ALMOST AS GOOD AS _ _ _

 Are there things better than sex? Isn't there a “better than sex” cake? Somehow “cake”, even BTSC, has never done it for me. Also, I'm not sure about the “better than” status but I am sure there are a lot of things “as good as or almost as good as.”

Considering my age and single status, these are some of mine, real and imagined, in no particular order.


1. Having your doctor give you a thumbs up after a tedious treatment.


2. A deep, prolonged belly laugh.


3. Owning and riding a motorcycle while just a smidgen afraid. Super thrill ride.


4. Experiencing an amazing massage that has no time limit. The masseur will stop only when you say “stop” and he will keep supplying fresh towels to mop up your drool. This is in the imagined category.


5. Unwrapping a present and finding it is much more than you would have even dared to wish for.


6. Watching the needle on the bathroom scales finally stop on your weight loss goal number. Been there once and am heading back--- hopefully.


7. Completely forgiving someone who wronged you in the past. This really is a huge “high”.


8. Being in Oprah's “favorite things” audience. Am I too late for that? Again, imagined.


9. Of course at my age, a really good, daily bowel movement is right up there.


10. Last but not least and the purpose of the post is; meeting someone whom you can have verbal intercourse with. And no, I do not mean talking dirty.


In groups, I am primarily a listener. I sit back like a spider enjoying the conversation flow, will throw out a pertinent one liner, then climb back onto my watchful web enjoying the scene.


One on one, I am much more verbal. Then on rare delightful occasions, I meet the perfect mind and a delightful fencing match begins. Since there is a degree of mental flirting involved which adds to the experience, you could call it intellectual foreplay.

 Sadly, I wouldn't hesitate if he all ready belonged to someone else.  After all, it is only mental and rarely goes beyond the moment.  Sometimes it is with a stranger who enters your life briefly,  which I guess makes it a mental one night stand.


It can be with a like minded person but sometimes opposites are equally stimulating. What is important is that you both feel it. You crawl inside each others skull and share space. The exchange is open and free.


Serious topics can be invigorating but what I really enjoy is when I find someone with a similar funny bone and a “laugh off” begins. You feed off each others humor and it rapidly escalates.


What he says delights and makes you laugh while your response does the same for him. You crack each other up while non participating spectators may not see the humor at all. You just "get" each other. What might elevate this to a "better than" status is that it can be done fully clothed in a crowded room.


Those people are never forgotten and just the mention of their names or recalling their image can make you smile. This playful mental sparring to me is the best of the best—well maybe tied for first with the good daily bowel movement. Age does change our viewpoints I fear.


Is there anything for you that is “ as good as” sex or are you quite content with sex being the superior entertainment ?