In this week's SexDiary, a woman hooks up with an old flame after a confusing breakup
Photo-Illustration: James Gallagher This week, a woman hooks up with an old flame after a confusing breakup: 35, single, Brooklyn.9 a.m. Settle in for a long day of work: I’m a graphic designer, so I’ve been working at home for a while now. I have a weekend trip to my college town planned, which I’m really looking forward to as a way to distract myself: A few weeks back, my boyfriend of ten months abruptly broke up with me over text.
5:30 p.m. I meet my friends H and J at at museum. It’s too early to take advantage of free admission, so we grab a drink at a bar. We discuss J’s fear of catching feelings for a new flame, a fear to which I can relate — falling head over heels and getting hurt is a calculated risk in dating. H, a man of consummate detachment, advises only half-jokingly: Don’t worry, there’s always more dick. I envy H’s clean division between sex and emotion.
1:30 p.m. G and I meet up for a walk in her neighborhood. Pushing the stroller conveying her napping child, G updates me on her life: She’s bought a house in the next town, published two children’s books, and is parenting a toddler. I’m impressed by her growth. 10:00 p.m. I text L and tell him I’m heading over. He is out walking his dog and suggests we meet halfway and finish the walk together. L gives me a tour of the changes made to the city since I’d left: We walk past several newly constructed residential colleges, designed to emulate, uncannily, the neo-Gothic style of the old campus buildings. There are new cafés, condos, and expensively landscaped areas that bear no resemblance to the places I remember.
L is not adventurous nor particularly expressive, but he has one job and he does it well: He regards my body appreciatively and attends to it knowledgeably with his hands and his mouth, letting me come first. He fucks me with affectionate gratitude, which makes me feel powerful but also makes me wonder if he hadn’t had sex in a while.10:30 a.m. We wake up late. L’s dog is desperate to go outside so we get dressed and go for a walk. Upon our return, he makes omelets and we read the newspaper.
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