Talking to your mother about sex

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Registered: 05-01-2007
Talking to your mother about sex
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Tue, 05-01-2007 - 6:21pm
My freinds and I are in our early 30s. I am able to talk to my mother about men, relationships, sex,etc. Obviously, I am also able to talk about these topics with my freinds, however, none of them are able to dicuss these topics with their mothers. Am I just lucky, or is shareing this information with my mother unusual? What experiences have women on this forum had? Any thoughts? Thanks.
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Registered: 08-01-2006
Tue, 05-01-2007 - 8:13pm
I think you're very lucky. I'm 46 and growing up you never talked about sex. My mother was pretty cool, except when it came to that. Even when I had boyfriends, she never said anything. I basically learned on my own, through trial and error. Luckily I worked at a hospital, with gyn doctors and had many nurse friends, who were all easy to talk to.



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Tue, 05-01-2007 - 8:59pm

I'm 48 and I was always able to talk to both my parents about sex.

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Wed, 05-02-2007 - 7:25am

Welcome to the board marga. I think you're lucky that you can talk openly with your mom about sex. I'm 44 and still can't talk to my mom about sex. I do talk with friends and even women the age of my mom, but my mom is uptight about sex.

I have a 25yo DSD, and she does talk to me some about sex, but I'm sure it's more limited than she would with her friends. I have 2 teenage boys, and I try to encourage them to talk more openly, but I think in a large part, all parents today try to have a more open relationship with their kids about sex. I know in my shoes, the world is very different than it was when I was their age, and I feel it's important to reinforce safety and responsibility issues.



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Registered: 08-16-2006
Wed, 05-02-2007 - 12:58pm
I can talk to my Mom about anything, Dad too when he was alive. We've had many conversations over the years about sex and Dad always had excellent insight and could explain/tell me things that I would have never gotten from a male friend or even my DH.
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Registered: 04-13-2007
Wed, 05-02-2007 - 3:14pm

That's really great. I could never talk to my dad about sex. The only conversation I recall is when I was a college freshman and I came home for fall break. He said, so are you still a virgin? And I said, uhhh no Dad.

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Registered: 08-16-2006
Wed, 05-02-2007 - 4:13pm
My parents were very open ( and obviously very much in love with each other for 38 years ), they made it comfortable to keep communication going. I've tried to duplicate the same type of environment for my kids too.