IHJ: Glad you didn't get the puppy at a pet store. Most pet stores get their puppies from so-called puppy mills. My W and I worked in Boxer Rescue and got many of our dogs from these mills. So many mistreated, mishandled, unsocialized dogs...the females spend most of their lives in cages, either pregnant, or recovering. There are quite a few of these places in Missouri.
I am still in this space where I have toned down my sexuality ...not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. I don't want to go back to my LD days, so I am consciously making an effort to have fun while going through the stresses of life ( I can relate to SM's post about his wife...that was me yrs ago). H and I are getting along...he commented that I seem more tired, and that we'll do something enjoyable on Sat like pumpkin picking w the kids and dinner by ourselves later. Hoping HD, CE, Barn and others will post something funny today...or that HP makes another of her preggo comments( hey HP... I always delivered exactly 3 weeks before my due date and they were 6 lbers...that shold get you going...smiles).
Last nite H and I went to bed and I didn't expect anything and really didn't care. We started to kiss, again in this nice, non-passionate way, but I did notice some tingles and we did some touching. Again, I didn't care about ML but he wanted to and even remembered to move into a position I like. He asked if I O'd and I said I didn't but that I felt very cared for and was fine. He threw in how nice this felt. Again, no real passion but it was pleasant and close feeling.
I brought out new sheets and he changed them; he then asked that if I wake him up again by my tossing and turning and he goes to sleep in the guest room, if I would just let him sleep, and I said yes. I told him I guess I felt insecure when I woke up and he wasn't there yesterday, and he understood.
So, we are continuing along in this nice pattern, which of course, is nice. I wonder why I am losing that thrill seeking part of my personality.
OK... I am now seeing why I am feeling LD these last few days... I am sick with a cold/cough. I am looking forward to getting back to myself, but I have learned something from this experience: by being less sexually focused/frustrated, H seems closer to me. This was happening before my cold declared itself. I went along with the way he likes to ML, and the next day he threw in stuff he knows I like. I think he felt less pressure from me and more acceptance, and this gave him more to give. I have to remember some of this when my HD-ness comes back.
IHJ--who wonders if HP and GM get LD when they're sick
A cold does not diminish my sex drive at all, but I do find myself not as aggressive because I DO recognize that snot is not all that appealing. But if H is horny, I'm ready for him, just no kissing of course.
I rarely get sick with anything worse than that so it is hard to say what it would take to diminish my drive. Bladder infections don't really do the trick.
Oh, I thought of one: Flu or strep throat. Really, anything involving a fever just does me IN. I cannot tolerate a fever, though not much else really affects me. I have had to be admitted to the hospital several times in my life because fevers get too high and won't come down. Unfortunately, D5 seems to have inherited this from me.
Anyway, that's my feedback.
Hope you feel better soon! That certainly makes sense what was going on with you and your not feeling like yourself.
Now. Do I even need to tell you to drink lots of water today?! lol
