DemonKia
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Joined: 10/13/2007 From: Chico, Nor-Cali Status: offline
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Nice try, but her original words still sound creepy, mean, & thoughtless . .. . Spin 'em all you want, but the unavoidable implication of her words to me, as written in her scenario, is the partner with ALS is recalcitrant or that the two never considered that whole 'in sickness' part of the contract or other not-so-fabulous stuff . . . .. . See, for me, it is 'in sickness & in health' or there's no real point. I'd be better off hiring love if the unpaid sort's just gonna chase after good times when the going gets tough . .. . . & Des really stuck herself cuz she represents as being all monogamous & committed & etc, forever & ever, in many other postings all over the place here . . .. . . quote:
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP ED which can be treated with meds and still doesn't impact his ability to use his hands and mouth and toys is a far cry from Lou Gehrig's Disease where the patient is totally incapable of doing anything including holding hands. I've known two men whose wives suffered from this. They still worked to pay the bills including the full time nursing care, they did all the work and took their share nursing her. Do I fault them from finding comfort and respite in someone else's arms once a week? Hell no. But telling their wives about this, knowing she couldn't talk to express her feelings? That would be slime in my view. If the existing partner will not meet any intimacy needs, not sex, not hand holding, not hugs, not even sleep in the same bed. Then they deserve to reap what they sow. Perhaps you don't mean for it to sound this way, but are you really saying that someone with ALS is reaping what they've sown? Cuz, wow, harsh . ... . Therein lies the difference between "will not" and "can not". If you can't, you can't. If you won't somebody else will.
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