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The Current that Moves You: The 1
Married for twenty years now, and this was the first time I didn't speak after sex. I didn't say anything, just laid there, eyes closed, hoping he to would remain silent. "Do you think we should get groceries tomorrow?" he asked. The sound pounded its way into the complete absence women want sex Bessemer Alabama of thought I was trying to . I continued to lie, but he asked again. "Whatever," I snapped, thinking all the while how much it didn't matter. I was a hundred miles away, shooting myself into a different life. He didn't like me going from a woman who shoved my chest in his face, to someone who didn't want to say a word. "What's wrong with you?" said the scorned little boy. "I'm sorry. I'm just tired," showing the same weakness that had brought me to this point. He took my explanation and left me alone. the blinds and the bed was illuminated. At some point, our life. . . even our room became some place to be perfectly decorated and perfectly styled and perfectly not comfortable. It used to be warm and dark and sexy. I could sleep in the middle of the day. Now, I can't keep the light out at eight o'clock on a Saturday morning.
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