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** Bob just found better things to do than sex.

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** Bob has erectile dysfunction.



* '''Gender Inverted:''' Alice is an old woman who doesn't have sex.



* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob goes through periods of having and not having sex, depending on his health.

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* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob goes through periods of having and not having sex, depending on his health.time, health and availability of his wife Alice.



* '''Enforced:''' "It would be weird if Bob was a DirtyOldMan. Let's have him abstain from sexual activities."

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"It would be weird if Bob was a DirtyOldMan. Let's have him abstain from sexual activities.""
** The producers actually want to avoid a MediaNotes/RestrictedRating.



* '''Defied:''' Bob has sex every day.

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* '''Defied:''' Bob has sex every day.regularly with his wife Alice.

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** Bob is asexual and was never interested in sex.
** Bob has severe arthritis in his hips, and sex is painful for him.
** Bob only believes sex is ok if it's for the purpose of procreation, and his wife Alice is post-menopausal.



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Because of the belief that it'd be gross and weird for him to have sex, Bob experiences sexual frustration, which takes its toll on his health.
* '''Reconstructed:''' ???Bob knows it's fine for older people to be sexually active, he just isn't personally interested.
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* '''Exploited:''' ????



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'''Basic Trope:''' An old person doesn't have sex.

* '''Straight:''' Bob is an old man who doesn't have sex.
* '''Exaggerated:''' Bob is an old man who has never had sex.
* '''Downplayed:'''
** Bob is a middle-aged man who doesn't have sex.
** Bob is an old man who normally doesn't have sex, but is willing to do it a few times.
* '''Justified:'''
** Bob feels as if he is too old to have sex.
** Bob has become sterile.
* '''Inverted:''' Bob is a young adult who doesn't have sex.
* '''Subverted:''' Bob is initially thought to not have sex, but he then mentions doing dirty things with his wife, Alice.
* '''Double Subverted:''' It turns out that those dirty things are just dirty talk.
* '''Parodied:''' ?
* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob goes through periods of having and not having sex, depending on his health.
* '''Averted:''' Bob has sex whenever he wants to.
* '''Enforced:''' "It would be weird if Bob was a DirtyOldMan. Let's have him abstain from sexual activities."
* '''Lampshaded:''' "It just seems like everyone is abstinent as soon as they turn old."
* '''Invoked:''' Bob doesn't want his reputation to be ruined, so he acts like he has no sex in order to seem "normal".
* '''Exploited:''' ?
* '''Defied:''' Bob has sex every day.
* '''Discussed:''' "Bob, why don't you have any sex? It's fun!" "I'm just too old for it. Besides, there's more to life beyond doing that."
* '''Conversed:''' "I swear, old people are so boring. They never have any sex, after all."
* '''Deconstructed:''' ?
* '''Reconstructed:''' ?

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