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Date Posted: Sun, February 19 2023, 18:20:45
Author: Betsy BFS
Subject: QOTD for Monday, 2/20/23

Howdy do, Lally Wonders!

When I was eleven, (I think....maybe twelve,) I asked my Gram if old people still had sex. She was in her mid to late sixties at the time, and although the Victorian era was long-gone, my father's side of the family still clung to the last vestiges of those proper, well-defined social proprieties. But of all of my father's family, my Gram was the most unflappable, I think. She paused only a second or two and replied, "Yes. But it's a bit different." I didn't ask her elaborate, but have always wondered just what she meant. Why I wanted to know, I haven't a clue.

During the summers, I work at a summer camp as the health care coordinator and am usually "it" for the medical staff. Most of our staff is late teens to late twenties. I'm considerably beyond that age. Most of the staff looks at me as their mom/grammie/counsellor/shrink/old-lady friend/ and one lovely young woman last year told me I was her Woman of Great Wisdom. I burst out laughing at that one and told her pedestals are dangerous things. Too much pain for everyone involved when the perched person falls off.

Last year, one of the younger staff members asked me if old people still had sex. After a slight pause for a nod at the irony of the question, I said yes, but often the monkey bars and trapeze ropes get put into a box in the closet. Hopefully, the box "gets lost" before the old lady and old man get too demented to remember that it's traumatic when the kids find the box when they're cleaning out your house.

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The following quote is from 'The Fiery Cross,' by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 40, "Duncan's Secret." Copyright 2001, by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


"Goodness,," I said, rather crossly. "Is anyone here talking of anything else? Minds like sewers, the lot of you."

Campbell laughed, then truned aside, distracted by the urgencies of a small grandson.

"Don't tell me ye weren't wondering the same thing." Jamie nudged me gently.

"Indeed I was not," I said primly. I wasn't-- but only because I already knew.

"Oh, indeed," he said, one corner of his mouth curling up. "And you wi' lechery as plain on your face as whiskers on a cat."

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[> You probably asked your granny because you were at the age when the hormones started raging and the idea of it was becoming a more real future probability 😉. Did you really give that whole answer? Monkey bars and all ? There must be so many cool camp stories about you spread all over Maine! I do like the way Diana celebrates Claire’s sexuality and let’s us know about it in these great phrases, “And you wi’ LECHERY as plain on your face as whiskers on a cat.” 😂😂😂😂💥❤️ -- Kathy in PA, Mon, February 20 2023, 3:51:04


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[> [> Monkey bars and all..... And I also enjoy the view of Claire aging, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and sexually. Sometimes, it seems to me, that Diana paints a rather rosy picture of Claire's aging process, but when you're the author, you can paint any picture you want. -- Betsy BFS, Tue, February 21 2023, 7:57:14


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[> I enjoyed the lead-up to the wedding, really got a sense of the level of extravagance. Sex is definitely a bit different or completely lacking depending on several factors. Fortunately for us, Jamie is still a vigorous man as he approaches old age. By the standards of the times he must appear nearly immortal. -- kgp, Mon, February 20 2023, 6:00:57


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[> [> I agree. Jamie, even by today's standards, seems like a superman. I should have counted out their ages at the time of the Voyage, (and I probably have at earlier times, but have forgotten,) so maybe his physical stamina isn't that far off. -- Betsy BFS, Tue, February 21 2023, 8:01:16


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[> As I am quickly approaching 60, and DH skidded by it 6 years ago, we occasionally wake up a little sore or creaky. It's much more amusing to say, "That trapeze fun isn't as easy as it used to be," than "I must have slept weird, and now I walk crooked." -- DianaH, Tue, February 21 2023, 13:32:20


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[> [> Stretch before you get out of bed.... Advise from my massage therapist. Sometimes it helps. I find that laughter is the best medicine, even in the "walking crooked" circumstances. I've pushed past 70 now, and need the laughs. -- Betsy BFS, Tue, February 21 2023, 20:23:32


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