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- From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
- Subject: Re: What do you Am men think about Am wome
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 01:12:44 GMT
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- In article <74488@apple.apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
- >
- >When one partner has a higher sex drive than the other, both partners need
- >to be willing to compromise, to explore ways of sharing sexual activities
- >that satisfy the horny partner but don't exhaust the non-horny one, and to
- >try to keep sex out of any (non-playful) power struggles that may develop
- >in the course of the relationship.
-
- Hmmmmm...if I'm reading this correctly, this makes me think of the problem
- of sex-drive differences quite differently from how I was a moment ago.
- Perhaps I've led a sheltered life, but I've never had a partner who couldn't
- be gotten "in the mood" with a little gentle persuasion, and I've never had
- a partner who couldn't get me "in the mood" with a few carefully selected
- words and actions--I'd just figured that "different levels of sex drive"
- meant that one person tended to initiate things more often than the other
- and that the problem with this was when the partner doing most of the
- initiating would really enjoy it more if the other partner would initiate
- sexual activity more often. (In my case, I've had moments when I've been
- horribly sick with a high fever and, at least initially, no apparent sex
- drive to speak of--and with not too much effort ("I'm sorry you're sick--
- but that's OK, I hope you won't mind if I do a few things that I'd enjoy")
- my partners have always been able to get my full cooperation.)
-
- Now, this makes me wonder one strange question: in couples where one or
- both partners are complaining about their different levels of sex drive,
- how is the high-drive person initiating sex? Is he or she saying something
- like "hey, how about it?" and then giving up immediately if the other
- doesn't respond enthusiastically, or does the high-drive person come up
- behind the low-drive person, kiss that person gently and affectionately
- on the back of the neck (which should be done occasionally whether or not
- one is interested in sex), letting him or her feel the warmth of one's
- breath as one's lips and teeth travel sensuously over the neck, towards
- the earlobes or slowly down the back while ones fingers gently caress and
- stroke, until their lips meet and the low-drive partner physically drags
- the high-drive partner into the bedroom and starts ripping their clothing
- off?
-
- Trygve (Though for the latter way of asking to work best, it should be
- done by someone who enjoys doing it regardless of whether the
- eventual answer turns out to be 'yes' or 'no.')
-