Last week The Washington Post had a front-page article that said, “Elderly Staying Sexually Active.” Well, duh, maybe next week they can publish a study that says the elderly still enjoy eating. Elderly is defined in the article as anyone over the age of fifty-seven. Why would anyone assume people quit enjoying sex just because they have gotten older? I just don’t understand why this article seems to report surprise at the behavior of us old folks. Now, I haven’t done any scientific research, but I can share a lot of anecdotal evidence that indicates this report is correct.
I remember talking with my mom during a visit to celebrate Mom and Dad’s fiftieth anniversary. She smiled sweetly and said to me, “Honey, when you’re eighty, it takes longer, but we have more time.” I blushed and she grinned and said that she just wanted to give me hope for the future. Since we are now nearing seventy, I find that a happy thought.
Several years ago a young co-worker of mine learned my husband and I were celebrating our fortieth anniversary. She asked if it would be OK to ask me a personal question and I said sure. She wanted to know “How do you kiss the same man for forty years?” She blushed when I replied, “All kinds of ways, Sweetie, All kinds of ways.”
An older co-worker, a seventy year old widow, once told me, “You know I sure would love to have the chance once more to have a night of wild sex. I miss sex.”
I remember a sweet little old man who came into our doctor’s office every month to get his testosterone shot. He always came on a Friday so he would be ready for the weekend. One day he came in for his appointment and I asked if he were there for his usual shot. He looked down and said, “No Ma’am, I think I got me the clap.”
How about you? Have you got any good anecdotes to support the conclusion of this article?
6 comments:
I had to laugh at this post. I remember thinking that my mom had 2 kids so she must have had sex twice.....then I grew up. You know what, it isn't sex after 57....it truly is making love.
I still want to know what Dennis was doing dancing with those women on your daughter's senior sex blog! That just sounds wrong....
To this day, I still have trouble using the term "sex" in the same sentence as "mom" and "dad." I'm sure they engaged in such activity (my sister and I are proof) but it just gives me the shivers when I try and form an image.
Viva la Sex!
I laughed hartily at this post, too! What a great line about how you kiss your husband! And what Rosemary said about it being truly love making.
My sibs and I generally ick out when thinking about our mother and father and that word. But when I was talking to my mom different times, she said she wasn't looking forward to the coming years with my father gone because they had been really "close". I felt so badly for her. It was another thing her life had lost.
Thanks for a great post!
My kids call it "napping" when refering to me and my wife. Maybe that's my fault. sunday afternoons we nap. Both versions. And I'm not a senior. I don't get the discount yet so I'm NOT a Senior.
Once, my pa came home from a long stay in hospital. My nan and pa were so happy to see each other..of course. That night I lay asleep on the couch when I hear what I thought was a possum in the other bedroom...alas, it was not a possum, i was my nan and pa sharing their love...good for them....I put my fingers in my ears :)
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