Chapter 3905 The Descent Fetish:>>Ep32
- A strange atmosphere had developed in the Weaver household over the last few weeks. Following their last swinger party, Sharon and Jim's relationship had settled into an uneasy tenor—like a song being played at a slightly incorrect cadence or in the wrong key. There was something unmistakably different about it that neither one of them wanted to acknowledge or address—each for different reasons.
- For Jim, he didn't want to face the reality of this expedition into a new lifestyle having significantly altered his marriage. The increasingly glaring indications that they were no longer 'in it together' to 'improve the relationship' and 'grow closer' were everywhere and yet—Jim was intent on willfully ignoring them. The fact that their own pursuits of pleasure had become the focal point of their activities, the social and emotional distance that had developed as a result and the terrifying pace of it all was too much to contend with. It was easier if he just pretended everything was fine.
- For Sharon, she didn't so much as fail to properly acknowledge the changes as she viewed them as irrelevant—she simply didn't care very much. The fact that she no longer viewed her pleasurable pursuits as a means to improve the intimacy in her marriage was less of a burdensome source of unease, as it was a simple fact of her evolvement. She was out for herself now, and she didn't mourn the previous state of her marriage any more than she regretted the new status quo.