What do you mean that vagina is too technical? Like the word itself ? I don't quite understand. We just call it a vagina, Lu sometimes says Gina but other than that it's just a vagina here! I figure it's just another word.
I don't know, it just sounds so grown-up for little kids? Do you know what I mean? I am sure it is just my hang-up, they would just accept it if I used it....o.k, vagina it is!
If your anything like a few of my friends your reluctance is probably caused by your parents inability to use the correct word, so I say break the cycle!! it's not a bad word or a naughty word, it is what it is. Go on say it vagina, vagina, vaaaaaagina!
I get what you mean Arte. When I was little - 7-8 yrs old, mum was always one to use proper names for body parts BUT she had to start encouraging me to use 'mary' because some of the other mums thought I was too 'forward' and I had apparently corrected one girl at school when she called it a mary and I must have told her no, it's a vagina I don't remember it but Mum told me I did it and I guess she got a phone call from the other Mum and then word got around that I was a 'forward' child LOL, just because I knew what the bloody thing was called. I thought it hilarious years later though when we are all nearly finished high school and I was the only girl who hadn't started using hers yet I felt like saying to their mums 'so who's forward now?'
Oh and I got the expected D result for our group task, so I'm feeling a lot better about my overall grade now.
Mary!? Lulu!? Perhaps I should just pick a random girls name and go with it lol. Trill, I can't believe someones mum would call your mum to complain that you called a body part by the correct name! Crazyness! And lol - that would have been satisfying to say to the other mums. Well done on your D. What are the grade cut-offs? We use the letter grade system here.
How about virginia? That's kinda phonetically related ...
I've never heard a lulu called a mary before. Trill I thought your story of The Vagina Incident was hilarious...and thought provoking. It seems to imply that teaching our daughters about their bodies early helps them in the self-respect stakes later on...?
My problem with using the word vagina is - it's technically not the correct word for most DD-related usage...you're usually referring to their vulva. But teaching vulva is just way OTT. Until they get a bit older. I'm saving up choice morsels for the no-details spared birds and bees 303 session DD1's gonna get sometime over the next year or so .
Cass all that ocean and fresh air must be doing you good.
Arte - we have rhododendrons but they are mostly small shrubby things, the big ones only grow in cool moist areas. And NO WAY are you approaching middle age. I believe I am the oldest person in this thread... and despite my menopausal-threat I am no where near middle age...AND I've loved gardening all along. So there.
Arte, we get given a numeric score, but our grades are all letters. P is 50 - 64%, Credit 65 - 74%, Distinction is 75-84% and High Distinction is 85-100%. I always thought it odd though that the HD range is so big, you'd think it would only be the top 10%.
LOL MD, true about vulva. There is plenty of time to 'go there' I reckon so vagina will suffice for now. And Mum had the same conversation with a parent about my sister when she was a similar age. Only this time it was 'lesbian' and she'd called one of her friend's Mum a lesbian because she had a friend she was uber close to and she'd overhead Mum joke that they must be lesbians. The funniest thing about that was the Mum actually said something about it to my sister and said 'Do you even know what a lesbian is?" and my sister told her exactly what it was I did think that was probably a bit OTT, but these days kids kinda need to know all this stuff because they are exposed to it more than what our generation ever was as kids. I just tell them not to tell anyone else because their parents might not want them to know yet. Fingers crossed that works for a while LOL. Otherwise I'LL be the one getting phone calls.
I'm loving all these old memories, what a crack up. I didn't get my period until I was 16 so I was well and truly up with it by then. As for the sex talk, my mum was kind of the source of information for all my friends, I distinctly remember at my 15th birthday party ,we were having a bonfire sleep over in a paddock, I came inside to find 5 of my friends sitting around with mum quizzing her about all things sexy! Mum's pretty easy to talk to I guess. We had a sex Ed thing in grade 6 I think?! That seems so young now, but I remember asking mum about it.
Hi girls A quick hello from me – hope you are all well… JM –are you in Melbourne yet? Cass – where were you? You must have had better weather than me this weekend! We went to Philip island – had a wonderful time but the weather was awful! Nevertheless we had fun swimming in the indoor pool, went to a wildlife park (hand fed the wallabies etc), ate lots of fish n chips, went to a chocolate factory, played in the parks when it wasn’t raining, flew the kits etc. it was great to get away – was feeling really at the end of my tether last week (have had a hard few weeks) and a change of scenery was a good pick me up. Still feeling a distinct need for some ‘me time’ but this was great and so good to spend real full on time with the boys – that relaxed holiday feeling when you have no time pressures is fantastic! Drove home yesterday and the boys were crashed out in the car so we drove on to lygon street and had a yummy Italian lunch – thought of you Cass! All is ok with me.. as I said I am alittle burnt out but all good. Poor DH has injured his back pretty badly (a disc issue) so he has been pretty much off the radar all week. He is off to a specialist tomorrow so hope we get more of a plan then. At the moment he is on steroids and also REALLY full on pain meds… (man the steroids can make you moody hey)… Anyway sorry this is short and all about me… wanted to jump on and say hello – really busy at work but will try to come back later too. xxx
Done JM are you expecting the girls to be a bit later getting their first AF? I got mine at 12, Mum was around the same but her sister was only 9 and my sister was around 14 I think, so I have no idea when to expect my girls to get theirs, but I will give them The Talk about 10-11ish I think.
MP that would have been lovely even despite the weather. I'd love to go down there for a holiday too. I hope your DH can get his back sorted. You just can't function when your back is so sore like that.
121 big ones Trill!
Yeah I do. When I finally got mine in year 11 I was beginning to get a little concerned so i asked mum and she got hers at a similar age. I know that's not a proven indicator but I wouldn't be surprised.
Holy Moly! Thanks for that JM. I hope the Drs appt goes well. Is this to conclusively prove whether you have typhoid or not or for something else? I wonder if male development can have a baring on when our DD's will get their AF? DH was a late bloomer too and reckons he was around 15ish before he'd developed.
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it's not a bad word or a naughty word, it is what it is. Go on say it vagina, vagina, vaaaaaagina!
I felt like saying to their mums 'so who's forward now?'
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