I think it's a shame as a society we don't talk about our sex lives more. Like, as much as I love cheering people on for a great parkrun or new bench number, or doing great art or making great code, I wish my feed was also full of "wow, just had a marathon sex session" or "best orgasm/play of my life!" Or "lovely Sunday sex followed by coffee & radio 6". Making love should be celebrated not hidden. It is art, it's physical endurance, it's joyful. Why are we so scared of talking about it?
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Curiously, I was thinking about this exact thing yesterday.
But I made a conscious decision not to the post / blog about it, which is, in itself, telling :(
@neil do you know me too!!! Then again this morning it was like an alarm bell so I did. But I did question myself. And then I did the follow up to lead by example and see how it felt. It was scary! Not because of me/my worries about me, but because I felt I might offend people, or people feel disgusted by knowing I've just had sex. Fascinating.
It is a curious one.
I can understand that some people might not wish to read about it. And that's fine - that's what content warnings and subject lines are for.
For me, there are a number of reasons why I don't talk about my own sex life, but the primary reason is "I post under my own name, and I am not sure that my professional regulator would take kindly to it" / "bringing the profession into disrepute".
Which is a shame, as I've often thought "Ooh, this would be interesting / enlightening / worth sharing", but I immediately shut down that thought.
@neil yeah I hear that. I guess that's why fetlife and pseudonyms are a safe space. The problem is (and I know you get this) is that by keeping it hidden, keeping it shameful or something professional people can't talk about its the issue I think. To get it to be more open, to allow those in general population to be awoken to others in their situation or inspired etc. To normalise it.
