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INHIBITED SEXUAL DESIRE: NOT TONIGHT, DEAR - BARBARA AND DAN

Smiling dreamily, Barbara slips into her new negligee. Feeling its silky fabric against her skin, she imagines the look her husband, Dan, will get on his face when he sees it. That look will say he wants her. It is a look she hasn't seen in a long, long time.
Barbara inspects her reflection in the full-length mirror and decides that, at forty, she is still a very attractive woman. Dan, however, appears not to notice. In pajamas and a flannel bathrobe, he reclines on the bed and watches the evening news. Barbara circles to his side of the bed, takes the remote control device from the nightstand, and turns off the television. She looks at him seductively, her intentions abundantly clear. He looks away and pretends not to notice Barbara's unspoken sexual overture.
Dan's sigh may be apologetic, but it does nothing to ease Barbara's feelings of exasperation, rejection, disgust. "Not tonight, Barbara," he says and takes the remote control from her hand.

 
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