Buffy ,'Lessons'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I love Katie! She was also the girl in the first Crow, and Kitty Pryde in X2.
My mother gave us the talk because she caught me overusing the word "fuck." I was using it a lot, pretending I knew what I was talking about in hopes of tricking one of the older kids into revealing the dish. I had no idea it was parent stuff.
Eww.
My mom is a nurse and was the only parent to show up for our sex-ed classes. They all were invited, but only my mom came. As if I weren't unpopular enough already!
I don't remember having The Talk with my mom, but i'm sure I did.
As I assured my father when he asked. I was 22.
Re: "The Talk"
Never were there two parents more grateful to public school systems' mandatory health classes than my mom and dad.
I never had a talk . . . or even a single moment when I "understood". I just looked back one day and thought, "Yeah, I guess that's how all that works."
Um . . . ObThread: Still on my SF lit binge.
Never were there two parents more grateful to public school systems' mandatory health classes than my mom and dad.
Except for my parents. My Talk consisted of "so, you've covered everything in health class? Yes? Good. Just make sure you date Jewish."
My mother's version of the Talk was, "You've read enough to know....." I quickly agreed.
I grew up with Talk. I think my parents had some sort of parents guide to the Talk hidden in their closet somewhere when I was growing up because they seemed to following some sort of schedule of events. I just thank the stars that my Mom was the diligent one. As funny as it would be to watch my Dad attempt the Talk, that would soon grow old and be weird for the both of us. Although once I reached juniour high they had my older cousin (a sex ed teacher) give us the lowdpwn about all the "other" stuff. "Us" being my cousins and I who were all around the same age. I guess our parents didn't have too much faith in what they would teach us in public school.
I got the "where did I come from?" book when I was four, and my little sister was born. And then in junior high, got the joyful fun of going to...Catholic Sex Ed. No, seriously. I only remember bits of it--there were "celebrities" (some football player I'd never heard of) talking about how it was really important to not have sex until marriage. And a young married couple trying to be cool. (Which would've been less amusing if they hadn't gotten divorced a couple years later...so Catholic)
Am reading the memories of the Talk with fascinated dread, since the Blue Eyed Boy is getting to the age where he really oughta be told the basics. Strangely enough, he never asked any questions while I was pregnant - he seemed content just to know there was a baby inside and how it was going to come out (I gave him lots of detail on that since I've heard young kids can picture Aliens -type scenarios otherwise).
Guess I should go look for Where Did I Come From? at the library.