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#241 User is offline   The Black Sheep 

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Posted 09 December 2009 - 05:34 PM

View PostClaraTaylor, on Dec 9 2009, 08:04 AM, said:

Can you still have S E X ?


Oh yes they spelt it out less it offend me.

My friend told me off for bursting into tears and telling the lad that no, alas when they give you the wheelchair they remove all of your genitals and stitch you up so that you can't breed.


Sex is better now than it was before. They always try to ask it so gently, and a forward answer kinda startles people. Start telling them about the mechanics of it and they'll quickly stop you from explaining.

This post has been edited by The Black Sheep: 09 December 2009 - 05:35 PM

3 doctors diagnosed me with hysterical paralysis (weee!), 1 diagnosed an incomplete T7, another T2 and the last (and most accurate) T5. Trampolines are BAD. Sleep is unpredictable. And never kiss strangers. Life has moved on.
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#242 User is offline   Murray 

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Posted 09 December 2009 - 11:49 PM

Whew, Clara! Glad they never "issued" me a w/c - had to go get my own. Fortunately, I got to keep my other stuff - HA!
Obey little. Resist much. -Whitman
Irrevence is the champion of liberty and its only defense. -Twain
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Posted 10 December 2009 - 02:35 AM

View PostThe Black Sheep, on Dec 9 2009, 12:34 PM, said:

View PostClaraTaylor, on Dec 9 2009, 08:04 AM, said:

Can you still have S E X ?


Oh yes they spelt it out less it offend me.

My friend told me off for bursting into tears and telling the lad that no, alas when they give you the wheelchair they remove all of your genitals and stitch you up so that you can't breed.


Sex is better now than it was before. They always try to ask it so gently, and a forward answer kinda startles people. Start telling them about the mechanics of it and they'll quickly stop you from explaining.


That was one of the first questions out of my girlfriend's mouth when I told her I was dating a quad.
Then I told her he can text with his tongue.....enough said.

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#244 User is online   ClaraTaylor 

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Posted 10 December 2009 - 07:28 AM

View Postdeb4604, on Dec 10 2009, 02:35 AM, said:

View PostThe Black Sheep, on Dec 9 2009, 12:34 PM, said:

View PostClaraTaylor, on Dec 9 2009, 08:04 AM, said:

Can you still have S E X ?


Oh yes they spelt it out less it offend me.

My friend told me off for bursting into tears and telling the lad that no, alas when they give you the wheelchair they remove all of your genitals and stitch you up so that you can't breed.


Sex is better now than it was before. They always try to ask it so gently, and a forward answer kinda startles people. Start telling them about the mechanics of it and they'll quickly stop you from explaining.


That was one of the first questions out of my girlfriend's mouth when I told her I was dating a quad.
Then I told her he can text with his tongue.....enough said.




*Childish snigger*
We live in a world so scared of upsetting others feelings that the idiots are allowed to rule. Goodbye intelligence.
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Posted 11 December 2009 - 01:57 AM

that's the first thing my best friend asked was the sex question.....then she said, well, his tongue still works, right? It was the first time that I had laughed since his accident :(



View Postdeb4604, on Dec 9 2009, 09:35 PM, said:

View PostThe Black Sheep, on Dec 9 2009, 12:34 PM, said:

View PostClaraTaylor, on Dec 9 2009, 08:04 AM, said:

Can you still have S E X ?


Oh yes they spelt it out less it offend me.

My friend told me off for bursting into tears and telling the lad that no, alas when they give you the wheelchair they remove all of your genitals and stitch you up so that you can't breed.


Sex is better now than it was before. They always try to ask it so gently, and a forward answer kinda startles people. Start telling them about the mechanics of it and they'll quickly stop you from explaining.


That was one of the first questions out of my girlfriend's mouth when I told her I was dating a quad.
Then I told her he can text with his tongue.....enough said.


God will never give me anything that I cannot handle.....I just wish he didn't trust me so much!
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