.. I don't know what, and she. is. interested. in all this. She says "You adorable, excitable boy. Calm, just calm down," smoothing my arms down. I'... shaking.She says "Why don't YOU take some pictures of me. That is if you're not too put off by my 'condition'." I'll shorten the story and say that I attempted to take pictures as she teased for the camera (my god what a woman), but I sucked because I was shaking so bad. We looked at the pictures as I proceeded (and they were blurry and. It wobbled, then it was a no show.My period missed, not one month but the next and by the third I knew, puberty in reverse, part of me gone, eggless, post-menopausal. I fretted and checked there were no sprouting lip hairs in the mirror and worried.Am I still a woman?Compounding my doubts, was hubby's declining libido, from twice a week to once or less, his saddle lacking its firm horn. Uninterested in foreplay, it switched from booty to duty call. He surreptitiously viewed porn to prep himself. We had been married now for five years and, I knew that this would be the last time that we would go through this parting. What Sylvie was not aware of was that I knew, deep inside me, that she would not be waiting for my return. Ours had all the hallmarks of a happy marriage, we had a lot of friends, some had been friends from before we married, and some had become friends from work contacts since then. We had dinner parties on a regular basis and attended even more given by friends. Our. They always seem like they’remuch better at doing the same work I’ve been doing forover 30 years, while they’ve only been there less then5 years, and I resent having those feelings.” “Do you feel you were slighted by upper management whenthey placed a black man over you and your department?” “Yes.” “Why?” “Because they tend to take advantage of theirposition.” “In what way?” “They treat the women,.