{"id":34526,"date":"2012-08-29T06:24:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T06:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/29\/whyactlikeahuman-iamthefirechild-5\/"},"modified":"2012-08-29T06:24:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T06:24:10","slug":"whyactlikeahuman-iamthefirechild-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/29\/whyactlikeahuman-iamthefirechild-5\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Oh. I\u2019m sorry to hear that. *her demeanor becomes slightly awkward as she continues*\u00a0I mean, I can\u2019t say I understand your pain fully about the, uh, sex part\u2014I\u2019ve gotten along just fine without it for twenty years\u2014but I can understand how it might be hard to change your life so fully, and for such a long time. Three months is just ridiculous, if you ask me. *she offers a sympathetic smile*<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*laughs a little* Well, you have a point about the sex. It\u2019s really more about the touching. It\u2019s \u2026 well, it\u2019s a human thing, really, needing to be touched. We do it so little, these days.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yeah\u2026 *she smiled softly, her head tilting to the side just a little bit in thought* I guess it really is, isn\u2019t it? But you\u2019re right about it being something most people have let go of these days; it\u2019s something I\u2019ve found myself going without more often than\u00a0I\u2019d like\u00a0for quite some time\u2026 *Until recently,<\/em> she\u00a0reminds herself, causing the corners of her lips to quirk up\u00a0just the slightest bit*<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*smiles* Oh? Your tone and words say that, but your heart says something\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*Abby blinks a little surprisedly* My heart says something\u2019s changed? *she raises her eyebrows* What do you mean by that?<\/p>\n

But yes, fairly recently I guess that did change. Well, to be honest, it wasn\u2019t just touch I was going without, it was relationships in general; I didn\u2019t have many friends. *Any friends,<\/em> she tries not to think* But that\u2019s changed a lot in the past month. I haven\u2019t been going without much of anything that I used to make do without. At least, pertaining to other people.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*nods, avoiding the question* That sounds really good. Friends are important things to have. Especially for those like us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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