After 22 years of marriage, her husband cheated on her so she slept with eight different men in one year
Laura Friedman Williams, who had been married for 22 years and was 47 years old at the time, never anticipated her life would change. She was a mother of three who shared an apartment in Manhattan with her husband and owned a country property.
Laura heard of her husband’s affair directly from the man himself, and it didn’t take her long to kick him out.
She remembered, “Our sex life had deteriorated. There was no actual chemistry between us.”
But that wasn’t good enough for her to consider ending the relationship like that. “I was 47 years old and anticipated to be with the same man for the rest of my life,” she continued.
She started thinking for herself five months after they broke up. She decided to return all of the years she had lost for that one man who had left.
She used Tinder to set up blind dates. According to The New York Post, “You now have complete control over your actions. You have the option of sleeping with two men on the same day. You are welcome to have a tryst in the midst of the day. You are the only person who can judge you. And if you’re okay with it, screw the rest of the world.”
That was how she began a year of crazy, exciting, and daring trysts with a variety of guys.
And in her memoir “Available,” a memoir about her heartache, divorce, and finally living the life she’d missed, she relates the whole narrative.
Her direct approach to men taught her that pillow chats are a terrific way to gain answers one rarely receives. She would inquire of them, “What do you think of it? What are your thoughts about that? Because I was not aware of this. I also wanted to learn about adult guys.”
She admitted to having certain missteps, such as realizing she was back into a yesman who wasn’t thinking for herself.
“Do I feel like sleeping with you right now?” she’d think to herself. “And the answer is either yes or no. Everything else is irrelevant to me. It’s not even necessary to be a good person. It makes no difference.”
While some may consider her age to be a disadvantage, Williams disagreed. She had a different experience since she discovered that guys were “attracted to the notion that I was a strong woman” and that she was the one “calling the shots.”
She gave an illustration “If I was on a good date and a man kissed me goodbye, I would say, “OK, I’ve got two hours.” Let’s return to your location.”
Is she no longer willing to commit to a relationship? Is she still looking for the one? The possibilities aren’t zero, according to William.
She revealed, “I’ve developed feelings for someone. But I keep the option open to say, “If I wanted to have a one-night stand with someone, I could do that.””
Following the separation, Williams continued to extol the virtues of letting oneself drown in lust – with the appropriate men! She said something “To me, sex was really important. It brought me back to life while I was dead on the inside. I discovered a strength I didn’t realize I possessed.”
“I also discovered a level of openness and sexual curiosity that I never thought I was capable of.”
