Anonymous wrote:OP here. Am delighted this is still going. Please keep the recommendations coming! Happy Friday to all of us 😀.

NP. It's hilarious that you started this thread before the adult/older threads got shuffled and now it's in ELDERCARE
hahaha

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure where to post this, so apologies if this belongs in the relationships forum... I would just like to talk this out with some middle aged women.

I am female, 47, married (technically), professional, have one child who is reasonably independent (finally, thank God).....I expected to be settling into some lovely sedate middle act now that the frenetic years of child rearing and leaning in are over. Instead I find myself addicted to the most vile romance novels/series, if not straight up smut. What is this? A midlife crisis? Hormones going crazy one last time? Does this pass? When?

My objections are that it is so undignified somehow to be stuck in a teenage frame of mind at my stage in life. That it is so unproductive. I used to read real books about philosophy and art. I used to be a fuller, happier, more original person.

Commiseration, advice from other women who have been through this would be most welcome.

Hormonal flush. It's a pre-menopause thing.

I experienced this from about 45-51. Now I cannot express how deep the disinterest goes! Enjoy it…it was a heady time! Glad it’s over, though, as it definitely got me into some trouble.

https://www.literotica.com/authors/British%20Filth/works/audio

Found this for the BritishFilth where you can listen for free without signing up email etc, and yes, it is quite erotic/explicit! I kinda liked it though, I will try to listen to some more.

Anonymous wrote:I really enjoy listening to erotic audio; there are subscription places like Quinn. Reddit Gine Wild Audio has some great (free) stuff, but you have to wade through a lot of misogynistic content to find it. But OP, let me know if you’re interested and I’ll drop some suggestions. I’ll just say that BritishFilth (google him, lovely guy, audio content creator) was the first time I’d ever climaxed on my own. 🎆 🎇

Not OP - but interested!

I am going to provide some tech support for reading “archive of our own” (smutty) fanfic on your iphone.

1) find the fanfic (often easiest via google rather than the AO3 search function)
2) find the “download” button (gray) at the top of the page
3) hit the button and select the EPUB button. The file will download to your file folder app on your phone. It’s really fast.
4) if the file doesn’t open automatically in the Apple Books app that comes with your iPhone (orange icon with a little open book on it), then go to the files app (blue background with a white file folder on it - also comes with your iPhone) and click on it to open the file and request that it open in the orange Apple Books app
5)increase the font size until you can actually see the words with your farsighted eyes (expanding a normal length “book” to 6000 pages)
6) tell everyone to leave you alone because you are reading a fascinating and paradigm shifting article in the New Yorker or the Atlantic

Bonus - if you wake up at 3 AM and can’t sleep you can change the format to white letters on a black background when you read in the Apple Books app. I think I’m more likely to fall back asleep when reading on a black background in the middle of the night.

I think that kindles use the MOBI format for downloads, but my kindle kept erasing the files when I moved in and out of airplane mode so I gave up

OP here. Am delighted this is still going. Please keep the recommendations coming! Happy Friday to all of us 😀.

I’m 49 and my libido has shot through the roof. We became empty nesters last year about the same time it took off and my husband has benefited from it. He’s quite affectionate and when he is game on. I don’t know long this will last but we are certainly enjoying it. I’m thankful we don’t have security cameras in our home because I know we’ve put on quite a show numerous times.

I really enjoy listening to erotic audio; there are subscription places like Quinn. Reddit Gine Wild Audio has some great (free) stuff, but you have to wade through a lot of misogynistic content to find it. But OP, let me know if you’re interested and I’ll drop some suggestions. I’ll just say that BritishFilth (google him, lovely guy, audio content creator) was the first time I’d ever climaxed on my own. 🎆 🎇

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s the last surge of your reproductive system and hormones. Post-menopause, whenever that is for you, you are unlikely to feel this way. Lean into it, it’s natural to feel this way!

Absolutely this! Perimenopause is wild.

NP; I never thought I would say this, but the horniness I am experiencing in perimenopause makes me have (a little!) empathy for men. Like, is this how they feel all the time?

I think of my exaggerated reproductive signs/behaviors as the finale of a fireworks show. Bringing back all the old favorites while also dialing up to 150%.

More Dramione suggestions for the middle aged ladies, all free. Have a nice weekend.

The Fallout - intense wartime story but with sweet and very well-written smut. Many of battle scenes, you can skim them They first hook up maybe 15-20% in, and it keeps going throughout.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10620276/chapters/23489001

Cute and short one - with the smut at the end. Bonus: malfoy is very confused by Muggle technology (no need to swing the remote like a wand!) and (appropriately) horrified by the brutality of Disney films.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38829984/chapters/97097607

Anonymous wrote:It’s the last surge of your reproductive system and hormones. Post-menopause, whenever that is for you, you are unlikely to feel this way. Lean into it, it’s natural to feel this way!

Uh, not true
Signed,
Boomer Mom

Anything Rachel Reid. Gay smut. So so so hot.

Anonymous wrote:But why are there no book recommendations? I've done 50 Shades of Gray. What's next?

Bare to you (Crossfire Series)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll do you one better OP. I’m 50, same concerns, but found the drivel I was reading to be so bad that I tried fanfiction. It’s free smut. Turns out some of it is smut written very well. Aspiring authors. Many grad students who write for fun.

So now instead of reading crap smut off Amazon Unlimited I’m reading “dramione” (Draco/Hermione) or “reylo”
(Star Wars) or whatever fan fiction. I use Archive of Our Own, a free site people upload on.

My dirty secret. Hard to respect myself but it’s light & delicious.

My recs:

Draco Malloy and the mortifying ordeal of falling in love
https://archiveofourown.org/works/34500952/chapters/85870804

Love and other historical accidents
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21496525/chapters/51233119

Turn
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13184640/chapters/30157698

DRATMOOBIL is tame!

If you are looking for Dramione smut, this one is exceptional:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52884502

OMG. I read that last one only because of this post, and it was EXCELLENT. The smut was fun and well-written but the characterizations and story arc are straight-up brilliant and will stick with me. I love it when fanfic authors make characters more interesting and nuanced but in a way that is perfectly in-line and plausible based on the OG source material.