Sex on the Run? No, We Parked.

Modern Love

The New York Times

Society & Culture, Nyt, Nytimes, Loss, Redemption, Storytelling, New York Times, Love, Essay

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Having sex in a car is usually a last resort, born from the trappings of youth. For Susan Silas, it was a midlife necessity. While working as a production accountant on a sitcom, Susan met a teamster. Despite having little in common — he was former military; she had been an antiwar protester — they hit it off. But, without a private place to go to, they found themselves having sex in the back seat of the teamster’s car. It wouldn’t be the last time. Today, Susan shares how car sex turned into something deeper.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Anna Martin. This is Modern Love.
0:04.0	Love, now, and to your forearms.
0:08.0	That's the line of love.
0:10.0	Stronger than anything.
0:12.0	And I love you more than anything.
0:16.0	Just love, just love.
0:20.0	Susan Silas wrote a Modern Love essay in the early days of the column.
0:24.0	About a man she met when she was in her late 40s and he was in his late 50s.
0:28.0	But some of the things they do in this story make them sound like teenagers.
0:36.0	Susan Silas, welcome to Modern Love.
0:38.0	Well, thank you for inviting me to come here.
0:40.0	So your essay stands out because even though we're Modern Love and Sex is a big part of love,
0:48.0	you'd be shocked by how few sexy essays we have. We just don't have a lot.
0:52.0	I felt like when it was published, it was just at the edge of what the times could sort of deal with.
1:02.0	It was a little steamy for back then.
1:04.0	Totally. Do you remember when you sent this into Daniel Jones, the founder and editor of Modern Love?
1:10.0	Did he get back to you? I don't know about this one.
1:12.0	Did he seem nervous?
1:14.0	He even said to me this is kind of a little out there compared to the other things.
1:20.0	That's so funny. It was funny.
1:22.0	Okay, Susan, your essay is called Sex on the Run? No, we parked. Can you read the beginning for me?
1:30.0	Sure. Years ago, I was a production accountant on a television show called Welcome to New York.
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