Again very insightful responses, for which I thank you all.
I'm dropping the rope on the boob-thrust. You know, if it was sexual, hooah to that -- I'm a Democrat so I'm all for boobs. All boobs. You know, 'cause I'm in favor of democracy and all!
If it was just stretching, then bully for her - she's comfortable enough around me now to stretch.
The sex talk is something else. It's unprompted, which is out of character for her. The language itself is out of character -- she's always been big on euphemisms. Is it a taunt or a tease or a sign that she's moved on and is girlfriending me? Damned if I know, and I don't think it matters all that much.
Under no circumstances can I imagine myself "putting the moves" on her. By nature I don't like rejection, and the nearly 8 weeks since the D-bomb have been the most powerful, sustained, life-altering weeks of rejection in my entire life, so I'll be blunt -- at this point I'm just too cowardly to risk any more such rejection, regardless of consequences.
Two fine-looking women of my acquaintance -- who learned about it all from a friend of a friend of one of WAW's friends -- have offered me all the uncomplicated, no-strings-attached, pity sex I can stand which, though I'm disinclined to accept, is nevertheless a very kind offer.
So if there's an itch to be scratched bad enough, there you go.... But to try it with WAW and either be shot down or (perhaps WORSE) to succeed. I'm starting to feel some confidence in my DB'ing thus far and don't want to risk the setback. Does that sound wimpy? I guess it does. Oh well.
GFI, you asked "why"? Why is WAW choosing her path?
If I'd been able to leave up my original thread, I'd just link it.
So for all and sundry, if you'll indulge me, I'll hold off on answering GFI's query for the next post, in which I'll recap everything on Post #1 of my original thread that led up to D-day. As I do with IC and the 2 close friends in whom I've confided, I will commit to you to be as fair to WAW and her POV as possible.
