oh you poor thing! Your parents stopped speaking (got divorced eventually I'm guessing?) then your mom committed suicide when she got ovarian cancer, then you lost a child? Wow that's horrible. It's amazing you've found the strength to get through all that and keep a sense of humor too. Or maybe you have to. I really admire your courage.
--- In [email protected], "Daria Akers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah my mom and dad weren't talking by that point and they had run out of > money so private school wasn't an option any more so she just taught me the > slang and sent me back the next day. > :) > Daria > > > On 8/22/06, dvm8375 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I also switched to public school in the 7th grade, and when I came > > home on the first day and asked my mom, "what's a blow job?," she > > turned to my dad and screamed, "I told you we should keep them in > > private school!!" > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Daria Akers" > > > > <daria.akers@> wrote: > > > > > > I vividly remember my mom turning to me and my boyfriend while we > > were > > > sitting on the couch watching TV and mom said "Use one of these > > (she make > > > the ok sign) and it ain't a quarter". I thought I was going to > > DIE. She > > > didn't teach me enough but I remember she had to sit me down after > > I came > > > home from my first week in public school crying and explain all of > > the > > > sexual slang. I was in 7th grade. It's so odd when your mom knows > > what a > > > pearl necklace is and you don't. > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Hannah Robinson <hjrobinson@> 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 <ellengoodman6@> 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> > > <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> > > > > > <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/
