My day....

[redrhodie]

My mother was very secretive about a lot of things. It took a long time to figure out that sex was healthy and normal, not something shameful that had to be avoided. I know why she didn't tell me things, but some things I didn't find out until after her death. Learning her secrets made things make more sense. I won't share them here, but our mother's have histories, love, and pain that we can't imagine. So sometimes, when they seem crazy, it's from that.

[marni]

and why in addition the the hairy nipples thing was I never warned about growing a five o:clock shadow on a daily basis, even though at this point it is white although it is much heavier now that I am on Tamoxifen and estrogen deprived. God bless the razor in the shower I always say.

marni

[Brandi]

It is interesting how sex was the one thing I was not taught correctly either. Maybe it is the generation but that doesn't make since. My mom was a mom of the 60's. I remember thinking shaving was so cool.....what the heck?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I guess I look at it slightly differently. My mother wasn't perfect, she taught me an awful lot, loved me with all her heart, and we talked all the time. But no way could she teach me everything I might ever need to know. We led very different lives in different generations, and we really didn't need the same information.
I have been a good mother to my daughters and raised them well- but no way could I have had the time to impart every bit of my accumulated knowledge to them...there would have been no room for sometimes merely enjoying each others' company. Besides, I'm sure they would not have wanted me to prattling on and on to them with advice and 5 million factoids. I say just cover the necessary info (like sex and health and safety etc) as best you can and let them figure out some of the little details for themselves.

[AppleTree]

Some of my best days are alone, just doing...whatever I want. I always think of Audrey Hepburn in the movie Roman Holiday. Bliss. I can just have a banana sandwich or scrambled eggs for dinner if I want. Plan a "date" with a girlfriend. Go to a chick flick. Nice to hear about yours Brandi.

Ah, yes, the hair in places where no hair has (or should) appear. So unfair I think. Although I heard on Dr. Oz, that shaving your face keeps the wrinkles away, so I just think of it as a beauty treatment now.

And last but not least... I remember asking "what is a penis?" out loud...in the library....in junior high school. Ah, the good old days.

[OakLeaf]

I remember asking "what is a penis?" out loud...in the library....in junior high school.

And from a product of relatively open sex education ... I don't remember this, but one of my mom's favorite embarrassing family stories revolves around a trip to the zoo when I was three or four, remarking loudly on the size of the bull elephant's penis...

[Brandi]

I am now in Texas with my husband in a hotel room. We are working for the East texas state fair. It is VERY dry and warm here! This is why I enjoyed my time alone. Because we work together. My dear hubby get's in serious work modes and forget's he is talking to his wife sometimes. So yes my time to my self is much loved. But It is so exciting to see him after being apart! Our reunion at the airport when he picked me up was like he was seeing me for the first time. And we have been together 25 years. Ok off for an early one this morning.

[hebe]

<polite edit> Learning her secrets made things make more sense. I won't share them here, but our mother's have histories, love, and pain that we can't imagine. So sometimes, when they seem crazy, it's from that.

Absolutely this.

My husband is away for 10 days at the moment, he is in WA state whilst I am in the UK. This one is harder than usual due to illness and the consequent lack of sleep with a poorly child. But nevertheless I get the chance to catch up on trashy tv and spend every evening doing crochet or knitting. Enjoy your time!

[Owlie]

I used to secretly love it when DBF went to gaming nights with "the guys" (they'd play D&D or Risk or something). It meant I got to eat what I wanted for dinner. It usually involved coconut--Thai curries, coconut-crusted chicken--since DBF hates the stuff.

[Roadtrip]

I'm the opposite I guess... I always hated the feeling of an empty bed at the end of the night. I'd enjoy the eating what ever I wanted and watching what ever I wanted, but dredded the time when it came to go to bed.

Shannon