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Seniors Are Now Sexting
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 2, 2010
Modified Feb 2, 2010
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The whole sexting phenomena that has teenagers transmitting dirty words and photos to each other via their cellular devices... has now hit the senior set. And we're not talking high school seniors, we're talking your grandparents. WCBS reports that the 50 and older crowd may have even started the trend years ago. One older sexter says, "The world is becoming ageless. There is no expiration date on sexy." However, she says the seniors are more apt to send sensuous over blatantly sexual message, and the only other difference is that "you need reading glasses to see what the heck they're saying." Also, this all hit the AARP newsletter late last year, where the article begins: "When Roger gets to an intimate stage with a woman these days, it usually doesn't take long until the sexy photos start." O-M-Gross.... or O-M-Good for them?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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