I knew soon I wouldn’t make her happy. Our sexual units seemed out of sync. When I was tired of work and I wanted to sleep, she wanted to have sex. When I was rested and ready, he was in a mood less and less often.
When I left school and worked full-time (two jobs), and she was finishing school, our social lives were very different. My social life turned around e-mail to my friends and family, 2000 miles away. My day off every week was spent with her and her family - church and dinner. He spent the evenings with his friends, presumably being the “sensitive” as they drank and pursued men. He also spent many weekends out of town with his school clubs and visiting his mother.