I don’t think I’m a prude, but maybe I am about some things, I have always been modest as far as being able to undress in front of anyone even when I was young going to school. I have never been able to walk around nude in front of anyone so the thought of ever joining a nudist colony or going to a nude beach cracks me up although it doesn’t bother me to see other people nude. I don’t recall ever seeing my Mother or Father nude or even in the same bed except once.

When I was small my Mother slept with me and my daddy had his own room because he was sick so I didn’t understand that mommy and daddy’s slept together. One night I woke up and searched all over the house for my mom and the last place I looked was the ogre’s room because that’s how I thought of him because he was mean. I remember cracking the door and asking if my mommy was in there and she was so I went to the bed and took her hand and told her to come back to bed.

Of course at that age of my life I had no clue what they were doing, I just thought it strange that she was in his bed and not ours. I don’t recall ever seeing much affection between them or even any from him to his children. He was more prone to throw things because he was paralyzed and miserable and he would always shout and rant. I can see how I may have been preconditioned to think some of the things I do now. When I remember some of those things it makes me sad because she was only 45 when she died.

Older people do have sex it’s a simple fact of life and can actually occur until they both lose interest, but young people avoid thinking of their parents as sexual beings and think it’s gross for old people to grope (Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure) and we as parents definitely don’t want to see our children doing it. I actually think all groping in public is gross whether they are young or old some things are just meant to be private. There is no way I would ever lay a lip lock on Bill in front of anyone.

I see nothing wrong with holding hands or an arm around the shoulder or even a peck on the cheek, but some of the public displays I’ve seen in the past years on public streets and parks are down right disgusting. Public displays between gay or lesbian partners are also on the rise and even though most people are blasé about it there is still a sense of taboo and most people even though tolerant really don’t want their children seeing it. 

Live and let live, what people do in the privacy of their home bothers me not, but when it becomes a public display then I get uncomfortable, so maybe I am a public display groping prude.