I’m sure by now, many of you have read or heard about the kerfuffle caused by Perez Hilton running photos of Academy Award winning MILK scribe Dustin Lance Black having what appears to be unprotected sex with his then-boyfriend.
Perez’s reasoning? It’s the standard line:
We’ll say it again, no matter WHO you are, do NOT take naked pictures of yourself or make a sex tape. It WILL get out there, even if you’re not famous now and never think you will be. They will get out there and everyone at your work, in your team, in your dorm will find out.
Of course at this point one certain someone’s cow is already out of the (seemingly) unprotected barn but it did get me wondering how many of you reading this have ever taken photos of yourself and a lover/partner/spouse in the act of lovemaking? And if you did, do you know the whereabouts of said photos at this point in time? If not, do you ever wonder about where they are? If you have them, would you ever use them to get even with your ex?
Spill…
Hubby and I took Polaroid’s of each other (Polaroid, you ask? Hey, it was the ’70’s!) in lots of compromising positions, and hid them in the book case. Fast forward four years and we split up. Someone in California who bought the encyclopedias got more than they bargained for!
By: catrina on Friday, June 19, 2009
at 7:12 am
I’ve done the picture/video thing on a digital camera and a camera phone… We did it, reviewed it, deleted it. There’s just no need to hang on to that stuff…
By: Randi on Friday, June 19, 2009
at 9:25 am
There are (thankfully) no pictures of me naked. I wouldn’t want to be the cause of internet upchucking.
By: Ed on Friday, June 19, 2009
at 10:17 am
I don’t like the sound of my recorded voice or the way I appear in photos, so now videos or photos of me ‘in the act’. Sorry to disappoint. But if I did have such photos, I would NEVER, EVER use them to get back at an ex. That’s just small and tacky. Despite how good you may think it will make you feel, nobody wins in such a situation.
By: Mark in DE on Friday, June 19, 2009
at 12:27 pm
Never any videos at all. Never any photos of “the act.” Only one photo of me in the alltogether. It’s a self portrait, taken of my reflection in the mirror, and does not include the image of my head. Shoulder to knees only. I was 20 at the time, and looked significantly better than I do now, boy howdy. Superman has that picture hidden away in some of his things. I’m not even sure where it is. In his sock drawer, maybe?
In high school I was in this pre-relationship thing that never advanced to a full-fledged relationship. There was one incident of mid-weight petting. But the guy wanted to take nude pictures of me. I thought about the worst case scenario, and decided that it was a bad idea. That might be why the relationship never amounted to anything. I made the right decision on all counts.
By: javabear on Friday, June 19, 2009
at 6:32 pm