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kircubbin2000 Fri 10-Sept-21 20:16:39

Perhaps I had a sheltered life but I never heard of this growing up or with any boyfriends. It wasn't until a girls holiday when I was about 40 that my friend told me she had tried it and another friend said her husband had tried but she didn't like it.
I found it hard to believe that people actually did it but now it seems one of the most common things young people do.

DanniRae Sun 12-Sept-21 07:53:42

LauraNorder

I was always taught never to put anything in your mouth without boiling it first grin

Oh LauraNorder that really made me laugh! Thank you grin

CafeAuLait Sun 12-Sept-21 08:51:29

Lovely of your husband to do that on such a sad day, Monica.

I think the approach you took with your kids is best. Just answer things openly and honestly.

Oopsadaisy1 Sun 12-Sept-21 08:52:44

I hope that anyone who engages in oral sex is aware that HPV can be caught (and turn nasty) without appropriate protection.

I worry about young girls who don’t even think that they need protection because they aren’t ‘having sex’ so it doesn’t count.

Barmeyoldbat Sun 12-Sept-21 09:17:09

Mr Barmey. Collect our 7 year gd from school and was walking home with some mums when my gd asked in a very loud voice, so just how are babies made and born. Every adult waited for the answer, which was ask you Nan she will know

Elizabeth1 Sun 12-Sept-21 09:17:12

Hi there I really wonder what planet some folks live on wink blush

grumppa Sun 12-Sept-21 10:27:17

Since this has morphed into sex education, I can reveal that in my early teens I was given the classic Being Born, by the aptly named Frances Bruce Strain. It was strictly technical, and for broader enlightenment the world had to wait for The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort, a truly seminal work.

Jaxjacky Sun 12-Sept-21 10:33:53

grumppa v funny! ??

HootyMcOwlface Sun 12-Sept-21 10:42:38

Lucca

My mother thought oral sex meant talking about it.

So did I! ?

olddudders Sun 12-Sept-21 11:03:25

I believe that for some years they have offered flavoured condoms, presumably so one can please a male partner while avoiding some aspects of the activity - fair enough.

I wonder if they do marmite flavour?

On a more serious note, I share the concern in this thread that Internet porn seemingly influences what young people feel they 'ought' to be doing. We all seek to please a partner, hopefully, rather than just achieving our own gratification, but I can see how the prevalence of 'alternative' or 'advanced' sexual activities on-screen may skew expectations away from simply allowing a couple to discover naturally what is pleasurable for both. In that respect, it has a chilling parallel with drugs, where it is clearly 'cool' to be taking this or that.

kittylester Sun 12-Sept-21 14:16:22

GA we had that book and also one called The Body Book.

GagaJo Sun 12-Sept-21 14:18:28

DGS has a copy of The Body Book. He has zero interest. My DD wasn't interested in it as a child, either, but we are very open about the body/sex. My nephews and neices, who had a very prudish mum, were fascinated by it and seemed to think it was rude and giggled over it. Different parental attitudes I guess.

Newatthis Sun 12-Sept-21 14:31:45

I remember being in the back of a taxi once (age 20) with some raucous friends and one of them told a joke about a 'blow job'. I didn't have a clue what she was talking about and therefore didn't get the joke.

kittylester Sun 12-Sept-21 14:47:08

Crumbs, is the Body Book still around?

Megs36 Sun 12-Sept-21 15:55:13

Loved this thread, made me feel young again?.Rally entertainingSunday afternoon…. Just looked up MILF. Cant find BJ!

Megs36 Sun 12-Sept-21 15:56:30

Really not Rally I don’t know though….

Lizzie72 Sun 12-Sept-21 16:02:46

Elizabeth1

Hi there I really wonder what planet some folks live on wink blush

What do you mean, Elizabeth1? That it’s unheard of / not to be spoken of - or that it’s so normal and common, you wonder why people need to ask? smile.

Atqui Sun 12-Sept-21 16:31:53

I was a teenager in the 60s . I knew what oral sec was but was never asked to do it for a boyfriend .These days it seems that girls are expected to perform even if not in a full sexual relationship due to pornography making it “normal”’as with anal sex

Atqui Sun 12-Sept-21 16:32:54

By “normal” I mean it’s expected .

LauraNorder Sun 12-Sept-21 16:37:44

Megs well it’s not Boris Johnson.

LauraNorder Sun 12-Sept-21 16:38:58

If I said blow job Megs would you be any the wiser?

dolphindaisy Sun 12-Sept-21 17:19:49

I always thought Fellatio was an Italian film director!

Lizzie72 Sun 12-Sept-21 17:45:01

dolphindaisy

I always thought Fellatio was an Italian film director!

This thread is good value! grin

Atqui Sun 12-Sept-21 17:54:13

* old dudders* sorry if I have just repeated what you have said!
Bluebelle I’m with you, but always wondered if I was weird!!

Lucca Sun 12-Sept-21 18:25:56

Can’t believe I’m going to say this but how are you supposed to concentrate during soixante Neuf….

Riverwalk Sun 12-Sept-21 18:42:54

dolphindaisy

I always thought Fellatio was an Italian film director!

grin