Viva your Vulva - in Edinburgh

Madgran77

*My children were taught the 'proper' words, just as they were taught to say eyes and ears*

Which works well until one's 3 year old announces at the top of his voice whilst staring fixedly at a man with a bulging pair of swimming trunks, standing in a fish and chip queue,

"Mummy that man has got a penis"!!!

I am speaking from experience!!

But if we all taught our children the proper words, it wouldn't be embarrassing because we'd all be used to hearing them out of the mouths of babes.

My DIL taught her daughter the proper names for everything because she said that if she was ever abused, she would be able to refer to them appropriately and nobody would be able to confuse them in court.

icanhandthemback

Madgran77

My children were taught the 'proper' words, just as they were taught to say eyes and ears

Which works well until one's 3 year old announces at the top of his voice whilst staring fixedly at a man with a bulging pair of swimming trunks, standing in a fish and chip queue,

"Mummy that man has got a penis"!!!

I am speaking from experience!!

But if we all taught our children the proper words, it wouldn't be embarrassing because we'd all be used to hearing them out of the mouths of babes.

My DIL taught her daughter the proper names for everything because she said that if she was ever abused, she would be able to refer to them appropriately and nobody would be able to confuse them in court.

Absolutely icanhandthemback I actually wasn't embarrassed but I suspected the man would be and he was.....he turned round and walked out of the queue!!. My comment to my 3 year old was "Yes he has, just like you and Daddy!"

Reminds me of the last time I was on jury service, and the statements from both sides had to be read out word for word in Court. Hearing extremely posh voices read out extremely crude words was painfully funny but couldn't dare laugh. A few of us had hankies out and coughing fits to cover our choking laughs.

Very childish.
I like your style.

I completely agree MissAdventure, I set out each day to be more "adult" then end up disgracing myself, yet again. However, Ive looked at some of the other threads on the go and a lot of those are very po faced, so I'd rather be having a bit of a laughg even though sometimes I don't know when to stop.

When my boy gets a detention, I have to log onto a website to see what for, where it is all written down.

The last one was because he said something very inappropriate.

He said he was scared to show me, but he knew I would laugh when I read it.
I ended up like Bradley Walsh, being very stern.

This thread brought to mind a secretary at work whose daughter was completing her PhD. She arrived in late one morning, full of apologies and explained she was late in bed the previous evening as she was helping her daughter with her vulva for the university.

Just before I was about to undergo an internal examination recently, I heard from the gynaecologist: 'I'm just gonna take a peep down-below'.
Yuk! Creepy!
Euphemistic language is nearly always so patronising...

suzikyoo - sounds like what you might say if you were looking in the coal hole in the basement!

Exactly - that's how I felt! ???

After a young nephew of maybe 8 remarked more than once that their dog was licking his balls again, my DSis told him to use the proper word, i.e. testicles.

Some days later he asked, ‘What was that word again, Mum? The one that means willyballs?’ ?

Witzend bless him, that's great ???

Thanks Rosie51 for the UTUBE video, great listen x

Thank you so much, Sudoku, the lovely poem !

Elaine's show is getting great reviews - I'm really sad I can't go as I'm nowhere near Edinburgh.

tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/viva-your-vulva-the-hole-story?fbclid=IwAR05wnEkPzZN-UaL04okLbZ0Yv051BOWq2lTnHsKOEW_RJ_XWVVoWCcyRMk

When I was looking for Ethel and Ernest yesterday, on came Edinburgh castle, all lit up, like something mystical and magick.

I felt quite tearful, and wished I was nearer.

I would have loved to go.

MissAdventure - next year, maybe?

It's a looong way from me.
Still, who knows?
Anything might happen.

Well, if you felt up to it you could do it in stages. Lots of Acts if they receive good reviews book the same place for the following year. And if you managed as far as Edinburgh, you might even be able to enjoy being taken up the Trossachs in a bus, as you mentioned elsewhere.

Elaine will be at FiLiA 2022. For those interested FiLiA organise the largest annual Feminist Conference in Europe. This year it is being held in Cardiff, runs for 3 days, 22-24 October. Tickets on sale now www.filia.org.uk/

Elaine is at FiLiA 2022. For those interested FiLiA organise the largest annual Feminist Conference in Europe. This year it is being held in Cardiff, runs for 3 days, 22-24 October. Tickets on sale now www.filia.org.uk/