You've got to get the tension just right. Too little and there's no enthusiasm in the encounter. Too much and it spills over into frustration and then anger and then sometime after that the walls start going up.
A week or so ago I smiled at her and she said "You're barking up the wrong tree!". I kept smiling and said "Is that all you ever think about - not having sex?" and walked away. Around the same day I tried to embrace her, and she wasn't having any of it, so I said "Oh, I get it, you only touch me when you want something!" She laughed, said "yeah, pretty much", and then hugged me. After a couple more days of simmering, it was time for the main course.
a fine and enviable madness, this delusion that all questions have answers, and nothing is beyond the reach of a strong left arm.
