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I thank my lucky stars that my momma (stepmom) was a 6th grade teacher and did the "sex/growing up talk" with her sixth graders on a yearly basis. My mom told me all about it when I was about nine, even before my parents were married. Then I got my period when I was 10 so I knew what to expect and took a pad out from under the sink and went about my day with out saying a word. She noticed the wrapper in the trash can and asked me if I had started. LOL Then of course she HAD to go tell my dad, who immedietly came and hugged me like he was trying to fight off womanhood by smothering me to death right then and there.
But I think I have a strange but great relationship with my parents, compared to most anyway. They have always talked openly with me about sex and even at age 12 my mom told me that if I ever wanted Playgirl or a dildo to just let her know. That was weird, never took her up on that offer but it was nice to know that I didn't have to be ashamed of such things. My parents knew when I started bc and when im2smrt4u and I started having sex. I have always been able to ask my mom any question whether it was more technical or more curiosity.
I plan on raising my kids the same way as long as I think they can handle it. I think my parents knew I could and thus treated me more like and adult than a child.
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Frivolity, at the edge of a Moral Swamp, hears Hymn-Singing in the Distance and dons the Galoshes of Remorse. ~Edward Gorey
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