SEXIS WRONG

pre-Viagra stories of fulfilling sex that is only rarely dependent
on firm and 100% reliable erections.
I’d like to share a passage from the opening story in the book,
a remarkable piece by Louise Meadows called “Twilight with
Leo,” about a couple reunited more than four decades after
their high-school romance. Much of the story is gloriously
Of all helping professionals,
physicians are the most likely to be
asked questions about sex and the
least likely to know the answers.
both suffered profound feelings of regret and
remorse that we had endured forty-three years
of unpleasant marriages before getting together
again. But now we have simply accepted what
happened to us and we cherish our bliss. The
insights about sex and emotional relationships
that I’ve gained have been phenomenal…. My
orgasm lasts longer than Leo’s and I experience
hours of afterglow following the sex act,
during which I love to fondle Leo’s body.
Ironically, even though we’re not legally
married (for financial reasons), I now
know the meaning of “married love.”
explicit, but this passage sums up, for me, the potentials of
senior sexuality:
Reuniting with Leo after all this time means that
I have finally realized my sexuality…. At first, we
A wonderful range of playfulness and heat, connection and
love displays itself in the stories of the Still Doing It authors. I
hope that those virtues are—and remain—a part of your life,
and mine.
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