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post #21 of 33
NO to all....
but my dc's had best tell me!!!!
No, we have a much more open relationship then I did with my ULTRA_ catholic parentsd...
post #22 of 33
Yes to all of the things you mentioned. At least to my Mom. My Dad, now that would of been embarrassing! And he would been kicking butts and asking questions later.
post #23 of 33
no, no, no, no.

I didn't have that kind of relationship. Of course, I was and am very private about things like that and wouldn't have told my best friend let alone my parents.

Then again they had a lot of other things to deal with like my emotionally abusive dad and his bipolar depression.
post #24 of 33
yeah, never.

I'm not sure whether this is more "me" or "them", but I have a feeling it's the latter -- as an adult I'm quite outgoing and expressive. As a child and teen, not at all.
post #25 of 33
I'm sure it was ALL brought up. I had a very wild, open mother who embarrassed me for the opposite of what most kids are embarrassed about... I wish she would have been more prudish about some things!
post #26 of 33
No, I couldn't talk to my mom about those things because I wasn't allowed to do any of them. The only time my mom talked to me about sex and boys was to tell me not to have sex and that I couldn't have a boyfriend. I was still not allowed to do any of those things in college.

I'm in my early twenties right now and suddenly my mom wants to talk about guys in my life. As you can imagine, I cannot talk to her about anything related to men- its awkward for me. I would be completely comfortable never talking to her about a man until I get engaged. lol

ETA: When I think abou this, it really just makes me sad and I hope that my children will feel comfortable talking to me.
post #27 of 33
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*Did you tell them about people you liked?
Sometimes, meaning, sometimes I let my Mother be in the room while I talked about my current crush. Actually, I talked to my Gramma alot on this subject.

So far, my son still talks to me about his crushes.

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*Did you tell them about your first kiss?
Nope.

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*Did you tell them about your first time?
Not a chance!

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*Did you feel comfortable discussing emotional aspect of your relationships at that age?
Not with my Mother, a little with my Gramma, if I left the sex parts out.

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over my dead body would I have done that with my parents. Even now I don't.
I waited until I was 18 and moved out and then told my Mother about all the things I had done behind her back, sneaking out, etc.
post #28 of 33
I never talked to my parents about anything. My mom was never around, dad was gone after the divorce and I was left alone after school. I didn't talk to my sisters either because they would take anything I siad and go tattle on me to my mom and get me in trouble. My mom wasn't normal and didn't know how to sit down and discuss "life" with me so I hid everything from her and it caused me to be a bad kid behind the scenes and I fell with a bad crowd. I wish I would have had a parent to talk to or a better model in the home.

I guess my mom figured not talking about sex or anything real that happens in life was going to prevent me from ever engaging in those things?! or perhaps she just wanted me to learn about it all from "someone" else other than her. As long as she didn't have to embrass herself talking about it. She had a warped way of thinking.

I've talked to my kids about their bodies, sex, having babies, you name it ever since they were all very young (age appropriate of course) and I hope they always feel comfy coming to me with anything.
post #29 of 33
I would have rather died first then do any of those questions with my parents. My mom has no idea how to be supportive of any emotional issue and no way would I open up on that front. My father would have been too embarrassed.

I am hoping to do better with my kids.
post #30 of 33
*Did you tell them about people you liked?

Me and my mom would talk about this stuff pretty often. She would actually be like, "You know that kid in your band that plays the drums, he's pretty cute, huh!"

She usually really liked the boys that I dated and would ask me about them/ talk to their parents/ etc.

*Did you tell them about your first kiss?

I would have liked to talk to her about it but she was a crazy lunatic about that stuff and would have yelled at me even though she didn't think it was wrong. It was just something you don't ever talk to anyone about, I guess.

I talked to my Grandmother about it instead.

*Did you tell them about your first time?

Again, I really wanted to but she was a crazy lunatic about that kind of thing. I was 17 when I HAD to tell her about it because a condom broke and I was terrified, it was not a pretty discussion.

I remember her saying "Well could you even accomplish anything?" (By which she meant did he even ejaculate), and I was like "What, you don't think I'm sexy enough?" And she went BALLISTIC! I thought it was pretty funny.

She still thinks that was my first time, and doesn't know I had been having sex for a solid year before that (with a boyfriend of a very long time, who she liked very much).

*Did you feel comfortable discussing emotional aspect of your relationships at that age?

Never, and not even now. My Mom is cool with shallow conversation but as soon as things get touchy-feely she starts with the yelling and the hysterics. I would have loved to talk to her but she was a huge **** about those things.


So, I will say in conclusion, that I would have talked about those things but my Mom's reactions were always too violent and out of nowhere.
post #31 of 33
I didn't discuss any of those things with my parents when I was a teen.
post #32 of 33
No to all of them.

And, unfortunately, my 13 year-old dd is just like me and doesn't tell me anything (and never has). I am a very different parent than my own parents (whom I love dearly but we never discussed anything), and I have always talked about the big stuff with my daughters. I think the "won't talk to parents" thing is genetic though, and nothing to do with parenting skills (and, actually, I resent people who suggest that if your kids won't talk to you it's because you're not a good parent). My 11-year-old is very different and much more open.
post #33 of 33
Nope. Never. Still don't.
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