@alive -

Physical Touch - read the book / web carefully - people assume, mistakenly, that PT=sex. WAW likes hand-holding, backrubs (non-sensual, please), foot rubs, etc. She likes to sit with something touching - leg, arm, what-have-you. As sex (with me) became more and more distasteful, she stopped that kindof touching - announced it in fact - because "you'll take it the wrong way" (i.e., I would find it arousing).

As far as my bitch-slapping you goes, WAW ain't no aliveandkicking - 'nuff said.

And I absolutely DO NOT think she is sh*tty mother; I think she's as much mother as she can be but also that she'll continually improve because (a) she doesn't have me to fall back on as much and (b) she hates to lose (and as you can see is not a gracious loser).