We're Tricking Each Other

Met and married my wife in college and we had 24 good years together before she passed in 2021. Two grown daughters. It was rough for a while, but I felt ready to start dating again late last year.

I met this petite young blonde, bubbly personality, hourglass figure. I'm much older, and of course I knew my affluence was a big factor in her attraction to me. I didn't think she was quite so mercenary about it, though. A month or so after we started seeing each other, I heard her talking on the phone to a female friend when she thought I had already left the house. She was saying various things like,

"He's a sweet guy. Old, yeah, but he's good to me. You saw the car I'm driving, didn't you...............No, I don't love him, but .......... I never had shit before, and if I can get pregnant............ hey, it worked for you!"

Not a shocking thing, considering our age and other differences, but I didn't think she'd just casually mention her whole plan like that, even to a friend.

The thing that has never come up between us is that I had a vasectomy after my wife had our second child. She can try all she wants, but she won't get pregnant. If she does, I'll insist on a paternity test.

I'm getting great sex, she's getting a better life, for a while, anyway. Transactional, but I'm still in the driver's seat, and I intend to keep it that way.