Apparently during the pandemic there has been a massive growth in sales of sex toys with particular demand for 'quiet' ones. Celebs haven't been slow to get involved. Cara Delevingne became a co-owner and creative adviser of Lora DiCarlo, whose products include a “premium robotic massager” costing £270, Dakota Johnson became an investor and creative director in high-end sex-toy brand Maude, Lily Allen collaborated with German brand Womanizer to design her own £89 stimulator and Gwyneth Paltrow well she never stops.
The article, which appears in the Times, (you wont be able to read full article) says the pandemic has
particularly affected younger adults, singles who haven't been out and
about able to date (read get sex) and make new friends although sales
are up in all age ranges and they're not afraid to spend. Even Ann
Summers has reported increased sales in the higher spend range with
their quietest vibrator, the Whisper Rabbit, up by 60 per cent compared
with a year ago. People wishing to be discreet while living and working
in close proximity to flatmates, grown-up kids who have had to move back
in with their parents during lockdown and long term couples who've had
to find new ways to spark things up while living hand in glove are all
thought to have contributed.
So make hay while the sun shines, because it looks like lockdowns are going to be starting to ease.
I mentioned the article to my husband and asked him if he'd felt any
need to make exotic purchases during lockdown and not told me, he looked at me as if I
were mad then smiled. "I suppose you could count a cane a sex toy," he
said, "and it is pretty quiet....it's the recipient who makes all the
noise." I felt myself blush a bit as he said it, why that still happens
after all these years I don't know.
Stay safe.
Ronnie
xx
