I'm in my twenties … I'm not sure what middle-age sex drive is like/managed, but for me now it's kind of like something I desire, but at the same time am very cautious of.
I read somewhere before that womens' influence in being "gatekeepers" in a sense in matters of sexuality was and is important to a healthy society as a whole. And I kind of agree.
It's not that I'm scared of it per say, but I feel some kind of moral resposibility not only to myself but to others. What kind of example would I be to teenage daughters of my family friends, to whom sex is still a funny mystery for the most part, if I engaged in irresponsible sex? Wouldn't that set off some kind of habit/pattern that threatens what keeps families together?
I just … I have also heard sex described as fire before - and isn't it better to have a fire that is contained in a cozy fireplace rather than one that, uncontrolled, could very well burn down the house.
For me, sex isn't this elusive thing that I hunger for, but it's something that I know that I could do with this body given to me, which I did nothing to earn by the way, and that if I am not careful, it could harm others, not just myself.