I stopped by my folks house to pick them up for lunch and I was stunned to see "50 Shades Of Grey" sitting next to my mom's Laz-E-Boy.
"Do you know what this book is about" I asked my mom.
"Not really" she replied. "I'm only a few pages into it. Everybody is talking about it."
My mom is 81.
Who would have thought I'd live to see the day Bondage & Discipline and/or Sadomasochism went mainstream?
But mainstream it is. The boyfriend and I were in the supermarket Monday and there it was on the bookshelf, right next to the frozen food. It was paired with Dick Cheney's "In My Time". Makes a certain amount of sense I suppose. I think we can all agree Dick Cheney knows a thing or two about masochism. All the same, it was a little creepy.
I'm having lunch with the folks again later this week. I can't wait to see what my mom thinks once she gets past chapter one.
