Sex is Just Another Pleasure

A pleasure I don’t need while I work through my separation and divorce.

Third Act
Third Act
Nov 7 · 3 min read
Woman and man kissing with sun in background.
Woman and man kissing with sun in background.
Image Credit: Alejandra Quiroz on Unsplash

Sex is an addiction, especially when you have been with the same sexual partner for many decades. Sex is something that is missed when a relationship ends — the physical pleasure, the intimacy, the act of love. But the emotional longing, to have sex with the ex, wanes over time.

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Third Act

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Awakening, discovering who I am, reinventing myself. Childhood, marriage, and now post-separation/divorce. It is my third act. My best act so far.

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