Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Encountering other love addicts

This past weekend I visited with a longtime friend of mine who is from my area but has been living elsewhere in the state for the past 15 years. In actuality, she used to be my best friend until several issues emerged that made it impossible for me to label her as such. Nevertheless we do get together for a visit when she comes home.
In my opinion, she is a full blown love and sex addict but is either unaware of this or just doesn't care. I didn't realize until this weekend that the main topic we always bonded over was men. Chasing men, dating men, having sex with men, pursuing relationships with new men: these were our activities that we discussed routinely.
Obviously I am no longer engaging in these behaviors and her acting out has actually amped up because she recently had weight loss surgery. She came to my house on Saturday evening and we talked and caught up before going out to dinner. Then we came back to my house and talked some more before she left. Most of her preferred topic of discussion was the men she is currently seeing and the details of her various liaisons. Not only did I not have any reciprocal stories to share but I found that her admissions started to trigger me! Of course I did not act on any of these cravings nor urges but at that time there is nothing I would have enjoyed more than finding a tall, masculine, hairy, and attractive man and taking him to bed all night long! Thankfully the cravings have let up a bit this week but now I know that I will always have to remain vigilant, especially when I spend time with other love and sex addicts.

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