Okay, so sex is often a real taboo, especially when you’re talking about sex between couples who are… gasp… old enough to be, like grandparents or something (yeah, I was trying to sound like a teenager there). But it happens, truly. People in their seventies and eighties still have sex… if they’re healthy and up for it, of course. And what’s so wrong with that? They’re still human. They still have *needs*, right?
I was hanging out with friends the other day and we were in stitches talking about sex. Mainly because one of the girls is a little bit of a prude (just a little bit… yes, you know I’m talking about you, Missy!). Her mouth dropped open just at the mere mention of “mucky DVDs” – that’s what my friend (who is over sixty) was calling them anyway.
She and her dearest do like to watch the occasionally blue movie and it’s always up to her to go and buy them. The easiest place to obtain these purchases without getting too embarrassed? Car boot sales. Now, I don’t know about you but I’d probably be even more embarrassed buying them from a random person rather than a shop assistant, right? But it works for them. Anyway, the last time she bought such a DVD, she was in such a hurry (it was raining hard), that she just grabbed one, paid the money and ran.
Some time later, her dearest commented on the type of woman in the ‘film’.
‘They’re not very… you know… attractive…’ he said.
‘What do you mean?’ she said, curiously.
‘Well, they’re a little on the… old side?’
‘Old?’
Watching him nod enthusiastically, she went and grabbed the cover only to find she’d bought a copy of ‘Grannies Who F***’!!!!!!
Naturally, we were on the floor in fits of giggles to hear about all this.
‘Close your mouth, dear,’ friend duly said to prudish friend.
The subject continued for a while, us learning about another friend’s parents who had an active sex life well into their eighties (which mortified their grandkids when they’d found out), but why? What’s so wrong with it? Why is the subject so taboo?
Sex between two consenting adults should be just that, regardless of age. Why do we always make such a big deal of growing older? We all have to do it, and we should be able to do it in whatever fashion we see fit – sex included!
Do you agree? Do you have any funny stories to share? Go on… do tell 😉
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