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Ireneparalegal · 05-13-2006, 08:17 PM

Did someone sit you down and talk to you? did you find out on your own?

I never had a parent tell me. My mom died when I was six, so my older sister (13 years older than me) was my guardian. My dad wasn't going to tell me. My sister never told me. She just basically told me what NOT to do. What NOT to let a guy do. Don't get hickies because people will think you are a slut. I learned from my best friend and my cousin. And even some info wasn't correct. I basically got my education in child development class in high school. Not to mention after meeting my boyfriend who I would end up marrying and divorcing.

Southern Hellraiser · 05-13-2006, 08:20 PM

I learned everything from the T.V and the internet because my mom sure as hell wouldn't tell me. I just got internet access in December 2004, so I learned most of it from watching T.V.

LuLu Rogers · 05-13-2006, 08:21 PM

My mother attempted to explain it to me when I was 11, but I really learned everything that I know now from friends at school. I've always been a very sheltered child, LOL.

I fact, I thought the "G-spot" was a club that older kids went to when I was 13.

Brian Damage · 05-13-2006, 08:22 PM

I had hands on training.

Janice · 05-13-2006, 08:31 PM

I sort of just figured things out. I'm smart that way.

I had two older sisters who had boyfriends. I never got "the talk" from either of my parents.

Nighthawk76 · 05-13-2006, 08:35 PM

I still don't know about the birds and the bees.

Kazza · 05-13-2006, 08:36 PM

My parents never explained a thing to me; not even when my period started.
I don't want my dd's to grow up the same way; that's why I've been searching and buying books easy enough for them to understand the changes they'll go through.

EmoJoe · 05-13-2006, 08:39 PM

my mom told me in the car one day going to the park when i was like 9

she just told be the basics, though. and then when i was 10-ish/11-ish she told me the rest of it.

Mr. Television · 05-13-2006, 08:47 PM

I just learned things as I went along. Nobody explained anything to me.

Chelsea · 05-13-2006, 08:49 PM

Yeah, definitely didn't learn from my parents.....Mom was raising me solo, and, well...just...no. As for Dad, something to be remembered: I didn't see him at any point between the late eighties and 2005. So, yeah, TV, internet, and friends. Essentially, once I got to the curious age, when I'd, say, hear something from a friend, or on TV, I'd wind up cross-checking it with the internet. Of course, this was in the days before a lot of resources like Wikipedia, so....

PZelda · 05-13-2006, 08:51 PM

My parents never told me about it. I just went up to them and told them I knew. That was after I took sex ed, of course.

By the way, I was 8 (3rd grade) and a friend was 10 when we both discovered this sex ed book in the school library. I must've read that book 10 times...it fascinated me. So, by the time I got to 6th grade and had an actual sex ed class, I already knew quite a bit. I am so glad I learned about it at an early age, so I knew what to do when I finally did it for the first time.

Courtnee · 05-13-2006, 09:00 PM

books from the library haha
great thread idea btw

~LadyJess~ · 05-13-2006, 09:24 PM

My parents never really told me. My mom tried to once but I got embarrased and didn't want to listen to her because by that point I had learned quite a bit from my friends who had older siblings.

Jo_Luvs_Ketchup · 05-13-2006, 09:24 PM

I went outside and looked up in the trees. Nothing about it Irene!

Well actually no one has discussed it with me yet. My mom's wondering where I'm getting all my dirty jokes

Buffyboy323 · 05-13-2006, 09:26 PM

Uuum...I found a tape and put it in the VCR......and it all took off from there. I learned to do something else from that too!

05-13-2006, 08:17 PM	#1
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	How did you learn abour the BIRDS & the BEES? Did someone sit you down and talk to you? did you find out on your own? I never had a parent tell me. My mom died when I was six, so my older sister (13 years older than me) was my guardian. My dad wasn't going to tell me. My sister never told me. She just basically told me what NOT to do. What NOT to let a guy do. Don't get hickies because people will think you are a slut. I learned from my best friend and my cousin. And even some info wasn't correct. I basically got my education in child development class in high school. Not to mention after meeting my boyfriend who I would end up marrying and divorcing.
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05-13-2006, 08:20 PM	#2
Southern Hellraiser Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 08, 2005 Location: Mississippi Posts: 19,960	I learned everything from the T.V and the internet because my mom sure as hell wouldn't tell me. I just got internet access in December 2004, so I learned most of it from watching T.V.
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05-13-2006, 08:21 PM	#3
LuLu Rogers Colonel Brandon Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 23, 2004 Location: The Hogwarts Dungeons Posts: 11,013	My mother attempted to explain it to me when I was 11, but I really learned everything that I know now from friends at school. I've always been a very sheltered child, LOL. I fact, I thought the "G-spot" was a club that older kids went to when I was 13.
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05-13-2006, 08:22 PM	#4
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05-13-2006, 08:39 PM	#8
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	my mom told me in the car one day going to the park when i was like 9 she just told be the basics, though. and then when i was 10-ish/11-ish she told me the rest of it.
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05-13-2006, 08:31 PM	#5
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I sort of just figured things out. I'm smart that way. I had two older sisters who had boyfriends. I never got "the talk" from either of my parents.

05-13-2006, 08:35 PM	#6
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	I still don't know about the birds and the bees.

05-13-2006, 08:36 PM	#7
Kazza Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 3,244	My parents never explained a thing to me; not even when my period started. I don't want my dd's to grow up the same way; that's why I've been searching and buying books easy enough for them to understand the changes they'll go through.

05-13-2006, 08:47 PM	#9
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05-13-2006, 08:49 PM	#10
Chelsea Semi-retired Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Washington Posts: 5,727	Yeah, definitely didn't learn from my parents.....Mom was raising me solo, and, well...just...no. As for Dad, something to be remembered: I didn't see him at any point between the late eighties and 2005. So, yeah, TV, internet, and friends. Essentially, once I got to the curious age, when I'd, say, hear something from a friend, or on TV, I'd wind up cross-checking it with the internet. Of course, this was in the days before a lot of resources like Wikipedia, so....
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05-13-2006, 08:51 PM	#11
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	My parents never told me about it. I just went up to them and told them I knew. That was after I took sex ed, of course. By the way, I was 8 (3rd grade) and a friend was 10 when we both discovered this sex ed book in the school library. I must've read that book 10 times...it fascinated me. So, by the time I got to 6th grade and had an actual sex ed class, I already knew quite a bit. I am so glad I learned about it at an early age, so I knew what to do when I finally did it for the first time.

05-13-2006, 09:00 PM	#12
Courtnee MAN VS SAMMICH. Forum Star Join Date: Mar 23, 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 16,413	books from the library haha great thread idea btw
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05-13-2006, 09:24 PM	#13
~LadyJess~ Football Chick Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: At the Shamrock doing shots with Mo Posts: 8,260	My parents never really told me. My mom tried to once but I got embarrased and didn't want to listen to her because by that point I had learned quite a bit from my friends who had older siblings.
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05-13-2006, 09:24 PM	#14
Jo_Luvs_Ketchup Member Eternal Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 4,195	I went outside and looked up in the trees. Nothing about it Irene! Well actually no one has discussed it with me yet. My mom's wondering where I'm getting all my dirty jokes

05-13-2006, 09:26 PM	#15
Buffyboy323 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 6,102	Uuum...I found a tape and put it in the VCR......and it all took off from there. I learned to do something else from that too!