Hello, and thank you so much for joining us once again. It is the Nightly Pleasures podcast.

I am your host and the author of the piece you're about to hear today at The Great Night.

I hope you're doing pretty well. I'm trying to just get by. I don't really want to do like a

news of the week thing because a lot of you are just trying to get away for the news, I think, with this.

But I did want to say just a couple of you are just trying to get away for the news, I think, with this. But I did

want to say just a couple of quick things. First off, you're valuable. Secondly, you're important.

And lastly, you do matter. And I do appreciate you in my own small way. Thank you for listening.

Thank you for being a fan. Thank you for sharing the podcast. Thank you for contributing in this fandom, whatever way. Thank you for listening. Thank you for being a fan. Thank you for sharing the

podcast. Thank you for contributing in this fandom, whatever way you do. Really? Thank you.

There's a lot going on. And that's exactly why I want to get into this next piece.

I find with my partners and the women that I've been with in the past that sometimes they just want a little focus.

I'm really not trying to be misogynistic. I'm not trying to speak for women and what they want in any way, shape, or form.

But I also can't ignore my own experience with women, BDSM, and times of anxiety and uncertainty.

I have found, with the women that date me and enjoy me, that they by and large like a little bit

more hands-on time. Aggression, discipline, really anything that gives them focus in the bedroom has generally played a lot better in times of, well, I said it before.

And therefore, I'd like to give a piece about focus.

And even though this is going to be the long hot summer season, I did also want to give it a little bit of a cherry on top.

I'm hearing a lot of suffering and a lot of pain and a lot of sacrifice out there.

Don't worry, you can keep sending me those messages. It's not too much.

I just want to say that I acknowledge it. I hear that it's out there

in the world and in my fan base. And so I just want to say, here's a piece for you, maybe for

repeated listening. It is intended or designed to give you that focus. What I want from you, if you're

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