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		<title>By: DaveBrown</title>
		<link>http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1668</link>
		<dc:creator>DaveBrown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 04:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Daryl,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don&#039;t believe everything that the pop-ups say. But I&#039;m sure you alread know that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The relationship you described is NOT monogamous.  And assuming that the activity goes outside of the expectations laid out between the partners, I&#039;d say, forget the labels!!! That&#039;s a distraction from the real issue.  These two people need to have a conversation about resetting expectations!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daryl,</p>
<p>Don&#39;t believe everything that the pop-ups say. But I&#39;m sure you alread know that.</p>
<p>And&#8230;</p>
<p>The relationship you described is NOT monogamous.  And assuming that the activity goes outside of the expectations laid out between the partners, I&#39;d say, forget the labels!!! That&#39;s a distraction from the real issue.  These two people need to have a conversation about resetting expectations!</p>
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		<title>By: dpowell23</title>
		<link>http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1666</link>
		<dc:creator>dpowell23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think any sexual activity that reduces the amount of sexual activity one has with their partner, would have to be analyzed.  If it&#039;s &quot;in additon to&quot; I probably would not call that an affair.  If it replaces activity with the partner, thus activity with the partner is less than what it other wise would be, then yes, maybe that&#039;s an affair.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think any sexual activity that reduces the amount of sexual activity one has with their partner, would have to be analyzed.  If it&#39;s &#8220;in additon to&#8221; I probably would not call that an affair.  If it replaces activity with the partner, thus activity with the partner is less than what it other wise would be, then yes, maybe that&#39;s an affair.</p>
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		<title>By: dpowell23</title>
		<link>http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1667</link>
		<dc:creator>dpowell23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First Dave, let me say thank you for replying to my original question.  I haven&#039;t yet seen Trina&#039;s response, but as a straight forward answer to your initial question, it&#039;s not that I&#039;m not hearing what I want to hear, until now I haven&#039;t heard any thing.  Just a general search through Yahoo or Google provides nothing in direct context to my question.  The Disqus website was my first attempt to get interactive feed back vs. &quot;see if my question is already answered on line&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your answer #1 affirms my opinion, but I needed to know the answer.  I got it today when my wife and I had an unusually open and honest discussion about this and a few other topics.  I will say this though, from some of the pop-ups on the internet it seems there are women that will orgasm, or want to, if the wind blows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your answer #2, I was referring to a monogamous relationship.  In that context, if a partner, male or female, were to regularly have sex, though NOT with another person, would that be an affair ?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You must have your laptop at the care center.  I hope you&#039;re feeling better each day&lt;br&gt;and I look forward to seeing you again soon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Daryl&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  ----- Original Message ----- &lt;br&gt;  From: Disqus &lt;br&gt;  To: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:daryl.k.powel@verizon.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;daryl.k.powel@verizon.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;  Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 5:04 PM&lt;br&gt;  Subject: [miuzublog] Re: sex, and the romance novel&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  DaveBrown wrote, in response to dpowell23:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  @dpowell, I have to ask - what would constitute a straight answer for you?  Are you annoyed that no-one is telling you what you want to hear?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  I can&#039;t speak for Trina on this one, but to your questions, I would say:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  1) rarely do women (or men) have orgasms simply by reading, but there are a lucky few whose imagination alone can be that poweful!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  2) I think an &quot;affair&quot; is defined by the expectations set out earlier in the relationship.  Some may agree on the outset that the relationship is &quot;open&quot;, whereby a physical encounter outside the relationship is NOT an affair to them.  Others may agree up front that merely an intimate thought of another person is enough to constitute an &quot;affair.&quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  The most important thing here is what YOU think.  So...what DO you think?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  Link to comment: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/#comment-49218443&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-n...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  -----&lt;br&gt;  Options:  Respond in the body to post a reply comment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  To turn off notifications, go to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://disqus.com/account/notifications/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://disqus.com/account/notifications/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First Dave, let me say thank you for replying to my original question.  I haven&#39;t yet seen Trina&#39;s response, but as a straight forward answer to your initial question, it&#39;s not that I&#39;m not hearing what I want to hear, until now I haven&#39;t heard any thing.  Just a general search through Yahoo or Google provides nothing in direct context to my question.  The Disqus website was my first attempt to get interactive feed back vs. &#8220;see if my question is already answered on line&#8221;.</p>
<p>Your answer #1 affirms my opinion, but I needed to know the answer.  I got it today when my wife and I had an unusually open and honest discussion about this and a few other topics.  I will say this though, from some of the pop-ups on the internet it seems there are women that will orgasm, or want to, if the wind blows.</p>
<p>Your answer #2, I was referring to a monogamous relationship.  In that context, if a partner, male or female, were to regularly have sex, though NOT with another person, would that be an affair ?</p>
<p>You must have your laptop at the care center.  I hope you&#39;re feeling better each day<br />and I look forward to seeing you again soon.</p>
<p>Daryl</p>
<p>  &#8212;&#8211; Original Message &#8212;&#8211; <br />  From: Disqus <br />  To: <a href="mailto:daryl.k.powel@verizon.net" rel="nofollow">daryl.k.powel@verizon.net</a> <br />  Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 5:04 PM<br />  Subject: [miuzublog] Re: sex, and the romance novel</p>
<p>  DaveBrown wrote, in response to dpowell23:</p>
<p>  @dpowell, I have to ask &#8211; what would constitute a straight answer for you?  Are you annoyed that no-one is telling you what you want to hear?</p>
<p>  I can&#39;t speak for Trina on this one, but to your questions, I would say:</p>
<p>  1) rarely do women (or men) have orgasms simply by reading, but there are a lucky few whose imagination alone can be that poweful!</p>
<p>  2) I think an &#8220;affair&#8221; is defined by the expectations set out earlier in the relationship.  Some may agree on the outset that the relationship is &#8220;open&#8221;, whereby a physical encounter outside the relationship is NOT an affair to them.  Others may agree up front that merely an intimate thought of another person is enough to constitute an &#8220;affair.&#8221; </p>
<p>  The most important thing here is what YOU think.  So&#8230;what DO you think?</p>
<p>  Link to comment: <a href="http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/#comment-49218443" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-n.." rel="nofollow">http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-n..</a>.</p>
<p>  &#8212;&#8211;<br />  Options:  Respond in the body to post a reply comment.</p>
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		<title>By: DaveBrown</title>
		<link>http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1665</link>
		<dc:creator>DaveBrown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 19:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@dpowell, I have to ask - what would constitute a straight answer for you?  Are you annoyed that no-one is telling you what you want to hear?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I can&#039;t speak for Trina on this one, but to your questions, I would say:&lt;br&gt;1) rarely do women (or men) have orgasms simply by reading, but there are a lucky few whose imagination alone can be that poweful!&lt;br&gt;2) I think an &quot;affair&quot; is defined by the expectations set out earlier in the relationship.  Some may agree on the outset that the relationship is &quot;open&quot;, whereby a physical encounter outside the relationship is NOT an affair to them.  Others may agree up front that merely an intimate thought of another person is enough to constitute an &quot;affair.&quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The most important thing here is what YOU think.  So...what DO you think?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@dpowell, I have to ask &#8211; what would constitute a straight answer for you?  Are you annoyed that no-one is telling you what you want to hear?</p>
<p>I can&#39;t speak for Trina on this one, but to your questions, I would say:<br />1) rarely do women (or men) have orgasms simply by reading, but there are a lucky few whose imagination alone can be that poweful!<br />2) I think an &#8220;affair&#8221; is defined by the expectations set out earlier in the relationship.  Some may agree on the outset that the relationship is &#8220;open&#8221;, whereby a physical encounter outside the relationship is NOT an affair to them.  Others may agree up front that merely an intimate thought of another person is enough to constitute an &#8220;affair.&#8221; </p>
<p>The most important thing here is what YOU think.  So&#8230;what DO you think?</p>
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		<title>By: dpowell23</title>
		<link>http://www.miuzu.com/blog/sex-and-the-romance-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1664</link>
		<dc:creator>dpowell23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 04:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not trying to be pervise or rude, but I&#039;ve searched all over the internet and can&#039;&#039;t find a straight answer to this question.  Do women have orgasms while reading sex scenes in romance novels ?  If that is true that women do,  isn&#039;t that almost like having an affair?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m not trying to be pervise or rude, but I&#39;ve searched all over the internet and can&#39;&#39;t find a straight answer to this question.  Do women have orgasms while reading sex scenes in romance novels ?  If that is true that women do,  isn&#39;t that almost like having an affair?</p>
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