Okay. That's the way Wisconsin is heading. Our dear governor shut down collective bargaining for the public unions for everything except for pay. When I first started at UW I had no choice and had to pay union dues. Now, I don't and I haven't started them up again because his other budget "fixes" included making me pay $150 more a month for medical and retirement. The $35 break in union dues doesn't even touch that.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
SailAweigh - Apr 08, 2012 3:08:03 pm PDT #11056 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Aims - Apr 08, 2012 6:38:11 pm PDT #11057 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So, Emeline made a couple of comments today about sex (as well as her personal opinion on how often Joe and I "do it") and it occurred to me that we've been very lax parents and have not had The Talk with her.
Informal poll: When did you get/give The Talk? What worked, what didn't?
We're leaning toward a picture book and then opening up the room to questions, but I tend to drift off subject. Any advice for those what have had or have given The Talk?
javachik - Apr 08, 2012 6:42:02 pm PDT #11058 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I have really no advice, but I can tell you something funny. When my Aunt Sharon had The Talk with me (I think I was 7?), I looked at her, looked at my two cousins sitting in the backseat, looked back at her and said, "so you've had sex twice then!"
She was sort of unprepared for that answer and had to go on to kind of explain that you do it and don't even make babies sometimes!
Aims - Apr 08, 2012 6:42:56 pm PDT #11059 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
you do it and don't even make babies sometimes!
Somwehere, a Santorum staffer just died.
javachik - Apr 08, 2012 6:45:27 pm PDT #11060 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Ha!
meara - Apr 08, 2012 6:45:33 pm PDT #11061 of 30001
Aims, I had two younger siblings, so I got one of those "when mommy and daddy have a special hug" thing, more about babies growing in the tummy than anything else. Otherwise I do not remember any "talk", except at school ("Puberty! It's coming soon!" and "DRUGS! STDS! BAD!")
javachik - Apr 08, 2012 6:46:42 pm PDT #11062 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
LMAO! "A special hug" would put me off of hugs for a lifetime!
WindSparrow - Apr 08, 2012 6:53:34 pm PDT #11063 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Speaking as someone who has been on the receiving end of a picture book - for heaven's sake please don't put it in her Christmas stocking.
Jen, lots of recovery~ma for your mom. That is scary stuff.
le_nubian, lots of confidence-and-interview~ma for you.
Hey, vw, it's good to see your font. I hope you manage to get some kind of rest soon.
SuziQ - Apr 08, 2012 6:56:15 pm PDT #11064 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'd say start out very general and be prepared for just about any question. It is ok to say it is private but sometimes all they need is to know it is ok to ask.
One of the more interesting talks with K-Bug started at a baseball game. It was the year after Giambi signed with the Yankees and they were playing the A's for the first time that season. There was a guy sitting near us wearing a shirt that said "Giambi sucks but Jeter swallows". My little cherub looked at me and asked "what does that mean?". Her father took an immediate cigarette break.
Aims - Apr 08, 2012 7:00:54 pm PDT #11065 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
for heaven's sake please don't put it in her Christmas stocking.
Oh my word. I promise.