Having a friend upon whom you can count on a situation like this is a great comfort.

I'm happy for you and your friend! Keep warm!

The problem with our oil furnace was a blown control board. A repairman came out the next morning and was able to wire around the problem to get it to run until they could get a new control board. The new board is in now and it's warm inside. My wife has no reason to crawl into bed with Bill to keep warm but she does have other reasons to crawl into bed with him. :-)

You know, one of the best things about swinging friends, real friends, is that you are able to feel comfortable joking like that. I have a really good male friend who I met through a bisexual site. He's in the same situation as me in having a wife not interested in sex anymore. We tried the bi thing a time or two and realized it just didn't fill the void for either of us. But we're still great friends now even without the benefits. And, because of what we shared before, our conversations are without restraints. It was the same for me and the wife with couples that we were real friends with and had swapped with. I miss that type of friendships with couples.