I was just five years old when my sister had her first DS. I was aware of her bump and conversation that changed to whispers when I walked into the room. When the baby arrived I was told that a stork had brought him.
I was allowed to watch the sex education film at school but it was left to my aunty to give the sex talk. It was extremely embarrassing. A few years later when my first period started nothing was prepared for me. My mother was at work and my grandmother, who had had four daughters of her own sent me next door to our young neighbour, who must have then been in her early 30s. She gave me a sanitary belt and towel and clean knickers, I could die with embarrassment just thinking about it now. I was then sent home. When my mother arrived home there was lots of whispering between her and my grandmother but nothing much was said to me. I felt dirty, as if I had done something wrong. My mother went to the chemist and bought everything I needed. From then on I was left to sort myself out with a warning to keep myself clean.
If I had had daughters of my own due to my bad experience I know that I would have handled things differently and treated them with sensitivity.
DH never got his sex talk from his parents and learned almost all he knew in the school playground. We always answered our sons questions as and when they cropped up. No subject was taboo.
Good Morning Saturday 27th April 2024
apple trees not flowering this year. Anyone else?