A few weeks ago, while we were watching TV one evening, my girlfriend snuggled up to me on the sofa and we had a cuddle. Just a cuddle.
I didn’t automatically seize on this show of affection as an opportunity to initiate sex. We had a simple, chaste and rather lovely cuddle. And that was it.
Anyone in a long-standing relationship will not see this incident as being worthy of any note. Indeed, some may well be uttering a cautionary