I have not had sex in five years. While I'd like to attribute this to my incredibly high standards, there may in fact be other reasons for this drought. When I was a younger man, I filled these dry spells with soul-searching, personal growth work, and porn. I never went to strip clubs, because I never understood the point—let's, see, I'm lonely, and would really like to be with a woman, so I think I'll go to a place that charges me a lot of money to LOOK AT what I want, which will get me excited, but I won't be able to do anything about it. Sorta like being really hungry and going to a restaurant where the waiters SHOW you plates of food that you can't eat.
Unfortunately, porn doesn't do much for me, because the internet has made it too complicated. Used to be, you'd grab a magazine, and see pictures of people having sex. But while looking at those pictures, you didn't have to deal with other pictures 'popping up' to get you to look at new pictures. I'm just saying, when the mood is just right, call me old-fashioned, but I like to focus on the couple I'm watching pretending to have sex.
There are also too many options with internet porn. I realize the spectrum of human sexuality is diverse, but are you kidding me? Two men, three woman, and an some kind of...sling? See I think what makes porn work is when the viewer can, at least on some level, imagine himself to be in the scene. The problem is that men get bored so easily with our simple man-minds, we have to keep making up new, more 'out there' types of porn. First it's threesomes, then orgies, and all of a sudden we've got somebody with a camcorder uploading videos of alpacas masturbating.
You'd think, being bisexual, life would be a veritable Satyricon for me—a sexual smorgasbord. But no, it just means I can go into ANY bar and go home alone. By the way, I hate the term 'bisexual.' It sounds too clinical. I prefer my Native American name--”Dance With Anyone.” Or you could call me “donnyandmarie,” because I'm a little bit country AND a little bit rock and roll.
The last time I was in an actual relationship, Heather Locklear was starring in a series. Turns out, my sex life actually parallels Heather Locklear’s career. I got laid a lot from 1981-1989 (’Melrose Place’ and ‘T.J. Hooker’), not so much from 1999-2002 (’Spin City’), and once in 2004 (’LAX’). So until the lovely Miss Locklear gets another gig, I’m gonna have to find some way to get back in circulation.
I have thought about placing a personal ad, but I’m not sure I’m very ‘marketable.’
Forty-eight year old struggling writer and standup comic with limp seeks partner to share couch at friend's apartment. Does not drive. Hobbies include playing the clarinet and blogging.
I've read that you can make romantic connections in places other than bars. But where? I’m Jewish, so I could cruise synagogues, but it always felt a little weird flirting with someone at a house of worship–I mean, God’s right there , for God’s sake. And I’ve heard that grocery stores are possibilities, but I’m not sure how you start that conversation (”I see you eat food, too. Maybe we should hook up.”)
It's been so long since I've had sex, I'm not even sure if it works the same way now. Maybe there's some sort of...Sex 2.0 that I don't even know about. Do people 'twitter' while they screw?


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Don't ask me how I know, but I know(even if you didn't ask, I'll tell you, porn sites and Myspace.com ads, they think I'm lonely and looking for a date!!! No way, I'm married, my wife would kill me if she ever found my personal ad!! :) )
Great read!! And people do all kinds of things while they screw!! ;)
(1) Go to synagogue every week for a year--lose the guilt
(2) There's a Jewish Singles group near you.
(3) Put on a wedding ring, then just go about your business.
(4) One word: Zumba
jane: you've passed my exhaustive screening process and are in the next round
tink: could you send me a list?
scupper: would we be with or without a paddle?
cindy: don't ever say bad things about heather--and you can have sex while riding a bike?
duane: good point--i should be clearer if i actually post the ad
hermoine: you tease...
rich: thanks for the tips! (but the wedding ring thing? really?)
sandra: I love Don Knott's (although I don't think I'd like to be known as the Incredible Mr. Limpet
I've a strong hunch thousands of guys would love to know the secret of staving off the multiple-debilitations caused by Deadly Sperm Backup. I know I would!
ndlibnlc--there's gotta be an internet support group for DSB--and isn't DSB listed in DSM (c'mon--where are my psych students out there?)
Rarely do I read things out loud to The Man.
His response?
"You think that's hot, don't you?"
Yep.
Count me amongst the Michaelteers!
(thumbified because we share some the same hobbies.)
I hate non-editable comments.
Hate them.
Speaking of editing, are the ed's ASLEEP?!?
Sad but true, my friend.
My wife hates misused apostrophes. Maybe you could hookup with her. She's insatiable and I could use a break.
Jodi: now i have a very scary mental image of the "Michaelteers Club"
Steve: i'll work on the 'limp' thing...wait, now THAT's ambiguous...
Cap'n: you've met a woman who is insatiable AND values proper punctuation? you are the luckiest man on Earth...
Very entertaining.
MB: i misread your comment and at first i thought you were saying my best bet was to get off ON OS..
Saturn: yes, or as it's also known, the 'licorice stick'...let's just say it's all about the embouchure...
I came from a Jewish / Episcopalian (mostly Catholic) family and feel fairly confident I can't get lucky with either Jews or Christians. I've also failed miserably with Pagans, Atheists, Buddhists, Muslims and a Hindu. Unless there's a left-handed Anabaptist out there somewhere with a thing for gefilte fish, I suspect this dry spell will go on indefinitely.
Rated for humor and out of empathy.
Great post!
Roy: thanks
Lea: and here i thought OS was a hotbed of wanton lasciviousness
Z bitch: ooh--that's sounds like an order!
Sheldon: should a Wonderhorse be watching naked alpacas?
"The last time I was in an actual relationship, Heather Locklear was starring in a series."
CW: i'm sure you see the irony that you stopped having sex as the country was being screwed
cartouche: or maybe wakes--then they need consoling, and they're drunk
Michelle: i'll book the flight if you'll get the mosquito netting
screamin mama: i like the way your mind works
Beth: weird trivia--i actually went to UCLA at the same time as Miss Locklear--we never met, but that must be where the convergence started
Gordon: sometimes, as i recall, messy can be fun
Hawley: i think i'm a bit edgy for cruise ship gigs, but it's worth a shot!
trudi: i read your latest--mazel tov! (but you're welcome in my boat any time)
new blog: thanks for your incredibly detailed...sharing...i think we all know you much better, now
Thanks for kindling. Love your work.
Which you have.
P.S. I'm Jewish by insemination.
scupper: my play is even better :)
aim: we're starting a mutual admiration society (people will talk...)
Bryan: thanks--i'm not sure the Talmud mentions the whole conversion by insemination thing...
I read the obituaries for awhile but then was told that if a man's wife has been sick and dying for any length of time, he already has someone he's been seeing by the time the obit hits the news.
Here is how pathetic it is.... I see Natasha Richardson is dying and I immediately think... Oh God, Liam Neeson is going to be single!! I am ecstatic, then I realize he has those young children and I back away. I will probably go to hell for these thoughts.
TMI
Hi. I see that you are sad because your brother/mother/best friend/dog/cousin-twice-removed died. Would you like for me to console you with my penis?
And, I agree with several posters who suggested that this column would make an excellent personal ad. Post it and let us voyeurs know the results.
Rated.
ariana: definitely promising! but i think it would be a blow to my ego if, during sex, my partner started twittering (or blogging!)
monsieur: if that's true, that must be one of the benefits of a paid membership
grif: there's a mixed message--teach people Scripture, then lead them astray--i like it
middleagedwoman: you're not going to hell (but just in case, i am teaching private sunday school lessons)
EC:
Catnlion: yeah--for some reason people just open up to me :)
Token: in some parts of the south, they might have a whole aisle for frozen raccoon--sounds like a good start
SoapBox: an old joke comes to mind about not wanting to join any group that would have me as a member
Monique: apparently--guess it's time to try eHarmony
Donald: maybe i've got it backwards--maybe Heather's career nosedives if i'm not getting laid--i better get busy, for her sake
Jon: i'd hate to see you in action at a wake!
JustPamela: you know who Acker Bilk is? that's it--i'm picking out china patterns...
Gratefuldan: OKAY-ALRIGHT---I'll post it as a personal ad...but just for you guys...
see, with that logic you open yourself up to endless possibilites. just walking down the street you can walk up to someone and say, "hey, i see you like oxygen, too. breathing, in and out? maybe we should hook up?"
hilarious. how did I miss this post?
If it makes you feel any better, you're not alone.
didja post it as a personal ad like you promised? did it work? huh? huh?