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fallendream · 10th Dec 2009, 11:04 AM

did anyone else think that the birds and the bees was some inter-species thing when they were really young and sorta heard about them but didn't know what they are?

just thought id ask after discussing this in school.

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10th Dec 2009, 01:35 PM

I never got the 'birds and the bees' talk from my parents. I got the 'condoms, condoms, condoms' talk.

Connor22 · 10th Dec 2009, 01:58 PM

I got the birds and the bees talk. twice. OHH YEAH AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS SUCK!!

10th Dec 2009, 02:06 PM

What's all this about birds? Bees? What?

I don't think I got this particular talk. At least not a very memorable one.

Gin Uh Fur · 10th Dec 2009, 02:47 PM

my mom tried to have the " youre getting older and your body is changing" talk.

i ran.

like i got up and ran. haha

but i knew what sex was when i was like 5.

10th Dec 2009, 04:18 PM

i never had that. i just kinda found out somehow.

10th Dec 2009, 04:21 PM

^same here

Ander Blue · 10th Dec 2009, 04:55 PM

My dad forgot that he gave it to me the first time, so I got it again a year later.... ugh

10th Dec 2009, 08:03 PM

I never got the talk from my parents. It's like they knew I'd never need it.

10th Dec 2009, 08:47 PM

God I had to have that talk twice...and couldn't run away either time. Awkward...horrible.

Lol I don't remember exactly what I thought the birds and the bees were before then, though. Something silly, probably.

mattypants · 10th Dec 2009, 08:52 PM

i never got the talk of "birds and bees" and to this day still dont know what is involved...

should have been a poll

birds and bees yes, no

Miss Bubbles · 18th Dec 2009, 07:39 AM

My parents didn't call it the birds and the bees. They just flat out told us about sex. When I was 8 my dad told me how to make a girl scream. lol thats probably why im gay. I didn't like the sound of it. eeewwwww.

lilmantate96 · 18th Dec 2009, 05:54 PM

I got it with my dad when I was 10. He called me in my room and said "I want you to read these books and watch this movie" He made me read three books and watch a movie about the subjuct. I would have rather just had the talk by itself.

I will also have t have it again next year in school. Not looking forward to that.

Schu · 18th Dec 2009, 06:32 PM

I got the birds and bees talk when I was very young, young enough not to remember how young. It just makes sense to do it really early, because the longer you wait, the more of a big deal it becomes, and you want it not to be a big deal, a forbidden world, a secret temptation. It's just sex.

Besides, I was a precocious bugger and asking lots of questions.

Then school had a sex ed thing when I was 13 or 14 and it was hilarious, one of the self-proclaimed yough guys of my class had to leave and throw up.

Pretty much the only other talk that was had was the "use a condom" mantra from my Dad, which is about the most sensible advice that can be given.

pirateninja · 18th Dec 2009, 09:26 PM

For me, it wasn't really "a talk", just that if I had a question, my mom would answer it. So I kinda learnt from hearing things on the playground to then getting it told in a way I understood by my mom.

I feel quite happy that I was never traumatised by "the talk"

Just Adam · 18th Dec 2009, 09:34 PM

id explain it in food talk to add anotehr layer of confusion...

the toad goes in teh hole and it gets real hot and everythign gets battered about then hot thicky gravy gets poured everywhere....now do you understand kids?

JB1986 · 18th Dec 2009, 09:47 PM

I don't think I ever got the "birds and the bees" talk. I tihnk mine went a little like "well, your body is changing, and you're gonna have urges towards girls." True my body was changing at the time, but the urges for girls never happened. My urges were for boys.

Brandford · 18th Dec 2009, 10:19 PM

Nope never did, and when anyone tried I left the room. The truth is I don't even remember how I learned about sex, I think i blocked it out.

flymetothemoon · 19th Dec 2009, 10:42 PM

I never really got a birds and bees talk. People say I should count my blessings, except that I never really got any information at all until I got to college. I came from a very Catholic family and we don't talk about sex or sexuality really. I also went to a Catholic school, where the extent of my sex education consisted of being told not to have sex because you will get pregnant and get terrible STDs and being shown pictures of said STDs. Oh yeah, then we got told we would go to hell if we had sex, and that if we used condoms or birth control and had sex it was even worse. But we never really got any explanation of what birth control or condoms were. I didn't know what they were until my college orientation. So I guess my answer to this would be I knew nothing of the birds and the bees until after college started and by then I was old enough to know what people were talking about and not think it was some sort of thing about animals.

ADTR fan · 19th Dec 2009, 10:57 PM

hmm well i got the "your body is changing" in like 5th grade. and every time i mentioned a male friend i got the talk again. i got the "be safe and don't do anything crazy. Oh, and you can get aids from making out!" this september..and again a few weeks ago. and thats just from my family!!

5th grade health taught by a bunch of mid 20 year old female teachers and an old nurse, 7th grade health taught by a 70-ish year old woman who taught us both male and female information, 9th grade health taught by a reverend. who gave us condoms..im not sure how great my sex-ed has been haha

10th Dec 2009, 11:04 AM	#1
fallendream EC Addict Full Member Gender: manlyman, hwar! Orientation: i have a floppy wrist? Out Status: i left aslan... Age: 17 Posts: 945 Join Date: Jan 2009	birds and the bees - kiddy style! did anyone else think that the birds and the bees was some inter-species thing when they were really young and sorta heard about them but didn't know what they are? just thought id ask after discussing this in school. ---------- i mis-typed the title, can a mod fix this? __________________ [seanathon] 1:09 am: You think I'm not naked? [seanathon] 1:09 am: I've got an ice pack tied to my head using socks.

10th Dec 2009, 01:35 PM	#2
Numfarh Guest Posts: n/a	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! I never got the 'birds and the bees' talk from my parents. I got the 'condoms, condoms, condoms' talk.

10th Dec 2009, 01:58 PM	#3
Connor22 Stopped being (as) vague Full Member Gender: yes Orientation: up the bender Out Status: burned Narnia :D Location: Norn Iron Age: 17 Posts: 1,547 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! I got the birds and the bees talk. twice. OHH YEAH AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS SUCK!!

10th Dec 2009, 02:06 PM	#4
Etorem Guest Posts: n/a	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! What's all this about birds? Bees? What? I don't think I got this particular talk. At least not a very memorable one.

10th Dec 2009, 02:47 PM	#5
Gin Uh Fur Banned Gender: Female Orientation: Heterosexual Lesbian Out Status: all the way out. Location: Virginia Age: 24 Posts: 406 Join Date: Dec 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! my mom tried to have the " youre getting older and your body is changing" talk. i ran. like i got up and ran. haha but i knew what sex was when i was like 5.

10th Dec 2009, 04:18 PM	#6
gaz83 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! i never had that. i just kinda found out somehow.

10th Dec 2009, 04:21 PM	#7
Hidden Angel Guest Posts: n/a	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! ^same here

10th Dec 2009, 04:55 PM	#8
Ander Blue feeling comfy Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (normally Troy, New York) Age: 22 Posts: 428 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! My dad forgot that he gave it to me the first time, so I got it again a year later.... ugh

10th Dec 2009, 08:03 PM	#9
backtothekitchen Guest Posts: n/a	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! I never got the talk from my parents. It's like they knew I'd never need it.

10th Dec 2009, 08:47 PM	#10
Haiiro Guest Posts: n/a	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! God I had to have that talk twice...and couldn't run away either time. Awkward...horrible. Lol I don't remember exactly what I thought the birds and the bees were before then, though. Something silly, probably.

10th Dec 2009, 08:52 PM	#11
mattypants Chacun à son goût Full Member Gender: male/garçon/hombre Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some friends Some family and the lesbians Location: Los angeles, Ca Posts: 2,733 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! i never got the talk of "birds and bees" and to this day still dont know what is involved... should have been a poll birds and bees yes, no __________________

18th Dec 2009, 07:39 AM	#12
Miss Bubbles EC Addict Full Member Gender: confused on some levels Orientation: of the homosexual persuation. Out Status: So out im in Location: Indiana Age: 19 Posts: 1,037 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! My parents didn't call it the birds and the bees. They just flat out told us about sex. When I was 8 my dad told me how to make a girl scream. lol thats probably why im gay. I didn't like the sound of it. eeewwwww. __________________ A Dialogue my besty made up in first period: Oh this reminds me of the time joan rivers made that fatal mistake: Oh apples how I hunger for youuuuu. "Joan Don't Touch those!" -bite- -hiss- 'Joan you and adam are cast out of heaven!!!!'-- Ashley D.

18th Dec 2009, 05:54 PM	#13
lilmantate96 Left for a while but back :) Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Indiana Age: 15 Posts: 99 Join Date: Jun 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! I got it with my dad when I was 10. He called me in my room and said "I want you to read these books and watch this movie" He made me read three books and watch a movie about the subjuct. I would have rather just had the talk by itself. I will also have t have it again next year in school. Not looking forward to that. __________________ Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

18th Dec 2009, 06:32 PM	#14
Schu Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to whoever I can be bothered telling Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 26 Posts: 105 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! I got the birds and bees talk when I was very young, young enough not to remember how young. It just makes sense to do it really early, because the longer you wait, the more of a big deal it becomes, and you want it not to be a big deal, a forbidden world, a secret temptation. It's just sex. Besides, I was a precocious bugger and asking lots of questions. Then school had a sex ed thing when I was 13 or 14 and it was hilarious, one of the self-proclaimed yough guys of my class had to leave and throw up. Pretty much the only other talk that was had was the "use a condom" mantra from my Dad, which is about the most sensible advice that can be given.

18th Dec 2009, 09:26 PM	#15
pirateninja EC's Sailor Uranus Full Member Gender: Biologically Female Orientation: Heterosexually Challenged Out Status: Most people Location: Bath, England Age: 21 Posts: 5,853 Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! For me, it wasn't really "a talk", just that if I had a question, my mom would answer it. So I kinda learnt from hearing things on the playground to then getting it told in a way I understood by my mom. I feel quite happy that I was never traumatised by "the talk" __________________ Holly the Pirateninja Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.

18th Dec 2009, 09:34 PM	#16
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! id explain it in food talk to add anotehr layer of confusion... the toad goes in teh hole and it gets real hot and everythign gets battered about then hot thicky gravy gets poured everywhere....now do you understand kids? __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

18th Dec 2009, 10:19 PM	#18
Brandford Friendly Misanthrope Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: everyone that asks,my mom (i think) and my sister Location: Woodbridge, VA Age: 19 Posts: 6,656 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! Nope never did, and when anyone tried I left the room. The truth is I don't even remember how I learned about sex, I think i blocked it out.

19th Dec 2009, 10:42 PM	#19
flymetothemoon EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: It's not about gender, I just like people... Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Albany, NY Age: 25 Posts: 467 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! I never really got a birds and bees talk. People say I should count my blessings, except that I never really got any information at all until I got to college. I came from a very Catholic family and we don't talk about sex or sexuality really. I also went to a Catholic school, where the extent of my sex education consisted of being told not to have sex because you will get pregnant and get terrible STDs and being shown pictures of said STDs. Oh yeah, then we got told we would go to hell if we had sex, and that if we used condoms or birth control and had sex it was even worse. But we never really got any explanation of what birth control or condoms were. I didn't know what they were until my college orientation. So I guess my answer to this would be I knew nothing of the birds and the bees until after college started and by then I was old enough to know what people were talking about and not think it was some sort of thing about animals.

19th Dec 2009, 10:57 PM	#20
ADTR fan EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: NJ Age: 17 Posts: 461 Join Date: Aug 2009	Re: birds and the bees - kiddy style! hmm well i got the "your body is changing" in like 5th grade. and every time i mentioned a male friend i got the talk again. i got the "be safe and don't do anything crazy. Oh, and you can get aids from making out!" this september..and again a few weeks ago. and thats just from my family!! 5th grade health taught by a bunch of mid 20 year old female teachers and an old nurse, 7th grade health taught by a 70-ish year old woman who taught us both male and female information, 9th grade health taught by a reverend. who gave us condoms..im not sure how great my sex-ed has been haha