Even though I was quickly recovering most of my memories and underlying moral beliefs of my original personality, I was still very open to other’s i...fluence in rebuilding my new personality. I was determined to follow Dr. Higgs rules to the letter that day, and even though I was tempted many times in the following months to break those rules, I managed to only bend a few of them. Or at least until someone else broke them for me and set me free.All day long, I felt the eyes of the people around. My name is Steve Thompson. I have a message asking me to call.”“Just one moment, Mister Thompson.” A very brief hiatus – she didn’t even put me on hold, and I could hear her soft breathing – before she spoke again. “Oh, yes, Mister Thompson. Thank you for calling. Mister van Walters would like to speak to you, but he’s out of the office just at present. I could give you his mobile number, but it would be better if he called you back, if that’s all right? It won’t be more than an hour, probably. There was, of course, the last minute, frenzied coupling of men and women who needed each other physically, as well as emotionally, but that didn't take long, what with passions as inflamed as they were.Then, inevitably, there was the pain of leave taking. Couples wanted separate cabs, instead of all being on a shuttle bus, so they could spend as long as possible in each other's company, in private, before they were torn apart by the bureaucracy of the airline, and differing end points.Crystal,. Rich got caught going to a party alone, and Mary raised a big stink. She divorced him, and then started trying to get married men from the group to date her. In the end, she was asked to leave and our friends started inviting us to go to parties again."The second thing is much more recent. I doubt my wife has mentioned to you how menopause is affecting her. She doesn't feel the need for sex, and she feels discomfort if she tries, so we haven't been doing much with our swinger friends."We have.