Comments on: Sometimes You Just Have To Lie

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:42:09 +0000

You know, when we found out we are having a boy, my first thought was OH BOY I don’t have to explain to a daughter that she’s going to start bleeding. But I never thought about this…Cher, I have so much to learn from you!

I never really got a “talk” with my parents…But I will be honest and open with my son about those things (or get his daddy to).

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:14:34 +0000

Well, not having kids of my own…I have no idea what I would say. I can tell you that I have had the ‘where do babies come from?” chat with about three kids that were not mine….to which I responded “I don’t know, I don’t have any babies, ask your father”. That seems to work.

By: WebSavvyMom

WebSavvyMom — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:29:25 +0000

–>I have no idea what I would have said.
Maybe something like, you know how you use a tissue when your nose is running – - women use these as super absorbant toilet paper sometimes.
Oh God, I better get a response together while my son is still young. I just reread that back and it even sounds stupid.
~deb

By: foxy

foxy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:52:03 +0000

So funny.

That is, until I become a parent, I’m sure.

By: ScoMan

ScoMan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:20:14 +0000

I have a whole post about parents lying lined up. Well I did, but I forgot what the lie was.

Oh yes, that’s right.

I don’t know what I would have said in that situation. I might have started with “Put those down, they’re not yours”

By: Kate@And Then I Was a Mom

Kate@And Then I Was a Mom — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:01:48 +0000

I think you avoided the truth admirably.

I plan to avoid the whole sex, etc.0concept altogether when it comes to Aura. I figure I can outsource the entire conversation. You know there’s a call center somewhere in India that deals with just that.

By: Hutch

Hutch — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:52:33 +0000

Not sure I could have handled it any better, I think you were in the best setting for them to easily forget and move on. Now he just needs to forget until they have the sex-ed or health class and the teachers can deal with it. We had our first round of it in 5th grade. Seems early now that I think about it, guess they know what they’re doing with private school girls though

By: Salt

Salt — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:45:35 +0000

It depends. If I had a beverage handy, I probably would have unwrapped them and done one of those television absorbency tests.

By: Bringing Pretty Back

Bringing Pretty Back — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:27:34 +0000

Bravo! Handled well!!! And I think one question to be asked is why was it on the ground?! hahahaahaahh!!
Kristin

By: MiMi

MiMi — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:07:40 +0000

I’m a total jerk, I would have said, “I don’t know. Don’t touch it.”
LOL