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Originally posted by AXO Alum
am so in agreement with you on this point about the parents. and the worst part is, that I found out later in life that my mom and dad were pregnant in high school (my dad got drafted and went to Japan so my mom went and had my sister very "quietly"). Now wouldn't one think that if they "got into trouble" (using the old phrase for it) that they would be the first ones in line to talk to their own kids about it?!

So pull out your score cards folks, and chalk one up for the lefty

I couldn't agree with you more!!! My mother relates that in 1959 when my parents married, her new mother-in-law sat her down and informed her that should they have daughters, my mother better be "damned sure to tell her the complete facts of life OR she [my grandmother] would EARLY ON" My mother was floored at this directive. Apparently, in 1925 my grandmother knew nothing, she was 19, pregnant, not really sure HOW she got pregnant and had no idea how babies were born. Her mother-in-law had to tell her AFTER she and my grandfather were married. My grandmother said she sat at the kitchen table saying 'omigod, no, no". My grandmother swore THAT would never happen to any female she loved. She became a BIG supporter of sex education, planned parenthood and speaking out about issues of human sexuality.