"Yes, I orgasmed, otherwise I don't think I would have been able to forget the election."

In which the Throbbers investigate the breaking news of Gina touching...someone. Listen as we revel in Gina's safe sexual experience in the wake of Covid and talk about our feelings regarding sex in the time of a virus. Spoiler: We horny!

Important note: We recorded this episode in early November of 2020, before vaccines were widely available. Obviously a lot has changed since then, so take all our ramblings with a grain of salt. (See below for updated CDC guidelines.)

Sexy Show Notes

We begin this thrilling Quickie with some incredibly awkward Zoom intros but also some grand news! Gina has FINALLY gotten laid in the Plague!

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She suspects it might be the second time she has intentionally touched someone during the pandemic as well. It's been rough, we're starved for affection. Hannah straight up asked for a group hug!

Where to begin...

Gina did have a good time, but she also definitely wasn't totally prepared for her response to significant human contact. She did obsess a bit about the whole experience. But come on, she'd only hugged one other person one on one and then a group hug! She was completely touch starved!

She had been seeing him on a socially distant basis but also had shared air space, and felt comfortable exchanging the tools to contract trace each other and thus begin the new social paradigm of confirming nobody has Covid! This also did not prepare her for how little she remembered how to do any of the sex things. How does someone... make out?

Sissel really wanted to know the logistics of how things BEGAN. Apparently Gina has a wrist grab she does that really initiates the sex. Things began very raw and animalistic way, she wanted to touch everything and be touched everywhere. She felt very clumsy in her movements, and the guy did not. He apparently had had another Covid fling for practice.

How Different Was It From Any First Time?

Gina felt like Covid bled into every pore of this experience. Having someone in her space that was unmasked felt very weird. He also spent the night, which is unusual for Gina's sexscapades. She also christened her new apartment, new guy, new apartment, and new mattress!

Will She Do It Again?

Gina is unsure how interested the guy is in a round 2. She was annoyed by his non-committal response to what he might be doing the coming week. Plus when she had sex with this guy, it was the weekend before the 2020 election... Which I don't know if any of you remember it, but it was a very tense week.

She had a different experience with this guy because she did have multiple dates with him that weren't sexual or even included touch. She did develop some emotional bonding due to the six dates they'd gone on previously and she's really having to work at dissecting her real feelings for the dude from general desperation for human contact...

So will she seem him again? Maybe!

Did Gina Experience Touch Revulsion?

If you've been listening, in earlier episodes (3...2...1...Covid!), Gina talked about being scared of human contact. Apparently it had worn off and she did not feel disgusted by being touch or touching someone else. It was a heavy shield to carry and she is glad to be free of it. But also, the shield was good and necessary for a while.