This post is about Sex

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If you are a family member, a close friend, you work with me, you assume that I no longer think about sex (and shouldn't, because I'm a single parent, not married, no boyfriend - so don't even go there!), or are easily offended/upset/angered by people who blog about sex or bras or anything other than the weather, PLEASE SKIP THIS POST! :)
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OK, warning over, here goes. Deep breath.

I dashed down to the shops after work to stock up on things that don't take cooking (a few more power outages still expected), and stopped by Clicks to get some peroxide solution (for dying my eyelashes, a vanity I indulge in every year or so). When I found it, my eye strayed to the nearby shelves. And what should be right next door but the condoms section!

Hmmm.. no-one looking, let me see what they've got nowadays.

Before you berate me (in case you bypassed the warning), let me tell you this much. It's been NINE years. Yes, NINE. That's how long I've gone without. Being OK with this had much to do with the contraceptive injection I was on. It kinda got rid of all my "urges", so much so that I hadn't felt a thing in years and didn't give a stuff about sex.

However. I am now off that injection. Things have changed. My body has not only started to re-regulate it's various processes, but those so-called "urges" are back. Seriously back. I think I may have hit that "peak" that women do, so much later than men.

And yet I can do bugger-all about it. Well, you know what I mean. There are things I can do about it, but they don't involve anyone else.

(Those of you who have not already averted your eyes and moved on, may wish to now)

Anyway, that's why condoms are catching my eye. That, and a little game of words I've been having with someone I've known for years. Someone incredible, who I trust - and who I would perhaps take things further with, if I could do so without my heart getting involved.

Back to the condoms thing. I picked up a few of the boxes to check out what they've got these days. Man, is there variety!

And then I noticed the expiry dates (always a good thing to be aware of, if you're going to use them). Most of them expire in 2009 or 2010. That's a good few years from now.

And I had to wonder. If I stocked up on a box of three, would they expire without ever being used? I mean, with this track record I have and all? The way it's going, I'm afraid the answer is, sadly, Yes....

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