50 Shades Of Grey - Who's Bought Their Partner This?

[rclark]

Girlfriend loves it; I haven't bothered reading it, and probably won't. Far more important books to get through...

[Legend83]

Disastrous said:

Your wife won't have sex with you unless she's reading a soft porn 'book'?

Does this really happen, that women just don't want to have sex any more once they're married? What's the point?

I think just after 12 years together it takes a bit more effort.

Women don't think about sex like men do i.e. all the time! So, as she pointed out, reading something like 50 Shades places the ideas in the consciousness / makes them think about it.

Then it's not so difficult for the man to "initiate".

Certainly that is what I have found in my experience.

[FiF]

Legend83 said:

Any male equivalent books out there?

cough

[Laurel Green]

FiF said:

Legend83 said:

Any male equivalent books out there?

cough

[K50 DEL]

Al 3 books have been lying around the house over the Christmas period so I thought I might as well give them a go.

Finished the second one last night and I really can't see what all the fuss is about to be honest, the storylines aren't anything new the sex scenes are repetitive and the BDSM stuff is so tame as to be almost pointless.

That said, they're easy to read and there's some humour there if you look for it so I guess I can see why they're popular.

I suspect the main reason for the popularity though is that the story is basically a jazzed up cinderella... I imagine that if Mr Gray was a council flat dwelling muppet from Bradford with a fondness for Stella and no helicopter, plane or properties in Aspen and New York the books would not be half as popular.... everyone likes a bit of escapism after all.

[marcosgt]

I just read Victoria Coren's piece.

I had to smile at "this is a book that puts the 'b' into anal".

She might be right about the erotica being unbridled eating, as the first fiftysheds quote involves a trip to Nandos!.

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Wednesday 9th January 14:54

[captainzep]

marcosgt said:

I just read Victoria Coren's piece.

I had to smile at "this is a book that puts the 'b' into anal"

M.

Anabl?

-Welsh word for disabled?

[Laurel Green]

captainzep said:

Anabl?

-Welsh word for disabled?