Grief Sex
One of the reasons we love soap characters is that they don't always behave the way people behave in real life. They keep way more secrets. They hang out with the same 4 or 5 people almost exclusively. They talk aloud to themselves about significant life events and nobody ever hears them. And thank God they do. Real life is nowhere near as exciting.
One of our favorite things that happen only on the soaps? Grief sex. Countless times, characters experience loss -- either illness or death or a harsh breakup -- and respond in their sadness the only way they know how: by doing it. Doing it 'til the sun comes up.
Recently, daytime has seen this concept in action twice. On One Life to Live, Natalie and Brody are both devastated by what they see as the ends of their relationships with John and Jessica. And on General Hospital, Sonny and Carly were grieving over their son's prison sentence when they got good and drunk and fell into bed. Grief sex double-whammy!
We pulled together some of our favorite examples of grief sexing on daytime. Click here to start the Grief Sex gallery.
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Comments (16)
Hey, hey Carly is awesome and so what if is wrong most of the times who isn't. She belongs with Sonny and that's a fact. She needs to divorce Jax and get back with Sonny who is she kidding. It's wrong for her to ask Sonny to give his childern up they just need to raise them the best they can.
Carly is something else .she turns on Sonny in a split second and she always has ullterior motives, Right after sex she told him that she wanted Jax to adopt his son Morgan.Carly can't sink any lower in my book!
The best grief sex was when Sonny and Brenda were trapped in a cabin IN A BLIZZARD in Canada. He was with Lily and she was with Jax but they stil l loved each other . She delibertly went out in a blizzard because she knew that Sonny would go to any lengths to rescue her. He found her and they found an old cabin..they tried hard to resist each other {well Sonny did}
but in the end they gave way to their obsessed love for each other. When Jax helicopter found them they vowed not to tell Jax and lily. Those were the good days on GH!
SICK SICK SICK....
I will be voting with my remote control during sick sex, drunk sex, grief sex, what-the-****-are-you-thinking-sex. The writers are getting lazy, and must be seriously sick themselves if they expect to keep an audience with this filth. Enough already!
I thaought it was sick for them to do this
and than Carly yelled at Sonny a day or 2 later, how sad is that, GREFF SEX MY @SS
No, I think All My Children beats the rest for characters jumping between the sheets to help cope. Grief or otherwise it is always a lot of fun to see the characters create more turmoil by adding confusion and sex to an already tumultuous relationship. It also gives the audience a chance to check out the chemistry between different actors and characters. A good plot twist sometimes as long as they do not overuse the routine. We do enjoy the variety and spice in our daytime dramas! I think it is just like "real life." What better way to cope with a crisis! lol.
Best grief sex scene would have to go to Jason & Elizabeth following Emily's funeral. Writers didn't have to worry about dialog that day. I think the initial scenes with no words being spoken added so much more emotion and depth for both of the characters. Too bad we can't have more of the romance this couple brought.
November 28th and 29th 2007. Those have become by all time fave Jason and Elizabeth scenes. So much was said between them with just a few looks. No words were needed. I miss Jason and Liz!!
Hi Stella, ITA with your post, the best Grief Sex was with Jason & Elizabeth after Emily's funeral. When Liz walked in the house and saw Jason sitting in that big ol chair made especially for him...lol, they didn't exchange one word their eyes did all the talking and she knew just what he needed. It was so tastefully done. And their chemistry is just off the chain... Awesome, Becky & Steve play off each other beautifully.... Yup, Jason & Elizabeth hands down was the best Grief Sex. Gawd I miss them so much!
The best grief sex was Carly and Sonny in the limo after they put Michael in the long term care facility; the climax was when she handed him the papers to give up his parental rights... That's when I moaned real loud!!! : )