And I will say this, I got the first twenty minutes of yesterday's show and from the two scenes I saw, even though I didn't get to see the actual um ... milestone moment, happen on screen, but just the afterglow, I'm totally enamored of this as well. I haven't seen a real love scene on Guiding Light, since I've been watching, so maybe my expectations were slightly lowered, because I know ABC soaps go all out. But GL doesn't seem to rock the boat, in regards to sex.

Maybe Manny's loving haze is just rubbing off on me, but I'll tell you these two little scenes have totally turned my mood around, and I've watched them about five times a piece already. I was actually a little shocked at how they let Joie Lenz lay across that bed, pretty much nekkid as the day is long. But hey, if she's game!

Did I want passion? Of course I wanted passion. Do I eventually want to see a love scene that shows the middle and not just the beginning and after? Of course I do. Do I think Manny is now headed for the blazing inferno, otherwise known as happy couple hell? Nope. Do I think Manny has suddenly petered out into just your typical soap couple and the story has started to wilt and be destroyed ... um, no. Maybe I should be looking for signs of the coming Manny destruction, but taking into account the fact that it's summer and GL is targeting youngsters and the fact that half their concentration is probably on this remote, alone, and the fact there are lulls in *every* story, I'm just not concerned.

Now ask me in a few weeks, and I might tell you differently. But if I was concerned, then I would have really disliked the last couple of Manny days, and frankly I just didn't, I thought they added a new adjective to their repertoire, 'sweet', 'fun'. I enjoyed the heck out of it; maybe I'm going soft in my old age, who knows ...

Oh and if they looked uncomfortable to others, then I have to tell you I'd love to look that uncomfortable with Paul Anthony Stewart, myself. Hehehehehe ... I guess I must be deluded, haven't seen this awkwardness yet, maybe it's all in the scenes I'm missing.

Tracee