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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Feb 24, 2019 4:05:02 GMT
Hmm, the older I get, the more I want to be alone. My pets are my best companions; people are getting more problematic. I was a loner as a kid, too, but got forced into social activity by my parents. I could spend hours alone outside, collecting rocks or carving wood... I didn't like being pushed into social activities, but I was a girl, and girls are supposed to do as they are told. Now, I spend most of my time home alone, and I love the solitude. I was an only child - despite having a half-brother and half-sister - and I never had any trouble keeping myself amused and occupied. As we moved around regularly, I was also the new kid on a regular basis, so again, solitude was not a hardship. And strangely, I've always felt a bit like the outsider, even when I was around family or friends. It certainly wasn't anything they did. It was just something in me.  And these days, between all the film and TV series I want to watch, all the music I love listening to, all the books I want to read, all the time and effort I want to put into online video gaming and all the message boards I enjoy visiting, who has time for people?!  I was an only child, too, and into making things. My Dad taught me how to carve, and use a wood lathe, and I grew up to be an artist. Sadly, my time has been occupied with keeping an eye on my aging mother, trying to keep her from getting swindled, and giving her the attention she craves. Hopefully, once the house has been sold and she adjusts to being in a care facility, I might be able to start painting and illustrating again. I have an entire children's book in my head, just no time to develop it. There are also quilts to be made, and photographs to be taken. My life has been pretty much on hold since my Dad died 14 years ago. He did all the hard stuff, and when he died, my mother just assumed I would take all of that over. 
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Feb 24, 2019 4:05:27 GMT
There were magazines with nude women with sexual stories when I was a kid.
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Post by Roberto on Feb 24, 2019 5:26:34 GMT
Nope. At least I don't think so.
I am thankful for that. That would have been so awkward and weird.
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Post by theshape25 on Feb 24, 2019 5:56:08 GMT
Nope. At least I don't think so. I am thankful for that. That would have been so awkward and weird. I was going to post this same thing. I wouldn't have wanted to sit through that. |
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Post by theauxphou on Feb 24, 2019 13:37:52 GMT
No, not really. I guess I learnt about it from others in the playground at school (no demos or anything). We had sex ed in year 7, though.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 25, 2019 0:36:13 GMT
No. But that's a good thing because my mom once said something to me that led me to believe that she wouldn't have known what she was talking about. Strange since obviously she'd already had sex and given birth...so...? And there was no father figure. I learned through common sense and osmosis.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 25, 2019 0:39:13 GMT
LOL!
Funnily enough Carrie was the first time I ever saw jayjays in a movie.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 25, 2019 0:42:19 GMT
Hmm, the older I get, the more I want to be alone. My pets are my best companions; people are getting more problematic. I was a loner as a kid, too, but got forced into social activity by my parents. I could spend hours alone outside, collecting rocks or carving wood... I didn't like being pushed into social activities, but I was a girl, and girls are supposed to do as they are told. Now, I spend most of my time home alone, and I love the solitude. I was an only child - despite having a half-brother and half-sister - and I never had any trouble keeping myself amused and occupied. As we moved around regularly, I was also the new kid on a regular basis, so again, solitude was not a hardship. And strangely, I've always felt a bit like the outsider, even when I was around family or friends. It certainly wasn't anything they did. It was just something in me. And these days, between all the film and TV series I want to watch, all the music I love listening to, all the books I want to read, all the time and effort I want to put into online video gaming and all the message boards I enjoy visiting, who has time for people?! And the few that you meet in the outback end up in barrels!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 0:59:06 GMT
I got the old kids book that explained it all.
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Post by ant-mac on Feb 25, 2019 1:01:55 GMT
I was an only child - despite having a half-brother and half-sister - and I never had any trouble keeping myself amused and occupied. As we moved around regularly, I was also the new kid on a regular basis, so again, solitude was not a hardship. And strangely, I've always felt a bit like the outsider, even when I was around family or friends. It certainly wasn't anything they did. It was just something in me. And these days, between all the film and TV series I want to watch, all the music I love listening to, all the books I want to read, all the time and effort I want to put into online video gaming and all the message boards I enjoy visiting, who has time for people?! And the few that you meet in the outback end up in barrels! You can bank on that... On an unrelated note, I think one of my neighbours is using a chainsaw. At least they seem to be, if the blood-curdling cries and suddenly cut-of screams are anything to go by... Ah, memories... 
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 25, 2019 1:26:18 GMT
And the few that you meet in the outback end up in barrels! You can bank on that... On an unrelated note, I think one of my neighbours is using a chainsaw. At least they seem to be, if the blood-curdling cries and suddenly cut-of screams are anything to go by... Ah, memories... 
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Post by ant-mac on Feb 25, 2019 1:35:48 GMT
You can bank on that... On an unrelated note, I think one of my neighbours is using a chainsaw. At least they seem to be, if the blood-curdling cries and suddenly cut-of screams are anything to go by... Ah, memories... Here kitty, kitty...
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Post by Marv on Feb 25, 2019 10:49:55 GMT
Not that I can recall. Still waiting for someone to e plain it.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 25, 2019 18:27:28 GMT
Nope. I had sex ed in school when I was about 12 years old. Boys and girls were separated for that one occasion and a male teacher explained things to us boys. Presumably a female teacher taught the girls. As far as I can remember, it was strictly about reproduction.
I also remember watching a movie about venereal diseases with some truly disgusting imagery, but I think that was probably a few years later, in high school.
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Post by CynicalDreamer2 on Mar 3, 2019 21:24:14 GMT
Not that I can specifically remember but when I got my first period everyone knew so I got plenty of advice from everyone. Mom, dad, cousins, aunts and uncles. Mainly it was, keep your legs closed, boys only want one thing and they tell, don’t be a ho, let’s go get you some birth control, diseases are easy to catch, etc etc etc.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Mar 3, 2019 21:59:29 GMT
No i did not have the birds and the bees talk with my parents
I learned about sex at school
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Post by Sulla on Mar 3, 2019 22:06:21 GMT
No, it would've been too awkward for my parents. I just picked it up from other kids and probably tv.
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Post by Utpe on Mar 3, 2019 22:13:19 GMT
No.
I had Sex Ed class in middle school (7th grade). The videos talked about the reproductive system. It explained how everything worked minus the visuals.
My parents knew about it when they signed my report card, so no need for them to give me the talk.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Mar 3, 2019 23:01:36 GMT
And the few that you meet in the outback end up in barrels! You can bank on that... On an unrelated note, I think one of my neighbours is using a chainsaw. At least they seem to be, if the blood-curdling cries and suddenly cut-of screams are anything to go by... Ah, memories... Oh, please, nobody buys that you are burying people in the back yard, funny as that may be! Serial killers don't have pet dogs named Freddy that they miss when the pet passes, and they can't feel empathy. Yeah, your friends check in but they don't check out, LOL!
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 4, 2019 4:07:09 GMT
You can bank on that... On an unrelated note, I think one of my neighbours is using a chainsaw. At least they seem to be, if the blood-curdling cries and suddenly cut-of screams are anything to go by... Ah, memories... Oh, please, nobody buys that you are burying people in the back yard, funny as that may be! Serial killers don't have pet dogs named Freddy that they miss when the pet passes, and they can't feel empathy. Yeah, your friends check in but they don't check out, LOL! Well, there was that guy, Buffalo Bill in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, who had his little dog, Precious... And I did point out that it was my neighbour using a chainsaw, not me. And curiously enough, the following day, he was using a wood chipper.  Bloody hell those things make some noise. Enough to wake the dead... 
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