walking_talking_hypocrisy unhinged i don't have time in my life for a relationship but i must have regular sex of some kind to reduce my stress i really seriously can't expect respect in that situation can i? 050426 ... andru235 of course you can! what would be unreasonable is to expect respect from *everyone*. on the other hand, if you were a celibate virgin, you wouldn't have the respect of *everyone* either. 25% of the perception of others is what one mentally projects of oneself; or so it seems to me. but then, for you something else might be true. ""know thyself."" it's irritating to hear but the rewards are unceasing (so are the troubles, though, at least in this world...) 050426 what's it to you? who go blather from