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Sunday, September 7, 2008

My so-called sex life: Fantasy crushes

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One blog I have always loved reading is Meno's.

Meno is a woman quick to rant about everything from people who drive like crack heads, to the toilets in Japan , to her pre-college daughter's penchant for drama. Is Em going through a lesbian phase or will her female wander lust stick? Teens these days - they're so crazy. Just follow Meno's blog if you want to see how it all unfolds.

What I always admire in a writer is their ability to take me in different directions, and Meno doesn't disappoint. Just when I think she can't get more juvenile (and I mean that as a compliment) with her impromptu cell phone shots of teenage ass cracks (See here. And here ) she'll have a candid observation about the realities of marriage that keep me introspective for days. On one hand I'll question her, while on the other I'll sigh relief, knowing I'm not the only one to occasionally slide into "I do" blues.

I love this post about having crushes on people . Several other folk, men and women, weighed in on the subject. Apparently it's pretty normal for boring married folk to think about the lovers we left behind, the lovers we might never have, or even the young soccer playing coach with the Scottish brogue... with the clothes that hung so well on his back but who would look better on his back that I saw today.

Not that I am still thinking about him.

Or his chest.

Or his five o'clock shadow. Um, not at all.

My point is that, like Meno, who can't even cheat in her dreams, I'm a loyal player when it comes to sex. But the thought of new love is always a thrilling one. It makes me feel alive. It's why, on a deeper level (yes, gag again) I love going new places with Rex to recharge those batteries.

Just last Friday, despite having a sore throat, I joined him for an Alison Moyet and Vincent Clarke concert. While the computer driven techno music was more my husband's forte than mine, Moyet's sultry voice blew me away. And if the relaxing dinner beforehand wasn't enough, I knew when we entered the Orpheum hotel, a 1930's art deco number replete with supper club style signs, vintage chandeliers and marble staircases, I was in heaven.

As I made my way out of the retro style rest room, I found Rex waiting near a high backed sofa, a surprise gin and tonic in hand. "Let's go," he grinned, his five o'clock shadow proving even more sexy than Coach Scotland's.

That night, I had the same words for Rex. "Let's go."

Wow, just thinking about that made me forget about the soccer coach's legs.

Just for a second.

But now I'm back thinking of him again. Come on, he looked like David Beckham. Can you blame me?


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  • jannadiwesam's Avatar
    Posted by jannadiwesam Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:50pm PDT

    Hi sex

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  • california girl's Avatar
    Posted by california girl Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:21pm PDT

    Whne your crush isn't a celeb it's so much harder to let go . I blogged about a crush. I literraly lost him i don't know what happenned to him. He was an east los angeles sheriffs' deputy and one day he was just gone. Difficlult but not impossible to get over.I hope one day i find out where he went.

    CRUSHES HELP US FEEL SO MUCH HOPE ABOUT THE FUTURE.

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  • Alex's Avatar
    Posted by Alex Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:35pm PDT

    My only crush now is with Patrick Dempsey and I'm sure I'll never meet him so... The sad thing is that he and my husband have a fairly similar look. I guess I just lust after the sensitivity behind his eyes, oh, and that amazing hair.

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  • instrumentjamlord's Avatar
    Posted by instrumentjamlord Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:03am PDT

    I don't ever wax nostalgic about old lovers. There's a reason we aren't together, a reason we broke up, probably an unhappy one; and if I think of them at all, that is what is most likely to loom largest in my mind.

    I'm also not likely to get too worked up about some random woman on the street, no matter how stunningly beautiful. Being the typical visually oriented male, "out of sight, out of mind" applies quite literally, as there is nothing more persistent developed there -- e.g., emotional attachment to this person. (Which is as it should be. If it is rude to check out a passing girl while she's in view, isn't continuing to fantasize about her after she's gone even worse?)

    I don't think crushes are necessarily evil, though. As the saying goes, "I'm married, not dead." My ability to find someone attractive did not burn out like a lightbulb the day I got married, it just operates under a different set of rules now. It becomes a problem when you either a) act on that impulse and do something you shouldn't with that person, or b) spend so much energy thinking about a crush that you stop doing something that you should with your spouse.

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  • Megan's Avatar
    Posted by Megan Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:13pm PDT

    A little innocent looking is okay whether married or in a monogomous relationship but anything more than that can leave you feeling like you cheated even when you didn't. Would you want your significant other secretly fantascising about someone else maybe a friend or neighbor, I didn't think so!!! A glance or secong look is innocent and it keeps you sane and most importantly human!!!!

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  • california girl's Avatar
    Posted by california girl Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:54am PDT

    The object of my crush holds a position of power that i find sexy.I think that makes the crush even more powerful. Something even more powerful, he's responded.

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  • nobutintended's Avatar
    Posted by nobutintended Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:07am PDT

    My crush is beautiful. But a major distraction.

    I dont make any singular decisions anymore.

    I keep hoping that if something more significant arises-

    that any action will be a joint effort-

    an invisible bridge to a new direction.

    eg Mooning my honey on our first honeymoon.

    I had no idea this would happen.

    I'm not sure exactly how to feel-

    sometimes guilty, sometimes free, sometimes alone.

    When we cant be together-time constraints-

    flight patterns-bad coffee-no availible hammock-

    I tend to brood and am somehow uncomfortable within my own skin.

    Something that has never left me-always able to feel good

    about myself regardless of whatever. My skin my home.

    Not this time.

    This time we, as in I but she tags along,

    truly captured the term "outdoing ourselves"-

    Made the ultimate discovery and decided to dig deeper.

    When my shovel heard the CLANK-I didnt know what to make of it.

    The Map I dreamt didnt have an X but rather a heartshaped so and so-

    so I need to be held accountable love interested or not.

    I pulled the great chest out of the Earth.

    Examined its big locks and dirt covered chain coiled round her.

    It had been there awhile-underneath, unmoved, unappreciated.

    I pulled out my key.

    Yes! I had a key but didnt know if it would fit.

    I wanted to pry her open-I wanted to investigate.

    But I had nothing to compare here-no experience-

    nothing to go on, except one time I found a beautiful token

    shined it up and found its parent soon after-

    a mistake but something I enjoyed doing-even if I shouldnt have.

    Prying has never been my forte-even by mistake.

    I lost them both by accident.

    Before me sat a handsome chest a worthwhile mission

    and yet somehow I didnt know if I should open it.

    What if needles came shooting out of it-then what?

    What if it was filled with Diamondbacks

    instead of just diamonds-then what?

    I was lucky up until now-met all kinds-from all over-

    never met one I couldnt attract, detect, JOLT.

    Here-I find myself unraveled and quite troubled.

    The footing-the path-was quite treacherous-

    more than dangerous-I feared for my reputation.

    A taut reveal not worth mentioning.

    Time for leveling-

    Now whatever this is "knock knock"-

    probably has something to fear too

    because its bound so tight and at least knee deep for

    the average man standing in a dirt hole-so not too too deep.

    So under our noses all along? Snort.

    Is my fear-just a trip to Boulder-a wintry escapade-

    snow capped and blustery-no satelite-no means of transportation,

    just a warm fire and soft melted green eyes to keep me inferno.

    Is my fountain of lovemaking in this box-

    my uncircumsized Kaballah-my all time homerun record-

    my brilliant Italy, non Italian, Goddess geek wedding.

    Or maybe its not about me at all.

    Eureka! The unselfish man HAS arrived. RSVP'd too.

    Maybe it was meant to be-maybe it wanted to be found!

    Decided that I was a worthy suitor and had me follow the clues.

    Uplifting scenario but...the clues ran dry.

    I found the chest-the beautiful woman-the end of my search.

    But who am I to open it?

    Maybe the message in the bottle isnt for me.

    Maybe its for...Batman.

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  • labanaloo's Avatar
    Posted by labanaloo Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:30am PDT

    was it true,,,,

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  • hamy's Avatar
    Posted by hamy Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:34am PDT

    its not bad 2 have a crush but you must watch your moves

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  • hamy's Avatar
    Posted by hamy Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:41am PDT

    its not bad 2 have a crush but you must watch your moves

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