This place is like a soap opera, go away for awhile and you can catch right up in no time! Have the kids aged rapidly? HP, how old are your children now...18?
My take on this kind of book "Men simple. Women meet needs and have no problems" is that it doesn't really make me very interested in men. I get bored. I think well what is the point? Why would I WANT to have such a person in my life? Fortunately, I'm lucky. I married a man who wants so much more and that keeps me interested in him AND in wanting him sexually.
So Cobra, (and probably Cemar too) if you ARE as Dr. Laura describes then I wouldn't be that interested in having you in my life and I wouldn't be that sexually attracted to you. Quite a Catch-22 for you.