tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post2143677272669747628..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Shhhhh! It's a secret!Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-77022940071115003192011-02-11T22:07:17.782-05:002011-02-11T22:07:17.782-05:00This was great, I can relate to it. When i was a ...This was great, I can relate to it. When i was a little kid I discovered a little cartoon book in the glove compartment called "Ass-Trology" which was some kind of Tiajuana bible. My dad was embarassed. Later when Dad moved out I started going through the books in what we called "the bachelor pad" and strangely he didn't try to hide any of the adult stuff from me. That was the first time I read Lenny Bruce. These days I have most of my books in plain sight in the library room upstairs. I don;t hide them from my kid, but near as I can tell he never tries to read any thing. <br /><br />Still I can only imagine the freak out it would have caused when your mom found a lesbian romance in your suitcase. She was probably thinking she wouldn;t get to have grand kids.<br /><br />GArceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-28579033187787665652011-02-11T22:01:29.570-05:002011-02-11T22:01:29.570-05:00Good post. Sometimes I think it's better not ...Good post. Sometimes I think it's better not knowing what the parents are up to at any age. Kind of a EEEEWWWWW!!! factor involved. After all we know my parents only had sex to create their childen (6 times only.) I can't remember where I learned about sex but I know it wasn't at home. Fortunately I read a lot and learned a lot. Thank God for Harlequin.Shehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376023103870884939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-83741074579694519062011-02-11T20:02:32.777-05:002011-02-11T20:02:32.777-05:00Craig -- LOL It's isn't 'ol Rod I hav...Craig -- LOL It's isn't 'ol Rod I have singing to me now, but Prince. LOL Dig if you will the picture ... LOL The weird associations our minds make.<br /><br />I have such stark memories about it, given the confusion it made me feel, that I almost hope I never find it, because then if it isn't every thing that I remember ... ya know?<br /><br />--- <br /><br />Fulani - I wish I remembered more about the book. It's just one of those things, I can remember how it made me feel, but not the author, cover, or title.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Lisabet - *cough* Um, 18-19 years ago. I didn't really understand much myself 'til I was 15. The horror my mom expressed, it made me unable to really allow myself to be curious about it. I knew it was something bad ... thankfully at 15 I wound up with a neighbor with a gay son.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Mike -- Thanks. : ) I miss it sometimes, being a kid. Hubby tells me that part of what I miss is not really being allowed to truly be a kid.Michelle Houston/Houston Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046927781480479979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-21438663116124082802011-02-11T12:17:20.537-05:002011-02-11T12:17:20.537-05:00Hi Michelle,
nice gentle post that captures that ...Hi Michelle,<br /><br />nice gentle post that captures that being a kid in an adult world thing very wellMike Kimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002309169478171450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-52507712594832863432011-02-11T12:14:28.382-05:002011-02-11T12:14:28.382-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859290570501271140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-57794981504694469852011-02-11T08:47:17.448-05:002011-02-11T08:47:17.448-05:00Hi, Michelle,
I dunno, I think I've read that...Hi, Michelle,<br /><br />I dunno, I think I've read that scene in a bunch of books...! <br /><br />But I had no idea that lesbian romance existed back - what, 20 years ago? More? And I'm so envious! I was attracted to women when I was a teenager, but I had literally no idea that this was moderately common, or even that it had a name!<br /><br />Great post!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-47171620464459169902011-02-11T07:57:14.307-05:002011-02-11T07:57:14.307-05:00Just on your last point, there's a website tha...Just on your last point, there's a website that specializes in versions of old erotica/bdsm novels and puts them up for free - http://neatopotato.net/xnovel/<br /><br />Technically I guess it's a pirate site since the books are from the 1950s/1960s and won't yet be out of copyright, but I doubt if any of them have been available in print or any other form for at least two or three decades and the publishers are largely defunct. They seem to have around 1700 novels there. You may find the one you're thinking of, especially if you can remember what the cover looked like (there are jpgs of the covers on the site).<br /><br />As a side issue, it's interesting to look back at some of those titles and see how things regarded as normal in erotica 50 years ago are very, very taboo for erotic publishers today. Times have changed. A lot. As Craig pointed out, if you find the book you may have very different feelings about it now.Fulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959628434559905605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-52211115716740820262011-02-11T07:23:22.765-05:002011-02-11T07:23:22.765-05:00...I was in my parents room getting something (aga...<i>...I was in my parents room getting something (again - I was a KID!)...</i><br /><br />Yep, I know of what you speak. <br /><br />(Spoken in a Rod Serling voice) Picture if you will, a ten year old finding a strip of foil with the word "Trojans" emblazoned upon it in his father's dresser.<br /><br />Gasp!<br /><br />Craig had entered the too-much-reality twilight zone...<br /><br />Good luck finding the book, and if you do, I'd be curious how you feel about it now...<br /><br />Verification word: hedsome<br /><br />Indeed.Craig Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101869420537661374noreply@blogger.com