What are these three topics doing in the one sentence? A breakdown of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy readership shows a strong showing by baby boomer era females. Anecdotally, it’s known a fair portion of these readers loaned the books to their night-time male companions. Equally anecdotally, albeit slightly more coyly, a good number […]
What turns on older lovers?
It’s generally accepted and acknowledged that libido and sexual desire decline as the years mount. For some, perhaps due to a physical condition or health issues, this might commence as early as the forties, whereas others hardly skip a beat until well into their sixties or seventies, especially if a willing partner or two is […]
What do older readers like in erotic fiction endings?
A successful novelist was once asked what prompted her to take up writing. She explained that during an extended period of convalescence she read a lot, mostly escapist romantic fiction. The more she read, the more unsatisfied and let-down she felt by the ending. In the German movie Run, Lola, Run (Lola rennt in German), […]
Managing your entry into retirement
Retirement is often given a glossy image, of happy greying couples strolling arm-in-arm along deserted beaches, or lounging on deck chairs as idyllic settings of ruined castles and sun-drenched vineyards float gently past. This idealised lifestyle is more about selling travel than telling the truth, as for a significant number of senior citizens retirement can […]
Baby boomers playing with the other team
If a man has a short-lived sexual encounter with another man, whether numerous sexual acts over a short period or just the once, he’ll probably be viewed as bisexual or a homosexual in denial. This implies that if a man can enjoy being penetrated, along with partaking in other forms of intimacy with another man, […]
Shacking-up together, or not
Sadly, many boomers are left newly single in their more advanced years. On the bright side though, older people do find new love, especially those who make the effort to pursue activities that give them the chance of meeting a prospective partner. When people fall in love and subsequently decide to spend their lives together, […]
Baby boomers bonding
Ron was born in 1946, the first wave of baby boomers. He was one of five children, his father a council worker, his mother a cleaner. They were long-term renters of a small inner suburban timber dwelling, where they enjoyed a happy, boisterous family life. Upon completion of Year Nine Ron commenced work as a […]
Retiring baby boomers
Large swathes of baby boomers, male and female, are now contemplating the R-word, and at the same time probably giving more than a passing thought to their mortality. Some have already stepped off the treadmill, some been pushed, others ambivalent and unable to decide, and plenty happily continuing on, for a specific or undetermined period. […]
Baby boomers keeping it up
Maintaining an active and satisfying sex life in a decades-long relationship can be a challenge. For many couples it becomes a hum-drum affair, a matter of going through the motions, if at all, more likely simply to meet the immediate needs of one party than a shared desire. Many people find it easier to largely […]
On being a male baby boomer
There’s no doubt that over the past forty to fifty years, since about the time baby boomers began entering the workforce, the role of women in society has changed substantially. Issues pertaining to the changing role of women are a mainstay of many publications, and now receive constant airing in online forums. Men receives far […]