Firstly, I struggled with an appropriate title for this post. You will understand why in a minute.
We had dinner with our Canadian friends the other night and a most interesting topic came about. As it was a group of men, mostly, sex came into the conversation. Our friend said that every one of his co-workers (men) complain about their lack of sex lives. This is not uncommon or new news from the male population. I will leave out the more graphic, yet very funny, details. (it was about the men, not the women)
What he did say after that made me feel decidedly American:
"They just go down to Hastings Street and get a rub and tug"
Oh.
Well.
Hmmmm.
The other guys were in tacit agreement so it's not unusual, apparently.
It's not like I don't know that such "services" exist. It was just the matter-of-fact-ness that set me back. It was my first personal example of where other countries call the Americans puritanical when it comes to sex. I felt suddenly very American.
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