Thursday, April 16, 2009

sex and poop

Have you ever noticed that people like to talk to me about bodily functions, particularly sex and poop? Yesterday I was talking to a wonderful lady that I love who is in her 80's. She starts telling me about how great sex is and no one ever told her how much fun it is. It isn't just for having babies and getting a man. We talked about the last generation (I kinda thought she was the last generation) and how hung up they were about these things. Her mom never told her anything and her first period came as a confusing surprise to her. I told her how I was told once you tricked a guy into marrying you, you didn't have to have to worry about sex much after that, and sure it's fun when you're young, but once you have a man it isn't anymore. We laughed at our mom's and said if they didn't like it then they were doing something wrong. hahahaha

Betty gives me great hope. So many times we see older people who, even when they seem to be happy, have a sadness or anger about them. Always seeing the negative things, the things gone wrong, or the things that will go wrong if they dare to do something fun or different. Not so with Betty. She is my inspiration! She teases people, smiles, laughs. She is joy even when she's not feeling well. And she loves sex at 80 something! Very cool! You go girl!

1 comment:

Pundawg said...

When dealing with the elderly, alot of their Psychosocial development depends on two stages in particulair. The first one, Generativity VS Stagnation (and is the stage you are in by the way) must be passed through correctly for you not to fall into despair int he last stage (Integrity VS Despair). The way that you have expressed your love with both your biological children and children of all shapes and sizes, not mention the comfort of the home you've set up, the healthy attitudes towards your mate and you meeting social responsibilities (such as through the church, and before in the gay rights movement and working with disabled kids and church kids and scout kids and need I go on) all bodes well for you looking back at your life positively.

You've been Erikson'd!