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Sexuality
Sexual Healing Is a Real Thing
It pays to accommodate your partner’s sexual superstitions.
“We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect love.” — Tom Robbins, American Novelist
I Got What You Need
I was sitting in the dark with my head in my hands when my significant other walked in. He knew from my stance I had a headache. “I’ve something that will cure your headache,” my husband said. Oh, my. I have been married for decades, and for decades my spouse has been trying to convince me of the value of Sexual Healing. In his mind, he has a magic penis that will cure all ills: headaches, skin rashes, nail fungus, etc. I’m not a believer in this sexual myth.
Sexual Hip Healing
My spouse believes in sexual healing. I know both because he told me, and because of his behavior. My lover had double hip replacement surgeries. The doctor replaced his left hip, then two months later, his right hip. Five weeks after the replacement of the second hip, I was changing the ice packs on his right hip when he looked up at me from the bed, I had just helped him into and said, “You look good.” I’m thinking to myself, that is one crazy lusty, pain-killer drugged dude. My partner, who I’d seen in the hospital…
