Hey Scott - Sorry you are hug-starved this week. I would give you one of those internet hugs but, well, I wouldn't want you to get the wrong idea about my intentions.
As for my H, I should clarify that he only makes idle chit-chatty chatter when *I* initiate (and he did not start out being in the mood) and only in the beginning/foreplay stages. Once he has allowed his brain to go to that special place that allows him to feel intimacy/sex/passion he stops with the banter. The issue for me is getting him to that place, when he (through his chatter) is really trying to stop himself from going there. I usually just get frustrated and either tell him to shut up or I just stop altogether because the chit-chat has put ME out of the mood.
