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Oral sex.

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kircubbin2000 Fri 10-Sept-21 20:16:39

Perhaps I had a sheltered life but I never heard of this growing up or with any boyfriends. It wasn't until a girls holiday when I was about 40 that my friend told me she had tried it and another friend said her husband had tried but she didn't like it.
I found it hard to believe that people actually did it but now it seems one of the most common things young people do.

Hetty58 Sat 11-Sept-21 00:23:44

Lucca and Sago - my mother used to pretend to be innocent too!

Caleo Sat 11-Sept-21 00:26:39

My boyfriend and and I invented it for ourselves. We did not need to be told how to do it.

nanna8 Sat 11-Sept-21 00:42:45

Gawd you’re putting me off me cheese on toast here ….

EilaRose Sat 11-Sept-21 01:05:07

I have tears streaming down my face...thanks for the laughs!
grin

Bluebellwould Sat 11-Sept-21 01:31:48

Well at least marmite is salty!

heath480 Sat 11-Sept-21 01:38:54

I was a Student Nurse in the1960’s.Oral sex was used as a form of contraception.Absolutely normal.

NotSpaghetti Sat 11-Sept-21 01:48:36

Both cunnilingus and fellatio were definitely "a thing" years ago...
There's fresco proof in Pompeii - however both were considered beyond the pale for respectable people as the mouth was considered holy.

Nansnet Sat 11-Sept-21 06:05:51

Having been born in the early '60s, and a teenager in the '70s, I don't think there was anyone I knew who didn't know what it was, and most probably tried it out. Each to their own, and if you enjoy it, go for it. If you don't, that's fine too. But let's not judge others, regardless of their age, for what they enjoy doing, or choose not to do, with consenting partners, during intimate moments. wink

M0nica Sat 11-Sept-21 06:56:16

I was born in 1943 and convent educated. It was common knowledge in the early 1960s - and I knew the proper names for it.

As for sex education, we may not have had it at school but we discussed it among ourselves and there was plenty of information available.

Riverwalk Sat 11-Sept-21 07:34:43

The worse thing about oral sex ..... the view.

annsixty Sat 11-Sept-21 07:47:59

Many years ago when I was concerned about my weight I went to a Slimming World class.
The question was asked about the calorie count of indulging in oral sex.
The group leader came straight back, without batting an eyelid
“ the equivalent of a helping of broccoli “

mokryna Sat 11-Sept-21 08:00:56

Riverwalk

The worse thing about oral sex ..... the view.

gringringrin

Calendargirl Sat 11-Sept-21 08:03:45

I seem to remember the subject being brought up around the time of the AIDS crisis, the Health Minister, Norman Fowler, was apparently heard to say “Surely people don’t do that!”

Blondiescot Sat 11-Sept-21 08:07:25

The Mars Bar comment made me laugh! And the one about explaining BJs to mother - I can go one better! Years ago, my mother was reading The Scotsman newspaper at breakfast and out of the blue, asked me "what's buggery"? After almost choking on my toast and Marmite (!), I discovered she was reading a court case - and then had the joys of trying to explain it to her.

Ohmother Sat 11-Sept-21 08:22:24

Loving this thread ??. It’s made my morning.

And yes! It’s the best thing since sliced bread! ?.

nadateturbe Sat 11-Sept-21 08:33:16

I've enjoyed the thread too and laughed out loud at much of it and the other thread. Some GNetters have a great sense of humour.
But I do resent some saying we weren't normal teenagers who didn't know about oral sex.

Jaxjacky Sat 11-Sept-21 08:44:55

Anyone remember Bryan Adams Summer of ‘69?.apparently it wasn’t about the year. (According to Bryan in an interview).

Zoejory Sat 11-Sept-21 08:47:27

Jaxjacky

Anyone remember Bryan Adams Summer of ‘69?.apparently it wasn’t about the year. (According to Bryan in an interview).

Well that's me shattered for the day.

grannyrebel7 Sat 11-Sept-21 08:52:01

Don't think my mum ever knew about it! smile

Kittye Sat 11-Sept-21 08:52:48

Sago I remember my dear mum asking her hairdresser for a BJ and then wondering why the whole salon erupted with laughter ?
Re original post. If I remember rightly oral sex was one of the best parts of lovemaking

nanaK54 Sat 11-Sept-21 09:00:31

I have mentioned this before on here, many moons ago I was in the US when I saw someone wearing a T-shirt with the following words on the front:
'Let go of my ears I know what I'm doing'
grin

Greyduster Sat 11-Sept-21 09:06:59

NanaK54 ??

BlueBelle Sat 11-Sept-21 09:15:46

Trouble is I only liked it one way and that’s not fair really ?‍?
My friend lives at 69 and I always feel a snigger when I see it on her door (never grown up)

Lucca Sat 11-Sept-21 09:22:23

Hetty58

Kircubbin:

'We had no sex education growing up in 60s'

Where on Earth did you grow up? (Maybe in isolation - a convent on a remote island somewhere?)

You just have to be joking, surely!

I didn’t either. Girls boarding school until age 15. There may have been some bizarre film about Maud not swimming that week…..but I knew nothing about actual sex until a friend whose Dad was a farmer told me some stuff.

I did not know about homosexuality until I was 17 !!

Lucca Sat 11-Sept-21 09:22:57

BlueBelle

Trouble is I only liked it one way and that’s not fair really ?‍?
My friend lives at 69 and I always feel a snigger when I see it on her door (never grown up)

Yup.