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Oh Childhood!
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Oh Childhood! I read a post today by zz_Todd2 about how ignorant of politics we are as . It got me thinking about many things we learn growing up, often in very amusing ways! I was what some would call a precocious ...actually, I just listened to adults, watched them carefully, and mimicked them much to their dismay at times. I often said and did "adult" things without having any idea what my words or actions meant! Made life interesting at my household anyway! One time, when I was around 9 I think, my Mom, Dad, and little brother all climbed into the car and went to The Wonder of Life museum. I don't think my parents knew it was a presentation on the basics of reproduction, or they wouldn't have taken us so young! Anyway, my folks seemed awful quiet afterwords, and of course being , we just brushed it off as no big deal--they had lighted outlines of a man and woman, and different "parts" lit up to follow the narration that went way over our heads. I had already figured out long before that it took a man and a woman to make a baby (presumably married mommy + daddy=baby), so the museum didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. We stopped at a favorite deli on the way home. My brother and Dad went inside to get our sandwiches, and Mom and I waited in the car. I decided it was time to indulge my curiosity, and asked her "Mom, if it takes a man and a woman to make a baby, how does that stuff get from him to her?" Mom turned red, stammered a little bit, and since she didn't answer me fast enough, I asked... "Does she drink it??" To this day, and Mom is in her 70's now, all I have to do is say "Does she drink it" and she's on the floor with laughter! So what pearl of childhood wisdom did you mortify your parents with?? (see...I can write more than schmaltzy love song lyrics!!)   My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talking. |
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