Now that she's started, I wonder how far she'll go....

Last night after I typed the above paragraph, I was laying with my wife as she bounced messages to her three guys. I posed the question to her, if she could be with only one of them and she had to pick right now, who would it be. She thought a while before saying J, mainly because they made more of a connection. I then asked the million dollar question... if this got to be too much for me and I asked her to stop, could she? She said she wouldn't be happy about it and it would hurt, but she would if needed. I assured her it was merely a hypothetical question I'd been wondering about and not something I was considering.

Well, the surprises keep coming. Of the three guys, I really thought E, the guy that lives 20 minutes away, had the best chance of getting in her pants. He was from overseas so there was the foreign intrigue, she liked him the most physically, and he was the most assertive. In one of his original emails, he attached a resume because he works in the same field as us. He is a contract employee and works short stints at various companies... but the very first reference was a different department of the company we work for. It was only for a year and it was a part of the company we don't normally have contact with, so we figured the chances of knowing him were slim, especially since she didn't recognize him in his pictures. Fast forward to this afternoon... he asked her for a full picture (he'd only seen her profile pic - the one I posted on the previous page of this thread). My wife had me take a picture to send to him and I got a bit of a submissive rush knowing that I was taking pictures for her to send to a potential new boyfriend. This evening, he wanted to talk to her so she nervously called him. They spoke for a while and she seemed to be having a strange reaction to the conversation. It turns out he recognized her from the picture she sent and after they talked a while, it dawned on her that he was a weird guy that was in her office briefly. That quickly *******ed his prospects. I think she is trying to figure out where to go from here... there is another prospect from AM that she had been emailing today, but this has kind of thrown her off a bit. Who new it would be hard to find someone my wife would want to bed now that she is considering that option?

I still find it surreal at times to see her lost in thought texting with a big smile on her face...

On the phone with E

Wow, you guys must live in a small area. We havn't even come close to anyone we know, and I know a ton of people because I'm kind of in entertainment. Anyway, I still think you shouldn't mix work with pleasure, but keep trying there are tons of people in the world.

We are in a medium sized city, but our company has over 1000 employees just in this location. Keeping it out of our work situation is why I was so relieved when my wife began fishing at AM and letting the thing with J cool off. Even when I saw our employer on E's resume, it was in the past and brief.... we didn't think it relate to our current work situation. It still won't, as she has told him she doesn't think things with him will get any further.
I know this has been another letdown for her. At lunch today, she mentioned taking a break for a while and I told her, as always, I support whatever she decides to do. I knew it wouldn't take long, and she's already been scanning her new messages on AM for another prospect.

Well, she has certainly been busy this week! In the last couple of days, my wife has found a lot of "favorites" on AM. So many that she is really having a hard time keeping track of what she talked to each one about. There are a few that live far away that have given her really good cyber the last few nights and she just found a guy she likes that is 10 minutes away, but she hasn't heard much back from him yet. Last night I got home late and she showed me the text of what she had been up to earlier... this guy had her get her biggest toy and take care of herself. I found it a huge turn-on, but at the same time, I was bummed I missed it - I love to go into her after she uses it, she is always very loose and wet. I told her I enjoy being inside her afterwards because it feels just like sloppy seconds. Both of the two nights prior to that, she was texting to a different guy and he had her soaked. She was laying on her stomach typing and I slid in her from behind as she continued. We stayed like that for a long time, slowly pumping as her talk got more involved.

I think all the things I am doing with her have positively reinpowerd my approval and that she is free to choose her path. The uncomfortableness of finding she knew her last prospect and he was someone she didn't like set her back a bit, but she has been on fire since then. She still tells me that she is happy with chatting for now but if the right guy comes along, that will possibly change. As into this as she is now, I have to think the first guy who is lives close to here, is a reamisterably good match, and can talk well is going to be able to have his way with her. I am thankful that she has taken to this, it has brought her a confidence and a sexual aggressiveness that I tried to wake up since I met her.

Wondering who the lucky guy will be...

Love her in purple.

This is a great thread. Keep those reports coming!

The woman in my house is definitely not the same one I met 16 years ago and have lived with for the last 12 years.

She has been obsessed with all the new men she is talking to online. There are probably 10 of them on her yahoo instant messenger, another 10 ~ 20 saved as favorites on AM, and new ones arriving daily. While we were driving today, I told her one of the things I never predicted was how many people she was enjoying talking to. Given her monogamous past, I expected she might find one or two people she liked talking to and could potentially hook up with. She said most of her favorites were only online part of the day so she had been talking to several of them at different times throughout the day. When I asked if all the texting was filling her needs or if she wanted to meet someone local, she said that she was having fun with what she has currently but she is definitely intrigued with the idea of taking a new lover.

Her openness with sex is something new I never saw coming. When I fantasized about this, one of the parts I liked was her becoming more in touch with communicating her needs and not being so bashful. Last night, she repeated what she did the night before by grabbing her largest toy and talking to one of her favorites. The difference was I was there to watch this time, taking a few pictures as she took herself to orgasm (she didn't mind at all - another big difference) and then filled her myself.

Sounds like it will progress. Hope you like your new wife and what your new role will be. Trust me it will change your life forever. Enjoy if you dare.... although I don't think it is in your hands any longer.

Wow. Your words are haunting me and have hit quite close to home. As I re-read them now, she is sitting a few feet away, looking as sexy as ever, typing to someone. I just asked if she'd have time to fit me in tonight and got a vague answer back. This is really consuming her and I don't see any potential for slowing. I was trying to predict today what I felt the chances are now of her taking a lover. I would have to say there is a 50% or greater chance that she will find a good match who has the ability to meet her. I think if/when she finds someone like that, there is no chance she won't be relaxing with him.

Update, one hour after the above... after she was typing for a while, she asked my to come over and enter her from behind. I did that while she got one of her favorites off with her words. Another surprising (there's that word again) part of this adventure is how insatiable she's been. At many times in our relationship, I had to put a lot for presssure on her for us to be together just once a week. At our best with no other influences, 3~4 times a week was really good. The last two weeks, it is not unusual for her to take care of herself or us be together, then an hour or so later when I go to bed, she's at it again with someone else. Just this morning she showed me pictures of her shaved area she sent to someone as she got off.

Oh yes it is a doured edge sword. Don't let my words haunt you as much as give you a reality check. My recomendation, which some others here think is a little too extreme is for you to be part of everything. Read every word with her, ingage in conversation about the other guys with her, stay in the forfront of her mind. Make this something you guys are doing together.

Because trust me, once she does have sex with one of these guys, it will rock your world. It is so extreme in pleasure and pain that you won't believe it.

You want to be able to find yourselves aftwards and stay strong as a couple. In my opinion, the other guys should just be sex toys, NOT boyfriends in the sense of talking everyday and doing everyday things.

It has worked for us and we are both really happy. Right now I'm sure your wife is just flattered at all the attention she is getting. I hope you are one of those giving her attention.

BTW, don't expect the frequency of sex between the two of you to change too much, it will probably just change in type, like you have already noticed.

No kidding, arthur... there are times I want to say "Just do it already and put me out of my misery!".

I was feeling kind of insecure at work this morning for reamisters I don't understand so I met my wife at the door when she got in (she started two hours after I do). She was surprised and happy to see me and I walked her to her office.

mred - by haunting, I meant that you hit the core of what we are feeling. I had a long two hour meeting this morning, so I wrote your words down to show my wife at lunch today, along with what I perceived as my "new wife" and "new role". This is what I came up with:

My new wife:
- You have become more confident and have better self-esteem than ever before.
- You see yourself as a more sexy and desirable woman who enjoys being appreciated.
- Not only are you open to the advances of new men, you are actively pursuing ones you find interesting or attractive.
- You are sharing intimate thoughts and images with someone(s) other than me.

My new role:
- Continue to give her the romantic qualities of a good husband should provide and make sure above all else our relationship stays strong.
- Give her room and privacy to pursue her desires at a pace she is comfortable with while staying in touch with what she is enjoying.
- Trying to take up more household duties to give her more time to enjoy herself.
- Find a balance between our intimacy, her freedom, and our family life.

She read my words as we drove to lunch and agreed that the original comment was extremely accurate (I attributed it to a post written to someone in a similar situation that I read on a hotwife message board). It led to a really sweet talk about where we are and where we are going. She told me that anything she did was to spice up our relationship, first and foremost. That gave me a bit of relief. When I asked her to estimate how likely it was that she would act on this physically, she thought for a long while before answering. She said she didn't know how to answer because as she sat there eating lunch, she felt she would probably be too nervous to ever do it for real, but at night when she was busy with dirty talk she wished for someone new to make love to. I told her that I was just a little scared at the idea of her taking it all the way because that would permanantly open a door that would change the rest of our relationship. She laughingly said she doesn't blame me for being nervous as my original fantasy was for her to have a one-time or occassional fling and here she was talking intimately with roughly a dozen men.

I want to get this for her...

You guys are awsome. That is EXACTLY how cuckolding should be approached. Keep having fun, it doesn't matter when she has sex with someone else or if she ever does. Enjoy the now. I'm sure both of you will be ready when it does happen. Just keep us posted.

I want that shirt for my wife too. Btw I borrowed the picture for another post, thanks.

Things continue to happen... sometimes at a crawl, other times with one big jump forward.

My wife was off today... this morning I said about maybe coming home for lunch but she said she was going to breakfast with her man then she wanted some time to rest. She added she wanted time to herself (with a wink), in case she wanted to meet C for lunch. C is one of her favorites from AM and lives an hour from here. I gather that last night he was asking about meeting her in permister. From what she told me before, she enjoys talking with him but physically he wasn't her perfect march. His profile says he is a 27 y.o. virgin (that has both of us worried - who is still a virgin at 27 without some character flaw, and also the potential for him to get too involved if she is his first). She does like talking to him intimately though and ironically, she told me this morning that if he wouldn't be her first, she was thinking about being with him to help him out... is she compassionate or what? It turns out she was only considering meeting him, but honestly I never know how to read her. Two days ago she said she didn't know if she'd be brave enough to act on this, and then she is contimplating meeting him, however serious she actually was. When she tells me that she doesn't know if she'll do anything physical, I often wonder if she is trying to soften what she tells me knowing she is headed there (kind of like asking for permission after you do something), or whether she isn't seeing how much she has evolved in such a short time.
Anyway, she didn't meet him but told me this afternoon she had some new pictures she just took to show me when I got home. I asked if I would be the first to see them and after a pause, she said no. That sparked a realization in my head.... that her body is no longer exclusively mine and I was no longer the only one who had seen it. I obviously knew she had sent topless pics to J before and several times late at night she has taken more permisteral pics to send to her favorites. She also recently told me that at least two of the guys she spoke two had used cams while talking to her. So, I left work early and come home to find my fully aroused wife ready for two more rounds (we were up late last night, bringing it to three times today). I was under the impression that cuckolds (even wannabe's) usually receive less sex that normal men? This is going to ******* one of us!

Bottom line is we are both very happy right now and this has brought us so close much closer than we've been. I was a little worried with the amount she was absorbed in this when I showed her all of her potential at AM, but she has found a nice balance now and is making sure I am at least one of her regulars - so far the only one getting to snuggle up close and feel her warmth.

Helping her undress after work yesterday... love the thigh highs!

Well, nothing new to report, hense the lack of updates. She has become really close with one of the guys online, but he is across the country so it is purely communication. He does get her going very well though and just this morning she was telling him how she was thinking of him as I took her from behind last night. I purposely was rougher than normal to give her the impression of it being with someone else and she loved it.
There are three others she talks to daily and intimately, but none of them are prospects for meeting up with her as they are also out of the area. There is a new guy that is one hour from here, he caught her interest yesterday and they talked a bit today. At one point he said he was headed to the gym, he wanted to stay fit so if they ever met, she would like him. She didn't directly answer that, which I found interesting. I asked her if he was a possibility and she said he was. I guess I'll see where that conversation goes as she gets to know him better.

In a few minutes, I am going to take a bunch more pictures of her in various states, the first guy I mentioned (her current favorite) asked for some new ones. Last night I was ordering some lingerie for her and asked what he would like to see her in. She said they'd been talking about the french maid scenario, so I ordered a nice one... I can't wait until that gets her to take some more good shots for her to send.

I'm really enjoying your post. So much of what you say descibes my feelings when we first got into cuckolding. Once you are into it your wife will have a hard time stopping so let go and enjoy the ride.

Sounds perfect. Keep it up just like its going and before you know it, it will happen. Oh and enjoy yourself.

Late last night as we drifted off to relax, we discussed our plans for today, our last day off alone together before school ends for the summer. My wife mentioned the possibility of meeting the 27 y.o. virgin for lunch as he has been in our hometown all week for a convention. She told me she is still on the fence about what she wants to do... parts of her want to take things to the next level and others tell her to keep it safe and enjoy where we are.
This morning, she decided not to meet him, she said she chickened out. I just looked at the pictures on his AM profile and I am glad she didn't go - she can do much better! One of the things I told her last night is she is attractive and desireable enough that she doesn't have to take the first thing that comes along, she can wait until someone she wants comes along. Interestingly enough, when I looked at her list of people saved as favorites on AM, there are three listed that are from our hometown. That is the first time I've seen her have contact with anyone that close to here, but it doesn't appear that there has been much communication yet.

Nice... I hope you enjoy the handjobs and playing with yourself. Because your right, after she does it once, there won't be anything holding her back with the others, but you guys will find a balance. We have and love it. You will too. Keep up the posts.

LOL.... So much fun. It continues after she starts. You'll see. Sounds like you all want the same thing, just mention that to your wife and ask her what she is waiting for?.... if anything it will turn on.

She isn't waiting for anything... except for the right guy to come along, which may have just happened. She sent me a message this morning asking what I thought of her meeting the guy she started talking to yesterday for lunch. She seemed quite taken with the things he said and when I saw what he wrote, I was with her. Unfortunately, our timing was off and it didn't work out, but she and I went home for a nooner and to discuss him. He was the first to be interested in my participation in this and even said I was welcome to come along when they meet. My wife and I decided that since she had only talked to him for a day, she would keep talking more to get to know him and early next week we can meet . Our tentative plan is for both of us to meet him at a public place for lunch, then I will excuse myself and allow them to talk privately. I really like this arrangement the best of all the possibilities that have presented themselves so far. In the past, several of the guys she spoke to seemed great for a day or so until enough bad traits came through to scare us off. We are both hoping that won't be the case and this will be the one.

Wow! What a hot account of your relationship. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, its good to fish out the bad qualities, however keep in mind he is there for one thing, but make sure he respects you two.

It is going to be so much fun. It will drive you nuts in a good way.

This really sucks.

My wife and I had been really excited about this newest prospect and she'd been getting to know him quickly. Last night, they were chatting and he asked what our situation was for birth control. She told him that I'm fixed so we don't have to worry. He said he planned on doing that soon also as his wife just found out she is pregnant with their third young. That was an immediate turn-off for my wife, the thought of being the other woman wrecking the marriage of someone with three small kids. For whatever reamister, I guess her own ladying instinct kicked in and she bailed on the situation. They spoke this morning and she let him know that nothing physical could happen now. I told her I support any decision she makes, but inside I am bummed. She that she was really eager to meet him because he was the first one she really had a strong attaction to and she was looking forward to making love to him soon if they got along in permister. This arrangement would have been so perfect, in town a few days a week, very open with including me in their play. That last part was important to me as he was the first to ask more deeply about what I'd like us to do with her. If it had worked out, I think he would have taken us to a place where she can play openly with me involved and make this the really natural lifestyle I had hoped for, where I think most of the other guys just want to be with her.

I agree that does suck... however not uncommon. My wife doesn't like to play with guys that are married and cheating either. We don't view what we are doing as cheating or adultry or anything negative so to introduce the fact that she would be the "other woman" with a guy that is cheating turns her off.

I am also waiting to be actually included. I have watched her with like 10 different guys, but never actually been a part of things. I get to enjoy her imediately after the leave though ... ... But I understand where you are comming from.

Keep supporting her though as Im sure you will. The right guy will cum up. lol....

Noo u have a pm. Per our other pms would be interested as discussed. let me know via pm. she looks great as always as I just got up to date on the pics u recently posted.

It didn't surprise me as she is very moral... normally. As you said, since what we are doing is completely open between us, she doesn't see anything wrong with it. The other party is where the conflict comes in. On one hand, a single guy may be too needy, or have been around too much. A married guy is probably more stable, but only if his spouse doesn't find about it.

While there haven't been any new updates on my wife with others this weekend, we certainly broke new ground. Friday night, she requested that we set aside time that she could play online while I play with her. Obviously, I agreed and had the idea to try anal sex with her for the first time. It had never been something I was too interested in, other than trying it as something we hadn't done before, but she's been increasingly asking for stimulation there so I thought she might enjoy it. She was talking online to someone she really liked but hadn't talked dirty with yet.... she was able to take the conversation to erotic talk as I began to do her from behind. Once she was fully aroused, I began using her favorite glass toy on her butt. Once she seemed fully into it, I pulled out of her and began entering her ass for the first time. I was surprised by a few things... she never questioned what I was doing, I was able to enter her without any of the resitance I expected, and I enjoyed it much more than I ever expected. While I was patting myself on the back afterward, I thought about how easily she did that and how much more liberated she has become. A lot of the times when we have intercourse now, I am shocked at how aroused she is, obviously from all her fantasies online. Saturday night, she dressed up in a maid's outfit we just got... it was related to something she talked to her favorite online about. I took some nice pictures as she cleaned around me. After we retired to the bedroom, she climbed on top of me and said she wished it were him under her. I asked if he lived closer if they would be lovers by now and she said she thought so but didn't know for sure if they would get along as well in permister. It dosn't matter, as he is on the other side of the country, but it is interesting to see her bonding so strongly with him.

We are still slowly searching for someone closer, while she enjoys talking with her previous favorites. I know the right one is still out there somewhere and we are going to be on a rollercoaster when he finds her.

I'd pay alot of good money for this service...

She was this aroused - before we had sex!

sounds like she is very turned on by all this. It definately makes a big difference with anal if the girl is majorly turned on.

Nice maid you have there...

Thanks... we had fun with the scenario.

That's why I took the opportunity to try it. It was never something that I've been too interested in trying, but I always read that is something a lot of guys push for. As cool as it was trying it and as good as it felt, I almost feel like that was something she could have saved for someone special. I love reading the stories of the torment created when a wife does certain things only for her boyfriend. There was one in particular that I really liked... a boyfriend set it up that for a week before a wife's date, she couldn't have intercourse with her husband to save herself for the bf, and for several days leading up to the date, the husband was to be treated as a platonic roommate - no touching or even seeing her partly undressed. Denial is such a strange thing to me - it simultaneously turns me on, scares me, and makes me mad. We were setting time aside for each other tonight and when I came home a few minutes ago, she said she was a bit sore from playing while I was gone and didn't know if we'd be able. I have the earlier comments still ringing in my head, my new role, getting used to a different form of our relationship, etc.

What would you do if you found this?

I love this dress on her!

Two part update today...

First, yesterday afternoon we were on the road and my wife had some time to IM. She was on with her favorite for a while... I hadn't seen anything of what she typed until she showed me the line "Would fill your pussy with my cum right now". Talk about a major distraction! She only showed me fleeting messages after that but promised to save it for me to read later. She has said she doesn't like when I am reading what she writes as she types but she has no problem showing me everything later. Luckily, we just figured out how to copy her IM's to an email so she sent it to me. I'll paste that below. Trust that she never spoke that way with me!

The second thing is there seems to be another prospect. This one is also from out of town but told her he travels for business and said he might be available to meet if she wanted. He is single and she told me that made her feel a lot more comfortable than talking to married guys. We'll have to see if this new guy is what she is looking for.I am hoping that she finds someone that she really connects with that is available to talk more often, even if it doesn't lead to an actual affair. Right now, she likes to have someone to talk to frequently and since none of them are available as much as she likes, she is staying in touch with several. Of course that means that they all contact her at various times throughout the day, disrupting whatever we are doing. I told her this morning that I'll try to do better with giving her space when she is typing if she is better about isolating the times she is chatting and not making it continuous all day.

Anyway, this is the text of what she sent me:

B: Hi
My wife: Hi
My wife: Wow its early for you!
B: Its 2 hrs in sweety
My wife: Wow......early
My wife: I like sweety ;)
My wife: File sent: IMG00680-20090619-1000.jpg.
My wife: That's how far I got ;)
B: Slide that off for me
My wife: File sent: IMG00681-20090619-1003.jpg.
B: Don't stop
B: Would love to wake up to that
My wife: File sent: IMG00683-20090619-1010.jpg.
My wife: ;) getting squeaky clean
B: Now get dirty:D
My wife: File sent: IMG00689-20090619-1019.jpg.
My wife: Drying off
B: Would like to lick you all over
My wife: Mmmm......I'm gonna need another shower.... ;)
B: Slid a finger in for me
My wife: File sent: IMG00691-20090619-1024.jpg.
B: Don't stop. I want to see it spread and waiting for me
My wife: File sent: IMG00693-20090619-1026.jpg.
B: Sit down and give me the view I would have as I moved toward you to fuck you hard or eat that pretty pussy
My wife: File sent: IMG00695-20090619-1032.jpg.
B: I want to fuck you so hard
B: Slide a couple of fingers in
My wife: Would LOVE that....mmmmm......
My wife: I'd really like another cam night! ;)
B: I will give you one soon
My wife: Ok
My wife: I wanna slide you inside me
B: Let me see you finger fuck yourself as you think of my dick being rubbed on your clit
My wife: File sent: IMG00704-20090619-1045.jpg.
My wife: Really want to meet you now
B: It would be so fun
My wife: No doubt about that
B: Would spend hrs licking your pussy then move up and kiss you so you would taste how wet I made you
B: Would lick every part oh your body every part
My wife: OMG......getting so wet thinking about it
My wife: Heat flashes running over my bod
B: Would fill your pussy with my cum right now
My wife: Would rub it around on me......
My wife: :D
B: I would jerk off on your belly as you rubbed my cum in
My wife: Would rub that around my breasts while I watch you
B: Would love to see you lick your nipples
My wife: I'll have to take a pick of that sometime.....thanks for the idea! :*
My wife: What are u doing? Do you have to go? Don't want to pest u just let me know if you do
B: No I have time for you all day. I'm on the road by myself today
My wife: :D
My wife: Hmmmm......the things I could do for you on the road
B: Road head
My wife: I wonder if you could drive with me on you lap?
My wife: Rubbing on you
B: Yes
My wife: with no panties.....just you and me and my wetness from being close to you
B: I'm so hard now
My wife: I would put your hardness inside me while sitting on your lap
My wife: Facing you so I could nibble on your neck and ears too...
My wife: Ummm.......should I stop before I cause a vehicle accident?
B: Wouldn't take much for you to make me cum right now
My wife: Making u um deep inside me........moving until you get hard again
My wife: Then taking u into my mouth....licking u
My wife: Sucking and swirling my tongue around u
B: Keep going
My wife: Licking around the outside
My wife: Swirling my tongue around your tip
B: You might have to swallow
My wife: Or spit ;) jk
B: By in the truck. You would have to take it all
My wife: Ok ;).
B: It will be a lot with you
My wife: Be worth it ;)

Oh my... She is so ready. Sounds like my wive's conversations with her guys. I can't believe she hasn't hooked up yet.

On the other note. Things do change in your relationship once she starts relaxing around. I don't get as much sex and I'm rarely alowed to cum in my wife. She also cuts me off sooner than I want because its clear I don't please her as much as her boyfriends, However we are VERY happy!!!! And although when I orriginally got into this I thought I was going to get more sex, I am fine with what I get. Well if she lets me rub against her as she relaxs I am...lol

Your right about being cut off making you want her more. It works ... Now get her to find some way to turn this into reality....lol.

Your posts always seem to cut right to the heart of what I am feeling.... and they remind me to "be careful what you wish for".

I am quite certain that if a good local prospect popped up, she'd be all over it in a second and she agrees with my assesment. On the other hand, she is loving the talks she has and enjoys the lack of risk involved. Her favorite is home alone for the week and she is excited to talk to him as he can't talk much when his wife is home. I asked her tonight if she wished he lived closer and she said that thought simutaneously scared her and made her wish he did.

I have been alternating between really enjoying where we are and wishing she would move further. I have been getting unbelievable side benefits as a result of her talking to her guys online. The sex between us is like never before and she is so open to taking pictures and very dirty talk and things we were never worked up enough to try. I am sure our actions are only fueling her desire for a new lover, though. I'd say on average, two of every three times we have sex she is online simultaneously and we are fantasizing that he is her with her. I am sure that if she does find someone that she could see frequently that what you said will be completely true. I think the excitement of a new romance will pale anything between us and I'd have to hope we are able to at least enjoy our previous level of activity (before we started this).

The part I tried to explain to her long ago is... teasing and denial is great ***, just denial sucks. As long as I am not overlooked I am usually happy with whatever she does.