“You really should start dating again. I know some great guys. I could hook you up.”
“We’ve talked about this, I’m fine.”
“Aren’t you lonely? You’re too young to be by yourself.”
“Just because I’m alone, doesn’t mean I’m lonely.”
“Don’t you miss… you know?”
“Sure, I miss… the intimacy, but I can’t…”
“I can’t believe you’re being so inhibited. The sexual taboos of our 20s don’t apply now that we’re in our 50s.”
“I’m not being inhibited, I’m being pragmatic. I don’t want to break in a new lover, and we won’t even talk about having to get naked!”
The 100 Word Challenge, a writing prompt created by Velvet Verbosity, takes a single theme to tell a story in only 100 words ~ no more, no less. This week’s theme is ‘Inhibited.’
Day 20 – 30 Days of Shamelessness: talk about sex
“Breaking in a new lover” – interesting way to think about it. I thought after a certain age everyone’s got it down pat? No? ;)
Oh that’s good. I found my use of “inhibited” a little contrived- you’ve done it well. Sigh, wouldn’t mind at all breaking in a new lover!
Oh, how true, how true, every little bit of this!
I agree with Mama Zen, I’m way too old to start breaking in a new lover. Geez I’m still working on the one I have now!
The thought of nakedness is frightening … as for breaking in a new lover … *shudders* … not even gonna go there !
P.S. My first time at the 100-word prompt !
http://writer-in-transit.co.za/no-offence-please/
Love dialogue when one person never really hears the other…Robin
Love it, and so true.
I see nothing wrong with breaking in a new lover. That’s the fun part. :-) Nicely done.
Ha ha Love the thought of breaking someone else in but do shudder at the thought of having someone new see me naked :)
Leaping back onto the playing field. At first I thought..wait, she’s in a relationship right? ..oh yeah, the writing thing….
I’m seriously getting old. The thought of breaking in a new lover makes me shudder.
hahahaha. I wondered how you would tackle this one ;) Excellent job. And honestly, the “breaking in a new lover” thing holds true with someone even in their late 20s. I mean, seriously, who wants to go through all that work for a little sex? ;)
Yeah, the breaking in a new lover line is good.
But isn’t breaking in a new lover the exciting part? The ‘new’ part? Isn’t it the “Oh Baby, a little to the left and you’ve got it” part that makes the process of discovery so much fun?
But I love this piece.
And you’re not bad at dialog pieces either, I see.
“Break in a new lover” makes me laugh…for several reasons. Very relatable and very natural conservation. I had it in my mid 30s.
good job