Jaxunman said:
".....Prior to recent events, STB and Sue have been practicing more of a 'hot-wife' type lifestyle. With Sue pointing out she knew Steve might not want to hear it but she wanted to go on this trip and wanted to not belong to him for a while, Sue has taken the firm step into the true cuckold realm. It is now really about what she wants. Even Sue taking the stance of not worrying about whether it turns STB on, but going the step of telling him she 'doesn't want to hurt him', spells it out that she is going to be careful, but is going to explore her desires now."
If you read from the beginning of her relationship with Brad - to the present time with Frank, Sue has always told him,
"I don't want to hurt you." It has been her 'mantra' as-well-as
"it will be good for you" and
"I know it 'turn's you on"? It is true that Sue is now coming up with a 'higher level' of "angst" for steve, but her first "overnight with Brad was back in 2009. This time with Frank is just longer, and further away. Sue has, herself, 'stressed out' over each incremental escalation, from the beginning. Even when she has declared that it was
"what she wanted".
Jaxunman said:
".....I do see her testing him a lot. She was very firm in her resolve to lovingly, reject his doubts, and second thoughts, about her upcoming trip with Frank.
But, She also said that she would
"not go" if Steve was not "OK with it". and, let Steve known that she was "fearful" of it too.
Jaxunman said:
There were plenty of things Sue mentioned wanting to do with Frank back before she seduced him. Sue remarked she wanted this relationship with him to be more open. She wanted to date him, go out to dinner, be seen out with him, both with STB present and without, and wanted to feel free to be with him at times when STB would not know it ahead of time. There are several things she has yet to experience with Frank that she admitted to wanting to.
After 1-1/2 years, Sue seems satisfied with her frequency with seeing Frank, and, of course the 'trips', and has not even been invited by him, to do most of what she said she wanted from her relationship with Frank. There are several things we could
'speculate on' like spending nights, in town, with Frank, before & after, their trip to the 'trade show', and thereby giving Steve more, 'denial', but we can only speculate, and wait to read what happens, just as Steve will have to do.
Cheers, Harry