The birds and the bees.

I was extremely sheltered growing up, and went to private Christian school until 7th grade. The first time I had even heard of sex was in 7th grade health class. I pretty much looked like this the entire time: . After the class, all I heard from my parents was, "let us know if you have any questions."

 

I never got the talk. I've given it to my kids though. Several times. Each age of development, a parent needs to re-address it.

 

My folks never mentioned it. I learned from a slightly older kid, who it turned out had a crush on me. I spent the next months trying to ward off his unwanted advances.
A little later I found my father's stash of soft (very soft by todays standards) porn mags concealed in the attic. They helped a lot.

 

My mom sat me down with an anatomy book when I was 8 years old and explained it in a very straight-forward manner.

She then told me to go to school and teach the other kids.

 

... and procreate?

 

Only with the pure Jewish ones.

 

Lulz. I have this book on my bookshelf right now:


I'll just leave it out opened to the genitalia chapter with some crayons for my kids, and consider the sex talk taken care of.

 

my mom never talked to me about it. We've never had a single conversation about sex. I feel awkward even saying the word "sex" in front of her.

but I had older siblings, cousins, siblings of friends who kept me in the know. I always assumed sex was just kissing each other all over until a friend's older sibling took me aside at a slumber party in 4th grade and whispered excitedly, "Did you know when a man and a woman have sex the girl's vagina gets wet so the penis can slide in??"

I thought it was the grossest thing I had ever heard lol

 

My people were pretty blue-nosed. Learned when the neighborhood girls asked me to play "doctor".

 

1. No and 2. No

"It was more Doctors and Nurses" Playtime - Mind you "Back in the Day" 'Love was indeed all around'

 

barely. my dad gave me about a 30 second description of what sex is once, using the finger simulation method:



he also said something about how it's fun no matter what, but it's like a roller coaster if it's with someone you actually love. that's all i remember about it (i think that's really all there was to it).


oddly enough, when i was trying to find the above graphic, all i kept getting was image after image of miley cyrus. search for any combination of the words finger, sex, or poke, and all results point to miley.

 

no euphamisms, but i was only given the talk when i was 13. four years after i had already been masterbating and having sexual fantasies.

prehaps this is understandable as my dad was raised by a single parent who was his father, and not very good or patient with him. so much so that he had left home, such as it was, perminantly when he was 11. that was during the depression of the 1930s.

naturally i heard in school about the weird stories their parents had told them, a few of which a very few of them actually believed.

 

Hmm...that picture reminds me of my first time. Maybe the fact that the aim is a little off.

 

You Missed Your Hand......What A Wanker....



Cheers Glen.

 

nope. never directly had the talk.
my sister got her period when I was 7 so that was explained to me then.
but anything else I learned back then I got from a library book haha

 

Yes - only because I was nervous.
If I had been more open and told myself what felt good, it would have turned out differently.

 

Never had the talk was never given a book but my mom did have one from her college days that i would read. Learned everything at a pretty young age though from kids at school and my sisters. I knew quite a bit by second grade and had sex ed in fifth grade

 

Wow, I never knew how rare my family was. Sex was always talked about in my house. My dad had "the talk" with me when I was in 6th grade. It was a family discussion. Dad, mom, me, teenage brother, college aged sister and her friend. Why would they do that in private? It went something like this "listen, I don't want you to have sex but if you are going to can you let me know so I can run to the drug store and get you condoms?" I swear that was what my dad said to his 12 year old daughter. It worked because I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 but we took care of our own condoms.

Sex was never a quiet thing. We always knew when my parents were having sex. It was the only time their bedroom door was shut. I think I was watching rated R movies by the time I was 3. My parents weren't very good at figuring out what was age appropriate but I'm much happier it was that way verses never being talked about.

My dad and I still talk about sex. No secrets in our family.

 

5th grade, wow! It wasn't offered until high school in my home town. Of course that was 30 years ago.

 

Yeah it was kind of a big deal but i dont remember any parents complaining