u/SoftieSwirly

Back in the late 90's the wwwebs were really hitting it's stride, there were amateur forums and chat boards that allowed people to post their thoughts and pictures and communicate with others from aound the globe.

I surfed a bunch of them and finally found one I really enjoyed. I’m not sure if I can mention the name here so I will not but, it involves clouds of a certain color.

I had shown this page to my wife, and she instantly started chatting and making friends. Around this time, digital cameras were really starting to flourish, so we figured our own way to take digital pictures and upload them to this forum.

The special requests poured in and she was becoming chat board famous. She had always been somewhat of an insecure person but this was a way for her to let her hidden exhibitionist out to play.

At one point a person reached out to her and said, you’re giving these pictures away for free why not consider joining a website or starting your own website? You can make a substantial amount of money. He had all of the information and knowledge on how to correctly design and operate a webpage, most importantly he had the server and data hosting space that allowed anybody to gain access to the web.

After several months of thinking about it, deliberating about it and discussing it. We decided wtf let’s give it a shot.

It started off kind of slow but as time went by within three months. It grew and grew and grew. Our kids were in college, so my wife devoted her full time efforts into this adventure .

She ran it like a modeling business with expenses, deductions, and income. In essence, it truly was a modeling business. This became a true labor of love for her. She totally enjoyed everything about it.

One of her fellow models told her about this webpage where she could connect a video camera and have live video calls with fans, it was a very primitive website compared to what is available today.

She signed up for that and it was better than she ever expected in more ways than she expected. She charged five dollars a minute per call and the calls were stacked up all day every day.

She was developing quite the following. What was unique about this situation was she could cross market her photo page with her live WebCam page and both of them exploded. She did not do this for the money, but for the excitement and thrill of being, I guess what you might say the bad girl. But the money kept flowing in, and it was an unexpected welcomed bonus.

Our personal sex life improved 1000% and has stayed that way ever since. This really kicked down the doors of inhibition and opened up the doors of expressing your feelings and wants and desires.

But all good things must come to an end.

About two years into this journey, a family member discovered her webpage and outed us to the whole family and everybody we knew.

We didn’t shy away from anything or make up excuses. We addressed everything head on openly and directly. 99% of the family and friends understood and we’re OK with everything.

But there’s always that one percent of people that are just plain dick heads and caused problems for several months.

We got through everything and eventually the dust settled down and it was forgotten about. Every so often somebody will say hey you look like this person I used to follow, or I followed you back in the 90s. She she just smiles and says that was a lifetime ago. Thank you for enjoying my photos.

In retrospect, there was some negative experiences that probably burned us some friendships lost some relationships. But generally, we have no regrets. It was an amazing experience and definitely shaped the rest of our married lives together.