Hmmm. Well, I have found that intimate involvements always carry some heavy emotional baggage with them, and the longer they last the heavier it gets. If you can part on good terms, then you're doing better than a lot of people, but there's always some emotional hurt when ending a love affair.

I seem to be almost incapable of "casual" sex. Accordingly, I've been avoiding it (sex) entirely lately, and my mind is considerably more at ease. This was not so easy to do when I was younger, though.

- LH