I had no idea how to broach the subject with her. Then one day she admitted she could sure use some extra money to buy her daughter a Prom dress.I sai..., “I have no idea what a Prom dress cost. What kind of money are we talking about here?”She replied, “the dress my daughter wants costs $125.00.”“Clarice, I would be willing to pay you $125.00 in exchange for sex,” I said.The color left her face when she heard what I said. I had completely caught her off guard.“You know I have been without sex. As she went on, I could not help but think about how much fun it could be. Maybe reliving some of my past dalliances, or even better, playing out some of the fantasies I wanted to try, but my husband was either unable or unwilling to try. The internet was like an adult fantasyland… Why didn’t I think of it? My husband Ben and I had not been getting along well of late. He had not even shown an interest in me for the past few months. I like to think of myself as fairly attractive at five. I can build some pretty complex systems from the modules I've developed over the years without writing much new code." Doing things that way, the software development doesn't take much time at all." I continued, "The rest is time management - or rather managing my activities to fit in the available time." But that must keep you awfully busy!" she actually seemed interested."Nothing wrong with that!" I laughed, "But you'd be surprised. I still find time to sit in a rockin' chair and whittle now. ." We are good," I insisted, though hastily gathering up my clothes as Idid, perhaps it smacked of Insincerity. "Really truly."Love, Sex, and all the embarrassing moments in between, was scarcelyparticular to any age or any generation. It was all Inspiration yetparadoxically Practical. As a comic genius had once declared. "The FirstRelationships were based on Fear. We watched each others back. Unless youwere on safe ground."I think that Carl had never exactly felt on safe ground. In any case,.