tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post3791763054277203226..comments2024-01-28T04:42:49.700-08:00Comments on DIK (Desert Island Keepers): Periods in books...and I ain't talking timeDIK Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03975839058527201650noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-22597232874014729152010-05-22T06:38:27.575-07:002010-05-22T06:38:27.575-07:00Hi MsM
Forgot to come back for this one.
You crack...Hi MsM<br />Forgot to come back for this one.<br />You crack me up. What an interesting post. Except for vampire stories, periods are TMI beyond:<br /><br />-heroine gets her period therefore she's not pregnant or the opposite.<br />-they can't have sex because of it<br />-she's PMSing because of it & it affects her behavior<br /><br />Don't need any flow info at all!Mary Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470057739043473942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-48847807662404929692010-05-21T17:57:47.334-07:002010-05-21T17:57:47.334-07:00In real life, with consenting adults...whatever fl...In real life, with consenting adults...whatever floats your boat!<br /><br />In books, showing how a male responds to menstruation, or to his partner having cramps would give interesting insight into his character. It could certainly add some funny lines and situations. <br /><br />I also think a female's reaction to menstruation, whether accepting it as a natural part of life or using it as an excuse to be a drama queen, would give a glimpse into how that character would handle other situations, too.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321441847501435211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-59602507722172587422010-05-21T06:30:07.038-07:002010-05-21T06:30:07.038-07:00I've never read Endless Love but I'm defin...I've never read Endless Love but I'm definitely not going to now, lol. I've never really thought about the whole period thing (or lack of it) in books...Wouldn't bug me reading it unless there was any sort of oral stuff going on during that time. <br /><br />And where did you find that last picture (cartoon vamp w/ the woman)? Hilarious!Katie Reushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085461796363818906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-44008941829949382232010-05-20T23:14:19.119-07:002010-05-20T23:14:19.119-07:00@MsM and Cecile: to each his/her own. I myself rat...@MsM and Cecile: to each his/her own. I myself rather have the interaction than the solo explorations.Sullivan McPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-4602866047534816282010-05-20T20:44:12.362-07:002010-05-20T20:44:12.362-07:00Very entertaining post!!Very entertaining post!!Martha Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042754635352542051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-79948839116585366322010-05-20T19:57:11.292-07:002010-05-20T19:57:11.292-07:00"bloody muff diving"
Thank God I never ..."bloody muff diving"<br /><br />Thank God I never read this when I first woke up this morning. It's quite possible that I would have thrown up. Icky.<br /><br />When menstruation is relevant to the story, I think, like all things, it's perfectly fine. <br /><br />I've also read some sex scenes in which women have had their period at the same time of the scene. Some have worked more than others, but there have definitely never been any scenes that have included a guy going down on a girl.<br /><br />Again. Icky.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281267776361355788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-46900402483734003222010-05-20T17:41:11.693-07:002010-05-20T17:41:11.693-07:00Um, gross. But a unique topic that I've never...Um, gross. But a unique topic that I've never commented on! So kudos.<br /><br />The Witches of Eastwick has a period sex scene but I don't think oral is invovled. I also remember the heroine in Rachel's Holiday mentioning her period, and her boyfriend says, "Yay, a week without condoms!"<br /><br />Other than that, I've got nothing. And I'm glad. Don't need period details (har) or on-the-toilet scenes in my reading.Jill Sorensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780655429244358019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-1110323536814895232010-05-20T14:51:35.747-07:002010-05-20T14:51:35.747-07:00I was thinking that too Ms M... Sorry Sullivan.. M...I was thinking that too Ms M... Sorry Sullivan.. Monkey spanking is quiet hot though... at the right time in the right place.... And in those books!Cecile Smutty Hussyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396832012591524937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-76101686586400128572010-05-20T14:49:56.891-07:002010-05-20T14:49:56.891-07:00Oh dear Sullivan McPig hero's spanking their m...Oh dear Sullivan McPig hero's spanking their monkey are actually very common in a lot of the books I read- and I don't mind that a bit! Most especially M/M romance.<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-22009376648141676062010-05-20T13:45:52.556-07:002010-05-20T13:45:52.556-07:00Seeing as how it's not just blood that leaves ...Seeing as how it's not just blood that leaves a woman's body when she has her period I must say the thought of a vampire liking it, just seems sort of icky. <br />Like drinking hot chocolat made from instant powder with lumps still in it. *shudders*<br /><br />That image burned into my brain for eternity I have to say that I don't mind a period being mentioned when it fits the story, but otherwise I don't need it. just as I don't need descriptions of the heroine's visits to the toilet or the hero spanking his monkey.Sullivan McPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-85119450590877610032010-05-20T12:21:27.536-07:002010-05-20T12:21:27.536-07:00LOL Heather!
I wondered when I wrote this post if...LOL Heather!<br /><br />I wondered when I wrote this post if I'd get anyone to respond to such a topic at all. I also wondered if I'd get tossed off the island (er...again- this time without Jack Sparrow to blame!).<br /><br />Thanks to everyone for commenting, I appreciate it. This was an iffy topic for me to run with here on DIK.<br /><br />I hope I didn't creep anyone out too much.<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-49911122230932471572010-05-20T12:18:33.786-07:002010-05-20T12:18:33.786-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-59800791940903057672010-05-20T12:13:48.164-07:002010-05-20T12:13:48.164-07:00Ms. M you really know how to make my skin crawl. I...Ms. M you really know how to make my skin crawl. I am happy to say that I did not read Endless Love. <br /><br />I have really never thought about it. I would have to agree with Lea and Cecile... relevance to the story without icky details.<br /><br />I really don't want to read about someone earning their Red Wings.Heather Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632528059311088701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-83421589071190781232010-05-20T11:05:23.549-07:002010-05-20T11:05:23.549-07:00LOLOLOL "Do girls expect us to do that?"...LOLOLOL "Do girls expect us to do that?" with horrified looks (this is not an understatement!)<br /><br />Yes, I remember those conversations well, lol. Both the guys and the girls were horrified. I mean, here you are, your body doing all this weird crap, and then you read something like Endless Love, and think WHAT THE F**K! I didn't even want to be there during my period, lol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688849410604429533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-52321889031459113132010-05-20T10:29:14.504-07:002010-05-20T10:29:14.504-07:00LOL Dottie another "Endless Love" reader...LOL Dottie another "Endless Love" reader who was scarred for life!<br /><br />That book was passed around during Biology class and the spine was cracked in all the sex scene parts!<br /><br />I remember some of us dumb girls whispering "Do guys LIKE to do that when girls have their periods?"<br /><br />And the guys (with horrified looks on their faces) "Do girls expect us to do that?"<br /><br />LOL!<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-19607106070458466492010-05-20T10:08:54.874-07:002010-05-20T10:08:54.874-07:00LOL Ms M!
I read Endless Love and if that doesn&#...LOL Ms M!<br /><br />I read Endless Love and if that doesn't put you off teenage sex, I don't know what will!!! Traumatized and grossed out.<br /><br />As much as I love vampires, I'm not at all interested in reading about dining on the.... ewwwww... And I don't care if it's supposed to reveal cramping, that's what Ibuprofen is for, I'd take it by the handfuls rather than clean the mess...again ewwww....<br /><br />I've read Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Series, and when she talked about Sookie being on her period, it added to story. That didn't bother me at all, it kind of made sense.<br /><br />I don't necessarily mind reading that some woman involved in the story is having her period, it's a fact of life, it happens. I just don't want to read about the nasty part.<br /><br />I don't mind about reading about condoms used in sex scenes, it's more realistic and responsible. As a mother of two boys and one girl, I want to promote condom use, lol, not that any of my little angels will ever have pre-martial sex (I'm keeping them chained in their bedrooms as I type, phones disconnected, windows blocked and blacked out). LOLOLOL (yeah, right!)<br /><br />Sometimes, I think the act of putting on the condom adds sexiness and the sensuality of the story, depending on how's it told. It can be fun and sexy or deadpan dull, I vote for fun and sexy, LOL!<br /><br />Dottie :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688849410604429533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-51120443516495307482010-05-20T09:57:46.215-07:002010-05-20T09:57:46.215-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688849410604429533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-86665923535495441652010-05-20T09:41:30.679-07:002010-05-20T09:41:30.679-07:00I don't mind sex during the period but it does...I don't mind sex during the period but it doesn't happen in books very often. Wait, let me qualify - sex during period but NO going down on the heroine, thank you very much.<br /><br />Sometimes when the h/h are having sex daily for a month or two and there's been no mention of the visit from Aunt Flo it makes me wonder what's up. Is the author ignoring it? Or I expect the heroine to show up pregnant but that doesn't happen either. Weird. <br /><br />That Spencer books would have freaked me out for life, I'm so glad I never read it. ewww!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-16042002812607667682010-05-20T09:21:31.196-07:002010-05-20T09:21:31.196-07:00TMI!!! If the period fits the story is one thing, ...TMI!!! If the period fits the story is one thing, but if not necessary to the story, then loose it. YUK! I'll never read Endless Love. That's just over the line, obession or not!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611630330433014861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-21109788896658851262010-05-20T08:07:53.413-07:002010-05-20T08:07:53.413-07:00I remember the Anne Rice scene as well....but not ...I remember the Anne Rice scene as well....but not the particular book.<br /><br />It was when Lestat went all nuts about being a vampire - went to Heaven and Hell and had a long talk in each place. He was prone in the church for a long time and when he finally got up - he needed blood. A woman was there to help (I'm thinking she was a nun - or at least a virgin) and Lestat did not want to 'harm' her by taking blood - so he took it that way.<br /><br />I thought - ewww, then and still think ewww now. LOL<br /><br />But for vampires - it does make sense. For regular folks - it doesn't.<br /><br />M <br /><br />MMichelle Greathousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06175297774187025193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-72687778780114088972010-05-20T07:22:15.609-07:002010-05-20T07:22:15.609-07:00Hi there Cecile!
I agree "if done right can ...Hi there Cecile!<br /><br />I agree "if done right can actually make the story a real one".<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-26470315739493073582010-05-20T07:13:49.555-07:002010-05-20T07:13:49.555-07:00I always wondered about this one too. I mean we ta...I always wondered about this one too. I mean we talk about safe sex and putting condoms on and things like that. I kinda agree with Lea... not wanting to hear about it in a graphic way... But if done right can actually make the story "a real one". I mean, yea been there done that... still having that crap.. But it is a fact of life. Like if the heroine is acting bitchy... she is pmsing.. okay.. so that is a good line in a story.<br /><br />Now as far as the muff driving or dining... Ummm... no.. But agreeing with Donna on this one... Scientifically proven, it is one of the best times. **shrugs shoulders**<br />Get post honey!Cecile Smutty Hussyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396832012591524937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-66840014837579568862010-05-20T06:36:27.577-07:002010-05-20T06:36:27.577-07:00Hi Patti I am interested in which Anne Rice book y...Hi Patti I am interested in which Anne Rice book you are thinking of. I've about 4 of her books in my TBR pile.<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-90170751642398484202010-05-20T06:35:23.318-07:002010-05-20T06:35:23.318-07:00Thanks Donna. It's a topic I've had floati...Thanks Donna. It's a topic I've had floating around in my head for about a year now. I finally decided to go for it and see what happens!<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-46971257158906910212010-05-20T06:34:26.820-07:002010-05-20T06:34:26.820-07:00Lea: 'As for vampires and the scent thing - ma...Lea: 'As for vampires and the scent thing - makes sense I guess, again as long as there is no graphic "chewing on the muff" during the heroine's period.' <br /><br /><br />*chokes* LOL! Then you really, really do NOT want to read "Endless Love" by Scott Spencer! There's definately "chewing on the muff" in that one! <br /><br />You kill me Lea! LOL<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />MsMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com