yes this is always the case. 50's is pretty young for a grandmother-- these days people don't often have kids until 30 or later so if you're in your 50's your kids are often in their 20's. Many people I know in their 50's have kids just finishing college.
--- In [email protected], "Hannah Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, to be fair to my mom, that line requires a smoother delivery than > can be expressed in e-mail. It's more of a, "Please don't make me a > grandmother" > > Of course, the irony being that she's now in her fifties and she's whining > because she has four grown kids and no grandchildren. Clearly revenge is a > dish best served really really late. > > On 8/18/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well maybe NO sex talk is better than that. My parents didn't tell > > me not to have sex, they didn't tell me to be careful, they didn't > > tell me not to get pregnant, they didn't tell me to tell them if I > > did, how to prevent it, NOTHING. It was as though the concept didn't > > exist. Made me wonder whether it in fact did for them, then I > > remembered that my brother and I somehow managed to make it on to the > > scene, so they must have been aware of the concept. > > > > So how DO you make certain? Give them a miserable childhood? Or > > will that make them more likely as they look for an escape from the > > misery? > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Hannah Robinson" > > > > <hjrobinson@> wrote: > > > > > > I believe that sex-ed in my family can be summed up as such: > > > > > > "If you ever get pregnant, I'll kill you. Then I'll raise the baby > > while > > > you go to college." > > > > > > I had a pretty miserable adolescence (early and somewhat extreme > > > development, parental divorce) at an all-girls school, and then > > proceeded to > > > go that bastion of Social Normativity, the University of Chicago, > > so I know > > > exactly how to make certain my kids will never have teenage sex. > > > > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > FWIW, my parents NEVER talked to me about sex. To this day. > > I'm 39. > > > > Therefore, I didn't talk to them about it either. There was no > > one I > > > > was interested in in high school, so it wasn't really an issue > > until > > > > college when I was no longer living in my parents' house, but > > still. > > > > I guess they figured we got whatever needed in sex ed class, the > > last > > > > of which I think was maybe 8th grade? Maybe if I did have a > > > > boyfriend it would have come up, but my brother had a girlfriend, > > I > > > > think, and I still don't think it came up, at least not in my > > > > presence and not that he told me about. I decided independently > > that > > > > I didn't want to do it just to say I had done it if I wasn't in a > > > > relationship, and I really didn't like my high school classmates > > > > much, so it wasn't an issue. Maybe my parents were more concerned > > > > with my lack of friends than the possibility of having too- close > > > > friends. Who knows? > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com> > > <weingartenchatters% > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > > > "Daria Akers" > > > > > > > > <daria.akers@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I think that a huge part of having a daughter who respects > > herself > > > > and > > > > > doesn't sleep around is having a father who is in her life and > > > > loves her. My > > > > > father's love was not unconditional and when I couldn't get it I > > > > wanted that > > > > > love and acceptance from any guy. The one thing I had that they > > > > wanted was, > > > > > well, we all know right. In the big picture I got lucky... I > > didn't > > > > get HIV, > > > > > I didn't get pregnant, I didn't get hepititus or general > > herpies... > > > > I did > > > > > however get an STD and am HPV +. I have had cryosurgery to > > remove > > > > > precancerous cells from my cervix (Some places are not meant to > > be > > > > frozen!!) > > > > > all because of bad decisions as a teenager. So I will talk with > > my > > > > daughter > > > > > openly about this... I am NOT again premarital sex... I am > > against > > > > > unprotected sex. I'm also huge into getting yourself off but > > that's > > > > another > > > > > story. > > > > > Also my church has an amzing sex ed program that my daughter > > will > > > > go to... > > > > > http://www.uua.org/owl/ > > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > > Daria > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
