Remember When??? (house, how much, to buy, pregnant)

[Dbl-r]

If you was so fortunate and I hope thats the case....

your father or mother would set you down or in passing tell you or explain to you how things would work or be in certain situations as you grew up?
I rememer setting there thinking to myself ...ah huh....ok...we done yet but still listening to what was being said and keeping it stored in my mind to never uncover that info again until.........one day something would happen, sometimes not so serious and others serious and thinking....if I would have only listened
Now fast forward, how about those same conversations coming from you to your children....do you approach that conversation any differently now?

[Whyte Byrd]

I really can't remember the specifics about those talks. I remember one line phrases mostly, such as, be a man of your word, things like that. And those, I kept the same, basically.

[gr8doglove]

I remember my mother sitting me down when I was 9 or 10 to have 'the talk.' She told me about how I would be getting a 'period' soon. The thought of bleeding like that nearly scared me to death. She told me about where babies come from and how they get there in the first place. All very clinical with a huge dash of morality thrown in. DO NOT go all the way with boys, be a virgin when you get married. Acceptable sex is in the missionary position only. Anything other than that is a perversion. There was no discussion about birth control (no need for birth control when you practice abstinence)...and NO, my mom is not Sarah Palin...LOL

My Dad never discussed sex, dating or anything like that. He left that up to my Mom in that ONE conversation...lol As I was growing up, my Dad and I had 'conversations of meaning' while doing chores, taking walks, sitting around the kitchen table talking at night.

I was blessed to be born to really good parents. They weren't perfect, but they loved me and guided me and in the end, I didn't turn out so bad.

Having said that, I raised my son differently. He and I discussed everything. I always wanted him to feel comfortable talking to me about any problems he was having, peer pressure, no question was off limits. maybe I went too far, I don't know. He's 27 now and says he appreciates the open relationship we had when he was growing up. Now that he's an adult we are really good friends.

[Alaskan Mutt]

Originally Posted by gr8doglove

...and NO, my mom is not Sarah Palin...LOL

Hey now...Don't be picking on my governor now...

One of the scariest moments in life is the day you realise you've become your mom or dad.

[gr8doglove]

Originally Posted by Alaskan Mutt

Hey now...Don't be picking on my governor now...

One of the scariest moments in life is the day you realise you've become your mom or dad.

I feel ya! I don't want anyone picking on my governor, Martin O'Malley!

I will never forget the feeling I had when I found out I was pregnant. My very first thought was how much the labor and delivery was goihg to hurt!!!

[pekemom]

Actually my father explained everything to me a couple of years before my mother. He was always easy to talk to.

[115db]

I didnt have a mom and probably my dad might have felt a little uncomfortable so I had to learn in school, back when they showed films. But he did have to buy my first 'box' and my first bra, so that itself was probably embarrassing enough, for the both of us.
No, the embarrassing part was 'starting' at my friend's house, I had a crush on her big brother, and all 3 of us were horseback riding on their horses on their property.