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[YorkieonmyPillow]

  When and where did you find out the shocking truth about the birds and the bees?

  I think this could be discussed without getting too graphic.

  Did your parents tell you?

  I was in about fifth grade when I heard the whole story - my maternal unit didn't tell me anything of course - I heard it at school.

  Anyway, I was shocked and rather perplexed.

   Later on that year, there was a rumor going around school that one of my schoolmates was expecting a little of puppies!

The funny thing was, I didn't know whether to believe it or not!!!!  LOLOL

 

[jaxs mom]

I don't remember a time of not knowing. 

[NativeJax]

I think I was about 8 and I asked some questions, my mother bought a book called "what's happening to me?". It explained it in terms a child could understand and I don't recall it shocking me or anything. My mother was a nurse so she always discussed openly any questions we had about our bodies. She used it as an opportunity to teach if we had questions.

[traveler]

I lived on a farm and it was kind of obvious.  But the official "people" version was probably in 5th grade biology.  Just the facts, ma'am.

[QVCkitty1]

I honestly don't remember how old I was, but an older girl filled me in. I didn' quite believe her, ( LOL) , so I asked my mom and she confirmed the basics. My mom was great.

[songbird]

I always seemed to know.  It was never a shock, confusion.  I was more curious about animals like dogs & cats.  They would get pregnent with each mating.  Over & over.  They could get pregnant while they were already pregnant.  In theory produce 10 kittens all from 10 fathers.  I remember asking my mother why humans did not operate like that.  She said humans don't need that form of survival.  We had brains.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

  I remember my exact thought;  "Why would anybody want to do that?" 

  I was very puzzled by the entire thing.

[Desertdi]

OMG...........I come from a repressed "Victorian" family.........they wouldn't even acknowledge there IS such a thing as "birds & bees"................

[Plaid Pants2]

As I recall, I think I was in the 5th grade, and a schoolmate told me to go up to the luch lady and ask her what a certain hand gesture ment. With one hand make a circle with the thumb and forefinger, and then take the forefinger of the other hand and insert it into the circle.

I did, and the shocked lunch lady told me to go home and ask my mother.

I did.

She told me all about the facts of life, male parts, female parts, periods,tampons, pads, pregnancies, and how to prevent them, and, she even showed me what a profolatic looks like, and how it is applied.

Afterwards, I thought that they made very neat balloons! *lol*

[jubilant]

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@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:

  I remember my exact thought;  "Why would anybody want to do that?" 

  I was very puzzled by the entire thing.

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*********** LOL.... I thought the same thing.  It was the 5th or 6th grade and kids were talking about animals mating.  One kid said that people did the same thing. I went home and asked mom if it was true and she said "yes....but only after you are married". Remember this was the 50's!  I told her.... "then I'm NEVER getting married"!