Sex Ed: Round 2

Yep, she had to hit me with more questions on my birthday too. {Thanks by the way for all the well wishes! It’s been a good day so far!}

We were leaving Chick-fil-a on our way to tutoring, when she said, “you mean to tell me that a teenage girl can get pregnant if they do all that sex stuff?”

I’ll spare you the gory details this time of what I told her, but I began to explain that wonderful time of the month — and a little bit about why that happens. I told her that girls generally start having monthly stuff between the ages of 10-12. She asked me if it was because they were dating … if that made them start. Um, no. Your body decides when it starts and every body is different.

She has been to the bathroom with me during that time of the month before and asked a few questions. When I explained a little more today she asked, “you mean you could still get pregnant?”

“Yes,” I replied “except I’m taking a little pill so I won’t unexpectantly get pregnant.”

She continued on asking me how old do girls typically start dating. I laughed and said, “well, your Dad says you have to be 30 before you can start dating.”

Without missing a beat she replied, “when I’m that old, I’ll definitely be on the pill.” Oh my.

Looks like time to order some of those books (thanks for the recommendations too!). It’s almost time for me to go and try to play ball tonight. It’s the first game of the tournament and we play the first place team. I hope it’ll be a good game no matter who wins. No one really enjoys a blow-out … well, except I guess for the team doing the blowing