Then Mrs Thinker initiates ML (and it is surprisingly better than anything in recent years) Suddenly Thinker is hooked.
'Twas ever thus, homez.
Hate to say it, and you already know it, but only YOU can prevent forest fires.
Want to stop the roller coaster? Stop the the rolls in the hay. Yep -- it would suck. But sometimes we have to Embrace The Suck.
At the end, what is it getting you? A fantastic "little death" (as the French say), which covers you for half an hour or so, and then {how many} days of anguish, frustration, and emotional ash-and-trash.
The sex does not appear to be a Golden Bridge. This is why the gods invented separate bedrooms, cold showers, and Cinemax....