The TalkFollow

Keeping with my theme, I was watching TV with Joph the other day, and it came up whether or not Joph Jr. had gotten "the talk" yet. I tried to recall when and how I found out about the birds and the bees, and I remembered with shock that I was seven, precisely Jr.'s age.

My best friend Amelia made me go get one of my father's Playboy magazines (kept in the sooper sekret bathroom cubbyhole) so she could explain it to me. She said two people got naked under a cover and then "pOOf" nine months later a baby came out. Boy, did I get in trouble for stealing that Playboy, but my mother was mightily amused by the explanation. She tells me she went on to explain the true way of things to me, but I must have blocked it out because I don't remember it.

Some four years later, the nuns at my school in Peru told me all about menstruation, but nothing about birth control or what missing a period meant. Thank God for mom.

I'm pretty sure they'll mention it on Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh or something.

I never had "the talk" either. I learned about the miracle of reproduction via public television. More specifically, a NOVA special on PBS.

I remember keeping the sound down low because I figured I was watching something dirty as they showed the swarm of sperm cells race to the egg. And I remember thinking that the mutant two-headed sperm were pretty cool.

I dont ever remember getting "the talk" either from anyone individually. I do remember 6th grade had a sex ed class but there was too much giggling going from both the boys and girls and by then everyone already knew the basics.

We had a book at home that explained how babies were made and photos of the fetus from conception to birth. It explained in detail what was going on and how it happened. Im sure I caught some info there. And then of course girls talk. My girlfriends and I woudl trade info with each other like they swap Pokemon cards these days.

I was asked just the other day, by my son how babies were made. We've had similiar talks before skirting the issue, like why do mommies carry babies and not daddys. He asked questions on who made babies, just the mommy or did daddy have a part? Finally the other day he got detailed, asking how daddy helped make the baby. Answering these questions to a four year old is a riot because you try to simplify it so you dont overwhelm them, while actually giving them the truth. The amusing part is the random questions youd never expect from their mouths though

Edited, Sep 7th 2006 at 5:31pm EDT by DSD

My uncle showed me one of his porno tapes when I was 9. Never officially got "the talk" from my parents. Great age for me to learn how to pull out.

By the time my folks got around to the talk I was no longer a virgin, and actually explained the finer points of a golden shower to my dad. My education began when I found a Hustler in second grade and proceeded to get head from my baby-sitter's daughter. And this was twenty years ago, I imagine kids these days don't even wash off the finger-paints before they start fisting.

I agree with Flea, WTF?


It's worth at least a Meowth!

Peru eh? I'm definantly from Mendota, moved out of there a few years back but i plan to move back to the area sooner or later. Small world.

Outside of what they taught in school, I never had a "talk" with my parents. When I was 17 and had been dating my highschool sweetheart for nearly four years, I asked my mom if I could go camping with him that summer. She said, "are you on birth control?" I said, "Yes". She said, "You have to weight until you're 18."

hahaha

Until I was fifteen I couldn't imagine how people had sex without the boys legs getting in the way. /shrug

Nexa

me and my friend have been giggling at the Tom Cruise avatar for like 5 straight minutes.

that is all.


still going

Edited, Sep 7th 2006 at 7:23pm EDT by Kelvyquayo

I noticed plenty of you didn't mention how old you were when you found out, and what you think the appropriate age is. Those of you that did mention a specific time mostly said "sixth grade", but I wonder if kids nowadays aren't getting info from outside sources much earlier than say, 15 years ago.

You guys suck a$$. The Turtle comes up with an incredibly RACKable line like, "I imagine kids these days don't even wash off the finger-paints before they start fisting" and you guys don't even slow down from describing the ************ epiphany you received upon discovering your pee-pees.

Fine. I'll do it.

RACK you, BT, for penning today's best line.

Totem

In our school they showed us a video about a kid who asked a janitor at a zoo...he kept talking about all the *****'s he sees every day on the animals..."Long ones short ones hairy ones bald ones" in a deep scraggly voice >.>

And the video for the girls was a sleepover and in the morning the mom of the host girl explained it by making pancakes in the ship of the females reproductive organs...then the dad ate them...

And people wonder why I'm gay...