A Casual Surprise Visiting Beth for Afternoon Tea

After my divorce in the early 70’s I would go ballroom dancing 2 times a week at one of three places. At the Wednesday night dance there was a crowd of mature good dancers who were there to enjoy dancing.

I suppose that I would dance with ten or more different partners each night, generally enjoying each dance. Between dances we would often gather in a group to talk and select our next partner. One night I was dancing with Beth, a beautiful blond lady with a trim figure who was slightly older and said to her I was regularly visiting a business near where she lived and had thought of calling in to say,”Hi.” Beth said,”Why don’t you as I am on holidays at present.” At this time she was unattached recently parting from her long time partner.

A week later I had finished early at that company and thought about Beth, so went to her house around afternoon tea time. I went around the side of her house to find Beth laying in the sun in her back yard. Calling to her she told me to come through her gate and as I came up to her I noticed that her face was tight as though she was in pain. I asked if she was all right and was told that she had a headache. I asked her to sit up and I would apply a yoga neck massage that often relieved a pressure headache. She suggested to make it easier we go inside so she could sit in a chair. We went into her lounge and with her sitting in an upright chair I started massaging the muscles at the back of her neck, warning her that to start with it could be painful, but ease would follow the pain. This duly happened and then I said,”Would you like me to relax you by giving you a full yoga massage starting with your back?”

When she said yes, I spread on the towel on which she had been sunbathing onto the floor and asked her to lie down on it.