LynneSin
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Sat Jul-23-05 10:44 PM
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Ok girls, anyone remember "Forever" by Judy Blume |
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And raise your hand if that was the first book you ever read that had sex in it? I read it when I was 12!
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Sat Jul-23-05 10:49 PM
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1. Yup. When I was 12, I was reading Judy Blume, Harold Robbins, and |
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Sidney Sheldon. some of the women I babysat for had these books and I would read them while they were out. :-)
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LynneSin
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Sat Jul-23-05 10:51 PM
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3. Harold Robbins was the first time I read same sex stuff |
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Goodbye Janette - that was such a dirty, kinky book. Read that when I was 14
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Sat Jul-23-05 10:51 PM
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2. well i`m not a girl but..... |
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i remember every right wing christian going ape shit over these books. now these books wouldn`t cause a stir..
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Sat Jul-23-05 10:53 PM
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4. YES! I absolutely LOVED Forever! |
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I cried and cried at the end. I think I was 12 or 13 when I read it. *sigh*
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LynneSin
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Sat Jul-23-05 10:56 PM
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5. Would you believe I just read it again tonight |
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I was at borders - took me about an hour to read. Damn it was such a corny-ass book. And I never realized what a progressive thinker Judy Blume was. She has a new intro to the book that talks about how she wrote the book before the age of AIDS/HIV. The grandmother was also a member of Planned Parenthood and that was frequently mentioned in the book.
I was reading the review in Amazon and some of the user reviews brought up an important point: This book wasn't a sex guide but a tale about why young girls shouldn't rush into sex and how that sex affects the relationship.
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Sun Jul-24-05 08:29 PM
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19. I wouldn't mind re-reading it, actually. |
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That's interesting about the grandmother, too!
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progmom
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:19 PM
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sex on the bathroom floor.
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LynneSin
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:20 PM
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7. MY GOD WOMAN YOU'RE INSANE |
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You remember page numbers
:wow:
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:22 PM
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8. i have a weird memory for numbers |
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:24 PM
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9. How old were you when you popped your "Forever" cherry |
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:26 PM
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i borrowed Suzy Praszcowicsz's copy in 6th grade. So that would make me....11 or 12? my mom was willing to buy me the book if i would agree to talk to her about it after i read it. i decided that would be too embarrassing so i just read it on the sly during a couple of study halls.
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:29 PM
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13. We had this girl in 8th grade that had all the good dirty books |
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that got passed around including Linda Lovelace's autobiography - Ordeal
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Sun Jul-24-05 02:06 AM
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Your sig line is jamming to "Born Slippy" by underworld.
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:25 PM
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It wasn't the first book with sex in it I read, but it was the first that talked of teenage sex.
It was actually better done (as a story) than more 'mature' sex/romance tales from the time.
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Sat Jul-23-05 11:27 PM
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I snuck into my mom's copy of The Joy of Sex. Oh sure, I learned a lot, but I felt uncertain and torn regarding to the whole pit shaving thing after that.
:yoiks:
I don't think I read Forever until I was like, 13 or something. :D
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Sun Jul-24-05 02:07 AM
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Sun Jul-24-05 02:04 AM
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It was the first novel I ever read that had sex in it, but I'd already read plenty of nonfiction books about sex prior to that.
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Sun Jul-24-05 02:10 AM
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17. I first read about sex |
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in anatomy books when I was really young (Hey, I've wanted to be a scientist since I was in preschool :) ). Of course, that was just the techinical details. I thought it was something you just had to close your eyes and get through if you wanted a baby. Because back then, seeing a guy naked, even if you were married to him in your dreams, was just too icky.
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Sun Jul-24-05 02:14 AM
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18. The big Judy Blume books for the elem. school/JR high transition period |
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were "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" (the inferior book for boy adolescents.)
I think everyone I knew including me read "Are You There, God?".
"We Must! We Must! We Must Increase Our Bust!"
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Sun Jul-24-05 08:32 PM
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20. Not a girl, but that book quickly made the rounds of... |
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my fifth grade classroom. Ol' Judy threw us kids a wicked curve ball with that book.
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Sun Jul-24-05 08:35 PM
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we passed it around from girl to girl in our class :D
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