{"id":6916,"date":"2014-08-05T05:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2015-06-02T02:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T09:53:10","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-the-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6916","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about the number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does every man smell different?<\/p>\n<p>Very different.<\/p>\n<p>Just because of hygiene levels or soap or that kind of thing?<\/p>\n<p>No, inherently different. The way I love the way you smell, even if you&#8217;re sweaty. There are other guys who just don&#8217;t smell right.<\/p>\n<p>You mean all over?<\/p>\n<p>Uh huh.<\/p>\n<p>And I smell OK?<\/p>\n<p>You smell great.<\/p>\n<p>Oh good.<\/p>\n<p>Were you really worried?<\/p>\n<p>No, I mean I know I am clean and stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes that doesn&#8217;t matter. Some people don&#8217;t smell good even if they are right out of the shower. Other people might love the way they smell. It is really personal.<\/p>\n<p>What about taste?<\/p>\n<p>Same thing.<\/p>\n<p>All different?<\/p>\n<p>Very different.<\/p>\n<p>How many have you tasted?<\/p>\n<p>Enough to know they all taste different.<\/p>\n<p>Like snowflakes?<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking more like good cheese or wine.<\/p>\n<p>So why don&#8217;t most women like to swallow?<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea. Maybe the first time they tried it, he didn&#8217;t taste good. Maybe he smelled bad. Maybe I am just a freak.<\/p>\n<p>You seem to have given the matter some thought.<\/p>\n<p>I bet I think about it less than you do.<\/p>\n<p>Probably. So how many guys have you been with?<\/p>\n<p>Quite a few.<\/p>\n<p>More than 5?<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to know that.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10?<\/p>\n<p>None of your business.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you want to know how many women I have been with?<\/p>\n<p>Not really. Don&#8217;t you want to know how many women I have been with?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve been with women??? Who? On a regular basis??<\/p>\n<p>None of your business.<\/p>\n<p>You are such a tease.<\/p>\n<p>You have no idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I know exactly how much of a tease you are.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you do. Most guys don&#8217;t have the same tolerance for teasing that you do.<\/p>\n<p>No? Their loss.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s sweet.<\/p>\n<p>I am really curious about that number though.<\/p>\n<p>I know you are.<\/p>\n<p>And you are really not going to tell me?<\/p>\n<p>Nope.<\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t benefit anyone.<\/p>\n<p>It would benefit me. I really want to know!<\/p>\n<p>What if I say 4.<\/p>\n<p>Is that all? I thought you were a man-eater back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>I said &#8220;what if.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Four is low. I don&#8217;t believe that. Me, your husbands..I don&#8217;t know much about your history but I bet I can come up with more than four.<\/p>\n<p>True. What if I said 100?<\/p>\n<p>100? No way. What are you, Dr. J?<\/p>\n<p>What if.<\/p>\n<p>Oh right. I would hate that.<\/p>\n<p>That is why you don&#8217;t need to know. If I give you a low number, you won&#8217;t believe it and if I give you a high number you will think less of me.<\/p>\n<p>No, I won&#8217;. I wouldn&#8217;t like it, but I don&#8217;t think it would change how I view you.<\/p>\n<p>I would hope not. But still. Not telling. It&#8217;s a no win. Let&#8217;s change the subject.<\/p>\n<p>What should we talk about?<\/p>\n<p>We could talk about all the things I am not going to do to you tonight?<\/p>\n<p>You aren&#8217;t? Why not? I have been very good. All day. And I was planning on getting better as the evening progresses.<\/p>\n<p>I was just teasing.<\/p>\n<p>That is not the kind of teasing I had in mind&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does every man smell different? Very different. Just because of hygiene levels or soap or that kind of thing? No, inherently different. The way I love the way you smell, even if you&#8217;re sweaty. There are other guys who just don&#8217;t smell right. You mean all over? Uh huh. And I smell OK? You smell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6916\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An imaginary conversation about the number<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imaginary-conversation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-1Ny","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9552,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9552","url_meta":{"origin":6916,"position":0},"title":"An imaginary conversation about what I&#8217;m doing","author":"Michelle","date":"March 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey you.Hey yourself.Whatcha doing?Wondering.About what?Nothing in particular.Sounds...uh...boring as fuck.I'm never bored!So you claim.It's true.\u00a0So give me an example of what your're thinking about.I don't think it's thinking, exactly. 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