So this is the only blog I can get to while I am working (until they find a way to block it, I suppose!). I may use Saturday nights to catch up on my Vox friends. I can’t get to Xanga.
So I went to The Crave Show (check out http://www.mosaic.org) Friday night and there was one entry about intimacy that hit me. It was a woman talking about wanting to get past all the awkwardness in a new relationship and get to the place where the relationship felt comfortable.
I realized that is exactly what my relationships with all my married guy friends are- comfortable. There is no awkwardness and we become faster, closer friends because the sexual part of the male/female thing is not an issue. Yes, yes. I know, there is always room for temptation, but it wouldn’t be from my end, and it helps that I am good friends with their wives, too.
There is a luxury in a lack of awkwardness. I hope it doesn’t make me weird when I go out with non-married guys.
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April 22, 2007 at 3:38 pm
parke
As much as I can dislike awkwardness, you have to admit there’s a certain jittery beauty about it. In those times when relationships develop or when potentials hang in the air I know I’ve had the desire to keep that there. Awkwardness is born of mystery after all.
I’d like to think that we could just have that for the one or two people we actually have serious potential with in a group, but I don’t know if life is like that.
April 23, 2007 at 3:26 pm
niza
hey you,
no. i won’t be there for origins… bummer
miss you too!