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 An Age Thing The shower was winding down. Only a handful of friends and relatives remained. And after an afternoon of wine and gifts….. and complete absence of men, the conversation got pretty racy. One of the gifts given earlier had been a copy of 50 Shades of Grey. At the time of its unwrapping, the sight of it alone had caused a brief ripple of laughter and teasing for the bride-to-be, but now it was a topic of conversation. Eileen was more focused now than on any other bit of gossip dished about prior. Much of the conversation was speculative: who would do it? Who wouldn’t? Which role would you take on if you did? But no one seemed to have any actual experience nor deep desire to try it for real, until Eileen somehow admitted that she wished she could experience being spanked. That got some chuckles and teases until a relatively new face in the crowd, Kayla, the younger friend of the Maid of Honor merely replied, “Then why not just do it then?” “It’s not so easy,” Eileen confessed