"The talk"

[Stratton_Gun]

I never had the talk either - to the amusement and delight of my year 9 health class

Do go on.....

 

[dales.girl38]

Do go on.....

No stories as such - they separated us into separate boys/girls classes which was good. My friends used to fight to sit next to me so that they could watch my reactions and be the one to explain things to me. Just a very, very innocent 14/15 year old. My mum never let me get those Girlfriend/Dolly magazines, which is generally where girls learn that stuff

 

[Stratton_Gun]

No stories as such - they separated us into separate boys/girls classes which was good. My friends used to fight to sit next to me so that they could watch my reactions and be the one to explain things to me. Just a very, very innocent 14/15 year old. My mum never let me get those Girlfriend/Dolly magazines, which is generally where girls learn that stuff

My sister used to get them when she was around 14/15. I found one when I was about 11/12 and for some reason read a page or two. I was expecting "Dolly Doctor" to be along the lines of "I have a cold, should I stay home from school?". Instead it was more like " I have puss coming out of my hoo ha". My reaction would have been something like

 

[Caesar]

Having a family in the medical profession meant I had the talk from a regular age. My favourite talk is hitting them back asking questions about STIs (not that I had them) freaking them out and watch them go pale.

It's traumatic for any parent to find out that their child likes Subarus.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Never had it.

"The Talk" is over rated. A western education should provide everything an adoloscent needs to know, combined with osmosis from exposure to typical social situations.

Nah. Parents know you better than some teacher. If you just leave things up to tv or teachers then what's the point in being a parent. It's not up to others to raise kids.

 

[MarcusP2]

Mum likes to tell the story of my comments on reaction to the talk (given when I was quite young I guess, around 6. Mum is a nurse).
1. 'You and dad did that 3 times?'
2. 'Why do you need to take all your clothes off?'

 

[Stratton_Gun]

WTF is the point of having it at 6. I wouldn't have had a clue or been interested back then. Even in Year 6 when which was the earliest they started I remember giggling like a school girl the whole way through it

 

[And_ROOS]

"If you get her pregnant don't come home."

Thanks Da.

 

[Northworth]

I remember giggling like a school girl the whole way through it

does that describe your first time too?

 

[Hot Pocket]

Found my dads pornos when I was about 5. No talk was ever had.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Nah. Parents know you better than some teacher. If you just leave things up to tv or teachers then what's the point in being a parent. It's not up to others to raise kids.

You have henceforth been banished from modern society. Begone with thou old fashioned mannerisms.

 

[Coolangatta]

The only talk I ever got was, "Make sure they don't go to the police about it."

 

[Engimal]

Never had the talk. Mind you, I'm only 17 but I don't think it's likely to happen in the future. My house is one of those where we all know what's going on but we don't talk about it. Few awkward instances where my mother found condoms in my wallet. Definitely one of the more awkward situations I've ever been in.

 

[timtamWB]

When I was 16, my Dad came into my room, gave me a box of condoms, gave me a nod, and walked out. That was my version of the talk.

 

[skilts]

Unlike most of you here I actually had it. Can't remember exactly how old but probably 12/13.

I was at the cricket with my dad and a family friend 2-3 years older than me. As such there was this strange balloon like thing floating around and I ask the family friend 'whats that?' and he says its a condom. I ask what that is and he says don't worry, so on getting home I asked my parents and they broke it to me.

An inauspicious introduction.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Gaz showed me the ropes off geordie shore.

All seriousness I was a bright and very cluey kid, I didn't need it.

 

[skilts]

Diagrams of a uterus, cross sectional diagrams of a dick. It was a biology lecture.

I too never had 'the talk'. As a result of a catholic education, I also had the diagram thingy thrust at me, when in Year 7. Being somewhat of a literalist, I couldn't work out why we were being shown what looked like a mess of unconnected electrical wires. It made no sense.

When I first had sex with a woman, I thought (among other things), "why would anyone think it appropriate to withhold this information?" One of the many lies of omission which punctuated my early life. How could you trust someone who thought so little of you that they would want you to remain so ignorant? Why would you keep secrets from your children, if your job is to prepare them for the vicissitudes and complexities of life?

My own son brought the subject up, as it arose, so-to-speak. He was about seven years-old. Naturally (in every sense of that word), I told him the what and why of his body. I then told him to ask anything he needed to know in future. This all took about five minutes.

 

[Roobs321]

Yeah I never had the talk (although I have had some vague discussions about the sexual side of relationships before with each parent, after having SRS its sort of unavoidable).

We had sex ed in Year 6, so mostly everything was covered then, and quite well too. I remember our grade did group performances using the subject matter after a couple weeks on it, I hosted a Who Wants to Be A Millionaire spoof with sex ed questions.

I don't remember much about finding out though. I think it was just new, uncharted territory, a bit like learning about physics or something, but vaguely familiar based on some schoolyard discussions and pop culture. So it wasn't surprising or shocking, just explaining what was happening and going to happen. Everyone had a basic vague idea of the particulars at that point, it was more just learning about terms like 'ovaries', 'dilating' and all the medical scientific side of it.

The only thing was that being transgender, this was all a rather bad reminder for me, that I was going to physically grow up in rather grotesque ways.

 

[UmpiringFooty]

Didn't have that particular talk at home. But at high school I was at was split into two huge groups. Boys were told to go to the Senior school's multipurpose room. Whilst the girls were told to go to the main multipurpose room down the front of the school. (My high school was divided into 4 mini schools so it was huge.) It was Barkly's (my mini school's name) turn to have that talk after a couple of people were caught doing the deed on school grounds.
We also had sex ed in year 7 and as we were having that strange discussion on sex it was stopped due to a girl sitting down the back who obviously wasn't feeling very well had thrown up everywhere.

 

[Radius]

Didn't have that particular talk at home. But at high school I was at was split into two huge groups. Boys were told to go to the Senior school's multipurpose room. Whilst the girls were told to go to the main multipurpose room down the front of the school. (My high school was divided into 4 mini schools so it was huge.) It was Barkly's (my mini school's name) turn to have that talk after a couple of people were caught doing the deed on school grounds.
We also had sex ed in year 7 and as we were having that strange discussion on sex it was stopped due to a girl sitting down the back who obviously wasn't feeling very well had thrown up everywhere.

and that girl was you...

 

[UmpiringFooty]

and that girl was you...

No it wasn't. I never threw up at school.
It was some blonde haired girl who smoked.

 

[Messenger]

When I first had sex with a woman, I thought (among other things), "why would anyone think it appropriate to withhold this information?" One of the many lies of omission which punctuated my early life. How could you trust someone who thought so little of you that they would want you to remain so ignorant? Why would you keep secrets from your children, if your job is to prepare them for the vicissitudes and complexities of life?

It wasn't a question of keeping secrets; he didn't (doesn't) have the emotional wherewithal to discuss the interpersonal aspects of sex.

 

[skilts]

It wasn't a question of keeping secrets; he didn't (doesn't) have the emotional wherewithal to discuss the interpersonal aspects of sex.

You may have a point, but other aspects of his dealings with us leave little room for any sympathy for his plight. Anyway, in the end, whether it be fear on his part, or a blatant abrogation of his parental responsibilities, the end result was the same.

 

[Zach Package]

When I was 16, my Dad came into my room, gave me a box of condoms, gave me a nod, and walked out. That was my version of the talk.

is your dad Ron Swanson?

 

[timtamWB]

is your dad Ron Swanson?