If it were just love, I'd be satisfied the way we are now.If it were just love, I'd be satisfied the way we are now. If it were just sex, I could go find Nance. I want you, Ken, the mel who cares for me more than any other, the man who's father to my children, to show me he loves me." We were silent again, then she continued, "It's the children, isn't it?" "No, it's not the children, you know that." "They get in our way, they wake at the most inopportune moments, and changing diapers isn't very sexy. They're wearing us down in ways you've never encountered before, and you're getting tired of it." "That might be it," I replied, feeling in my bones just how completely weary I truly was. Not that I didn't love my son and daughter, just that living with them was an exhaustive affair. P'nyssa smiled and sat beside me on the couch, on my left side. "That's only half of it." "So, what's the other half?" I asked. "Me." "You?" "Yes, me. I asked Dr. Raulie yesterday about our situation, and he said it's not at all uncommon for mels to suddenly lose their libidos after the birth of a child. |