The Tandem Sexual Spectrum is a collaborative work between myself and two Humanities Professors, and I really think it's an explanation for 80% of the relationship problems out there. And it's actually very simple.
Everyone, sexually speaking, has two meters, compared to the MPH gauge and the KPH gauge in a car.
Miles Per Hour (MPH) reffers to how much you want to perform the act.
Kilometers Per Hours (KPH) reffers to the varietum of said act, IE, how much you're willing to try and far you're wanting to go.
If you're a one on the MPH scale, then you're just not interested in sex, and aren't having it. If you're a ten, you're a doorknob. (Everyone's getting a turn
) On the KPH scale, if you're a one, you would just preffer to lay there and "take it", or "give it" in the most boring and mundane way possible. If you're a ten, you're strapped into a Burmise Fuck Chair, spinning around while your girlfriend is crawling all over you, bordering on erotic suffocation, while you're covered in green goo and her grandma is watching. (I would only endorse the chair, personally. It IS Burmise, after all).
Now think about where you are on both scales, and be honest. Now think about who you've ever been with in a physical relationship. Now here's the rub: why didn't it work out, and where were they on the scale compared to you?
In order for a relationship to work, and be succesful, both people need to be in the same spots on both meters on the scale. A relationship won't work if you're somewhere close to a three or four on the scales, and your opposite is closer to an eight or nine. It's a basic incompatibility.
This scale is, essentially, a barometer for measuring success in relationships. Does it work? I think so, because I took some time to look at my own previous relationships, and realised that in almost every one, we didn't match up on the tandem scale. Is it the SOLE reason we broke up or didn't work out? No. But was it almost always a factor? You bet! I've talked to a handful of others about this as well and thought about all the relationships that were brought to my doorstep by one grieving partner or another, and I've realised it can apply to them as well.
Despite common views, interests, background, and history, if this scale does not match up, in a physical relationship, the bottom line is the relationship simply will not work. It applies to non-physical relationships as well, because even if you're both technically a one on both scales, but deep down, your partner is a repressed ten, well, the relationship is doomed to fail.
Bottom line is that of all the allowed variances in relationships, this isn't one of them. However, I've found there is a certain "exception" to the rule, as there are always prone to be.
Take myself, for example. I'd probably rate a 6 or 7 on the MPH gauge, and an 8 or 9 on the KPH. But I've found that, even when I was in said physical relationships, I could go without sex for long periods of time, if at all. Especially in the last year or so. Why? Well, there is a "burnout" threshold, where once you have it so much, you just kind of lose desire, based on the phyiscal/physiological need alone.
Therefore, my sexual "needs" changed, so while I'm a technical 6.5/8.5 on the Tandem Scale, I'm right now rated far lower on the MPH.This is based on my emotional needs for a "supporting", concrete relationship, based on love, and stability. Until then, I'll probably continue to rate low on the MPH, based simply on a preternatural desire. But the KPH doesn't change.
Those are my thoughts, both private and official. If you have thoughts or opinions, please share. I'm going to keep developing this theory as time goes on.
Everyone, sexually speaking, has two meters, compared to the MPH gauge and the KPH gauge in a car.
Miles Per Hour (MPH) reffers to how much you want to perform the act.
Kilometers Per Hours (KPH) reffers to the varietum of said act, IE, how much you're willing to try and far you're wanting to go.
If you're a one on the MPH scale, then you're just not interested in sex, and aren't having it. If you're a ten, you're a doorknob. (Everyone's getting a turn
) On the KPH scale, if you're a one, you would just preffer to lay there and "take it", or "give it" in the most boring and mundane way possible. If you're a ten, you're strapped into a Burmise Fuck Chair, spinning around while your girlfriend is crawling all over you, bordering on erotic suffocation, while you're covered in green goo and her grandma is watching. (I would only endorse the chair, personally. It IS Burmise, after all).
Now think about where you are on both scales, and be honest. Now think about who you've ever been with in a physical relationship. Now here's the rub: why didn't it work out, and where were they on the scale compared to you?
In order for a relationship to work, and be succesful, both people need to be in the same spots on both meters on the scale. A relationship won't work if you're somewhere close to a three or four on the scales, and your opposite is closer to an eight or nine. It's a basic incompatibility.
This scale is, essentially, a barometer for measuring success in relationships. Does it work? I think so, because I took some time to look at my own previous relationships, and realised that in almost every one, we didn't match up on the tandem scale. Is it the SOLE reason we broke up or didn't work out? No. But was it almost always a factor? You bet! I've talked to a handful of others about this as well and thought about all the relationships that were brought to my doorstep by one grieving partner or another, and I've realised it can apply to them as well.
Despite common views, interests, background, and history, if this scale does not match up, in a physical relationship, the bottom line is the relationship simply will not work. It applies to non-physical relationships as well, because even if you're both technically a one on both scales, but deep down, your partner is a repressed ten, well, the relationship is doomed to fail.
Bottom line is that of all the allowed variances in relationships, this isn't one of them. However, I've found there is a certain "exception" to the rule, as there are always prone to be.
Take myself, for example. I'd probably rate a 6 or 7 on the MPH gauge, and an 8 or 9 on the KPH. But I've found that, even when I was in said physical relationships, I could go without sex for long periods of time, if at all. Especially in the last year or so. Why? Well, there is a "burnout" threshold, where once you have it so much, you just kind of lose desire, based on the phyiscal/physiological need alone.
Therefore, my sexual "needs" changed, so while I'm a technical 6.5/8.5 on the Tandem Scale, I'm right now rated far lower on the MPH.This is based on my emotional needs for a "supporting", concrete relationship, based on love, and stability. Until then, I'll probably continue to rate low on the MPH, based simply on a preternatural desire. But the KPH doesn't change.
Those are my thoughts, both private and official. If you have thoughts or opinions, please share. I'm going to keep developing this theory as time goes on.
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Despite common views, interests, background, and history, if this scale does not match up, in a physical relationship, the bottom line is the relationship simply will not work.
Not my personal experience but okay.
Someone's doing Naxx....
Congrats, my guild is wiping on Four Horsemen. T_T
Nice, I'm pretty sure we will be doing that for a while before BC. What's your character, sever, guild?