Cyber Frogs And Princes: A Sex Manual Of On-Line Dating After 50 by Suze Q
Dear Readers, My book is available on Amazon! Being a mostly true story, my friends and strangers are having wildly different reactions. I lost one long-time sorority sister’s friendship because, according to her, after only reading 50 of the 300+ pages, there was “not one redeeming feature about it.” Perhaps she was insulted because of my tidbit about her and her husband, or maybe she’s right. But, if you judge this book by the cover, hopefully you’ll admit it makes you think; then before you get massively uncomfortable with the first sex scene (chapter 5) you’ll muse -well at least she’s a pretty witty writer. So whether you think it should be banned or applauded, please skip the salacious chapters (that all begin with men’s names) if it’s just “too much sex” and get to the meat of the matter, so to speak. The heady chapters are of men, and women, and intimacy, and all those wonders that make us human. -SQ
On the other hand, a dear friend did like the book, so he wrote these kind words.
Dear S.Q. I’ve been dating a gal for a few years, and we both bring “baggage” from hurt childhoods and bad first marriages. We talk cautiously about our wounds but she has a habit of clamming up and not talking for days. Then she speaks like nothing happened and if I beg to know what I did wrong, she just says it was nothing, that the problem was all her. We tried a few therapists, but she always quits.
Dear Hurt, It appears her baggage is still locked away and unavailable for becoming a healthy partner. If she calls quits when help is offered, perhaps it’s time for you to call quits for your own mental health. You can’t help her, but you can help yourself. -SQ
Well Readers, my book: Cyber Frogs And Princes: A Sex Manual Of On-Line Dating Over 50 has published on Amazon. Kindle and paperback so far, hardcover coming soon. Here's a snippet from CHAPTER 36: PAUL had never heard of Ben Wa balls that were worn internally by Chinese women during the war to pleasure themselves while slaving away for 15-hour days at mind-numbing factory jobs. Available as sex toys today with that same mind-altering dreamy effect. -SQDear Suze Q. We’re a religious family that doesn’t believe in abortions. At least we were until our two grown daughters discussed that a family friend was devastated, pregnant, carrying a deformed baby. It shook our beliefs knowing this poor, single girl’s motherhood will change her forever.
Dear Religious, Beliefs about abortion take on another dimension when it’s someone you know and their life story. As the controversy rages in American courts, the Supreme Court today ruled to continue telehealth dispensation of the abortion pill, mifepristone, putting the choice back in the hands of women and their doctors, not legislators. -SQ
Dear Suze Q, My girlfriend’s a bit of a woo-woo believer, Tarot and such. I did the copper bracelet thing and have no idea if my knees feel better or worse. Now she wants us to buy copper (or silver) infused bed sheets that supposedly kill germs and bacteria and cost a fortune and require plug in.
Dear Metal Man, My go-to for consumer research is the New York Times Wirecutter reports (no newspaper subscription required). They conclude that nothing beats soap, hot water, and agitation (washing machine), to clean sheets WEEKLY and rid germs and bacteria. And lots of temperature-regulated systems give your bed the ideal snugness. So, unless you’re into extreme sports or shed skin cells, dirt, etc. excessively, or want to please your woo-woo gf, consider that metal infused bedsheets are scientifically unproven as wonder sheets (and do not substitute as superhero capes). -SQ
