Sorry to have not answered the question pages ago, but I am away on my 30th aniiversary holiday, and didn't look at the computer all day. I'm only here now because after H and I both passed out after dinner from too much sun (we're at the beach) and drink ( we got the romantic weekend package with champagne), I woke up first, and am amusing myself in the hotel business center trying to catch up with all of you.
The weekend I referred to for fixing a marriage, particularly one plagued by the married-singles lifestyle, is a Retrouvaille weekend.
I agree with all the above analysis, but as I was lying on the beach, I was thinking of Mrs. SP and what she did last night. It doesn't bother me, mind you, but I know it bothers her. And I am worrying about this woman who commits hari-kari willy-nilly. She just keeps doing it! In my estimation, she is not alright with sex, and she is being advised by her friend Samantha from Sex in the City. Samantha is completely in the dark that there even are women who don't have a healthy appetite for sex. So she is coaching her protege on distracting herself with what she considers exciting sexual escapades. But to Mrs SP, these are loathsome! And she will react. So yes, some nameless guy got some attention that SP would have enjoyed sometime in the past 4 years, and he is oblivious to what a feat that was. But to Mrs. SP this is akin to slashing her wrists.
