Quote: Jenny ^5 (high 5). I bought the book yesterday and read chapter 1.
Excellent! I got a lot of validation from reading the book because I'm already successfully doing many of the things that it recommends and have seen the results. I figure if I implement a few more of their recommendations I can break through the weight plateau I'm currently at and maybe make it back to my pre-baby (who is now 18 )fighting weight. Maybe we can be each other's support buddies like the book recommends. We can start a very boring thread on which we can just report to each other that we took our daily walk etc.
Quote: Maybe but maybe you might find the guy kind of like a pesky fly, wanting to hang around more, maybe even developing into an EA?
I am just sticking up for the guys that like to cuddle Jenny. There might be more of us cuddlers out there than the myth would have you believe. The high school boys saying "find them, feel them, F them and leave isn't always true, unless you are dealing with highschool boys.
Oh, I know that this is true. You have to remember that I married at 23 so most of my pre-marriage sexual partners were high school or college boys. I've never dated or had sex with anyone older than 24 except my H. Also, in my Schnarchian bar scenario I imagine myself going for the quick fix of hitting the biker bar down the road from me which is probably inhabited by men who mostly have the mentality of high school boys. Clearly, I am my own worst enemy when it comes to "stranger anxiety". In real life, if I was divorced I'd probably meet men by joining appropriate social groups like hiking, book or robot-building clubs or by letting my sisters or friends set me up.
Quote: I can't measure oxytocin, but have experienced and read about a tender-hearted or happy tear or two.
That's true. I have felt the authentic wish to give a hug of comfort to many people on this BB so I'm sure the same is true for others. It's funny that we have often joked about the sexual shenanigans that would take place if all the HD folk on this BB ever got together in real life. It might really be the case that it would be more of a hugfest than a f*ckfest. (Though the presence of alcohol and low lighting and appropriate music might cause things to quickly degenerate from hugging to copping a feel to ...)
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
)fighting weight. Maybe we can be each other's support buddies like the book recommends. We can start a very boring thread on which we can just report to each other that we took our daily walk etc.