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Hugh Briss's avatar

“I could write a sex book that would fill a paragraph.”

Heck, I could write one that would fill a sentence, one with no dependent clauses. But I’m just a guy.

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Judith Hannah Weiss's avatar

Do you have amnesia, too? Fyi, I just updated the piece.

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Carl Lashley's avatar

You, my dear Judith Hannah Weiss, are a gem, a miracle, and a presence to behold. My life got better the day I started reading you.

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CLE's avatar

That’s a great story: Martin needs some cream. Hysterical.

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Sheila's avatar

Dating .. What's that!!😲😊😂 abstinence .. Who knew!!😇 .. Laughter wins!!😊😀😁😂

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Hugh Briss's avatar

Misplaced laughter can kill a date, Sheila. 🤡

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Sheila's avatar

Only for the insecure .. Or easily, unnecessarily, shamed!!

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Hugh Briss's avatar

Would you take that chance?

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Sheila's avatar

Yup!

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

I have used feeding cats as an excuse to get off the phone so often, I have a friend who is not a close friend and annoys me most of the time but she’s been in my life forever and can’t take a hint when you’re trying to get off the phone, like “Hey Fern. I have to get off the phone,”, and she keeps talking. Now when we get on the phone, the first thing she says is “how long do I have till you have to feed your cats?”

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Señor Clooney's avatar

If you’re dating someone, make him meet your cat. How he reacts is a tell-all.

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Kate's avatar

Your voice is whip-sharp and heavy with such wry honesty and grief. Beneath the laughter, I could feel that pain of lost time and recovered. You have such a gift for weaving memory and sense into something so startlingly human. Thanks for this strange, beautiful dispatch from the wilds.

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Jerry's avatar

To have sex you need to hang out with people of either gender, which I don’t do. Sometimes I don’t even have sex with myself because it’s too complicated. Thank you for yet another witty thought provoking post.

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