Tuesday, June 22, 2010

SENIOR CITIZEN SEXTING-UGH!!

NEW YORK (CBS) ―According to the AARP, "sexting" is catching on with the 50-and-up crowd! Debbie Nigro is 52 and started getting "sext" messages a couple years ago. "The world is becoming ageless. There is no expiration date on sexy. There just isn't," said Nigro, who runs FirstWivesWorld.com, a group she helped create for divorced women. She told CBS 2 HD with so many out there, sexting is becoming a lot more popular. "Women in particular are crashing that middle age stereotype. And divorce, being what it is in this country right now, has half the population out dating right now at a much older age than they'd ever imagined," said Nigro. She said it's a lot more common than one might think, since folks don't run around talking about it. She said it's important not to cross the line of respect, and that sensuous talk is a lot better than blatant sexual messages. But have fun. "The only difference between being 50 and sexting and being 20 and sexting is you need reading glasses to see what the heck they're saying," she said. Her 22-year-old daughter, Alex Natole, is all for it. I think that's fabulous. I think that age is just a number, even if they're just a mom, everyone deserves to have fun," said Natole. "I don't want to see or hear the texts, but she's having fun and that's OK with me as long as I don't know the specifics." Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil is a relationship counselor and author of "Make-up, Don't Break Up." She told CBS 2 HD that responsible sexting is great. "I just think it's wonderful! With the economy the way it is, people are so stressed out, they don't have money. The new going out is staying in. So you want to build up that crescendo, novelty and excitement, and this is giving them that big buzz," she said. Dr. Eaker Weil said you want to keep sexting private, especially if you have children in the house. Make sure you delete your messages and don't leave your phone laying around the house. Relationship experts also say sexting is not just for singles, it can also spice things up for married couples, too.

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