While I don’t think we were exactly enacting a direct Carrie & Friends
scenario, I can only say that drinks last night with Sara, KT, Mich
and Charmaine was very nice because it was very PG-13. Yay!
They used to say, in the old days, that ladies and gentlemen refrained
from talking about sex, money, politics and religion in public,
because these were sensitive topics and it was not quite polite to
bring them up.
Many actually believe that these four topics should still be
off-limits or at least navigated very carefully (the role of host/hostess is key)
during more official events, such as dinner parties etc.
Being a journo, I do not subscribe strictly (*cough*) to this etiquette,
although I must say, I still believe certain questions like
“So, what (religion) do you believe in?” and
“So how much do you make?” are quite frankly, quite rude.
These are very personal subjects.
But I know a lot of people do venture there.
chitter chatter cheer
Well anyway, back to last night.
Erm … there were no limits, I guess!
We were talking about sex, of course, and it’s always a riot when women
bring the matter up.
I won’t go into who said what, because they’d roast my behind,
but suffice to say we wondered how “satisfied”
our married girlfriends were in that arena.
We wondered if men were becoming more emasculated.
We wondered about making the effort, or just going with the flow.
We wondered about the nature of pleasure. (Oh boy am I
using euphemisms here)
If a lackluster sex life was just part and parcel of every marriage
sooner or later.
If, society in this day and age, was so sexed up on any given day and
time now, that what is so in-your-face is just not as appealing as it was in
“the old days”.
It was the forbidden fruit, right? Perhaps not so anymore.
I’ve been talking to some wives recently.
Always an interesting discussion.
As for single folk like me, well, that’s another topic altogether lah ;)
xo
