# What did our Grandparents use for sexual lubricant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 3, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280 "2013-10-03T17:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280/61 "2013-10-06T10:22:00Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I love this place. > > Folks should be careful before eating raw snails, though. It’s safer if you are controlling their food and habitat, but you can get some nasty bugs from them. I raised them on fresh meal and they fasted for I think 3 days before consumption. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280/62 "2013-10-06T16:09:44Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > How do you know this? :eek: He wouldn’t, Honey Badger doesn’t need lube. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280/63 "2013-10-06T16:20:24Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Doris Day has said that, at least in her earlier days, she would smear herself from head to toe with it once a week, to the point where she would sometimes slide out of bed, and this was why she looked so youthful. [Wow](http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Day,%20Doris/Annex/Annex%20-%20Day,%20Doris_04.jpg). There’s a nightly ritual I could get behind. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280/64 "2013-10-06T16:23:25Z")
I will note that some couples use lube as a substitute for proper foreplay. Also, some women are incapable of generating adequate natural lubrication if they’re either on birth control pills or dehydrated. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280/65 "2013-10-06T17:14:35Z")
> [@Mr.Slant](#): > > He wouldn’t, Honey Badger doesn’t need lube. ``` When my girlfriend had a radical hysterectomy she was a bit dry for the first month or so, we didn't know if it would go back to normal or not. I certainly won't judge those that do find lube neccessary. Back in the early 70's slippery body lubes that were washable and would not stain were pretty popular. With snail slime once you work up a bit of a sweat your entire body or at least the part you have lubed up becomes very slippery, you can dry off with a towel or air dry and it will go right back to being slippery when you work up a sweat again. Good shit! ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-our-grandparents-use-for-sexual-lubricant/670280.md?page=3)