First of all…to everyone: I’m a speed freak*, remember? I rarely take downers of any kind, and when I do, it’s generally to help me sleep or quiet RLS. I get them for anxiety, but they make me sleepy so they suck for daytime use. Better is beta blockers, which I use instead during the day. No mental alteration at all, other than to quiet anxiety.
They also are probably helping my blood pressure, which is remarkably good given my age, weight, and speed-freakitude; I finally got a monitor with a proper-sized cuff and I’ve bene tracking regularly, both on and off medications, and I’m extremely pleased that it averages 125/70 and my pulse 65. Amazing. I’m crazy grateful for it, for sure.
Well, now that you’ve explained your thinking, I will elaborate in reply.
He’s not “hot”. To me “hot” is not interchangeable with “cute”. They can both exist in the same person, (probably at different times) but they are not the same thing. This is cute. This is hot. This is cute and hot. And this is a man whose beauty is so extreme it borders on the cartoonish, but who in no way whatsoever strikes me as sexually appealing. And this is someone whose suggestion of a blowjob would find me instantly on my knees because I adore him inside and out.
Having said that (and enjoyed going through pictures to pick out yummy fellas… ) I said Tex was cute. He is, in a bland sort of blonde way. His appearance is fine, just not particularly sexy to me. But that isn’t the reason I instantly realized that I found the suggestion completely unappealing. There are several, but upon first receiving the initial email, I had a visceral response…my gut sort of turned over and I realized that the instant my mind saw the words, it leapt to a memory of being physically close to him, probably when I gave him a hug, and how much I disliked his personal scent. It wasn’t body odor, it was just the way he smelled, and it was the kind of scent that I just cannot stand. I can’t describe it, it’s too subtle, it’s just…gah. No no no! I am all about smells, in all kinds of ways, and very much when it comes to sex. If your scent is not appealing to me, it doesn’t matter what you look like or who you are, it’s dead in the water.
Add to that his overall strangeness, uninteresting persona, and not least the vulgar, tasteless, completely unappealing approach that in no way made me feel desirable or comfortable at all, and the reaction was decidedly no, I don’t want to.
His second approach was marginally better, but hardly enough to overcome everything else.
And finally… I’m just not all that sexually oriented these days, between one thing and another. I had an extraordinarily satisfying sex life for a very long time, which I completely appreciated in the moment, and I am acutely aware of how unsatisfying random sexual activities with fundamentally meaningless people really are…so not worth it. It would take a lot to get me interested in sex these days.
I wouldn’t mind some necking, though. Do love that.
*I have ADD, been medicated since 2005.