I suspected there would be a rash of replies and I"m not disappointed. Sue is off to sleep already and I told her I'd be quiet when I came in.
Raks - I see all of your points and I do agree with a lot of them. The only things I can say right now are that things are about to change in less than 2 weeks so in this way, Wing has the right thought, to let her have this time till it has to change. At that point, also as Wing said, to me, there will be an obvious need to talk and establish some of the boundaries and answer some of the questions that you seem to have more than I do. I think this is the only thing I can say to you and Peak, and it's that right now I am enjoying this. Yes, it scares me that things can be happening, but I don't think they are to the degree you believe them to. Again, I can't convey things fully as many here have pointed out. Whether Sue is being honest or deceitful or somewhere in-between about her inner-conflict about me - I can't say for sure - some of what she says surely rings true.
I will say that I am sure that some of my inner wranglings right now are related to things you are saying, changes in our relationship. However, it's more than just Sue. I can't deny that I am definitely aroused by what we are doing. I keep saying it sounds crazy to enjoy giving up sex with her, but it has me aroused still at almost 5 weeks into it. If anything, her teasing is intensifying it - and a part of me still believes that she knows that and that is still a motivation for her.
It does excite and even thrill me in a peculiar way that seems to be as I've described, strangely satisfying. Her being totally off limits has made me far more aware of her and everything about her - and she - yes, despite things, clearly has a much greater awareness of what I am feeling arousal-wise. I didn't come out to her with my beta-desires because it just sounded good and like it might be fun. I said it to her honestly and for as strange as it sounds, I still feel that way. As I said, I hadn't envisioned this degree of denial, but I did expect her to want him, and at least in my head, some of her desire for him is still rooted in that. Call it what you will, but I do feel this way.
I will say that my anxiety was certainly eased when it was her that told me that she expected that we would return to having sex over the summer. And perhaps that's the thing I have a hard time putting into perspective of letting this play out as she seems to be saying it will or making a bigger deal about things right now. If anything, what she said seemed to clearly imply that after these next few weeks things will change and that over the following weeks, over the summer, that this change will include having sex again. I'm not sure if or why I want to change that right now. Sure she is liking, or more likely loving the sex with Paul, but even I can see a change in her eagerness. In the past, she'd be wired and excited tonight about seeing him and "all that" tomorrow, but tonight, she seemed to be in just a normal, if not even quieter mood.
These are the things that I look at that resonate with me as feeling it from how she is acting and behaving, not necessarily something that is always fully complemented in conversation. But I digress. I guess the question back to everyone is what is the right level of denial that would leave me aroused and horny and yet would ease everyone's concerns here? In the meanwhile, it is me that is wired tonight thinking about seeing them together tomorrow for the first time in many weeks now.
Sorry Golf - I just posted this and then updated it to say that I posted it before I read your update.
Unfortunately, I need to head off to bed right now and fight off my hard-on. I'll read your update but will likely wait till tomorrow night to reply.
Raks - I see all of your points and I do agree with a lot of them. The only things I can say right now are that things are about to change in less than 2 weeks so in this way, Wing has the right thought, to let her have this time till it has to change. At that point, also as Wing said, to me, there will be an obvious need to talk and establish some of the boundaries and answer some of the questions that you seem to have more than I do. I think this is the only thing I can say to you and Peak, and it's that right now I am enjoying this. Yes, it scares me that things can be happening, but I don't think they are to the degree you believe them to. Again, I can't convey things fully as many here have pointed out. Whether Sue is being honest or deceitful or somewhere in-between about her inner-conflict about me - I can't say for sure - some of what she says surely rings true.
I will say that I am sure that some of my inner wranglings right now are related to things you are saying, changes in our relationship. However, it's more than just Sue. I can't deny that I am definitely aroused by what we are doing. I keep saying it sounds crazy to enjoy giving up sex with her, but it has me aroused still at almost 5 weeks into it. If anything, her teasing is intensifying it - and a part of me still believes that she knows that and that is still a motivation for her.
It does excite and even thrill me in a peculiar way that seems to be as I've described, strangely satisfying. Her being totally off limits has made me far more aware of her and everything about her - and she - yes, despite things, clearly has a much greater awareness of what I am feeling arousal-wise. I didn't come out to her with my beta-desires because it just sounded good and like it might be fun. I said it to her honestly and for as strange as it sounds, I still feel that way. As I said, I hadn't envisioned this degree of denial, but I did expect her to want him, and at least in my head, some of her desire for him is still rooted in that. Call it what you will, but I do feel this way.
I will say that my anxiety was certainly eased when it was her that told me that she expected that we would return to having sex over the summer. And perhaps that's the thing I have a hard time putting into perspective of letting this play out as she seems to be saying it will or making a bigger deal about things right now. If anything, what she said seemed to clearly imply that after these next few weeks things will change and that over the following weeks, over the summer, that this change will include having sex again. I'm not sure if or why I want to change that right now. Sure she is liking, or more likely loving the sex with Paul, but even I can see a change in her eagerness. In the past, she'd be wired and excited tonight about seeing him and "all that" tomorrow, but tonight, she seemed to be in just a normal, if not even quieter mood.
These are the things that I look at that resonate with me as feeling it from how she is acting and behaving, not necessarily something that is always fully complemented in conversation. But I digress. I guess the question back to everyone is what is the right level of denial that would leave me aroused and horny and yet would ease everyone's concerns here? In the meanwhile, it is me that is wired tonight thinking about seeing them together tomorrow for the first time in many weeks now.
Sorry Golf - I just posted this and then updated it to say that I posted it before I read your update.
Unfortunately, I need to head off to bed right now and fight off my hard-on. I'll read your update but will likely wait till tomorrow night to reply.