I'll say this about the relative merits of bonding and attraction...if she loses her attraction for you all those cups of coffee will retroactively turn from gestures of love to proof of how demanding and unappreciative you've always been.
Couldn't have said it better myself, BB. Glad you did.
Oh, and in case no one buys this. One of my last interactions with x resulted in her blaming me for her own current financial disaster as a result of her own need to soothe herself via maxing out her credit cards .. especially after ALLLL she's done for me over the years.
Funny how she didn't have a problem buying things for me or AOS when she was attracted to me, hm?
Moreover, she doesn't seem to be able to remember anything I did to keep our ship clipping along, both financially and AOS-ily.
-Stigmata-
The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is the warrior views everything as a challenge; the ordinary man views everything as either a blessing or a curse.
-Yaqui shaman Don Juan-
...and that holds 2x true for nice guy wussies, DJ