CallaFirestormBW -> RE: Physical needs ? (11/10/2008 11:54:23 AM)
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Wow.. this is really hard for me to answer. I spent a considerable time in a monastic way of life, and I'm not really a touchy-feelie person... I don't really like to be touched, except for the occasional hug if -I- initiate it (and only for specific people that I've welcomed that way... the older I get, the less I want to hug just anybody). On the other hand, my disciplines have required several instances of silence for extended periods (ranging from 5-30 days), including no chatting, texting, blogging, and no verbal conversation -- no music, no singing, no Happy Tangent Land... and I -miss- that. I think that it would be the one thing I couldn't do without in a relationship, is that 'talking' thing -- debate, lecture, discourse, even argument. Everything else, for me, is a 'want', not a 'need'. I can survive, and even thrive, without them, though it's wonderful to be able to pierce, cut, draw blood and taste and smell it... I can, and have, lived well without it... same with sex and all of its other accoutrements... Nice to have if it's the right situation and the timing is good... but pretty much optional.
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