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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:09 AM
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Study: 26 percent of people 75-85 sexually active
The University of Chicago study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine is being called the first comprehensive look at the sex lives of older adults in the USA. It portrays an image that researchers say runs counter to the stereotypes of older people as either asexual or "dirty old men."

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Based on data collected from 3,005 adults ages 57 to 85 during two-hour face-to-face interviews from July 2005 to March 2006, the findings show many are sexually active as long as they're healthy.

In the preceding 12 months, 73% of those ages 57 to 64, 53% of those 65 to 74 and 26% of those 75 to 85 said they were sexually active. Among those who reported good or excellent health, 81% of men and 51% of women said they had been sexually active in the past year vs. 47% of men and 26% of women who reported fair or poor health.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-08-22-older-sex_N.htm

:headbang:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:11 AM
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1. Damn! They're gettin' more than me!
:cry:




Good on 'em, though!
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ruiner4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:12 AM
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2. same here girl...
Like margaret cho said, im afraid its getting all cobwebby...
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:14 AM
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4. Cobwebby????
:scared:

I prefer "Reconstituted Virgin".
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:13 AM
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3. Hell, girl
They're gettin' more than I ever got. x(
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:15 AM
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5. ......
That sucks, dude! x(

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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:19 AM
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6. Especially since
I finally learned how to do it right.

:silly:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:29 AM
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7. Double damn!
:banghead:
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FreedRadical Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:44 AM
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8. Sometimes I think I'm getting too much information.
:blush:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:49 AM
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9. Avert thine eyes
:D
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:51 AM
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10. Let me be the first to say... Ewww. n/t
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:54 AM
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11. Why?
I think it rawks that the old folks are still gettin' it on. :applause:



'Course, the part about oral sex was sort of... well, it reminded me of an old joke about Poli-Grip. :D
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:59 AM
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12. I don't know man. I'm always leery of really old plumbing.
But hey if the pipes are a pumping...
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:10 AM
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15. I can understand that
Wrinkles 'n' stuff, y'know.



But, hey — if I've still got pressure at that age, I sure hope I can find a matching thread. :D
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 01:59 AM
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13. What? Older people shouldn't have sex?
:shrug:

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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:05 AM
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14. I don't want to get flamed for being ageist, but yes, that's the gist of it.
When does a person stop being old and start being ancient?

I'm cool with the freakdown until about 65, but then... you know, let's hang em up, kids. If there's any possibility of you being a great grandparent, your genitals should be retired!

(of course I'm joking here. Don't really flame me!)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:11 AM
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16. I draw the line at
mummy sex.

:puke:
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:12 AM
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17. I know. You spend all your time getting undressed and dressed again!
Such a hassle...
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:14 AM
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19. ...
:rofl:

Re-wrap me, bay-bee.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 03:11 AM
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22. Come 'ere, you!
:evilgrin:


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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 09:27 AM
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31. Jealous?
n/t
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:13 AM
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18. seemed like they defined 'sexually active'
as 'having sex 3 or 4 times a month'.


That's not my idea of 'active'.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 03:12 AM
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23. Would be if you were in my shoes.
Try 8 years of NOTHING!

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:


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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 03:27 AM
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25. I have
had 32 years of nothing

but who's counting?

Hello, Guiness, what's the current record for ...


I cannot understand you though, because you look pretty irresistable.


Or should that be irresistably pretty?


Either way :wtf:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 03:31 AM
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26. Thankee kindly.
Wish the person under the same roof felt the same. x(


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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 09:42 AM
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32. Man, I better get to Seattle soon, huh?
:D

RL
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:16 AM
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20. Need... mental.... floss....
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 02:46 AM
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21. Wow
a quarter of over-75s get it more than I do. :o
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 03:13 AM
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24. I know. It's da shitz, ain't it?
:grr:

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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 07:28 AM
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27. I'm shocked that the numbers for women are that high. Go, girls. nt
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 07:33 AM
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28. They're three times my age and are getting more action than I am.
:( :cry:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 07:35 AM
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29. They're doin' the horizontal bop all over Florida! ! !
Sexually transmitted disease among the elderly is rampid. Seriously.
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DuaneBidoux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 09:22 AM
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30. This is discouraging. Seniors are getting more than me.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 10:05 AM
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33. Good for them...I hope I'm part of the 26% when I make it to that age...
assuming I get there!
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 10:08 AM
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34. i will be one of those people who get in on when they are old
tee hee!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 10:19 AM
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35. i was working in the kitchen in a nursing home years ago when...
the nurses were running around laughing their asses off..of course i had to inquire and it seems there was a couple who had been married for over 70 years that even in their 90`s and senile were still trying to get it on...course the spoil sport nursing staff had to stop them but everyone admired their desire!
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 10:20 AM
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36. My 86-year-old Grandfather and 81-year-old Grandmother
still have sex. How do I know this? Because I saw the bottle of Viagra when I was cleaning their bathroom.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 10:20 AM
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37. cute.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-23-07 10:25 AM
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38. Hurray! Proving there is life after 55!
:evilgrin:
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