Uuh... no, I got my period at age 11. When I was probably 5 or 6 I was introduced to the classic Where Did I Come From by Peter Mayle and the unforgettable image created by Arthur Robins, that sperm in a top-hat, sitting on a heart, holding a rose to offer the egg he was on his way to meet. Then when I was 9 I got the very enlightening Facts of Love, where there was another unforgettable image, that of two young men, one circumcised and another uncircumcised, on the same page. Haha. That's pretty much what I learned from those books. We always "talked openly about sex", them being "modern" and all, but in hindsight it was all a façade, really. Mainly on my mother's part. It took me 25 years to realize that she was rather conservative, racist, somewhat prejudiced towards the gay community, and that she had always been the one to suffer with my weight issues - she'd been a model and never been fat. (I think I may be biased and unfair on this depiction of her and that I should say something nice, but it doesn't seem to be the time or place. I just needed to state that.)
So... I guess there was talk, but either it wasn't efficient or I really was too young to understand, as I speculated first.
Did your Mom talk to you about your period?
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Uuh... no, I got my period at age 11. When I was probably 5 or 6 I was introduced to the classic Where Did I Come From by Peter Mayle and the unforgettable image created by Arthur Robins, that sperm in a top-hat, sitting on a heart, holding a rose to offer the egg he was on his way to meet. Then when I was 9 I got the very enlightening Facts of Love, where there was another unforgettable image, that of two young men, one circumcised and another uncircumcised, on the same page. Haha. That's pretty much what I learned from those books. We always "talked openly about sex", them being "modern" and all, but in hindsight it was all a façade, really. Mainly on my mother's part. It took me 25 years to realize that she was rather conservative, racist, somewhat prejudiced towards the gay community, and that she had always been the one to suffer with my weight issues - she'd been a model and never been fat. (I think I may be biased and unfair on this depiction of her and that I should say something nice, but it doesn't seem to be the time or place. I just needed to state that.)
So... I guess there was talk, but either it wasn't efficient or I really was too young to understand, as I speculated first.