Posted: Oct 26, 2010 7:07 pm
Templeton wrote:What emotional need would precipitate a person, man or women, to abstain from an intimate relationship with other people while waiting for their lost/abdicated/dissipated love?
Inability to form connection to another person. There are people who are unable to form an emotional connection to someone while they still have an emotional connection to another, and without such an emotional connection, there is no particular desire to engage in the sexual act beyond the obvious physical drives.
It takes a fucking long time for some people to get over losing these connections.
Animavore wrote:I'm going to echo, at least partially, the people here who say it only happens in movies. 4 of my friends, and a few others that I know, have been in jail. The girlfriend says they will wait for them, and a lot of them do, but that doesn't mean they're not off riding a load of people until the person gets out.
It may be uncommon, but "never" is a very harsh word. I'd also say the emotional waiting does not necessarily preclude physical intimacy.