Hey – you know that book women read when they’re pregnant? What to expect when you’re expecting. Well where does it tell you what to expect when your teenager starts … umm … you know…. doing grown-up things. Good things. Fun things. Things that grown ups do.
You know what I’m talking about right???!!!!
Where does the book tell you what to expect and how to deal with it?!
I mean I’m very happy for everyone involved but to be honest I don’t really know how to respond. What’s the protocol? A high-five for having a great night out (in)? Ignore it and pretend it didn’t happen? Sit down and have a serious discussion about the birds and the bees? Again…
I’ve come to realise I want to know as much about my children’s sex lives, as they want to know about mine. That would be nothing whatsoever! I mean who wants to think about their parents having… you know… sex! And conversely, I don’t want to think about my kids doing it either!
So – while everyone involved is in a nice, happy, respectful relationship – all is good. And I think awkward discussions can just be forgotten about. And every now and then I’ll top up the box of condoms in the bathroom cupboard…
Well!
Do you recall how my oldest told me? Marcus & I, sitting at the kitchen table having a late breakfast on a weekend morning, he marches down the stairs and says “Well mom, your son is no longer a virgin!” !!!!!!!
And that’s all I need to say about that
Like you, I don’t want to know the details of activities that should be private between the two people involved. Since my two kids who are most likely to enter this stage in the near future are girls, though, I do need a little more information since I want them to have access to forms of contraception not readily available from the drugstore at the last minute. We have a “tell me when you’re ready and I’ll make sure you have what you need” understanding. So far, neither has taken me up on it.