Friendship

Today is the birthday of an online friend of mine, and it has made me think about the different types of connections we have with people.

I can’t lie and say I don’t think about sex and romance almost on a daily basis, but there are some types of connections that can transcend that. Some have a more lasting effect because of the friendship or lack of pressure to be a certain person for them.

That was one thing I knew and appreciated about my husband. That friendship that went along with everything else. It made it so easy to be myself with him.

Losing those friendships would be the worst type of devastation. At my age, I can get through the loss of sex, and honestly, if I wanted sex, I could probably find it somewhere. Those friendships are much harder to come by. I can’t stand the thought of losing that type of companionship, especially those who have been with you for so long. Starting over with that seems like something impossible.