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7 details that show the Fifty Shades of Grey author has a boring life

Orgies, decadence and the creative use of handcuffs? Not quite.

Image: rachelkramerbussel.com via Flickr

THE HUSBAND OF 50 Shades of Grey author EL James wrote an article for The Guardian this weekend.

Niall Leonard, who’s in the process of publicising his own book (a “gritty urban murder mystery” called Crusher) gave out a few choice details about his home life with James.

So is their life one endless series of bondage parties, close-to-the-edge submission games, and creative use of garden implements? Well, no. Here are seven titbits from the Fifty Shades of Grey household:

7 details that show the Fifty Shades of Grey author has a boring life
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    They live in Brentford, England. This is Brentford. (stevecadman via Flickr)
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    They don't have a dungeon in their house, or a Red Room of Pain. (Latente via Flickr)
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    When Fifty Shades hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, the couple traded in their Honda for a VW. (xddorox via Flickr)
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    "The dog has to be walked, and the kids have to be fed and ferried around" (Sterlic via Flickr)
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    Their oven door has fallen off. (peapod labs via Flickr)
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    It was an accident that Fifty Shades of Grey took off, as they had no marketing strategy - it just spread by word of mouth. (See picture) (ercwttmn via Flickr)
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    For their first Christmas together, he bought her a can opener. (papalars via Flickr)

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