kpnwriter My daughter’s body
stretches. Any mention of the word
“sex” or “sexy” twists her face into a
mask of horror. She watches K-pop on
her laptop, smacks the carpenter ants
in the bathroom with my flip-flop. Life
is a funhouse mirror.
6 Jun 19jshdoff My garage spot is #69.
Best part of Mom’s memory loss?
Explaining what 69 means every time
we come home after she asks, every
time, “69. It’s a sex thing, but *what*
exactly is it?”
6 Jan 19pamelarothbard He kissed her like he
was going to war; she kissed back like
a young bride. The Alzheimer’s ward
nurse pried them apart.
23 Feb 14matthewgmiller She won’t sleep
with me anymore yet keeps the toy I
bought for us in a bedside drawer. I
still make love to her. If only by proxy.
25 May 12saribotton They flew to Puerto Rico
separately, a day apart. He insisted
it was for the kids’ sake, in case of
disaster; she knew better.
1 Jul 09lechners2 I teased my mom for never
giving me a sex talk. “Well, do you
have any questions about sex now you
want to discuss?” I’m 32.
27 Aug 16smbeutler Sex occupied a dominant
place in his expectations; marriage
in hers. eHarmony had missed this,
somehow. Dinner was good, though.
3 Mar 16ConnieKuhns They said he married
her for sex, but instead she gave him
children.
2 Aug 16ChrisGNguyen Blackbird couple. A
flurry of feathers, a flash of red and
yellow epaulettes. Sometimes fighting
and flirting look the same.
19 Jun 15SloMoTrainWreck After six months
without sex, we talked. She promised
me: never again. It took me six
months more to believe she wasn't
kidding.
8 Apr 14KarlynColeman Teenagers roaming
the summer streets looking for empty
spaces to get away--laughing and
taking sips of what tastes like love.
10 Jun 15k_stevenson01 The allure of an affair
might not be just sex, but to be with
someone who doesn’t already know all
your faults, jokes, failings.
2 Nov 17HopeDenney2 Seven years have
passed, yet somehow we are
seatmates at a Broadway musical.
Your date compliments my dress while
we pretend to introduce ourselves
with the cagey politeness of two
people who kissed under a streetlight
in the rain many Februaries ago.
4 Dec 17BrendanOMeara Weathered couple
peruse the shelves, find a match,
“Slow Sex,” $7, used. They leave,
smiling, her right hand locked in his
left.
14 Mar 17clairepolders Two lovers in the
park moan loud enough to draw
my interest. They’re in rapture, the
incarnation of joy. They’re eating ice
cream.
14 Oct 17SusanRogers6 I point out the gaping
hole in my husband’s socks. He
emails me an article: “Ten Reasons
Why Frugal Husbands are Sexy as
Hell.”
18 Aug 17DDSyrdal My sister’s late husband
repeatedly asked when my then-
husband & I would have another
child, his way of asking about our sex
life.
24 Jul 17lmillernpr Here is the story of the
lady incel. She got a dog. She moved
to Tucson. On bad nights, she texted
me pictures of the sunsets from her
backyard.
21 Nov 18anikawriter 2 squirrels are having sex
in the backyard. Unlike the rabbit
who looks on, I'm always slightly
uncomfortable w/ anything R rated
18 Apr 17Can you tell a true story in a single tweet?
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