The Facts of Love
Comfort
1979
Since we just had the weddings, I thought this might help for the “after party”. Thanks to midwestern submitter who was kind enough to give me the heads up on this old title. I can already tell these two crazy kids on the cover are just headed for trouble! Probably taking one of the super cool vans in the post from July 15, and headed for trouble!
Mary
24 responses so far ↓
Fernando // August 28, 2009 at 11:03 am |
Isn’t Alex Comfort the ‘Joy Of Sex’ guy? I could be way off here; it just sounds right, but that might not mean anything.
Amanda // August 28, 2009 at 11:08 am |
And written by the same folks who brought us The Joy of Sex. Does it have line drawings inside of creepy teenage hippies engaged in heavy petting?
CanadaGoose // August 28, 2009 at 11:26 am |
The fact that her head is about half the size of his —definitely a red flag.
Jon. // August 31, 2009 at 1:06 pm |
Maybe she’s been giving him some?
Henry // August 28, 2009 at 11:41 am |
Hm–from the author of The Joy of Sex. Some things don’t change…I wonder if there’s still any useful information in the book.
snukes // August 28, 2009 at 11:58 am |
Oh man. Just look at the way they’re dressed! If kids can’t be more modest, I have no idea how we’re supposed to keep them out of trouble.
Bart King // August 28, 2009 at 4:16 pm |
Zinger!
jamisings // August 28, 2009 at 12:01 pm |
I’d like to thank the submitter of this book. Now I have The Facts Of Life theme stuck in my head.
UG! Earworm! Begone!
Alicia // August 28, 2009 at 1:39 pm |
I like how it’s written by the Comforts. Dr. Comfort sounds like Officer Friendly’s medical counterpart.
Barrington Leafy // August 28, 2009 at 1:52 pm |
It can’t be that bad – it’s by life-long anarchist and “Joy of Sex” auteur, Alex Comfort. Of historical interest for those reasons at least.
librarianchat // August 28, 2009 at 3:06 pm |
Didn’t this guy play for the Redskins?
wyogranny // August 28, 2009 at 4:27 pm |
I’m finding no comfort in this book.
sophanne // August 28, 2009 at 8:29 pm |
Seriously- I don’t remember people having such weird shaped heads in the 70’s.
jamisings // August 29, 2009 at 8:54 am |
It’s all the drugs these two took back when they were young hippies in the 60s.
Sarah // August 29, 2009 at 12:36 am |
Is this aimed at teens? Because I think they’d be turned off by the cover alone, regardless of whether the information is stil accurate or not. I mean, just look at how badly out of scale her HEAD is!
Cathy // August 29, 2009 at 1:55 am |
The kids on the cover can’t be older than 11 or 12!? His arm shouldn’t be there!
Of course maybe I am just used to “todays” kids who always look ten years older than they are. Maybe in the 70s those kids on the cover were what the average 15/16 yr old looked like.
Jeannie // August 29, 2009 at 10:50 am |
What would Judy Blume do?
Deb // August 29, 2009 at 11:27 am |
Am I the only one who thinks the girl looks like LeAnn Rimes and the guy looks like Nick LeShelle (don’t know if I’m spelling his name correctly–he used to be married to Jessica Simpson, and, yes, I am ashamed that I know that fact).
LeAnn & Nick: The early years.
shushie // August 29, 2009 at 12:28 pm |
Yeah, the inaccurate proportions of these two “teens” is freaking me out. Her torso is nearly half the length of his, yet her hand on his shoulder is unusually large and manish. The boy looks like he is 12 and she’s his 8-year-old sister. This was supposed to be published in the ‘70’s, where’s his Johnny-collar shirt and Travolta inspired hairdo? How come she doesn’t have the 70’s disco-prairie look? How can one write a sex books for teens that looks this unappealing? If I was a 70’s teen I’d die of embarrassment if this book was found in my possession.
Sylvia Hubbard // August 29, 2009 at 10:32 pm |
aren’t they just a little bit too young to be in love? LOL
Kate // August 30, 2009 at 1:21 am |
… why does the cover design recall a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book?
mrsvierkant // August 30, 2009 at 9:23 pm |
If I remember correctly that book made the rounds in my junior high when I attended there. Everyone read it. (That was over 25 years ago, though, LOL.)
mojo repair shop // August 31, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
what would these authors know about love, they’re married.
mary // September 15, 2009 at 2:33 am |
i think the best part is that the book is from my college library. this is what my tuition buys? wah wah.