"The talk"

[arielsleepingbeauty]

I am 34 and still have never had the talk with my parents. There are stillthings that I don't know LOL! I vowed never to do that to my children. I know that if something were to happen to me that my DH would definatley make sure that my children were well informed about everything. I have made sure that my dearest girlfrinds will also take care of speaking to my children to if they come to them with questions. My parents never talked about those kinds of subjects. I never want my children to feel that its a taboo subject, be embarassed of their bodies or feel that they can't come to us.

 

[MAKHayes-DisneyDiva]

I was about 6 when my parents, who were kind of hippies, got me a book that was very PBS-like. On one page there was a drawing of a hen with a rooster behind it, and eggs both unfertilized and with ckicks in various stages of development. On the next page was a drawing of a man and woman, both face up and side by side (maybe holding hands?) in bed with a blanket covering them up to their necks. The art work reminds me (in my memory) of Eric Carle, because the blanket was a photograph of real fabric, giving the picture a textured look. It used words like uterus and placenta. Needless to say, it was a bit confusing but unforgetable. Did anyone else have this book?

 

[Demosthenes]

Hoping you got the rest figured out by now.

LOL. So that's what we have been doing wrong...

 

[ashjohnson80]

Never had the talk, just was told that if i had sex before i got married i would be murdered.

 

[Hedy]

3rd grade I got the basic plumbing talk from a book read by Mom (I had the chicken pox, I was a captive audience).
4th grade, at my Ped's recommendation, I got a (co-ed) book discussing changes. 5th grade we had the program in school, and I got another book, this one directed squarely at girls.

 

[hidmickey:myantidrug]

In 5th grade after the school's "Mother/Daughter Tea". We got all dressed up and went to the school (it was at night). I was shocked and horrified that the Mother/Daughter Tea had nothing to do with tea and little sandwiches! And they sent samples of femine products home too! I was so disappointed!

That is one dirty dirty trick.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

my parents never gave me "the talk". when i was about 14 my mother had tried to talk my sister into talking to me about it, but she didn't even really say much. just "you're going to start liking boys"....and that was the extent of "the talk" i ever got.

 

[tink1978]

I never had one....my parents never discussed it with me....then they wanted to have the talk when I got pregnant in college. I had to learn about stuff from friends in high school. My parents should have talked with me though.

 

[Fan2CSkr]

My Mom attempted "the talk" with me at age 12. When the sweat started forming at her brow I knew that was my sign to let her off the hook and share that I knew more than she did and all was OK. I'm pretty sure I was the one that taught my sisters everything they know too.

 

[Lanshark]

I'm still waiting.....

 

[deekaypee]

I never received "the talk"...and am still working up the courage to ask my parents for it!

 

[Kitty 34]

I was 10 and my Mom was pregnant with my youngest brother. She told me everything that afternoon!!!

 

[noseybuddy]

My mom just told me to keep my legs crossed. I guess that was the talk.

 

[Phrebert]

I was in High School and my sister was in college and she got PG.
My dad said and I quote " Don't be stupid!).

 

[shirleyb]

I'm still waiting!

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

My parents constantly talked about it. I remember trying to cover my ears - la, la, la.

It seemed like every time we had a long car ride, one of them would bring up something that at the time was so mortifying.

To this day I am scared for life - car rides with my parents (I am 38) make me nervous.

We would also get age appropriate books from Santa. Who knew Santa was running a sex shop?

 

[oxfordcircus]

I was 12. Dad had visual aids and all. That clicking noise still haunts me.Super 8 was not that good.

I'll probably regret this, but...huh?

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Never really had a talk. My mother had me check a book out of the library when I was 7 and said, "If you have any questions..."

I admittedly was a little confused about how certain things worked until I happened upon my first porn movie a few years later. Then it all clicked.

 

[Hercules10]

I was somewharz around 5 or 6 and my mother told me that if I kissed a girl that I'd end up covered in sores and never have children.

Thank GAWD I found the old man's PLAYBOY stash.

 

[brerrabbit]

When I was 8 or 9 years old my Father and I were deer hunting over Thanksgiving as we did every year. One night we were sitting around our cabin when I asked him why we hunted deer in November and December and at no other time. My Father had been drinking beer (only after all the guns were secure for the night) when he launched into his "talk". He explained how during this season the deer went into the rut and the males were attracted to the females. He said that the reason we hunted then was because the normally cautious and smart bucks did really stupid things this time of year which made them easier to hunt ( the age old story of guys doing really stupid things when they are in love, or in the case of the bucks in lust). We really never got into the mechanics of the whole thing because I told him I already knew most of that stuff. But he concluded his presentation with the words that I tended to live by from that point forward, He said "Son always remeber this, a stiff d*** has no conscience."

Words to live by.