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Subject: {ASSM} Joy's Trip To Cancun (Part 3) (BBW, plumper, M+/F, voy, exhib)
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The Background

In October Joy and I took a vacation to Cancun. I had never been there
before but Joy had gone a couple of years before we met with her
ex-husband. Her first visit there was fairly conventional, with a
couple of trips to the downtown market, trying several of the more
popular restaraunts, and taking a couple of day tours. She was already
planning out our vacation so that we got to see as much as possible
while we were there. We had been having trouble with our relationship
lately and we were hoping this trip away from the kids and life would
help to rekindle some of what seemed to be missing. Sex had become
somewhat infrequent and only when we had time.

Let me give you a little background on both of us. Joy was raised in a
very propper and conventional family enviroment. She was born 2nd of
twin sisters. She always weighed more than her twin sister so she
always felt uncomfortable about her weight. When they were in high
school and running around with all of their friends, everybody else was
allways getting laid while she always felt like a fifth wheel. It
wasn't that she wasn't fooling around, it was mostly with guys that got
really drunk and then only oral play. But she really didn't date much.
She mostly hung out with her sister's on-and-off boyfriend, Rick,
because the girls would all go do girly things and Joy and Rick would
go to car shows and other stuff. Rick was really the only person that
Joy fooled around with sexually when she was younger. The first time
she ever had sex was with her first husband and she said it was never
anything to write home about. Most of the orgasms she had were the
result of her own doing.

When we first met she would cum just from me entering her and wanted it
over and over again. She is truly the only woman who has ever sucked my
dick and was able to go all the way down! It drove me crazy and she
knew it. Sex with Joy is still really great, when it happens. We have
been together now for four years. We are both 40 and have 5 kids
between us from previous relationships. Joy is 5' 5", beautiful long
wavy blonde hair, blue eyes, and she weighs around 230lbs. She carries
her weight proportionately. I would describe her as stocky. She played
softball most of her life so her muscles are definately developed. Her
legs are smooth, beautiful and allways tan. She keeps her pussy smooth
shaven for me almost all of the time. She has the cutest little chubby
feet(size 6 4e) with perfect little short toes. Her tits are not what
you would usually see on a bigger girl. They are between B and C cup
which is the perfect size in my eyes. Her hands are small with cute
short chubby fingers. She leaves me breathless. She is very
uncomfortable with her body. She only shows herself in a bathing suit
for very brief periods. And then she covers up as soon as possible. She
prefers sex in the dark and usually only in our bedroom. She just has
the attitude that she doesn't want to gross anybody out which she knows
upsets me.

The following is just one of the true stories from our trip to cancun.
As the days progressed, the stories become longer as a result of us
being less inhibited. Be sure to get all six stories, we wouldn't want
you to miss out on a single moment. Not all of the facts were
completely clear(thanks to alchohol) but I tried to recall everything
to the best of my abilty. Regargless, everything I'm writing happened.
It was only six days but we had a blast!

*************************************

Cancun Day Three

I awoke to the sound of a knock at the door. I heard the maid say
something in spanish so I assumed that it was time for them to clean
our room. I rolled over to wake Joy and found a note on the pillow that
said "Meet you at the pool". I looked at the clock and it was already
11:00. I must have been tired. I put on my trunks, left a dollar on the
nightstand for the maids as we always did, and headed for the pool. As
I slid past the maids cart, I smiled at both of them and headed down
toward the elevators. I could hear them say something to each other and
then giggle loudly as I walked away. I didn't think much about it but
later I figured it was because Joy was becoming pretty popular with the
staff.

I got off of the elevator and stopped by the restaraunt to get a cup of
coffee. I sat at one of the tables along the glass wall facing the pool
to drink it and wake up a bit. I scanned the pool area to look for Joy
and saw her sitting in a lounge chair along the sea wall facing towards
the ocean. Actually, it was the same chair she had sat in for the last
couple of days. I couldn't get a good look at her, but I could tell
that it was her hair hanging over the end of the chair. There were only
a few people at the pool today and the chairs were occupied only
sparsly, but all of the chairs around Joy had men sunning in them. I'm
suspected that I knew why. I finished my coffee and headed out to the
pool with a semi-hard dick already.

As I walked by the towel hut I saw Hector. He said," Hola! How is your
morning?". "I must have been tired because I overslept." I conveyed
back. "Hey, you're on vacation, right? It's all about having fun. I see
that Joy is a fine example of that." he said. We smiled at each other
and I headed toward Joy's lounge chair.

As I walked up to her I realized that she was sunbathing topless. She
had on the bottoms to the two piece tankini I had bought her, but
didn't have the top on. She looked so sexy, and I obviously wasn't the
only one who thought so. The guys on either side of her had their heads
turned towards her try to act like they were tanning, but I could tell
that their eyes were slightly opened staring at Joy's tits and mostly
naked body. Her nipples were very hard and she was arching her back
slightly so I figured that she must have known they were checking her
out. I walked up to her chair and leaned over the end and kissed her on
the forehead. She raised up and said,"Hola, baby! You finally got up,
huh?" She seemed to be in a great mood. "I must have been beat," I
replied. "Why don't you get something to drink and get some sun," she
said. I nodded but noticed that there weren't and chairs near her to
sit so I went over to the bar, got a drink, and sat at the edge of the
pool facing Joy's chair dangeling my legs in the water.

The guys that were sitting on either side of Joy were striking
conversation and I saw that she was responding. They would talk and
then laugh every once in awhile. A couple of chairs down was a black
guy that stood up and strolled down towards Joy to join in the
conversation. He looked like a football player, maybe 6' 5", 270lbs or
so. He was wearing a speedo and even though I assumed that he was
probably soft, he had a huge buldge in the crotch of his bikini suit.
He sat at the end of Joys chair and I saw that she had to spread her
legs to give him enough room to sit down. I'm sure he was getting a
good view of her. They all talked and laughed for awhile. I saw Joy
stretch with her arms way above her head, straightening her legs and
body out straight as she did and rested her feet on the black guys lap.
She did it very casually like it was no big deal. She had to keep her
knees spread far apart to keep her feet in place. I could tell as they
chatted and laughed that she was using her toes to trace the outline of
his cock. Man, was my dick hard now! I had to lean over slightly to
keep it from being obvious. Speaking of hard dick, Joy's toe fondleing
was haveing somewhat of an affect on the black guy's cock. The head was
starting to creep out through the top of his waistband. Joy was trying
not to be obvious, but I could see her using her big toe to lightly rub
the bulbous purple head that was starting to show itself. He waited
until someone said something funny, and while everyone was laughing he
repositioned his cock back into his suit, as best as he could with the
size of his monster, and gently grabbed Joy's foot and placed it right
on his crotch directly against his swollen cock. I could tell that she
was likeing this little footplay she was doing. By the way his cock was
swelling, I could tell he liked it too!

I was just finishing my drink when Joy stood up and headed over towards
me. The whole group got up with her and headed over, following her and
checking out her ass and saying something to each other. There were six
of them, including Joy. "Hey pokey, what cha doin?" she said. She sat
down next to me. "I've made some new friends for us to party with.
These guys are all from England on vacation." she explained. "Hi-ya
mate!" one of the white guys said. They all had sunglasses on but it
was obvious that they were staring at Joy as her bare breasts bounced
as she sat down. She wasn't trying to cover them up and was not being
shy about sticking them out as she stretched. I could't believe this
was the same woman. Maybe it was because she had told me that noone
ever checked her out back home and she was probably loving this
attention that she had never received before. I'm not sure, but I know
one thing...her nipples never get that hard unless she is really turned
on.

"Your beautiful wife has been telling us about your lives back in the
states and what you like to do." the black guy said. I replied," Oh
yeah?" Joy smiled back at me. "She was curious about about England and
we were all just about to FILL HER IN!" He said as they all slightly
chuckled. I explained that Joy was my girlfriend and we hadn't gotten
married as of yet. The waitress interupted to ask if they/we all wanted
another shot. "Of what?" I asked. Joy leaned over and touched her lips
to mine as she said," Mezcal.". I could smell the alchohol on her
breath and it seemed strong enough to indicate that she had probably
had a few. The funny thing is, she rarely drinks when we are at home.
Neither of us do. The guys ordered doubles for us all and the waitress
scurried away to retrieve our drinks. Joy said," Sitting here on the
edge kinda makes my back hurt," as she slid down into the water facing
me and placing her arms on my legs and her back to the guys in the
pool. The black guy didn't hesitate in saying," I play alot of sports
back home and I know a little about massage therapy. Let me give you a
hand.". He came up behind Joy and began rubbing her shoulders. She
started to melt onto my lap, leaning forward letting her legs float
back behind her. The other guys started talking to me about England. I
assumed it was to get my mind off of Joy and their buddy. I played
along.

We talked about the differences and similarities of our cultures. Most
of it was just banter with no precise point. Just casual conversation.
I would look down at Joy every once in awhile to see her enjoying her
body rub. The black guy had moved to her lower back and I could
occasionally hear her moan in pleasure. I noticed that he had his
crotch pressed tightly against her ass and it appeared she was pushing
her ass back against him. Our drinks arrived and we all took a glass.
We toasted to sexy women and drank our shots. It was pretty smooth but
burned when it hit bottom. We had ordered one too many and before we
could decide who was going to drink it Joy tipped it up and it was
gone. She moved off of my lap and over next to me and folded her arms
along the deck of the pool and layed her head down and closed her eyes.
Her massage therapist moved with her, keeping his body tight up against
her still rubbing her lower back. I glanced down into the water towards
their feet and saw something black in the water along the bottom. I
couldn't tell but it looked like her suit bittons were down around one
of her ankles and her legs were spread. I didn't want to react or cause
a scene so I pretended not to notice. I also knew that even if there
was harmless groping going on under the water, that would be all that
happened because this guy was way too big to fit inside her, especially
under the water. Joy and I had sex a hot tub once before and it doesn't
go in easily under the water. Besides, I was enjoying the game.

We chatted for the next few minutes until the next round of drinks
arrived. Joy had definately had enough so I offered to drink hers and
all agreed that I needed to catch up. As I drank my second shot I heard
Joy let out a soft "Yelp" and a moan. All of the guys faces froze and
that's when I realized that the black guy had been masturbating Joy
under the water. She continued to moan and the only people smiling were
the black guy and Joy. I think that his buddies were afraid I might
start some shit until they saw me smile and say, "Cool!". We all
laughed together. That is all of us except Joy. She was too busy
cumming. She came for at least a minute or so and when she was finished
he helped her put her foot back through the leg opening of her suit and
pulled her bottoms back up and looked up at me not sure what to do or
say. "It's pretty tight, huh?" I said with a smile. They all laughed
outloud with relief because they weren't relly sure how I was going to
react since they all knew what was going on and weren't sure if I could
see from my point of view. "Fuckin' bloody hell yes! I've been with all
size girls, even bigger girls than her and she has the tightest pussy
of any that I've seen!" the black guy said. We all laughed outload
including Joy, even though she didn't raise her head off of her arms.
The black guy was more comfortable in his activities and was now
reaching around her rubbing her tits under the water.

I said," Are you ok, sweetie?". Without raising her head she just
slurred," Suurrrreeee!". We all laughed again. One of the guys said
that maybe she had enough to drink and needed to go lay down before she
passed out. I agreed. It's funny, like I said neither of us really
drink normally. We sure seem to be putting it away down here in Mexico.
I asked where her top was and one of the guys immediately got up out of
the water and went over to the lounge chairs and got it and brought it
over. He asked if he could help her put it on and I said ok. He tried
to put it on her but she resisted and instead of letting him she took
her bottoms off and flung them up on the pool deck. She got up out of
the water and started to head for the hotel...completely naked! Hector
saw what was going on and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her. I
heard him say," Easy now Joy! You don't want everyone getting a nice
view of your beautiful body, do you?". Joy almost melted in his arms.
He looked over at me and said," You want me to take her up to your
room?". I wasn't ready to lay down and the thought of him groping her
on the way up turned me on so I agreed and they disappeared into the
hotel.

I sat and chatted with the guys and made plans to go out for a drink
with them later that night if they were around. Several minutes passed
before I noticed a line building at the towel hut to return their
towels and get their towel cards back. Hector had not come back down
yet to wait on the guests that were now getting impatient. He finally
appeared, at least a half an hour after they left. He yelled over to
me,"She's ok. I LAID her down!" and then began to laugh. I was sure
that he had fooled around with her. He began waiting on guests and
chatting on his cell phone. I know he had the hots for Joy. I thought I
would hang out at the pool for a few and then go and see what the
results of their visit in the room was.

I was still chatting with what was left of the guys at the pool. The
black guy had gotten bored without Joy there and left. A couple others
must have gotten enough sun and had also left. I stayed and ordered
another drink by myself as the pool was starting to clear out. There
were many guys who would walk by the pool and say hi, I just figured
they were either being friendly, or they had seen some of Joy's
escapades. I finished my drink, grabbed Joy's suit and started to head
up to our room. As I got up near the towel hut Hector was chatting on
his phone but signaled to me to hold for a second. I waited until he
finished his call. "Sorry about that, but I wanted to let you know
before you went upstairs that we didn't make it up to your room. Joy
thought she might get sick if she went on the elevator so I put her in
my room on the first floor. She passed out shortly after I laid her
down. The truth is, I did play around with her a little, but she passed
out before anything could happen. I just wanted to be honest with
you."he explained. "It's ok, I appreciate your honesty." I said, "What
room is it?". "Room 103, the door is unlocked so go and get her
whenever you want." Hector said. As I walked away he shouted with a
smile,"How about a raincheck?". I smiled back.

I stopped by Hectors room to check on Joy and found the door wide
opened and her laying spread eagle on his bed with cum leaking out of
her and her pussy looked swollen and red. The first thing I thought was
why would Hector lie to me knowing that I really didn't mind, that is
until I heard the toilet flush in the bathroom. As the door opened I
stared in disbelief at who I saw. It was the black guy from the pool.
He must have followed them to Hectors room. He was standing completely
naked with the better part of a hard on. He was fuckin huge! "Bloody
hell! Looks like we've been caught!" he said. "I didn't mean for this
to happen. I was on my way to my room when I saw Hector having trouble
with holding her up so I offered to help. We got her here and Hector
left while I tried to cover her up. She kept throwing the blanket off
and finally she reached up and kissed me. I'm sure she didn't know who
she was kissing. One thing led to another and the next thing I knew she
was begging me to put my dick in her. She pulled out my cock and
started pushing it in the entrance of her pussy. She is fuckin
beautiful and I was so horny that I started pushing forward until I had
it all the way in her, which was no easy task I promise you. I bet you
want to hit me don't you?" I didn't know what to say. I knew that even
if I did want to hit this guy he would probably kill me. "No, I'm not
mad. I'm sure you already knew that if I was going to be mad it would
have happen when you fingered her by the pool." I said. "Good, I was
worried you might be mad about this though. I didn't plan on this
happening and I didn't really fuck her for very long. I was already
extremely turned on from the pool activities. I spent most of my time
trying to get it in. Fuck she's tight!" he exclaimed. I said," Fuck,
you're huge!" I think he noticed that I could hardly take my eyes off
of it. "I know this might sound kind of wierd but I would have liked to
see her trying to take all of you." I said nervously. "Try bloody hell!
She took it like a pro!" he said. "Would you like to see her take it?"
he asked. He already knew the answer before I nodded. I think my tented
shorts was the sign he was looking for!

Without saying another word, the black man walked over to the bed and
climbed onto the matress and positioned himself between Joy's legs. He
started rubbing the head of his semi-hard cock between Joy's swollen
chubby pussy lips, getting the head of his giant fuckstick slimy with
the gushing cum that was coming out of her. She started to wake without
opening her eyes. I could hear that low familiar moan emitting from
inside her. It wasn't long before he started to get hard. He continued
until he was rock hard. My god! he must have been as big as my forearm.
I have read alot of erotic stories and in almost all of the stories
every guy has a the biggest dick that the person has ever seen. It is
sometimes redundant. Maybe it was just ironic that everyone Joy has
played with since we have been in Cancun has had a bigger dick than
mine. I asuure you, the stories I'm writing are completely true. This
guy was fuckin huge! I would have probably told him no if I didn't know
he had already been inside her. This thing looked like it could tear
her pussy hole!

He started to slide the head, which was the smallest part of his dick,
into Joy. She responded by spreading and slightly lifting her legs off
of the mattress. He pushed forward but it didn't seem to go anywhere.
As he applied more of his body weight on her, it just kind of "popped"
inside of her. She gasped and opened her eyes. She grabbed his
shoulders and gripped him tight. He slowly pushed forward until that
whole monster was inside of her. She pulled him to her and began
passionatley kissing him. He withdrew and as he did I could see his
cock covered with the mixed film of both of their juices. He began
pumping her slowly, in and out. He turned to me and said," Fuck she's
tight. It's not going to take me very long." Within seconds of him
saying that, Joy started to heave and moan loudly. I knew she was
having a great orgasm. At almost the same time, The black guy, who's
name I still never caught, thrust his hips forward hard, tightening his
butt cheeks and growling loudly, almost sounding like he was either
angry or the pressure of Joy's pussy was hurting his dick. They were
both coming at the same time! He pumped every last ounce into her and
then let the weight of his body fall down on her. They lay there
kissing softly as his cock and balls continued to twitch the remainder
of his manhood deep into her. When he pulled out the was this sound
like removing a suction cup from glass. Her legs fell to the bed and
she just lay ther with a grin, cum leaking out of her like a bubbling
brook.

The black guy stood up and put his trunks back on. He walked over to me
and held out his hand and said," Hello, I'm Michael" We both laughed
and I introduced myself. "I gotta run, hope to see you guy again. I'll
be here all week." Michael said as he walked out the door and
dissappeared. As I watched him walk away I noticed that we had left the
door opened the whole time and Hector had been watching from the
doorway. "Wow. You two seem to be having a great vacation." he said.
"This kinda freaks me out," I said, "She has never been like this at
home, not that I'm complaining.". "Hey, what happens in Mexico, stays
in Mexico!" he said with a smile. "I only wish I could have joined in
the festivities." he said with a subtle frown. " Well then get your ass
over here so we can finish what we started before I passed out on you
earlier!" a voice came from behind us. Joy had been listening and as we
both looked over at her she was smiling with her eyes still closed.
Hector looked at me as if to see if it was ok and I gave him the nod of
approval. Hector closed the door and stripped out of his clothes. He
was a little fatter with his clothes off than he had looked before. It
was kinda funny when I saw him walk naked over towards the bed. He was
almost the same body proportion as Joy except that he was much more
hairy.(grin) His dick looked pretty small, but it was still soft and
very brown. I figured he was going to have trouble feeling anything
after Michael had his monster in her, but it was obvious that wasn't
what either of them had in mind. He went straight to the head of the
bed and kneeled near Joys face. She took his soft cock greedily into
her mouth. I assumed that this is what they started earlier when Joy
passed out. She loves it when you put your cock in her mouth soft and
she just hold it ther slightly sucking as it gets hard into her throat.
She sucked him for a couple of minutes and then I heard him whisperto
her," Do what you were doing earlier.". She reached one hand up and
began cupping his balls. His balls were huge, almost bigger than his
dick. She reached her other hand around and started rubbing the outside
of his asshole with her finger. He moaned with approval. They kept
doing this for several minutes. Joy stopped sucking him to whisper
something to him that I couldn't heat. That was the first time I got a
good look at his hard cock. It was a couple inches shorter than mine
and maybe a little thicker. He stood up on his knees and turned around
facing his ass towards her. Once again, I saw her do something that I
had never seen her do. She was lightly licking his asshole with her
tongue while she had one hand reaching around pumping his cock and the
othe arm wrapped tightly around his fat belly. After a few minutes, she
started to really lick his browneye. He was moaning loudly and pressing
his ass down on her face, almost completely sitting on her face,
jamming her tongue in his ass. He stopped suddenly and spun around and
inserted his hard cock in her mouth, forcing his body weight on her
face. He let out an extremely loud moan and I knew he was cumming. Joy
gripped his ass cheeks with both hands pulling him into her throat as
far as she could. He emptied his sack into her throat and when he tried
to pull away, she held him there. She was sucking everything she could
get out of his cock. His body started to shake uncontrolably and he
finally could take no more. He pulled away, out of breath. They both
looked at each other and laughed outload as she wiped the excess cum
from the corners of her mouth and licked her fingers. "You know, I
think I kinda like chubby guys." she said. Hector was still catching
his breath but managed to get out the words, "Anytime you want to play,
just let me know!".

I looked over at Hectors clock and saw that it was getting late and
since neither of us had eaten, I thought maybe we should get some food
in us. Joy agreed. Joy did her best to get dressed into her suit
bottoms without falling over. Hector thanked us and we headed for our
room. I think Joy had gotten over her shyness of being topless. She
almost seemed proud of her nakedness as she walked, no matter who was
looking. I was so proud of her!

We got to our room and decided to stay in for the rest of the night so
I oredered some room service and opened the large window so we could
see the moon on the water and hear the surf. I turned on the tv and we
channel surfed while we waited on our food. Joy was still a little
drunk because as we talked she was still slurring some words. We found
a channel that showed a couple just starting to have sex. We found out
later that in Cancun they have a couple of XXX channels that run 24 /
7. We watched as we lay on the bed and Joy started rubbing my now hard
cock through my shorts. "You havn't gotten enough yet?" I said as I
smiled at her. She said, "I haven't really taken care of my baby yet!
Besides, I don't know what has gotten into me today!". I said, "I do.".
We both laughed.

The knock at the door signaled the arrival of our dinner. I went over
and opened the door and saw a young kid, maybe 18 or 19 years old,
standing there with a tray in each hand. He was dressed in a pure white
uniform. He looked like a staff member from the "Love Boat". I grabbed
one of the trays since he looked like he was having trouble balancing
them both and told him I'd be right back to get the other. As I walked
past the bed to the table to set the first tray down, I looked over at
Joy and she seemed mezmerized by the two people fucking on the tv. She
had a t-shirt on and had it pulled up over her tits exposing her pussy
and tits with now rock hard nipples. She was rubbing her clit gently
with her right index finger. As I set the tray down I heard her say
from behind me, "Come on in, don't be shy!" Once again, she had kinda
put me in shock. Who was this woman and what had she done with Joy? I
turned to see this young mexican guy enter our room and gasp at what he
saw. His eyes looked like they might pop out his head. "Well, put that
tray down and get over here and get your tip!" Joy said as she spread
her legs further. The young guy almost dumped the tray getting it to
the table. I went over to close the door and no longer than it took me
to walk to the door and back, he had taken his dick out and climbed on
top of joy and was just putting it in her. He didn't even take his
pants down, just unfastened them and undid his zipper. I love the look
on Joy's face at the moment a cock enters her. Her head drops back and
her mouth opens up slightly and her eyes close. It's very erotic.

Well the room service guy didn't last very long, maybe five minutes. He
came and didn't waste any time getting out of our room after he thanked
Joy. As I shut the door behind him, I turned to look at Joy. She was
smiling a very devilish grin. I stripped my shorts off and climbed
sideways on her so I could play with her clit while I fucked her. I
fucked her and rubbed her clit for just a couple of minutes before she
had an earthshattering orgasm. I exploded shortly after and added my
deposit to the rest of the fluid mix inside her. "You've been a naughty
girl today." I said through smiling teeth. "I know," she smiled back.
We ate our dinner in silence while we watched several couples fuck on
tv and fell asleep naked in each others arms wondering what the next
day would bring. It felt like a dream.

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