Talk to me about your marriage...

[Greg C]

I won't spend a nonsecond of time or exert a neuron to consider the source that elicited your comment, but you are certainly right about that!

Guys are pretty simple as Jeff Foxworthy has waxed eloquent about. It largely comes down to "I think I'll have me a beer, and then I wanna seem somethin' nekkid."

It's way more complex with women. Hence the drama and screenplay to which I referred in my first post. You'd think I'd have learned that long since, but noooo.

I hear ya Mark. I've got the same disease. Shrug.

[stonerider]

I think you two severely underestimate the complexity of the female mind ;-) Things are *never* that simple, as I'm sure anyone in a stable (or unstable) relationship will attest.

the complexity is irrelevant


there may be a lot of reasons why a woman is not fucking her man, but she will look, or has already looked, elsewhere if it has stopped for a long period of time


edit: since a lot of people on this board are half-retarded, let me clarify that this is a generality and not an absolute

[JAM]

Been married for 9 years, dated for a couple prior to that. We've had maybe 2 fights in that time, and neither have been spiteful. Still go on dates on the weekends and still have a fair amount of sex. We don't and are not planning on having kids, maybe this is the reason for our happiness.

And we've never argued about the damn toilet seat. When I piss, I leave it up. When I shit, Ileave it down.

[Carlos Daniel]

We don't and are not planning on having kids, maybe this is the reason for our happiness.

If only I could convince my girl to do the same...

[Callador]

Mike,

I just wanted to add something that I haven't seen posted yet. I have been married for only 2.2 years, but a guy I work with has been married for 43 years. He used to work with his wife, and they commuted in and out together for 15 years. He said that it was manageable, but that you have to lay down ground rules. Basically, they could talk about work until they hit a certain exit on the freeway, after that no more work talk for the rest of the night.

As for the seat thing, my wife is happy that I leave it up! This way she knows I am not pissing all over the seat at night. :-)

[Oldster]

Honestly when I started this thread I considered addressing it to MEH and Oldster despite my constant disagreements with them...glad you two chimed in. Definitely appreciated.

No problem. You may be a misguided Lib, but seldom do I take things personal. If I ever feel that I can be of assistance, I try.

Hey we don't have to agree about everything for me to be civil.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Oldster is nicer than I am generally though.

I cannot WAIT to tell the Perfesser and my lifting partner that! But I'll agree. I bite my tongue online and usually delete 90% of what I want to post simply because no good could come of it. My partner is going to roll his eyes at me after he goes goggle eyed on me when I tell him what a nice guy I am though....

[JM3]

The complexity of the female mind is not irrelevant. Fortunately, it isn't hard to fathom either.
Sexual training is simply the Texas Method in a different format.

Volume drives intensity - IF you are having trouble progressing on Intensity days, cut back on volume.

If you aren't progressing in Volume work- dont worry as long Intensity is moving.

Keep Rest days light- dont disrupt homeostasis- this is true of us Masters Lovers particularly. a lil trash talk over email or the phone.light porn or flirt if you're on the go- just to spur recovery.

Dont be afraid to take a week off.

Also,the same truisms of lifting apply:
pressing improves with frequency
deadlifting with a lot of volume is hell on your cns and low back-

[stonerider]

I bite my tongue online and usually delete 90% of what I want to post simply because no good could come of it.

C'mon, you're so close.. just go the extra 10%

[stonerider]

The complexity of the female mind is not irrelevant.

It is absolutely irrelevant. It doesn't matter if it's because she's physically repulsed by you; if she is stressed out from something; if she is mad at you about an argument; if you are boring. If a woman isn't fucking her man, she will find someone else to fuck. The reason she isn't fucking her man IS IRRELEVANT.

[Mark E. Hurling]

JM3, that post was genius. I bow to the (love) Master. With apologies to Craig Shoemaker the originator of the Love Master.