You guys are too funny. I had forgotten my original post - all I wanted to know was if the term "making love" was creepy or obsolete and now we have a euphemism thread
Hello, friend. I agree with CoyoteKing. However, I will add that will depend on what you want to say, more percisely, what your character's thing about this subject. Here I'm afraid you will have to know your characters and their culture. Surely a romantic guy/girl will not say having sex, but rather making love? Or something else? And the contrary applies as well.
Making love??? Sorry, but I find it so creepy. But it is my way of thinking, you can do whatever you want to do...
Dingo sweeeeeet... The old term should be used... If you can never, but if you must, then once in a novel. You can always 'make your own'. Or imply what you mean and thus change the meaning of a perfectly innocent word. Or tell it like it is...
First off, reading this thread has been absolutely delightful. It's not necessarily dated or old fashioned, but I don't think you can reach a point in a story where you say "they made love" and it's, forgive me, satisfying. Have you tried writing it out? Saying it isn't the core of your story can apply to thousands of actions, but that's no reason not to include them. It doesn't have to be gratuitous or fifty shades of don't ever let grandma read this. Being said, if you're not writing a romance novel, sex scenes are difficult to do well and why many try to avoid it. If you haven't tried writing one before, the first time will be like, well, the first time. Rushed, awkward, and over too soon.
When I was at a writer's conference many years ago, I met a guy who made a living selling stuff to Penthouse and other outlets of smut. (It paid his bills until he got an editorship at some newspaper.) He said, "Writing pornography is easy. Writing erotica is hard." "They made love" is perfectly acceptable. It describes their activity while respecting their privacy.
It may just be that Big and Rich ruined that saying for me. All I think about when I hear that are the lyrics for Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)...
Pace. Pace is critical. If you are going to write it, share it. Don't cheat the reader out of some intimate drama. Or if it's a quick bang, the setup is everything!
I don’t really use that term, I somehow have my fanfic saying my OC and his SO are hardcore fucking, without ever actually having either of them saying “fuck me” if I remember correctly the phrase I use is “I need you, take me now” Or some bullshit to that effect
1928!!!! For me 'making love' is dated, not creepy. I've always liked 'mauling the mattress.' In the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" the jock character Stan refers to it as 'pumping iron.' My ex-wife and I made the distinction between going to sleep and going to bed.
Well different characters would use different terminology for it, and so would different narrators/authors. It's all about what mood you're trying to create. Even the same characters/narrators might use different terms depending on what they're after at a given time. On Valentine's Day after an elegant dinner and some expensive wine in front of the fireplace they make love, but after a heavy metal concert the same couple might slam the crap out of each other.
Me: Ya wanna? My SO: sure Sorry for that explicit scene, but it is an example of what happens at my house. Watched a show where a couple reference as "Wiggle and Giggle".
Most of the younger generation, often seem like children in adult bodies to me. I am sure there are some with a maturity level above that of a tween or teenager, but they are the rarities. I am amazed no one mentioned the classic, making the beast with 2 backs.
