Re: [wc] Re: Gotta love Carolyn!

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:24:41 -0700

By 7th grade my parents were divorced (They divorced when I was 5)... It was better when they weren't actually speaking. It meant that they weren't fighting. Or chucking things at each other... My mom once threw a coffee cup at my dad and broke the lamp on the end table AT THE OTHER END OF THE COUCH. It was a messing divorce and custody disputes continues practically till mom died.
I know I've had a lot of bad things happen in my life but I've had some GREAT moments. My mom was a hoot and she really touched a lot of people's lives. My dad was an ass for a really long time but has sort of come around. It doesn't help that he has Asperger's so his social skills suck and he is clueless when he is hurting people. But he would drop anything and come help me if I needed it (I would call him when getting the in ambulance to the hospital with Cassie and he would be on the road up from Hampton in 5 minutes).
You hit the nail on the head.... If I don't laugh I would be crying and that just isn't as fun. The time we have is short...I want to live it the best that I can.
Take Care,
Daria
 
On 8/22/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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
> > > > > > > >
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