May 29, 2008
…NOT!
A couple of years back, I was having a phone conversation with one of the nieces I’d helped corrupt raise. It was shortly after Thanksgiving, and she’d recently landed a job as a nurse’s aide in a prominent hospital.
She was full of stories about the doctors, nurses, and patients (as anyone would be who’d just started an exciting new position), and I listened very politely.
Until she told me her story about a man coming into their emergency room with a wishbone stuck up his butt.
No, I am not making it up.
And unfortunately for the poor fellow, it was good and stuck. They actually had to perform a bit of minor surgery to remove it.
No word on whether the interns on call actually made a wish at the time.
Now please, don’t get me wrong. Whatever people want to insert into the cavities of their body is okay with me, as long as they deal with the consequences (I won’t mention some of the other things she said they’d encountered).
I’m sure that whatever precipitated this may have been silly/romantic or stimulating in some way. No doubt, some people would find the concept exciting. It wouldn’t work for me personally—but then, I’m not into fun and games with proctology.
So let’s toss our turkey legs up here on the table, shall we?
I want to know what behavior, speech, positions, or anything related to romance and/or sex you’ve read in books that simply does not work for you, for whatever reason. And please feel free to be as delicate or blunt as you wish.
Reader feedback is always a valuable asset for a writer. Think of it as sharing something with a friend.
Sort of like………………



Do you believe that rumor about Richard Gere and the gerbil? I’m not sure if it’s true, but I’m sure people have tried it. I can handle reading light bondage and spanking, but nothing extreme or violent. All positions are welcomed, so is sex on the table, stairs or wall. I don’t care for the c word.
I’m conservative. I get turned off by inserted things - with a couple of exceptions, in a couple of places.
The only thing that turns me off in reading is when the heroine (it seems it’s never the hero) is so terribly reluctant, “no. no. There is no way in hell. Nothing you could say….” and the with the least provacative asking, “sure why not.”
THAT pisses/turns me off. Have a spine and keep it! Some of the most graphic or horrific scenes, if done right, move the story where it needs to be. Not sure if that is on topic or not… coffee hasn’t kicked in yet…
Playing with each others bum hole is a huge turn off for me. I’m just thinking that person just pooped out of that, why would you touch it, lick it, insert things in it. Eeew!
And my mother is a nurse. She’s been a nurse for the past 25 years(most of that in ER). I’m 23 so I’ve heard all kinds of things. I’ve heard of grapefruits, gerbils, hamsters, mice being inserted in bum holes and then getting stuck. Lets not mention when the inserted thing dies. And um, some other really, really gross stuff happening to a woman when she let her boyfriend put tuna fish in her vagina. Yes, you read that right.
So, because of these tramatic stories being told to me my turn off threshold is pretty low outside of bum hole play.
Do you believe that rumor about Richard Gere and the gerbil?
Jane, I don’t know about Gere being involved—but the gerbil certainly has a roving reputation.
I don’t care for the c word.
WHICH c word?! There are a couple…
I get turned off by inserted things…
Then you wouldn’t be a big fan of the wishbone, I suppose.
….” and the with the least provacative asking, “sure why not.” THAT pisses/turns me off. Have a spine and keep it!
So you want your heroines to be consistent, no sort of “forced seduction” or coy denial.
I think…
I’m just thinking that person just pooped out of that, why would you touch it, lick it, insert things in it. Eeew!
Ah, but then everything is relative, Mel. I knew a guy, a friend from long ago, who simply would not perform oral sex on a woman. Absolutely refused. Said it was close to the “peeing” area, and women bled out of the bloody thing every month, so to him that was a big “Ewww!”.
(Of course, he had no objection to getting a blow job…)
I’ve heard all kinds of things. I’ve heard of grapefruits, gerbils, hamsters, mice being inserted in bum holes and then getting stuck. Lets not mention when the inserted thing dies. And um, some other really, really gross stuff happening to a woman when she let her boyfriend put tuna fish in her vagina. Yes, you read that right.
Ok, I’ve heard the mice, gerbils, coke bottles (which can kill ya, BTW) stuff…

But tuna??
Noooo!!!!
Misogynist….I dont like uber-asshole men. And I don’t like victims.
There are also things that gross me out that I can’t even mention but if you go read the Submission Guidelines for Wicked, you’ll get an idea.
I have no desire to read m/m sex–it does nothing for me but I’m all for whatever floats anyone’s boat and anal sex totally doesn’t bother me
Ames, on the misogynist stuff…
And I know some of it is written–by WOMEN–with the idea that the love of a “good woman” will convert the poor deluded soul, but I’d also have to pass.
I have no desire to read m/m sex–it does nothing for me but I’m all for whatever floats anyone’s boat and anal sex totally doesn’t bother me
I read a little m/m a couple of months ago, out of curiosity. It didn’t do anything FOR me, but I did find it interesting. And the couple really cared about each other.
And I have no problem with anal sex either…
EXCEPT for when the guy “proceeds” without adequate “preparatory methods”, and the heroine is ready to swoon in ecstasy because it feels so good?
Um…NO. That would hurt like a sonofabitch, and possibly do some damage. So I have a wee problem with authors who put that out there.
Unless your people are seriously into pain, don’t do that.
>>But tuna??
Tuna in the vagina just seems like….I duno a bad joke. Overkill I’m not sure
>>EXCEPT for when the guy “proceeds” without adequate “preparatory methods”,
WORD!!!!!!!!!! I’m like WTF you just hit the wall babyyyyyyyyy
I’ve heard of hamsters, mice and gerbils, but I haven’t heard of grapefruit or tuna. All of it is just….Eww.
Reading about anal sex doesn’t really bother me and I stick to M/F sex since M/M and F/F isn’t something that interests me.
Anal anything.
Heroes and Heroines who wake up kissing.
A wishbone, Raine? I mean really….
Oh I have to agree with the hero and heroine waking up kissing. LOL I love my husband with everything I have, but morning breath is just nasty. Gag.
Tuna in the vagina just seems like….I duno a bad joke. Overkill I’m not sure
I had the same thought, lol!
Boyfriend had a strange sense of humor…
I stick to M/F sex since M/M and F/F isn’t something that interests me.
I’ve never read any f/f stuff, Cindy—except in the occasional menage story where there’s usually at least one guy present. But it might be interesting…
Heroes and Heroines who wake up kissing.
Hadn’t thought about morning breath, Tanya. LOL!
*
at self*
That was supposed to be F/M/F and also a M/F/M. I have read M/F/M, but again, it’s just not my thing. I’ve never read F/M/F and I’m not even sure if there is a book out there with that in it? But that wouldn’t float my boat either, so I threw it in there. LOL
That’s what I get for being in a hurry and not proof reading before hitting submit.
LOL
Cindy, I read an Emma Holly book with a F/M/F scene.
I thought it was tastefully done, and kinda hawt.
I can, however, pass on the stuff about space aliens (guys OR gals) with two or three penises.

What are you guys reading?! I feel like such a virgin on this topic.
Anyway, Said it was close to the “peeing” area, and women bled out of the bloody thing every month, so to him that was a big “Ewww!”. Totally respect the guys opinion, but I also believe in fare exchange. Don’t play with my bum, I won’t play with yours. So every time I’ve been asked I go, “Can I stick a dildo in yours?” For some strange reason I keep getting a no…..
Anyway, yes the irony of tuna is beyond me, but hold on it gets REALLY gross. Well, some tuna was left behind (Just ignore the pun) and the lady developed a bad case of not a yeast infection, or an STD but maggots. Yes, maggots in her vagina. You can now go and upchuck. I’m done for the day.
Mel
I know. I’m sorry. I’ve been walking around without a filter for the past two-three weeks. I need to go in hiding to save myself, from myself.
It’s like an episode of CSI!
What are you guys reading?!
Mel, if you haven’t read Emma Holly, I do recommend her. M/M, F/F, M/F, M/M/F, F/F/M, little menage, little bdsm, etc. Good writer.
And you can find multiple dicks in several ebooks, lol.
Yes, maggots in her vagina.
Mel, we’re doubling your rent.
(why don’t we have a smiley that runs for its life?!)
Mel, we’re doubling your rent.
I warned you that it was gross
I know you didn’t ask, but it’s my mother in me.
>>So every time I’ve been asked I go, “Can I stick a dildo in yours?” For some strange reason I keep getting a no…..
Funny I’ve met men who would have said yes
I HATE HATE HATE victims. It’s never their fault, whatever happens. They suffer and suffer over what other people do/don’t and the world just won’t cut them any slack. They turn me off before they even get to the bedroom and no amount of sizzling hot love can reform them.
As far as kink details go, insertion of anything not attached to a partner is indeed a turn-off. Torture (even play-torture) is a turn-off, and I read one pre-date waxing which I easily put under the torture category. Bodily mutilation (piercing) is a turn-off. Threesomes I have read done well (lots of love) and very poorly (lots of body parts), so it depends.
Funny I’ve met men who would have said yes
So have I, lol!
…pre-date waxing…
Ack!!
Oh yeah. Definitely would NOT work for me.
Hmm. Romance writing turn offs?
In general, calling the guy’s wonker a “penis” or “member”. The first makes me think of high school sex-ed classes and the second is almost as bad as the authors who only ever feature virgin heroines paired up with over-sexed supermen.
Gratuitous oral sex.
There are only so many ways you can talk about tongue play before it sounds like a bad pick up line. Considering most of the guys I met that claimed they could “write letters to Santa” in between a woman’s thighs who turned out to have poor penmenship (tongue-manship?), eh, it just doesn’t work for me.
While I enjoy the sex scenes, there’s got to be a story hiding in there somewhere.
Heroines who are either way too gidgy-good nice or who exist to be the perpetual victim get the book thrown in the recycle bin.
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Shay