‘I’m encouraging her not to hold back’ (Picture: Myles Goode/Getty)

Welcome to How I Do It, the series in which we give you a seven-day sneak peek into the sex life of a stranger.

This week we hear from Barry* a 35-year-old straight man from New Orleans, who works in the audio porn industry.

Since starting his side-hustle as a voice actor who writes and records erotica for platforms like BLOOM, Barry has discovered his wife, Paula*, really gets off on his dirty talk.

Barry says: ‘I use dirty talk in bed with my wife almost every time we have sex. It’s a staple of my sex life now and simple check-ins such as “do you like that?” don’t have to break momentum, because I know she loves my voice.

‘I get to lean into affirmative consent, and ask her for her response in a way that reinforces our male dom and female sub dynamic.’

Barry is even helping Paula to be more vocal herself. ‘I’m encouraging her not to hold back her natural sounds of pleasure. All of her natural vocalisations are sexy.’

Paula also loves listening to Barry’s erotic audios. A favourite of hers is from the series Filling a Niche, where Barry tries out sex toys his listeners purchase for him as he narrates a fantasy.

So, without any further ado, here’s how he got on this week…

Monday

I sneak out of bed early while my wife is still asleep and make my way to my recording space in the garage – I record in the early hours, as it’s when the world is quietest, and makes for the best audio. I do about twenty minutes of vocal warm ups then spend the next two hours recording the most recent script BLOOM sent me – an erotica scene involving a threesome.

It’s very arousing to read and I find that I’m very pent-up. My wife will be waking up soon. We have an arrangement where if she sleeps bottomless, that means she wants me to wake her up during the night to have sex with her.

So, as she’s signaled, the first thing she gets to experience upon waking is me entering her, directing the last few hours of sexual tension in my body towards her. Mondays should at least start with a few orgasms.

Tuesday

I’m texting my wife while I’m working and she’s curious about my recording yesterday – she’s craving the finished product.

One of my new erotic audios is posted online and we both hungrily read the comments from other listeners. My wife loves the fact that other women find my voice so attractive.

Later in the evening she’s doing cardio while listening to the newly-posted audio. After she showers, I join her in bed. She lays on the bed, face-up, propped up a little on her elbows, with her still-wet hair dangling besides her pretty face.

I stand in front of her, fully nude, and she looks up at me while she takes me in her mouth; I’m already hard, and the way she keeps eye contact with me gets me going.

She moans softly and sweetly and I make sure to praise her, telling her she’s being so good for me. I can’t hold back my own orgasm for long.

Wednesday

My wife and I make it a point to have a steak dinner with a glass of wine every Wednesday and we’ve kept this weekly tradition for years.

We also check in with each other, ask if there’s anything on the other’s mind. We’ve had some of our best, deepest conversations on these nights, and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.

Usually Wednesdays are the nights when we’re most likely to cuddle up and fall asleep without sex. Today, we stay up a bit too late having a nice long talk. Of course sex is important, but it’s just as important to both of us that we make time to check-in with one another and let the conversation flow.

Thursday

I’m recording a toy-review audio. I have a gift wish list, and several of my listeners gift me sex toys so I’ve been reviewing them on mic. So far I’ve received a vibrating cock ring, several manual stroking toys, and two automatic stroking toys with suction and vibration, one of which has a button just labelled “SOUL”.

It’s designed to “suck out your soul through your d**k.” My mic is live while the orgasm grips me, and my listeners get every moment of the real shudders and moans.

I sneak into bed with my wife, get cosy and it isn’t long before I’m aroused again. No toy can satisfy me the way she does.

I get hard again and I slip inside her quickly and easily. I hear her moans and don’t hold back, mounting her as she lays sideways, shifting one of her legs up to bend at the knee as I straddle the other.

I f**k her deep and hard and fast, with all the frantic desire of a man who needs release. My hand moves between her thighs and starts playing with her clit, feeling her wetness. Her arousal is nothing short of validating.

All I can recall is my loud, hoarse moans as I erupt inside her before collapsing beside her.

Friday

The day job is stressful on Fridays so I don’t get to sneak away at lunchtime to write some erotica.

Friday night is movie night, so when I arrive at home I set up the projector in our back garden – New Orleans winters never get that chilly. My wife and I cuddle on the outdoor couch and settle in.

After thirty minutes my hands begin to wander up her thigh. She shifts and moans a little as I approach her more sensitive areas. I’m in no rush to move, so I take my time teasing her.

I know she’s not focusing on the movie anymore. I’ve been encouraging her to be more vocal and less inhibited when she’s close to orgasm but this time she actually clasps her hand over her mouth to avoid alerting the neighbours.

Saturday

I’m up early to record, but torrential rain is disrupting my audio. There’s not much point in going back to bed, so I do some work and clean the house.

I send my wife a silenced text: “Coffee’s on. Let me know when you wake up.” The heavy rain always helps her sleep better, and she needs to rest.

Her eventual reply is a playful, “I’m awake, and I’ve been teasing myself. Interrupt me if you like.” I immediately close my laptop before joining my wife for some warm, cosy, sleepy sex.

Sunday

My wife graciously allows me to sleep in while she runs errands, so I feel well-rested.

I work out which scripts to prioritise writing for the upcoming month as my listeners frequently request certain types of audios, and I’m here to give the people what they want.

After dinner my wife is in bed, and I stay up late to write. A particular scenario has gripped me: a smooth-talking college professor paired with a beautiful, nerdy student and all the tension that comes with exploring their first time together.

Before I know it I have the first half of a script written and I’m feeling pent-up. I join my wife in bed and cosy up next to her in the big-spoon position.

I waste no time feeling her and she’s wet for me. She begins to stir and I slowly push in, listening carefully for her sweet moans while I caress down her thigh and back up to her hip. Every inch I sink further into her feels more like heaven.

The scenario I was just writing of crashes back into my mind. How easily I could see her as my student. I grab her neck, squeezing her throat, before growling one word in her ear: mine.

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‘I’ve been encouraging her to be more vocal and less inhibited.’