Another thread about cluelessness

[alpinerabbit]

I remember a girl at my church in AL who was date raped. she got morning sickness. she had no idea why. she kept the baby.

[shootingstar]

I'm sure most of us have stories of cluelessness about skeletons and achievements of family members that we learned much later...

*I was sitting on a transit bus a few years ago. As bus moved along, I saw a woman jogging ahead, quickly and smoothly. And then I caught a glimpse of her face..it was one of my sisters. I had no idea ..she jogged that well. Then later that month she ran a marathon.

*One day a nephew, when he was around 11 yrs. old, was practicing on his electric keyboard piano. Then my father joined him by tapping a few keys with him..he did abit more. It stunned my sister (mother of the nephew) since she ..and no one else in my family knew my father had any muscial ability.

So Dad admitted he did play a Chinese musical instrument when he was in high school. He used to play jam sessions with some buddies in their leisure time. Thereafter he completed abandoned playing any musical instrument. Now, you have got to realize that this is the same father who did not want me to take art classes or even pursue anything art oriented at college/university. (Despite endless hrs. of tearful debate, I did stuff my high school curriculum with over 6 art courses.) After all these years of saying how wasteful, financially risky, a fine arts education would be, then finding out that dear father had this secret boyhood skill... It was a revelation to learn of this facet about my father, when I was in my mid-30's.

[carpaltunnel]

I don't think many moms told their daughters the facts of life in the small town where I grew up. I remember the day all the Girl Scouts in town went to the library basement to watch a film, "Susan Grows Up". Not many afterward said they all ready knew about that.
Anyone remember that film?

[indigoiis]

My mom didn't know I could cook.

She still says, when she visits, "wow. You can cook. I had no idea."

[Aggie_Ama]

My mom didn't realize I would love to bake. She doesn't remember me baking cakes and cookies with my dad when I was little (she worked two jobs). Granted it was mix and now I am more creative with making things from scratch.

[lauraelmore1033]

When I was little, a boy dog knocked me down and did that naughty thing boy dogs will do on my legs. Having just recently been told the fact of life, I thought I was going to have puppies soon.

shortly after the above mentioned incident, having had the facts of life clarified a bit further by a book at the book store, I proudly shared my new found knowledge to the crowd gathered at the zoo to watch a pair of chimpanzees mating: "The one on top is the boy", I said. I wondered why my mother quickly slid the sunglasses off the top of her head, hiding her eyes, and melted away into the crowd.

[crazycanuck]

Did anyone ever read Judy Blume's books when they were younger? Are You There God It's Me Margaret or Deenie ???