As you know, if you’ve been reading or know me personally, I’ve been enjoying peri-menopause for the last 2-3 years. It caused me to re-evaluate my life. Made me remember the libido I had as a young woman (and then tripled it lol). It also made me experience aspects of my menstrual cycle I’ve never had to deal with before. (And no, I’ll spare you the details! hahaha)
But one thing I haven’t experienced so far were the fabled hot flashes. I do seem to NOT feel the cold as much, but that could be my changed metabolism from going to the gym 5 days a week. I have as of yet, NOT felt like the room had suddenly gone up 30 degrees.
Until today.
But it wasn’t really a hot flash. What happened to me I could only call a lust flash. A wave of intense desire just engulfed my entire body. And for no discernible reason. I wasn’t watching porn or flirting with anyone. I wasn’t writing or planning a sex scene. I was driving my car. To my mother’s, to work. With my kids in the car. Not near ovulation nor about to start my menstrual cycle. Not a man in sight, nor my mind anywhere near the opposite sex, or any sex for that matter!
And wham… desire literally floods through me. It felt like I was on a bed in the throes of wonderful foreplay. I squirmed once in the seat of my car while turning a corner and had a mini-orgasm! Minutes later.. the feeling was gone.
Like I said… a Lust Flash.
Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. Oh, I’ve been ruled by lust before. When I’m flirting, of course. Doubly so if I’m near ovulation when I’m flirting. And of course, after a weekend of sex my body just wants more and more.
But all those times there was a clear reason to feel desire and lust. Today, I can’t think of a one.
UPDATE Days later:
I don’t immediately post things RIGHT when they happen. That’s what Facebook’s for! But a day and a half after my lust flash I started my period. Four days early… thank you Menopause. So what I actually experienced was a hormone dump signaling my body to start the cycle. And my body’s reaction to it.
Wow. That’s a new one, even for me.
In the words of Spock (or Sheldon) Fascinating!