ceiling, but there is another step before that.'
Aesthetics to fuck in... Check!
Fourth - Light to fuck by. The thing with storage lockers is that you're never meant to close the door when you're in them. In fact they make it bloody difficult to latch the door from inside... Must be something to do with people sleeping in them or cooking meth in them. So, when you shut the door it's dark. Add into that the burgundy curtains and the partial ceiling cover, there is even less light. So, given there is no access to power (again discouraging young budding entrepreneurial types from manufacturing F grade drugs in there) the solution needs to be either rechargable or battery operated.
Enter Amazon Prime and battery operated LED fairy lights to your door in 24 hours!
Nothing, and I mean nothing, says to a woman "You're having sex in this room" like a room decorated in fairy lights so why use anything else? I mean, seriously, why do guys buy roses, it would be far more effective to say you're expecting to get laid by fashioning a string of fairy lights into the shape of a daisy and handing that to your date.
So, one string on the ceiling and one string on each wall and we are set.
Light to fuck by... Check!
Last piece of the ceiling is the muslin draping, it hangs below the fairy lights to give that stary light look and a mirror because, well, she likes mirrors. All of this done I have turned a storage locker into Arabian harem tent (albeit a small one) inspired sex lair.
The blow by blow of the evening in question is obviously a private affair, but it included a restaurant she always wanted to go to, a blind fold and a trip to a storage locker in an industrial estate (which has 24/7 code access)... She loved it, and so did I... but that's not all...
You could be forgiven for asking was it worth it? I mean, about a week's worth of effort outside of work hours, a few hundred bucks on materials (God, curtain fabric is expensive!) and quite a bit of sweat to set it up for approx 40 minutes of sex while we were in the locker... just to have to pull it all down.
The short answer is an unequivocal "Yes".
And while this has been a humorous anecdote on the lengths I went to in order to fulfill a fantasy or random want she had, the longer answer has a few facets.
Firstly, she is away quite a bit and it sucks. I look after the dogs, eat dinner, fall asleep wake up and do it again. It's not great. I miss her heaps and can find myself resenting her when she isn't here. The sex den project kept me focused all week. Not only on the project it self but on her. It made me really look forward to her getting home and loved doing it for her and us.
Secondly, it was a bit dangerous. You're not meant to fuck in storage lockers. I am not quite certain if that's in the terms of rental of said storage locker, but it's probably safe to assume it's not allowed. The fear of getting caught and the rush of doing something some where you shouldn't was excellent.
Thirdly, and most importantly. There is one thing that turns her on more than anything else. It's not some circular motion with my tongue or sideways thrusting movement, it's showing the effort. She wants me most when she feels wanted and desired. By taking her comment of "I want to have sex in the storage locker" and turning it into an entire sex den project it shows her that not only do I want her, but I appreciate so much that she shared a fantasy with me and I want to make that come true in the best way possible.
If there is something I have learnt over the past year that hadn't really clicked before, and it's not only for her but for me too, is that want is closely aligned to being wanted. If I had any advice for anyone now a days it would be to listen and show the effort in wanting, and let being wanted just come from that. Thinking back to being a younger man and single, the lengths and effort we would all go to sometimes to get laid it amazes me that when we're older and married we forget that there is still effort needed... I hope I don't forget that again.
The other piece of advice I would give is build a fucking sex den... It's awesome!
