(But I have Known Issues, and avoided bringing up the whole period thing for months, until I ran out of the stash of mom's mostly forgotten pre-menopause feminine products in the basement and had no choice.)

I'm surprised that i don't have these issues. My mother is very wierd about it. When I lived at home, I had to keep my "sanitary products" in my room, hidden in the closet. I remember when I finally lived in an apartment my 4th year in college, when I could put my tampons under the sink!!

I always worked on the theory that what your parents don't know can't hurt you.

How many messages regarding a job is too many? Like, at what point do you stop calling to follow-up?

I have a friend whose mother took her to dinner to celebrate friend's losing of her virginity.

Could not have a mother much more different than mine. And I would not be able to deal.

I agree that parents really have no business knowing what their offspring like to do in bed (or other preferred locations).

That's what I meant, Fred Pete. I agree with you; I should have been more clear.

if you are interested, please review the poll: msbelle "Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job" Aug 3, 2007 7:52:20 am PDT

Thanks for doing that, msbelle.

A little birdie told me it's Deena's birthday.

Happy Birthday, my lovely Deena!

I hope there's cake and happy and all kinds of good things.

I have to scroll back bunches before I can comment on anything...

Happy Birthday to Deena!

At least LJ has custom filters--you can put your family on your friends, and then have a "OMGnotfamilyRealInfo" filter or some shit.

For the record, all of y'all fall under my fillter "Internet Ax Murderers". Though I really only use that when I don't want my sister or her friends to see something. I am v. lax about this shit.

At some point, you're very likely to find out your offspring's orientation -- if for no other reason, when you're introduced to boyfriends, girlfriends, or some of each.

That's exactly why I'd want to know. If my kid finds someone who loves her and with whom she wants to build a life, I want her to feel safe bringing that person home to meet us, and I want that person to feel safe with us, whatever gender that person is.

And, hell, if Matilda's teens are anything like mine were, I want her to feel safe to come to me whimpering for mommy-cuddling and comfort when this or that unrequited crush has stomped on her heart, without feeling like she has to be cagey and dishonest and avoid all gender-specific pronouns so that I won't flip out like a mammal.

Mostly I hope that her teens are nothing like mine, but if they are I want her to feel safe pouring out her woes to me.

I agree that parents really have no business knowing what their offspring like to do in bed (or other preferred locations).

This, exactly.

I have a friend whose mother took her to dinner to celebrate friend's losing of her virginity.

My mother gave me a commemorative plate when I got my first period, and it almost killed me. If ita's friend's mother were my mother, I think I'd have to shoot myself into outer space.