TLDR: Wife was seen nude a lot by a bunch of creeps during her non-nude modeling career.
*** Edit for clarification: I'm not angry at my wife. I don't even know exactly what she had to deal with. I am upset that she didn't tell me about it. I understand that in the industry, you have to be hot often for practical reasons. I don't think I own my wife or that her body is my property. I had a no hard shows/shoots understanding that she would be hot at some point in order to change but I am very uncomfortable with the scenario that the friend described: being told to strip down to shoes and wait for instructions and then only wear the garters and stockings that they provided over a period of hpurs. I love her and other than this specific situation, I have absolutely nothing other than good things to say about her. ***
I (37m) met my wife (37f) in high-school. Started dating around 23 and married her at 25. We both modeled during college, I did it very sporadically but she ended up dropping from college to model full time. I was friends with many of the models and was good friends with one of the agency's owners/manager. One of the girls that regularly modeled alongside my wife also was dating a close friend of mine. My wife stopped modeling when she got close to the end of our first pregnancy (one year after getting married). When our first child was about one she had regained her figure so she modeled for about another year, eventually deciding she would rather be a sahm. So the reason for this story is that about 1 month ago, I went to a drs office (large office with many doctors with one large communal waiting room) and there was the girl that modeled with my wife that was my friend's girlfriend. We talked for a while and reminisced about the modeling years. I asked her why she quit the agency (she quit around the time my wife got pregnant) and she proceeded to tell me how the agency signed up with a new brand of clothing and how the casting process and pre-show wardrobe rehearsals devolved into a private striptease/peep show for the brand executives. The last one she did, they handed her a bag with nothing but stockings and garter belts and told the girls (6 originally but 2 noped right out) to strip down to their heals because the execs didn't want anything else on the models while they made the decisions that would distract from their products. There were 4 older guys and one woman. Then the girl looked at me and saw the horror on my face and apologized and asked if my wife had never told me any of this? I said NO! I had asked her not to do any naked shoots or shows (I know they get asked frequently if they are willing) and she always assured me she never did. The friend said "well, we were naked a lot during shows and casting. She must have her reasons not to tell you" at this point she was called in and we said goodbye.
I'm so angry and upset to think that my wife was ogled nude by a bunch of creeps and she never told me. I don't know if any of this is true, or how to bring it up to her. Any insight or advice would be appreciated
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