Post Axi947DHVeeCd7mL6e by RandomDeamon@noauthority.social
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 (DIR) Post #Axi8tethvpxZuldYdE by DaddyO@noauthority.social
       2025-08-30T23:43:43Z
       
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       "Making love" used to be a euphemism for romancing one's lady.  At some point, it changed to mean "having sex."That small fact actually says a lot about the decline of Western Civilization.
       
 (DIR) Post #Axi947DHVeeCd7mL6e by RandomDeamon@noauthority.social
       2025-08-30T23:45:37Z
       
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       @DaddyO Maybe in the 40s. Not since I can remember it’s always meant sex.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxiAykG5cw6dtiew76 by DaddyO@noauthority.social
       2025-08-31T00:07:03Z
       
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       @RandomDeamon I think it must have been somewhere during the 60s it changed over.  I've seen enough movies and shows referencing it through the 50s to think the "romance" angle was still familiar to most folks.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxiIOgIteW3kqBHpVA by Gawdphather@noauthority.social
       2025-08-31T01:30:10Z
       
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       @DaddyO this is a good observation.  My lovely bride of 32 years has always referred to it as “ making love”.  I think that is very telling. Side bar- Never i mean never has she used the “ f” word for that marital act.  She uses it all the time everywhere else tho 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #AxiRa6XnKazmzpmE9A by JimmyWalnuts@noauthority.social
       2025-08-31T03:13:04Z
       
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       @DaddyO I've noticed this, too. A common reference in music, also. I think you've got the timeline right. I'd say mid-60's.