FECK!!!!

Fixed it. %&^*&*$ *grumbles* Stupid technology.

Wtf? Moby Dick is back in service and the air conditioner in the house takes a crap 10 minutes later!!

Seriously?

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Patrick Swayze did. I got to meet them both years ago when they filmed To Wong Fu here in my town.

Do you think that they ever felt any embarrassment or reluctance coming to you? I think sometimes in the past, the more I've tried to be "factual" the more they have resisted my attempts to talk to them about matters.

Case-in-point...when my son got his first girlfriend I decided it was time to sit him down and have "the talk." I explained things very scientifically to him and the more I talked, the more he stopped looking me in the eyes. I could see that he would rather be anywhere except where he was at that moment.

So, I backed off the scientific facts and started talking to joke around with him. I don't remember the specifics of the conversation but I do know that by the end of the talk, we were both laughing hysterically and somehow, in between the laughter, I had managed to provide him with all the information I needed to give him.

I think had I kept on the first course I would have lost him somewhere between "fallopian" and "foreplay."

I guess my original intent for this post was to find some humor in the more difficult parts of parenting but I thank you for giving me your perspective.

My teenaged son came to me today and informed me that the next time I buy him condoms I need to buy him the bigger size. I'm pretty sure my eyes nearly fell out of my head and thank God I wasn't drinking anything when he approached me. He'd have gotten a diet coke/coffee/water shower right then and there.

After I partially recovered from the shock (I'm not completely recovered yet) I started to wonder. What are some of the most awkward, embarrassing, weird, or uncomfortable conversations you've had with your kids? How did you handle it? Do you have open lines of communication with them?

Btw...from now on I'm just giving him money. He can go shopping on his own.

Thank you!

Really really REALLY grateful, happy and relieved that Moby Dick the Great White Whale is back in action and extremely blessed to have dad who is willing and able to bring her back to life.

(Translation - my car is fixed!!)

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WTF is with my son just telling me that the next time I buy him condoms I need to get him a bigger size.

That did NOT just happen.

*sighs*

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