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I miss physical intimacy. Touching. Feeling somebody else´s skin and having mine felt by someone else. The one night encounters are fine and well, for sure and I'm even really starting to crave (in a purely rational sort of way) the surprise hugs that my little six year old brother and four year old cousin come running in to give me. But it's just not the same as being with someone I know--whose body I know and want in an intimate way. It's interesting--and yes, I have given this a lot of thought given some recent events and revelations--how most girls, I would venture to say, fall in love with the emotional side of relationships. I concur, that yes, I too, am an emotional creature. At the same time, it's emotional strength that I already have. I don't generally need anyone to assure me of my capabilities or fullness. Physical needs, though, one just can't satisfy on one's own in the same way that somebody else can. The pat of a back, rub of an arm, hold of a hand just feel so much better when done by someone else. I recently read in a magazine article written about supermax prisons that prisoners go mentally insane in as little as 48 hours being in a dark cell alone with gloves on their hands--keeping them from being able to even feel their own skin. I found this interesting and extremely enlightening. So I don't know...thoughts for the day, perhaps.