Re: [wc] Gotta love Carolyn!

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:30:12 -0700

Oh yeah, she loves reminding us of that part.  The average age of the eldest child in her graduating class from college is my baby brother. And he's the fifth! 

 
On 8/18/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>


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