The naked, decrepit old man leant, crookedly, over his wife-hag. His gnarled and weathered hands caressing her thigh, as delicately as he could manage, as if a woodpecker, probing the bark of ancient oak tree for grubs.

"C-C-Can I...," he stutters, dribbling mid-sentence onto the fold of grey skin that now covered her navel.

"Yeaaaasssss," she hissed, past a single green tooth.

The old man moved like a stick insect - movements slow enough to be passed off by predators as the random affects of wind. The occasional, involuntary spasm feeding this illusion. After six minutes he was on all fours, above his prey on the mouldy brown bed, the weight of his carcass causing the ligaments of his wrists and knees to crack and squeek. His neck tore as he peered downwards, flakes of skin falling like snow onto an ancient mound of matted, greasy hair, from which emanated an essence of neglect, decay, and lavender. By chemotaxis alone could he venture so far southward, for his eyes had long forgotten their purpose. The wife-hag parted her legs, negotiating the synthetic anomaly that now resided within her hips like a human Rubik's Snake. As she focused upwards, she began to salivate to the aroma of ammonia and long-forgotted excreta. A collective mass of abused and mis-used skin swung, like entrails on a washing-line, above her nose. Whether as if two souls combined, or after 60 years of Pavlovian conditioning, their tongues extended, simultaneously...


Do old people REALLY have sex? I've put much thought to this and have decided that I will invest in a pension that will specifically cater for two young prostitutes to service both me and my partner in our old age. Probably by the age of 50. It depresses me to think that sexual desire dies before our bodies do. I really can't understand how one granny can get turned on by another granny

It's all a matter of perspective.

You either see old people in the terms you've described, e.g. "decrepit", "gnarled", "weathered" ... or you choose to see them as individuals who have lived and experienced life to the best of their abilities and who have gained knowledge wisdom that, God willing, we may one day achieve for ourselves.

Why would we want to deny our older generations any experience that is fun and enjoyable, and why would we want to talk about our elders in such a degrading way?

Surely it would be better to benefit from their wisdom rather than write about them disrespectfully like this?

Reincarnate said:

I don't deny the right of old grannies to have sex. Far from it. I deny that grannies by default are more wiser or more knowledgeable, that's for sure. And I deny that at a certain age I will ditch my preference of a silk-soft breast for something not unlike a rotting pineapple. I deny that grannies can be aroused by each others 'maturity'. We reach a peak of maturity in life, around 45 years of age, and then go back down the hill from there until we are once again shitting and pissing in our beds. These sort of things should not be allowed to block our carnal desires.

Taureau said:

It's funny though - whatever age I reach, I'm attracted to people of my own age group, or older. I think arousal and sexual attraction has less to do with the body (particularly as you get older) and more to do with the mind.

I can't really conceive of a time when I will again be attracted to anyone under the age of 30 again, and I have no reason to believe that I would feel any differently about 40 year olds when I'm 50 or 60.

And not all old people shit and piss in their beds ... it's that kind of description of old people that bothers me.

Reincarnate said:

Ok fare enough not all grannies piss and shit in their beds. But really, is it the case that with age sexual attraction becomes more to do with the mind? If you mean that it requires a strong mind (together with a strong stomach) to overcome the lack of physical beauty then sure. I don't expect to be able to achieve full erection once I'm past 50, but similarly I can't imagine wanting to kiss someone when their lips look like they've been painted onto a dogs ass.

Taureau said:

I can only feel sad about that Taureau. How can you ever feel true love if you don't believe someone can be attractive when they become old? Shouldn't real love last a lifetime, irrespective of outward appearance?

Reincarnate said:

Love doesn't automatically equate to sex now does it? Surely it can't if by the age of 50 even Pfizer won't be able to help my cause. I'm hoping that what you are saying is that as I grow older, my brain will change and I will start to notice qualities that I'd never dream of being attracted to before. Like an entire body covered in varicose veins

Taureau said:

Well, we agree on one thing ... yes, love doesn't equate to sex - I agree

But, I think if you love someone deeply, you won't worry about what they look like. You'll want to grow old together and, whatever age you both are, you will find them attractive. Therefore it won't make you ill to think of their body.

Also, not everyone ages in the way you describe. My father is 70 now and is extremely attractive and, as a lot of younger women say, still sexy! My mother, also, is still very pretty. So, it needn't be all doom and gloom. But, should the worse come to the worse and you end up with a partner who ages badly, I do hope that you will be aware of their inner beauty as well as what they look like. Believe it or not, if you truly love someone, I do believe that will happen ... looks will cease to be as relevant as you get older.

There are some really strange websites on this subject, which seem to prove your point Reincarnate