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The Obligation Of Sex In A Marriage

Fun with marriages and gender dynamics and rodeos.

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Ted Bauer
Apr 23, 2024
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I get very confused about gender dynamics and relationship dynamics almost constantly, which shouldn’t be that surprising if you consider that I am divorced and remarried — and, like most 40-something males, I don’t have a ton of friends swirling around me. I have no idea what I’m doing in most relationships, which might explain why I write about relationships and friendships constantly. It’s an effort to explain some of the stuff I cannot seem to grasp. I just psychoanalyzed myself. Should I now bill myself $200 for this hour?

About two years ago, I was at some social event. I think it was related to horses because of where I live. About five feet over from me, there was a table of women in their 30s. I knew two of the seven, and maybe four of the seven’s husbands. I am not really “friends” with any of them. They mostly come from this community described here.

One lady gets up and loudly announces to her girlfriends/mom friends:

“Well, (name of husband) turns 37 tonight. Guess I gotta go home and fuck.”

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