How Quarantine Led to a Foursome
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How Quarantine Led to a Foursome

Thoughts of an Untimely Demise Led to a Wild Night

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When the world shut down momentarily and everyone went into self-isolation my partner and I found ourselves sharing our space with two of our closest friends. We were out in cottage country when our workplace switched to a remote option and on a whim, we decided to extend our stay out in the country a little while longer. We live in tiny condos in the city, so it made sense for us to stay put and enjoy a little distance from the hustle and bustle.

Sharing a 2 bedroom cottage was not a concern as we had previously lived together while in college. The first couple of weeks went on without any surprises. Each of us spent the work hours pouring over our laptops and spent the evenings enjoying each other’s company while making and sharing a meal together. The unknownness of everything was quite stressful so after that first week of drowning ourselves in COVID-19 news we decided that we will no longer discuss it or watch any content pertaining to it in the shared spaces.

The whole point of staying out of the city was to not get caught up and overwhelmed with the current state of the world, so it seemed counterproductive to spend our cottage time discussing it the whole time.

As time went on, we came to one of the long weekend holidays so it gave us some time to truly disconnect from work and get back into enjoying our little countryside abode. The day started as any with each of us fending for ourselves in terms of breakfast and lunch. For dinner, we decided to grill some meat and have ourselves a little barbeque along with copious amounts of alcohol. When it got a little cooler we decided to move inside and continue to enjoy each other’s company.

Inadvertently the topic of discussion moved on to the pandemic and a whole slew of what-ifs were being thrown out. What-if we never go back to normal? What-if the virus is unstoppable? So on and so forth we kept talking about it until the mood was quite dark and gloomy. It felt a bit like being suffocated until my partner leaned over and kissed me. This wasn’t the type of kiss you give someone in polite company, it was a desperate and hungry kiss, one that spoke of how helpless the situation made them feel.

When we finally came up for air, it was two sets of eyes wide open. The looks on our friends' faces were of genuine surprise, but there was a bit of intrigue and perhaps arousal. After the kiss, we went back to our discussion although the vibe was a lot sultry now. My friend took to being a lot more touchy than she was before and to be honest it wasn’t unpleasant or unwanted.

The casual caresses grew to be more lingering until finally she brought up the topic of group sex.

Much like most millennials, we aren’t particularly shy or prudish. Our sex lives have been topics that were discussed for years and being former roommates we have all seen each other naked a few times. There have even been instances of walking in on the others being intimate. What surprised me was the new layer to our well-explored friendships. Is group sex something we want to bring into now especially with us self-isolating together? After having a discussion about the pros and cons, we decided it was something we were all interested in exploring with each other. So we decided to go ahead with it.

First was setting some ground rules such as being able to put an end to it at any moment should you feel uncomfortable, everyone gets to orgasm at least once and finally, condoms will always be worn during penetrative sex. Our partners went in search of condoms while my friend and I decided to set the mood. It was a night of firsts from watching my partner with another person to being shared between two men but ultimately it became a night that unlocked a new part of my relationship. Both between a long-time friend and my partner.

It was also a night where most of our actions were fueled by the vulnerability brought on by the pandemic.

The night ended with each of the couples heading to their own rooms where the intimacy continued. One would think partaking in a foursome would wear us down but I think we were more energized than ever simply on what just happened. The erotic-ness of what we each saw turned us on that even after the main event we still wanted to continue with each of our partners. The next morning it was business as usual and there was no awkwardness.

The main thing that helped us avoid any weirdness was discussing it like adults and setting those ground rules. At the end of the day, humans are finicky creatures and unless everyone involved in a foursome feels safe and secure it would always lead to awkwardness. As much as we want sex to be just that, that never is the case.