Thursday, February 17, 2005

When Do We Stop Sending Nudey Pix?

How old are people when they stop sending each other pictures of their "private parts?" A friend and I were talking today, and the whole question of "size" came up. What do I consider big/small, and what does she? After talking about this in depth (not just today), she told me that she may have a way to see if we thought similarly. She told me that a "friend" of hers that lives in a different state sent her a picture of his penis, and she was going to send it to me so that we could somehow resolve our ongoing discussion. While we were talking, I asked her if people still did that. What I meant was do people are age (mid twenties - thirties) still send nudey pictures of themselves to other people??? Yeah, when I was younger, I may have considered it, and I may have even asked someone to do it, but that's not something that has come up in a conversation in a LONG TIME. So, you may be asking why this picture was sent. Well, according to her, the two of them were talking and "size" came up. So he decided to take a few snap shots of his piece and send them to her via email. Of course there is no face or anything recognizable on the photo...it's strictly dickly. After sending me the photo, we were able to continue our discussion, but in the back of my mind I kept wondering "is it strange that he did that? Is it strange that she thinks that it is completely normal?" Now, I'm no prude by any standards, but I'm not going to take pictures of myself and send them to someone...ESPECIALLY if I'm not dating them. She insists that because they are friends at a distance there was no other way for her to know what he was talking about. Yeah, I agree with that, but sending a picture???? What's the conversation like after that? "Ooo, you gotta big one? OHHHH, you gotta small one. You were right! You are a liar!" Just seems like it may make things a little awkward in the next conversation. We talked later today, and she said that another guy asked her if she would take pix of herself and send them to him. Of course when she asked him he replied "I don't have a camera." So is the thing to do???? Or is it just a coincidence that two people that she talks to are talking about sending porn in the mail??? Maybe I'm just out of the loop.

Are people really doing this?

3 comments:

raina mast said...

i've only had one guy ask me for a nudey pic. he was married so it was especially abnormal. it sort of seems like a high school thing to do, doesn't it? i mean, it's one thing if it's for acadmeic high brow discussion trying to come to concrete conclusions about size, but it's another to go through all that trouble just to get off to a picture of someone who probably has pretty mediocre self portrait skills and a pretty normal not-so-porn star body. is it so difficult to stretch our memories and imaginations that we must go to such lengths? ahh, really, who cares in the end, as long as everyone is a consenting adult and getting off need be.

Anonymous said...

I personally do not see anything wrong with receiving or sending a nudey picture. I don’t see the difference between a nudey picture versus a video tape, and plenty of people have participated in making those…..so I guess I just don’t get what the hang up is about. It’s just a PICTURE.

Teaching Mom said...

SOMEBODY SOUNDS DEFENSIVE!!!! I don't think it's the same as making a video. Videos are used for your own enjoyment, what can you do with a picture???