Oh, it’s Monday already? Time to post TMI Tuesday. Here you go…

Jack’s Answers

1. At work, what sets you apart from others?
I’m self-employed, so I guess it’s the fact that I call the shots and on the typical day I don’t actually go into the office, so to speak. Instead I stay home, raise my child, and watch pornography. However, don’t let that make you think I am some kind of out-of-touch boss who treats his workers shabbily. As someone who was once treated shabbily by an out-of-touch boss (or several), I’ve made it my goal for years never to be that kind of supervisor.

2. When it comes to sex appeal, what sets you apart from others?
I am very generous in bed (or wherever sex happens to take place). The needs of my partners are always paramount in my mind. Unless explicitly told otherwise, I am going to make it my focus to ensure the satisfaction of whomever I’m with, usually before my own and sometimes in lieu of my own. If my partner is dissatisfied, it will color the entire experience in a negative light. Or rather, I assume it will; that’s never happened as far as I can tell.

3. What are the big imbalances in your life?
I take on far too much responsibility. This in turn leaves me with less leisure time than I would like, to the extent that, on evenings when I find myself with nothing on my plate and actually have the opportunity for leisure time, I don’t really know what to do with it. I need to remind myself not only how to relax, but also that it’s okay to find myself with nothing in need of my attention.

4. What is it that your family and close friends cannot do that only you can do?
Probably maintain multiple romantic and sexual relationships, ethically, without leaving a trail of bitterness or betrayal. As my family is largely Catholic I suspect most are too rigid to even consider such a thing.

5. Are you flexible enough?
Why don’t you take me to bed and find out?

Bonus: What was the best news you received in 2016?
Jeez…beats me. My mother got some good medical news in December. I’m going to go with that, because at the moment I can’t think of anything that really fits. There were no huge revelations in the past year. There’s no gold mine under our property. I didn’t get accepted to Yale. My lawsuit against the TSA who violated me that one time hasn’t been settled.

Longtime readers will remember this guy.

Jill’s Answers

1. At work, what sets you apart from others?
At work I’m probably the most agreeable. I am always willing to help out and go along with whatever the group wants as long as I feel it does not go against the best interests of the students, the faculty, or the school itself. As someone who primarily identifies as submissive in the bedroom, I think this is part of my eager-to-please nature. I also tend to have the most patience with certain students who are, for lack of a better word, difficult.

2. When it comes to sex appeal, what sets you apart from others?
I’m not sure. When I feel safe and comfortable with somebody I feel like I can be more confident and assertive. I am able to tell or even show them what I want them to do with me, and what I want to do with them. I’m not embarrassed or self-conscious, and I can really let go and enjoy. I am able to shut down my brain and exist in the moment. And this makes me a better lover.

3. What are the big imbalances in your life?
I tend to do more for others than is done for me. I tend to give my time and effort and don’t always get the same in return. This applies primarily to my extended family and my friends, as well as certain more casual acquaintances who expect things of me but aren’t willing to reciprocate. Or if they are, their efforts fall far short of my own. It does not apply to my husband, who gives everything he possibly can to make sure I am content.

4. What is it that your family and close friends cannot do that only you can do?
I’m sure they can do just about everything I can, and likely would do so if I allowed them to. To elaborate: I do not rely on my family for much of anything. I don’t ask for help babysitting our daughter. We don’t ask for favors, or to borrow anything from them. If they offer, I am likely to take advantage, but it’s rare that they do so. I don’t ask because when I want something I want it done on my schedule, not theirs, and to my specifications, not theirs. Ultimately it’s easier just to do it myself. This is probably not what the question asked, but I had to get it off my chest.

5. Are you flexible enough?
I’m usually very good at dealing with change, because I can either deal with it or I can curl up in the fetal position and let life steamroll over me. That doesn’t sound fun at all, so I adapt as best I can. I am always working on being more flexible.

Bonus: What was the best news you received in 2016?
The best knews I got was that I am just as important and amazing as anyone else. I learned that I deserve to be cherished and adored, and that I’m just as worthy as anyone else of being taken care of. I am slowly learning to believe it.

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