Thanks Akenaton, I'm not hating my style, lately, as much as I usually do.

It seems to me that the "family values" people go on about are more or less the ones invented by rather hypocritical 19th century English moralists.

But I'm still liking my deal, very much. For one thing, I'm quitting my job soon, and she's making some real money this year. For another, she laughs at my jokes. For another, other women are cute as hell, but they smell wrong. It's not that I'm not utterly charmed, but it's not worth all the trouble. Couldn't they all just mail me some nude photos, and write me a letter? I have things to do.

   We sometimes think it would help to marry a third person though. Or adopt a kid with good prospects, who can cook, has a lot of energy, likes to "keep busy". (Turns out there's a waiting list.)Also, with new people there's all that insecurity crap, all that tending, and sensitivity. I'm done with that chore. My wife was telling me about her boss's age, and said But she still looks youthful, she's attractive, and I said Sure, I'd do her. Lynne just said Well, Yeah--like that was any mark of distinction--and went right on talking.

Sex has always been pretty important to me. But it's a myth that people are just bad, good, and better. Maybe some people are really terrible, but maybe that's just how they are with you. One person with any talent has lots of variety.

Women like to think they're sensitive, on the basis that they want YOU to be sensitive to THEM. That's not sensitivity. The really sensitive women are the sluts. They're the ones who think of other people's feelings. Every kind, generous, decent woman has a slutty phase, sometime. If you know one who hasn't had a slutty phase, or if you are a nice woman who hasn't, just wait.