Whoa, whoa whoa... Old People Have Sex?

So I stumbled across this interesting little article the other day and it completely threw me off. Apparently old people- like really old people, love to get their bang on! Who knew! This was like a weird parallel universe I stumbled upon where old people get STI's and the youth are lecturing them.

This particular article is about Canadian 'snowbirds'. For all of you who aren't aware what this is, snowbirds are the retired people living in Canada who leave this fine country and go south to the warm weather of Florida for the winter and then head on back when Canada unthaws.

Apparently these Canadian's are at a high risk of contracting STI's, more specifically HIV. Twelve to 15% of oldies (people over 50) who are tested for HIV are positive. AND-this is what surprised me...Florida residents over 50 who might be dating Canadian snowbirds have the highest HIV infection rate of any other American state in that age group.

So basically these 50 and over people are like a really awesome high school where no one is nervous about having sex. It's all "been there, done that, let's just do it already". Apparently all the talking they've been doing to young people such as myself about safer sex and ways to prevent becoming infected was all a lie- a sham!

These people weren't practicing what they preach, and it's your job to teach them. So young people, I have an assignment for you this week. You must find an old person- any old person will do... your next door neighbour, your grandma, your professor at university. Find this person and tell them in one way or another "Hey, you need to be safe when you have sex. I would hate to see you contracting HIV or AIDS".

You can even direct them to a cool site I found called Sex Etc.. This website is basically a bunch of horny teens writing about sex and ways to do it safe. Since I've come to the realization that old people are a lot like horny teens, I think this website is perfect. There are even quizzes... you could actually sit your grandmother down and take an oral sex quiz with her! Have I grossed you out yet?

Andddd my work here is done.