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Making love. To want to throw up.....

227 replies

TheNaze73 · 13/06/2016 16:51

When people use the expression "making love"

Makes me want to vomit on the spot, puts my teeth on edge & it just sounds, so Mills and Boon

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OP posts:
TheNaze73 · 14/06/2016 14:14

However truffle Woukd you say, do you want to make love??

OP posts:
RebelandaStunner · 14/06/2016 14:17

I much prefer shug or fuck.
Make love is gross beyond belief.

RebelandaStunner · 14/06/2016 14:19

*Shag ffs

trufflesnout · 14/06/2016 14:19

No, I do agree that it's cringey. But actually I think the whole idea of asking someone is quite cringey - I think I've just realised that I've never asked anyone (or been asked) so directly, it's always just ended up happening (or not).

TheStoic · 14/06/2016 14:28

I agree it's cringy, but sometimes appropriate!

Being in a newish relationship, having sex twice a day when we see each other - night time is fucking, but lazy, sleepy mornings are for making love. Grin

But that's just what I call it in my head. We don't actually need to verbalise it.

Onlygingergothinthevillage · 14/06/2016 17:25

Massively cringeworthy my ex dh used to say it. Put me right off....

Leefr200 · 14/06/2016 17:29

My wife always says make love I just say I want to fuck she thinks I make it sound casual

ArvidsDaddy · 14/06/2016 17:33

Personally, I prefer the DIY terminology: tearing, stripping, banging, plumbing, pumping, twisting, hammering, screwing, drilling, sandpapering, brushing, hosing, sticking, penetrating...

Damegemma82 · 14/06/2016 17:39

Me and my hubby tend to use the term "lovin" but in a cheeky manner not a balk inducing manner!

theluckiest · 14/06/2016 17:50

Eek! Don't fancy anyone 'sandpapering' me, Arvidsdaddy!!!

Hows this: 'Baby, I'm gonna bang you like a barn door'

(disclaimer - DH has never said this to me. He'd get short shrift. We usually go for a post-modern, knowingly twee and deliberately naff 'Let's make some sweet, sweet lurve..')

MyGastIsFlabbered · 14/06/2016 17:55

Awful, hideous phrase, makes me want to sew my crotch up and never have sex again. I'm a fan of the term shagging. But think porking is the worst term ever.

piggypoo · 14/06/2016 17:55

We never make love - we shag! :)

Raynasmum2015 · 14/06/2016 17:57

YANBU. I've always hated it too. It sounds so fake.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 14/06/2016 18:01

sandpapering? ..I have a vision of you both having that post shave bristley regrowth on your nether regions to create such friction.Shock

DanicaRose3 · 14/06/2016 18:13

Nookie? 😜 Lol

Ineedmorelemonpledge · 14/06/2016 18:18

How about:

Cone over here and slip me a length?
Don't be nasty, let me see your pasty?
In going to bang you like the shithouse door on a trawler....

All divine phrases I've heard in my sexual lifetime Grin

FurryLittleTwerp · 14/06/2016 18:21

In old literature (Victorian & earlier) "Making Love" meant "flattering & flirting", "paying court to", not having sex at all!

Tessykins · 14/06/2016 18:25

Definitely bokeity boke boke. But not as bad as 'bonk' or 'bonking', reminds me of a 1980's politician, The Sun and toe-sucking foreplay 😷😷😷
I prefer a good old shag.

lavenderhoney · 14/06/2016 18:27

I like it, but I also like mills and boon:) it depends what sort of sex though, how appropriate it would be to say that.

seafoodeatit · 14/06/2016 18:38

YANBU, it really makes me cringe, really cheesy 'romantic' music does too.

yogamonkey · 14/06/2016 18:54

DH has just informed me he knew a bloke at uni who would make a b-line for a bird at a discotheque. He'd proceed to ask he if she'd like 'nuts on guts' at the crucial moment 😂

bananafish · 14/06/2016 18:55

I don't know why I dislike it so much, but it does make me cringe. Makes my toes curl in embarrassment.

Although, those old black and white films where it is used in its original context are fine, even though it does sound odd to modern ears.

'Doing the sexaaay' seems to have crept into our life. Although it does have to be said in a silly, taking the piss, way. We're not that sad :)

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 14/06/2016 19:16

Doing the sexaay ? Are you married to Borat? Grin

baba5 · 14/06/2016 19:24

It doesn't bother me, in fact in the right situation is lovely (would not use when discussing with others though.
Am not sure what's wrong with 'porking' though, I always find that funny?!?

Personal preferences are 'bangings' 'having a jump' and my ultimate favourite 'portions' 😂

RebelandaStunner · 14/06/2016 19:32

Sandpapering talk about rubbing someone up the wrong way.
That is very wrong ArvidsDaddy Grin

I do remember someone who used the term touching tails once Confused