Loneliness and isolation created by Covid-19 drove me to reading free personal classified ads to break up the monotony of the day. I remember one of them said, "I have an itch to scratch." I was instantly pulled into the mystery and engaged.
A playful exchange ensued, something along the lines of, "I'll scratch your itch if you scratch mine." And then he let me know what his itch was. He wanted to be with a woman that squirts. Now boys and girls, I am a 53 year old woman. I've burnt my bra and gone from panty-less to granny panties. I've proudly claimed my orgasms first while straddling my partner in the cowgirl position. I swallow. I know stuff. I've been around the block. I've traveled the world. I've raised children and I did not know what squirting was.
How is it possible that this bit of knowledge escaped me my entire 53 year old life? I had no idea it was a thing and I certainly didn't know what it was. Hello Google. Tell me. Ah, I see. Squirting refers to female ejaculate fluid. Wait, what? Hold up. Female ejaculation? I had no idea. Truly none. And then, like all fluffy middle-aged women (most fluffy middle-aged women?), I immediately started doubting my sexiness, desirability and my sexual value. Fuck. Is it not enough that I can no longer proudly claim my orgasms a-top my partner waving my hat in the air? Is it not enough that I don't have a pussy picture because my belly gets in the way? Am I now cowed by a stranger's rejection because I am squirt-less?
I talk to my happily married buddy that loves all things female, and start to whine about not being good enough because I don't squirt. And how embarrassed I am that I've only learned about it now. He assures me it's not that big of a deal and that it is mostly messy and basically pee. And then everywhere everything seems to be taunting me about how squirting is hot and I see ads that promise to teach how to make your female partners squirt and I'm sure I'm doomed. As doomed as I was standing at the school field fence in the first grade, anxiety ridden over not being able to spell "wagon" and knowing that my life was over.