Podcast Summary: Bawdy Storytelling – Episode 42: ‘My Road Trip with Tigger’ (Christina Willis)

Host: Dixie De La Tour
Storyteller: Christina Willis
Episode Release: October 3, 2018

Episode Overview

This episode of Bawdy Storytelling centers around Christina Willis’s frank, funny, and touching tale of midlife sexual rediscovery and unlikely romance that begins with a Craigslist personal ad and turns into an unexpectedly intimate and transformative road trip. With her trademark wit, Christina explores desire, vulnerability, masturbation, and healing while navigating life changes from divorce to family chaos. The episode, true to Bawdy’s reputation, is both sex-positive and deeply human, blending comedic moments, authentic emotion, and potent reflections on pleasure, connection, and resilience.

Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Masturbation: Self-Discovery and Comfort (03:13–04:25)

• Christina opens with a humorous celebration of masturbation, proudly claiming:

  "I invented it when I was 8... I am masturbation's number one fan. I mean, doesn't it get you through so much shit? It's like, better than Ambien. It's a coping strategy. It's a way to get your sexual needs satisfied." (03:16)

• Masturbation provided solace during tough years—especially amid divorce and the dry spell that came with it.

2. Venturing into Craigslist for Connection (04:26–06:30)

• Christina, feeling lonely and starved for touch, moves from browsing used furniture to perusing the Craigslist personals.
• She stumbles on a text-only ad:

  "Attractive guy to masturbate together with you."

• Olivia details the build-up: secretive, titillating emails and bold, nervous steps toward a new kind of encounter.

3. The First Encounter: Breaking Barriers and Forming Connection (06:31–09:46)

• Christina describes meeting "Eric" in a nondescript office—Plaid sleeping bag, coconut oil, and an unspoken agreement: “no touching.”
• The honesty and vulnerability are disarming:

  “He had the most beautiful mouth... this was the smile of a kindred spirit.” (06:45)

• The scene is charged, transformative:

  “We’re like orgasm for orgasm... I'm like, oh my god, multiple comer. This is great.” (07:36)

• A key moment occurs when he tells her,

  “Your pussy is so beautiful.” (08:10)
  —something no lover had ever expressed, causing a revelation of self-worth.

4. Emotional Growth and Intimacy via Correspondence (09:47–11:15)

• Post-encounter, they bond deeply over hundreds of long emails, discovering kinship as fellow “tiggers” who’d married “eeyores.”

  “We were developing this sort of collegiality mixed with sex.” (10:31)

• The connection is efficient, uninhibited, unexpectedly profound.

5. Family Crisis and Unexpected Support (11:16–13:54)

• Christina’s complex reality interrupts the idyll: her father’s crisis (arrest, stepmom’s dementia) demands her presence in Oregon.
• She turns to Eric, who instantly volunteers to help:

  “Let’s turn this into a road trip.” (12:20)

• What follows is a ten-day odyssey:
  • On-the-road sex escapades
  • Emotional respite amid difficult family dynamics
  • Eric’s unexpected charm with Christina’s troubled father

6. Sexual Adventure and Healing (13:55–14:20)

• Christina details sexual breakthroughs:

  “The greatest thing is one, coconut oil, and two, the shape of his cock turned my butt into a second pussy. It was amazing. I had always endured anal before, but this was like vagina orgasm sex, but in a place that wasn't sore.” (13:49)

• The physical satisfaction mirrors emotional support; Eric anticipates her needs without direction.

7. Reflection on Love, Desire, and Evolving Needs (14:50–15:30)

• Christine, reflecting on what unfolded:

  “I never expected this from Craigslist. And I never even knew that this is what I needed—to find somebody who didn’t even need me to tell him what I needed, but just anticipated and volunteered with terrific enthusiasm.” (14:50)

8. Broadening Out: The Meaning of Life (14:55–16:06)

• The host, Dixie de La Tour, bridges Christina’s story to broader themes:

  "The meaning of life is to take care of each other and stand up for each other... We're not just sex positive, we're people positive." (14:55)

• Advocacy for community and political action, paralleling the episode’s ethos of connection and support.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Christina Willis on midlife masturbation:

  "It's like, better than Ambien. It's a coping strategy. It's a way to get your sexual needs satisfied." (03:20)

• On first seeing Eric:

  "He had the most beautiful mouth...the smile of a kindred spirit." (06:45)

• Sexual affirmation:

  "Your pussy is so beautiful." —Eric, (08:10)

• Revelation:

  “I was actually the number two fan of masturbation.” (09:04)

• On matching energy in relationships:

  “We were both sort of the tiggers in our previous marriages, and we both married eeyores. Tiggers should marry tiggers.” (10:23)

• Anal breakthrough:

  “The greatest thing is... the shape of his cock turned my butt into a second pussy.” (13:49)

• Unexpected relationship:

  “I never expected this from Craigslist. And I never even knew that this is what I needed.” (14:50)

• Dixie De La Tour on activism:

  “I think the meaning of life is to take care of each other and stand up for each other... We're not just sex positive, we're people positive.” (14:55)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• [03:13] Christina begins her story, masturbation and self-exploration
• [04:26] Discovery and response to Craigslist ad
• [06:31] First meeting and mutual masturbation
• [09:04] Realization about the connection with Eric
• [09:47] Email exchanges build emotional intimacy
• [11:16] Family emergency; Eric offers support
• [12:42] The road trip and sexual adventure
• [13:49] Positive experience with anal sex
• [14:50] Christina reflects on what she found in Eric
• [14:55] Dixie’s heartfelt monologue on meaning, activism, and connection

Conclusion & Tone

This episode lives up to Bawdy Storytelling's promise: a candid, boundary-pushing, but deeply human narrative. Christina’s story weaves together sexual adventure, vulnerability, and unexpected kindness, showing how pleasure can coexist with hardship and sometimes bloom in the most unlikely circumstances. The tone alternates between hilarious, raunchy, and moving, with moments of gratitude and awe at newly-discovered possibilities.

The episode’s message: Intimacy, connection, and empowerment come in many forms—and sometimes, the wildest adventures and deepest healing begin when we follow our desire with openness and courage.

For more, listen to the full episode—because as Dixie says, “These stories aren’t memorized... This is honest-to-badness story time with true sexcapades and poignant, hilarious, transformational tales at each and every show.”