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.. to feel uncomfortable bout this book loan ..

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gillybob Wed 16-Aug-17 15:29:23

Well my first thought was "yuk" devongirl but then I thought about it a bit more....

If your OH was happy for you to read it first, he couldn't have thought there was anything untoward about it could he?
If you DD is the literary type she will be used to all kinds of writing won't she so probably not phased at all by descriptions of explicit sexual encounters and at 24 she is a grown woman after all (not as though she's 17).

My DH doesn't read (unless you count engineering manuals) so can't compare in (my) real life I'm afraid.

If you feel uncomfortable maybe you should tell your OH that you don't think it was an appropriate book to lend out? I'm not sure.

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devongirl Wed 16-Aug-17 15:19:14

Hi GNers,

I don't know where to go with this but it is really unsettling me so hoping for pearls of wisdom!

My GD is 24; my current OH has known her since she was a toddler, we've been in a relationship on/off for years, he is now 66.

We both belong to book clubs and frequently swap books; DD has a degree in EngLit so also v interested in books. Recently he had with him a book he was intending to lend to her, but as I was between books he lent it to me first.

Thing is, it's a beautifully written novella - no problem there; but the first quarter contains a long explicit and intimate (physically and emotionally) description of a sexual encounter.

When I read it, I was horrified at the idea of him (66-year-old man) lending this to my 24-year-old DD to read.

Am I being a prude? I can't begin to describe how completely inappropriate that would have been IMO.

Can GNers see where I'm coming from? and what do you think?

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