Ok girls, anyone remember "Forever" by Judy Blume

[LynneSin]

And raise your hand if that was the first book you ever read that had sex in it? I read it when I was 12!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. Yup. When I was 12, I was reading Judy Blume, Harold Robbins, and

Sidney Sheldon. some of the women I babysat for had these books and I would read them while they were out. :-)

[LynneSin]

3. Harold Robbins was the first time I read same sex stuff

Goodbye Janette - that was such a dirty, kinky book. Read that when I was 14

[madrchsod]

2. well i`m not a girl but.....

i remember every right wing christian going ape shit over these books. now these books wouldn`t cause a stir..

[smbolisnch]

4. YES! I absolutely LOVED Forever!

I cried and cried at the end. I think I was 12 or 13 when I read it. *sigh*

[LynneSin]

5. Would you believe I just read it again tonight

I was at borders - took me about an hour to read. Damn it was such a corny-ass book. And I never realized what a progressive thinker Judy Blume was. She has a new intro to the book that talks about how she wrote the book before the age of AIDS/HIV. The grandmother was also a member of Planned Parenthood and that was frequently mentioned in the book.

I was reading the review in Amazon and some of the user reviews brought up an important point: This book wasn't a sex guide but a tale about why young girls shouldn't rush into sex and how that sex affects the relationship.

[smbolisnch]

19. I wouldn't mind re-reading it, actually.

That's interesting about the grandmother, too!

[progmom]

6. page 150

sex on the bathroom floor.

[LynneSin]

7. MY GOD WOMAN YOU'RE INSANE

You remember page numbers

:wow:

[progmom]

8. i have a weird memory for numbers

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

9. How old were you when you popped your "Forever" cherry

:shrug:

[progmom]

11. ha ha ha

i borrowed Suzy Praszcowicsz's copy in 6th grade. So that would make me....11 or 12? my mom was willing to buy me the book if i would agree to talk to her about it after i read it. i decided that would be too embarrassing so i just read it on the sly during a couple of study halls.

[LynneSin]

13. We had this girl in 8th grade that had all the good dirty books

that got passed around including Linda Lovelace's autobiography - Ordeal

[XemaSab]

15. Progmom

Your sig line is jamming to "Born Slippy" by underworld.

[HawkerHurricane]

10. I read it.

It wasn't the first book with sex in it I read, but it was the first that talked of teenage sex.

It was actually better done (as a story) than more 'mature' sex/romance tales from the time.

[SarahB]

12. I was 10.

I snuck into my mom's copy of The Joy of Sex. Oh sure, I learned a lot, but I felt uncertain and torn regarding to the whole pit shaving thing after that.

:yoiks:

I don't think I read Forever until I was like, 13 or something. :D

[XemaSab]

16. Funny!

n/t

[NMMNG]

14. I remember Forever

It was the first novel I ever read that had sex in it, but I'd already read plenty of nonfiction books about sex prior to that.

[TimeChaser]

17. I first read about sex

in anatomy books when I was really young (Hey, I've wanted to be a scientist since I was in preschool :) ). Of course, that was just the techinical details. I thought it was something you just had to close your eyes and get through if you wanted a baby. Because back then, seeing a guy naked, even if you were married to him in your dreams, was just too icky.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

18. The big Judy Blume books for the elem. school/JR high transition period

were "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and "Then Again, Maybe I Won't" (the inferior book for boy adolescents.)

I think everyone I knew including me read "Are You There, God?".

"We Must! We Must! We Must Increase Our Bust!"

[Redneck Socialist]

20. Not a girl, but that book quickly made the rounds of...

my fifth grade classroom. Ol' Judy threw us kids a wicked curve ball with that book.

[gollygee]

21. 5th grade

we passed it around from girl to girl in our class :D