Social Media - That was an eyeopener

[candycane]

Probably no different from most 15 year old males!

Or 64 year old ones . . . .

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[Twilight]

Dick pix???? Yuk, little perv. Twilight you should give him the hard stare next time you see him. Does he know you saw him?

I don't think he knew, it was early morning & the sun was shining directly in his face as he came down the garden. He spend his time on games & I've only seen him a couple of times during the summer. Add to that they had granny staying with them for a couple of months, she's in her 90s & made of tough stuff physically but away with the fairies, & I think her poor toilet hygiene keep him upstairs in his room when his parents were at work.

 

[Twilight]

Twilight, it wasn't up to you to tell his parents. They might have accused you of being a peeping tom.

Because I didn't get much response from my Mr T I asked my sister's opinion & she said exactly that. Nearly three years after retiring from a high school I still go into student support mode; as a form tutor I had a number of distressed children tell me some really awful stuff, we were trained in what to say & how to write down the details, it was keeping my emotions in check that was difficult.

 

[Twilight]

'... but hasn’t Julia Roberts shape changed this year? I can’t believe it'. This year???

 

[alter ego]

What is it with males flashing/sending photos of their dicks?

All my friends that divorced and started dating (AND their daughters starting their own dating adventures) have had dozens sent to them. They're never asked for though almost always asked to send nudes. Asking I can understand. Sending unasked is another thing.

No offence to the men here but they're not exactly pretty are they? Or am I a bit 'oversensitive'? (I probably am as I have a weird history not helped by being flashed at twice in my teens.)

 

[merryone]

Dunno about private parts, but I can’t stand this culture of photographing everything and anything including your dinner and posting it on social media. Don’t get me started on “selfies.“ Girl or woman posts a pic.. and loads of comments follow. “Gorgeous hun” “beautiful girl”. .. Thanks babe , love you xxxx etc etc. No wonder there’s so many mental health issues in the world with all this obsession with the way we look. I’m pleased to say that my mates seemed to have stopped taking photos of us having coffee in town just to get likes! What’s to like about seeing people having a coffee? There’s nothing to dislike I guess, but I find that sort of thing irritating and pointless.

 

[stratobuddy]

I've never done a selfie, but I did once put up a photo of my lunch, a packet of crisps

 

[Vienna]

Many years ago when I was newly married, very young and much slimmer, we were invited to a posh Christmas do. I bought a lovely black velvet halter neck dress which of course meant a bare back and a low-ish cut front but still covering everything properly IMO. My Mother nearly had kittens when she saw it and declared I was showing too much flesh which only my husband should see !
Of course that was coming from a woman who always wore 6 layers and I bet in all their married years my Dad never saw her naked so heavens knows what she`d think about facebook, selfies, the internet and what you see on TV.
Adverts for sanitary towels, incontinence knickers, viagra and condoms would send her into an attack of the vapors and she`d be searching under the cushions for the remote control or standing in front of the TV and instructing my dad to avert his eyes and then she`d have fired off a handwritten letter to Mary Whitehouse.
She`s been gone for over 30 years but if she`d seen Twilight`s naked teenage neighbour then she`d have been round there like a flash, waving her rolling pin or frying pan at him, wafting at him with her tea towel in the other hand to hide his bits and then dragging him by the earhole putting him under house arrest until his Mum came home and giving him what for.

 

[stratobuddy]

Just noticed there are 19 MEMBERS online (no pun intended) but 224 GUESTS.

I wonder why the guests don't join, as it is free apart from VIPs?

 

[donna255]

I remember a friend who was older than me being outraged when the sanity Tampax ads first appeared on TV. I asked did she think we should go back to when I was a teenager and have to go to the local knitting shop and buy coming out with a plain brown paper bag for something natural that happens to girls and women most of their life?

She died quite a while ago and I often think of how she would react to the Viagra ads?

 

[maymorganlondon]

Thankfully, my mum was no prude. My gran and her generation generally, however was more likely to speak in euphemisms about things "down there". As a result of such reticence, her best friend didn't go to the doctor for a change in bowel habits until it was far too late. Modesty can be fatal when practised in the wrong way.

 

[Mazza]

I remember a friend who was older than me being outraged when the sanity Tampax ads first appeared on TV. I asked did she think we should go back to when I was a teenager and have to go to the local knitting shop and buy coming out with a plain brown paper bag for something natural that happens to girls and women most of their life?

She died quite a while ago and I often think of how she would react to the Viagra ads?

Gosh I had forgotten about the brown paper bag from the knitting shop! We had that in our village because there was no chemist.

 

[Twilight]

The ad that infuriates me is the one for incontinence pants with the new mum. Every midwife I saw talked about the importance of pelvic floor exercises & in my opinion selling the benefits of these products to women who should not be relying on them is wrong.

 

[Vienna]

I notice all the Charlie Bear huggers have come out to play in Q`s facebook page. Grown men and women saying how they just lurvvvvvvve their bears and are so chuffed one of them may have the same name as a kid/grandkid or family member. It`s a cringe fest !

 

[Twilight]

I notice all the Charlie Bear huggers have come out to play in Q`s facebook page. Grown men and women saying how they just lurvvvvvvve their bears and are so chuffed one of them may have the same name as a kid/grandkid or family member. It`s a cringe fest !

Good grief, I don't know whether to laugh, shudder or feel sorry for them.

 

[donna255]

Seems there is a museum?? Something to bring children to but an adult visiting regularly??

Lovely to see you again, Charlie and Will. So pleased to hear that the museum will be open again soon, I’ve really missed my regular visits

 

[Beakerange]

Just noticed there are 19 MEMBERS online (no pun intended) but 224 GUESTS.

I wonder why the guests don't join, as it is free apart from VIPs?

Probably a lot of "lurkers" and no doubt a collection of QVC employees too!....

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Good grief, I don't know whether to laugh, shudder or feel sorry for them.

Same ones and the bliddy Kipling monkey names!

 

[alter ego]

I remember a friend who was older than me being outraged when the sanity Tampax ads first appeared on TV. I asked did she think we should go back to when I was a teenager and have to go to the local knitting shop and buy coming out with a plain brown paper bag for something natural that happens to girls and women most of their life?

She died quite a while ago and I often think of how she would react to the Viagra ads?

Saying it happens to just girls and women would have you flamed on other forums, Donna. I've noticed that even some sanitary products have stopped mentioning they're for females these days (brands I refuse to use especially when they're ridiculously expensive).

What the hell is wrong with people these days? I'm all for being 'kind' but suffering fools that can't get a grip on reality is way beyond me. And companies trying to jump on the PC bandwagon irritate me even more. Ruby Cup is one. They sell a cup for nearly £30 with an extra case for £9. While I applaud their commitment to educating girls and women I see red (pun not intended) when a company calls women menstruators FFS. I bought an identical cup that included an identical case from Savers for £4.99. I'll stick with companies like Lil-Lets that still refer to us 'menstruators' as good old-fashioned women and girls.

We had a corner shop that sold those giant sanitary pads with loops and as a child, I remember being sent to get a pack for my mum. The owner double-wrapped them in a brown paper bag, leaned close and told me not to tell anyone what was in the bag and to go straight home to my mum.

I'm glad periods have gone from 'dirty' and shameful to being spoken of and products being advertised, though the older generation would have been shocked and horrified by it. My nan was much like Vienna's mum but my mum was a bit more easy-going. Though she did refuse to buy me tampons when I was 12 - so I went out and bought them myself!

That brings me on to 'period poverty'. My first pack cost me 64p out of my hard-earned Saturday job money (I started my job really young as it was in a family business). A pack of tampons costs 89p in Asda. A pack of pads £1. Back then that 64p was a LOT of money yet I see my niece's friends moaning about paying for sanitary protection while texting on their £1k iPhones! My mum would have slapped me into next week for being stupid if I'd have done that. Mum didn't suffer fools either

Also totally agree with Twilight. That ad winds me up, too, as I think women should be educated on pelvic floor health not left to spend a small fortune on pads for the rest of their lives.

 

[Twilight]

Great post alter. My sister's friend has a son who is transitioning & currently grieving for the day when the first period didn't start. Really?