Guilty Pleasures - Page 7

xoxoxoBruce · 02-13-2008, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

but doesn't your attraction shift as you age? mine totally does...

Not so much shift, as expand. Continually adding appreciation of new groups... types, shapes, special attributes, and of course talents.

My 13 year old was a dead ringer for Annette Funicello, not some skinny waif that happen to reach puberty.

classicman · 02-13-2008, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

but doesn't your attraction shift as you age? mine totally does...

I think moreso as you mature than age. Although normally the two happen concurrently, but not always.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-13-2008, 10:57 AM

Or are you just adjusting your expectations to reality and availability?

Generally sex involves more than rutting, and as you mature your want to interact with someone you can connect with mentally and emotionally.

But I'm not talking about looking at a person as someone to connect with,
I'm talking about looking at someone, and appreciating their beauty and sexuality.

lookout123 · 02-13-2008, 11:12 AM

Bruce, I absolutely agree with you that it is normal to admire the beauty in women of all ages. There is a sea of difference between thinking, "Hey, that teenage star is a real looker" when you come across them on tv or in print and choosing to sit down in front of the tv and watch the disney channel so you can watch the "teenie tasties". Completely different.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-13-2008, 11:16 AM

But, but, but, love the one you're with.

BigV · 02-14-2008, 03:18 PM

Turning up the thermostat instead of getting my hat and sweater and socks and blanket....

monster · 02-14-2008, 03:22 PM

I wonder if the difference is having kids? When you have kids, you suddenly view them as items to protect rather than lust after?

Ibby · 02-16-2008, 01:06 PM

i know for sure that if i were ten or twenty years older a lot of the girls (and guys) i find attractive would just be, kinda creepy. And conversely, a lot of the men and ladies you old farts are on about are just kinda old for me. I figure, its either environmental (one is mostly surrounded by people close to one's age so that's what one likes), or just a biological predisposition to wanna mate with those of the roughly same age or generation.

that said, i concur, drax is a creep.

Clodfobble · 02-16-2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

that said, i concur, drax is a creep.

The thing is, I totally understand what his deal is. The circumstances of his life have left him in a position of being very immature for his age. He is, for all intents and purposes of mental attraction, the same age as these girls. It actually makes more sense for him to be attracted to them, rather than women his age. But unlike a 15-year-old boy, he has an extra 20-odd years of sexual frustration hanging off him, which is what changes it from American-Pie-funny-because-it's-awkward-desperation into creepy-ass-pedophile-desperation.

SteveDallas · 02-16-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

Bruce, I absolutely agree with you that it is normal to admire the beauty in women of all ages. There is a sea of difference between thinking, "Hey, that teenage star is a real looker" when you come across them on tv or in print and choosing to sit down in front of the tv and watch the disney channel so you can watch the "teenie tasties". Completely different.

I "get" to watch these shows all the time (my son loves them)... I compare it to this generation's version of Happy Days. I wonder what my parents thought when Fonzie had a date with the Brezinsky Triplets?? The girls are cute. The plots are beyond lame. Yawn.

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Originally Posted by monster

I wonder if the difference is having kids? When you have kids, you suddenly view them as items to protect rather than lust after?

It depends on what you mean by "lust after." (Like Jimmy Carter, I have lusted after women in my heart.) I can think, "wow, she looks really nice." That doesn't mean, "wow, I'd like to hit that." That may seem like a subtle distinction, but it's a distinction nonetheless.

Teenagers will always dress to shock--whatever it takes to "shock" in a particular generation. What I find repulsive is not the fashions on these shows, it's the way those fashions have been co-opted for profit by the mega-corporations that produce and air the TV shows. I'm more concerned about how to deal with the consumeristic impulses of the predominate culture than with the fashions. (Though I'm not a fan of many of the fashions.)

Drax · 02-16-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

"teenie tasties"

Oh good Lord. Now, I regretting my choice of words there.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-16-2008, 07:27 PM

This is all bullshit, speculating the reasoning behind the choice of the phrase "teenie tasties".
Just why do you think those girls were chosen for the roles they play? Because they would be attractive to their target audience, methinks, because they are "teenie tasties". Does acknowledging that make me a pedophile?

jinx · 02-16-2008, 08:23 PM

Their target audience is my 7 year old daughter. She doesn't call them teenie tasties.

Drax · 02-16-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

This is all bullshit, speculating the reasoning behind the choice of the phrase "teenie tasties".
Just why do you think those girls were chosen for the roles they play? Because they would be attractive to their target audience, methinks, because they are "teenie tasties". Does acknowledging that make me a pedophile?

Damn. I could've used that argument when ya'll were bashin' for posting all 'ose pix.

Drax · 02-16-2008, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Their target audience is my 7 year old daughter. She doesn't call them teenie tasties.

Be glad she doesn't.

02-13-2008, 10:57 AM	#93
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Or are you just adjusting your expectations to reality and availability? Generally sex involves more than rutting, and as you mature your want to interact with someone you can connect with mentally and emotionally. But I'm not talking about looking at a person as someone to connect with, I'm talking about looking at someone, and appreciating their beauty and sexuality. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-13-2008, 11:12 AM	#94
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Bruce, I absolutely agree with you that it is normal to admire the beauty in women of all ages. There is a sea of difference between thinking, "Hey, that teenage star is a real looker" when you come across them on tv or in print and choosing to sit down in front of the tv and watch the disney channel so you can watch the "teenie tasties". Completely different. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-13-2008, 11:16 AM	#95
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But, but, but, love the one you're with. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2008, 03:18 PM	#96
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Turning up the thermostat instead of getting my hat and sweater and socks and blanket.... __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-14-2008, 03:22 PM	#97
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I wonder if the difference is having kids? When you have kids, you suddenly view them as items to protect rather than lust after? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2008, 01:06 PM	#98
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	i know for sure that if i were ten or twenty years older a lot of the girls (and guys) i find attractive would just be, kinda creepy. And conversely, a lot of the men and ladies you old farts are on about are just kinda old for me. I figure, its either environmental (one is mostly surrounded by people close to one's age so that's what one likes), or just a biological predisposition to wanna mate with those of the roughly same age or generation. that said, i concur, drax is a creep. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-16-2008, 07:27 PM	#102
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This is all bullshit, speculating the reasoning behind the choice of the phrase "teenie tasties". Just why do you think those girls were chosen for the roles they play? Because they would be attractive to their target audience, methinks, because they are "teenie tasties". Does acknowledging that make me a pedophile? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-16-2008, 08:23 PM	#103
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Their target audience is my 7 year old daughter. She doesn't call them teenie tasties. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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