Words are a writer’s best friend.
Perhaps an example will help.
Frank was a writer. Sally was not. However, she did read a lot.
They lived in the same senior citizens home for years. Sally was a widow. Frank was a widower. They spent a lot of time together.
Increasingly, their friends began encouraging them to consider marriage. (To one another, no less!)
In due course, Frank and Sally started mentioning the possibility themselves. They decided they should sit down and talk it all through. Together. Just the two of them. Without the “help” of their friends.
And so they did. They talked about living arrangements. They talked about their health. They talked about shopping. And cooking. And the dishes. They talked about the laundry. They talked about finances. About taxes. About insurance. Would they have a joint bank account or keep their own separate bank accounts? They talked about their last wills and testaments. They talked about how their kids would feel about all this. How their grandkids would feel as well.
Ultimately, they turned to the elephant in the room.
Sex.
Tentatively, Frank said, ever so softly and gently, “So, tell me, Sally, how do you feel about . . . sex?”
After a moment’s hesitation, Sally answered, demurely, “Infrequently.”
Frank pondered Sally’s answer. Finally, he inquired, “One word or two?”
Not only was Frank a writer, he was also an optimist.
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