Trufax. Actually, 5 years and about a week shy of 5 months.

I've lived with him for over 3 1/2 years.

Wow! Where did all that time go?

This is one of the reasons I'm so old.

I'm so sorry, sj. I'm glad he was eulogized wonderfully.

Yeah, we also try to schedule sexytimes. And now with my BP getting so high, we are scheduling it more frequently. I will let you all know how that particular treatment goes.

Thanks, Nora. They kept bringing up my Nana (his sister) who passed 18 years ago because the two of them were like two peas in a pod, which of course just made me cry more.

Both the priest and one of his granddaughter's did a wonderful job saying just the right things about him.

That's so great that he was remembered and honored so well.

This is one of the reasons I'm so old.

Tell me about it. I was in my "early 30s" when I met him. NOW I AM 40. HE HAS AGED ME.

Tell me about it. I was in my "early 30s" when I met him. NOW I AM 40. HE HAS AGED ME.

Oh G-d, I am totally using that line on Pete. Except I don't know if he would find it funny. Hmmm.

5 years? The passage of time, it freaks me out!

I know I need to be better about scheduling tasks and whatnot. I think about how much more productive I would be if I did that.

We both procrastinate, and good intentions don't count for much when it's suddenly midnight and "Want to have sex?" translates to "You are going to get 5 hours of sleep tonight!"

See. This is what I'm talking about.

It's so easy to get lost in the details of life and then forsake the very things that make getting through the details even possible.

It's sad that intimacy is the first thing to go. Stinting on making deposits into the emotional bank account just makes everything else feel so hard.

So, yeah! Flip open that calendar and randomly drop reminders for simple, inexpensive, soothing activities.

It WILL pay off!

Tell me about it. I was in my "early 30s" when I met him. NOW I AM 40. HE HAS AGED ME.

Oh G-d, I am totally using that line on Pete. Except I don't know if he would find it funny. Hmmm.

I tell him (possibly a little too frequently) how much silver hair he's gotten since we got together (hint: A LOT). I think it looks sexy, but it just makes him feel old, especially since I have NO grey/silver/white hair at all yet. (That actually freaks me out; I feel like I should have some, but apparently there is a wig in an attic somewhere getting grey. The wig of Dorian Gray.)

Yeah, we also try to schedule sexytimes. And now with my BP getting so high, we are scheduling it more frequently. I will let you all know how that particular treatment goes.

Nora, doo eeet. The benefits are tremendous.

sj, blessings for peace and easy transition on you and your family. I'm so glad the funeral was what you needed it to be. That is a gift.

Nora, doo eeet. The benefits are tremendous.

You're not wrong! Although having just experienced the short term benefits so far...