Equalizer: Well, I fear TG and I occupy the same gutter. I read your post and found it very interesting, especially the part about self-blame and the Protestant work ethic.
Then I got to the part about sex and the Great Depression and my response went right out the window.
“You must try all the time to keep him from going crazy. And many times – that’s the only way”.
That sentiment right there underpins my entire theory about how to combat radical Islam: If those guys were just getting some sex on a regular basis, a lot of this crazy terrorist shit wouldn’t be happening!
Kidding aside, I have heard from more than a few of my friends and acquaintances that sex with their significant other has either dropped off precipitously or disappeared entirely and, to a man, they’re ascribing it to the downturn. Nearly all of these guys have been hit hard by the times, whether it’s losing their job or suffering as income/credit has contracted significantly.
One of my friends, whom I coach with, told me his wife had responded to an entreaty for sex recently by saying, “I don’t put out unless I get dinner and a movie!”. They haven’t been out to eat for months now.
