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I Espouse Playing the Baiting Game With the Missus

(which above frolicsome gambit I mastered) After mine wife asks for this, that or something else rife with intent to provide barrel of laughs, (likened to barrel of monkeys) yours truly crafts description how we share mirth validating how our respective worth matters each to the other acting childlike to stave off altercations that might come down figurative pike worst case scenario whereby I strike mine steadfast fine (prairie home) companion. Neither rules nor regulations exist to our made up silly game whereby whenever one of us knowingly reaches out to latch hold of desired item specified by name, the other person feigns to hand over then pulls back same alluded to object held aloft (think non verbal teasing banter) said motions sustained moments before until... participant/ recipient (trying in vain to grab their coveted cherished jackknifed prized possession) becomes angry as raging bull. Ofttimes when I pretend to surrender that specific something sought after by her royal highness prefers advanced version, she doth lapse into her guttural patois, which scrambled, throttled, and vocalized (back of the throat utterances) metrically syncopated (couching unspoken) unclear clues her primal wordless request vaguely analogous to decipher cryptograms, whereby, I learned to look for patterns. Yesteryear selective pastimes whiling away hours included many a cognitively challenging endeavors comprising decoding enigmatic intriguing looking English language riddles located within entertainment section of The Philadelphia Inquirer no I could never solve sudoku, but eldest daughter (Eden Liat - yea "star student" who matriculated and graduated summa cum laude courtesy University of Pennsylvania breezed thru those logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. How bland a marriage devoid of non establishmentarian activities, none of which include physical intimacy, cuz me libido indeed went deep south linkedin with half dozen plus medications yours truly readily swallows prescribed medication to alleviate mental health issues such as: anxiety, obsessive compulsive behavior, palmar hyperhidrosis, mild depression et alia.

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