But instead I'll tell you of the only piece of advice my mum ever gave me about sex. I was going to visit my boyfriend Jakob for a weekend when I was fifteen. (NB to non-Danes - 15 is legal age here!) My mum's hug when I left was a bit different than usual and then she stared at me and said "Be careful!" That was it *G* Thanks goodness for sex education and for me being both able to seek information and to buy condoms without dying ;-)
Definitely a classic ;-) I did find out later and I think that part of that was that she both got used to the thought of her daughter(s) being sexually active and she changed. Her views are over-all more liberal now than they were then.
The only sex ed I ever remember getting from my parents was my mom giving me (you guessed it) a book.
It was called The Stork Didn't Bring You ... and that's about I remember about it. I do recall being singularly uninterested -- maybe it was too early for me.
Heh. I wonder if that was the book my friend IM and I found when we were five. I remember our mothers being a little distressed, so I don't think we were supposed to have read it quite yet.
As far as I can recall, my mother's sole contribution to my sex education was the casual comment, as she was driving me to band practice, that women masturbate too.
Great title. I don't think I knew anything about the stork myth until my parents sat us down for the birds and bees talk with a book (of course :) ) that explained why it wasn't true.
The "sex ed" my mom got from her mother was just horrifying, but our parents did a wonderful job. I think we were very lucky in that sense.
Amen! So uncomfortable to sit through sensual scenes with them around. And half the time when I'd be watching something on my own, one or both of them would walk by the TV just as some sex scene or violence came on and I'd do some combination of cringing, blushing and protesting that everything had been perfectly normal a few minutes earlier. Parents just have the worst timing with that sort of thing.
One day I was watching "Frankenstein" with Kenneth Branagh and then my mom comes in just as this crazy sex scene comes on out of nowhere and she's like "What are you watching?!" And I'm like, jeez, it's literary, ok? It wasn't like this a second ago! lol
My father manages to alienate/terrify men that I'm not even dating. I took my friend K to the symphony a few years back, completely forgetting that my father had tickets for that series. Naturally, we ran into him in the lobby before the performance. It was the first time K had met my father and once we took our seats, he turned to me and said very seriously, "Your father has taken my measure and found me wanting." He was so intimidated that he refused to leave his seat during intermission, even though his favourite part of any performance was meeting new people in the lobby (unless of course they happened to be my father). Then last year, I took my friend D to a play my father was stage managing. D ran into my dad during intermission and returned completely cowed. "Your father does not approve of me," he said as we slunk back to our seats. To this day they're both convinced that my father hates them.
Because no man is good enough for his mer_duff, of course. Did K and D really say those things verbatim? They're very funny.
My dad -- as I imagine many dads do -- tends to assess each male-type person I introduce him to, whether boyfriend or potential boyfriend or purely platonic friend. I'm amused by how his voice deepens when he talks to them, how he makes a big point of shaking their hands and asking about their Life Plans.
I can't guarantee 100% accuracy on the quotes, but if anything my memory probably isn't doing them justice. They're very funny guys. I owe at least half of the dialogue in "Whining and Dining" to arguments/discussions I've had with K.
Ah, fathers and daughters. K now has a baby girl of his own and I can't wait to hear how he deals with potential suitors.
*wanders in from metaquotes*astridsdreamJanuary 23 2007, 03:38:07 UTC
My dad does that assessing of male friends thing too, but he is so adorably clumsy about it. He asked me one time if my friend Mike was a gamer (knowing how I do love me my gaming). I gave him a funny look, and he clarified with "I mean, is he a good person?" After recovering from the laughing fit of my dad associating "gamer" with "good person", I told him yes on both counts, and no, we won't be dating, um, ever.
Since then, the only male friends I've introduced him to have been established boyfriends. It's easier for him, bless his pointed little head.
Comments 40
I actually posted a memory today; in fact, it's a two-fer: Two grade-school memories.
Reply
Reply
Reply
lol couldn't help it
Reply
But instead I'll tell you of the only piece of advice my mum ever gave me about sex. I was going to visit my boyfriend Jakob for a weekend when I was fifteen. (NB to non-Danes - 15 is legal age here!) My mum's hug when I left was a bit different than usual and then she stared at me and said "Be careful!" That was it *G* Thanks goodness for sex education and for me being both able to seek information and to buy condoms without dying ;-)
Reply
Reply
I did find out later and I think that part of that was that she both got used to the thought of her daughter(s) being sexually active and she changed. Her views are over-all more liberal now than they were then.
Reply
It was called The Stork Didn't Bring You ... and that's about I remember about it. I do recall being singularly uninterested -- maybe it was too early for me.
Heh.
Reply
As far as I can recall, my mother's sole contribution to my sex education was the casual comment, as she was driving me to band practice, that women masturbate too.
Reply
The "sex ed" my mom got from her mother was just horrifying, but our parents did a wonderful job. I think we were very lucky in that sense.
Reply
Reply
Reply
One day I was watching "Frankenstein" with Kenneth Branagh and then my mom comes in just as this crazy sex scene comes on out of nowhere and she's like "What are you watching?!" And I'm like, jeez, it's literary, ok? It wasn't like this a second ago! lol
Reply
LOL, scenes from my life.
Reply
Reply
My dad -- as I imagine many dads do -- tends to assess each male-type person I introduce him to, whether boyfriend or potential boyfriend or purely platonic friend. I'm amused by how his voice deepens when he talks to them, how he makes a big point of shaking their hands and asking about their Life Plans.
Reply
Ah, fathers and daughters. K now has a baby girl of his own and I can't wait to hear how he deals with potential suitors.
Reply
Since then, the only male friends I've introduced him to have been established boyfriends. It's easier for him, bless his pointed little head.
Reply
Leave a comment