Ok girls, anyone remember "Forever" by Judy Blume

LynneSin

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:44 PM
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Ok girls, anyone remember "Forever" by Judy Blume

And raise your hand if that was the first book you ever read that had sex in it? I read it when I was 12!

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Kathy in Cambridge

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:49 PM
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1. Yup. When I was 12, I was reading Judy Blume, Harold Robbins, and

Sidney Sheldon. some of the women I babysat for had these books and I would read them while they were out. :-)

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LynneSin

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:51 PM
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3. Harold Robbins was the first time I read same sex stuff

Goodbye Janette - that was such a dirty, kinky book. Read that when I was 14

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madrchsod

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:51 PM
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2. well i`m not a girl but.....

i remember every right wing christian going ape shit over these books. now these books wouldn`t cause a stir..

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smbolisnch

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:53 PM
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4. YES! I absolutely LOVED Forever!

I cried and cried at the end. I think I was 12 or 13 when I read it. *sigh*

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LynneSin

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:56 PM
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5. Would you believe I just read it again tonight

I was at borders - took me about an hour to read. Damn it was such a corny-ass book. And I never realized what a progressive thinker Judy Blume was. She has a new intro to the book that talks about how she wrote the book before the age of AIDS/HIV. The grandmother was also a member of Planned Parenthood and that was frequently mentioned in the book.

I was reading the review in Amazon and some of the user reviews brought up an important point: This book wasn't a sex guide but a tale about why young girls shouldn't rush into sex and how that sex affects the relationship.

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smbolisnch

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Sun Jul-24-05 08:29 PM
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19. I wouldn't mind re-reading it, actually.

That's interesting about the grandmother, too!

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progmom

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:19 PM
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6. page 150

sex on the bathroom floor.

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LynneSin

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:20 PM
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7. MY GOD WOMAN YOU'RE INSANE

You remember page numbers

:wow:

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progmom

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:22 PM
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8. i have a weird memory for numbers

:shrug:

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LynneSin

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:24 PM
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9. How old were you when you popped your "Forever" cherry

:shrug:

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progmom

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:26 PM
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11. ha ha ha

i borrowed Suzy Praszcowicsz's copy in 6th grade. So that would make me....11 or 12? my mom was willing to buy me the book if i would agree to talk to her about it after i read it. i decided that would be too embarrassing so i just read it on the sly during a couple of study halls.

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LynneSin

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:29 PM
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13. We had this girl in 8th grade that had all the good dirty books

that got passed around including Linda Lovelace's autobiography - Ordeal

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XemaSab

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Sun Jul-24-05 02:06 AM
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15. Progmom

Your sig line is jamming to "Born Slippy" by underworld.

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HawkerHurricane

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:25 PM
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10. I read it.

It wasn't the first book with sex in it I read, but it was the first that talked of teenage sex.

It was actually better done (as a story) than more 'mature' sex/romance tales from the time.

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SarahB

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Sat Jul-23-05 11:27 PM
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12. I was 10.

I snuck into my mom's copy of The Joy of Sex. Oh sure, I learned a lot, but I felt uncertain and torn regarding to the whole pit shaving thing after that.

:yoiks:

I don't think I read Forever until I was like, 13 or something. :D

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XemaSab

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Sun Jul-24-05 02:07 AM
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16. Funny!

n/t

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NMMNG

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Sun Jul-24-05 02:04 AM
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14. I remember Forever

It was the first novel I ever read that had sex in it, but I'd already read plenty of nonfiction books about sex prior to that.

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TimeChaser

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Sun Jul-24-05 02:10 AM
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17. I first read about sex

in anatomy books when I was really young (Hey, I've wanted to be a scientist since I was in preschool :) ). Of course, that was just the techinical details. I thought it was something you just had to close your eyes and get through if you wanted a baby. Because back then, seeing a guy naked, even if you were married to him in your dreams, was just too icky.

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Jul-24-05 02:14 AM
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18. The big Judy Blume books for the elem. school/JR high transition period

were "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" (the inferior book for boy adolescents.)

I think everyone I knew including me read "Are You There, God?".

"We Must! We Must! We Must Increase Our Bust!"

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Redneck Socialist

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Sun Jul-24-05 08:32 PM
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20. Not a girl, but that book quickly made the rounds of...

my fifth grade classroom. Ol' Judy threw us kids a wicked curve ball with that book.

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gollygee

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Sun Jul-24-05 08:35 PM
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21. 5th grade

we passed it around from girl to girl in our class :D

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