Thanks! In a way, I am kinda glad he was a little embarrassed...that way he knows it's not normally socially acceptable, but yet can feel comfortable being himself in his own home.
My mom was a real pro at making sure I was embarrassed or humilated to the maximum possible whenever possible. So I'm very grateful to her, because it's made me extremely aware of potentially embarrassing situations and I try really hard not to over-react or make to much of anything when it comes to my kids and their feelings.
It has gotten to be a joke between us and our daughter; if she does something and we gently make fun of her she'll always say "you mock me so". But it is all in fun and she knows it. She's getting to be a lovely young lady, and when my friends see her these days, if they haven't seen her in a while, they will always tell her how pretty she is and how well she carries herself. She's ALWAYS embarrassed, but I'll just put my arm around her and agree whole heartedly with them.
She's come a long way from the morbidly shy girl of a couple of years ago. She's still shy, but not quite as bad as before. It had a lot to do with the situation at her school that precipitated the homeschooling. Being home has allowed her to work in her own time (though I do need to speed THAT up!) and become more confident of her abilities. It has also allowed her to make a new set of friends who share her love of anime and drawing. She STILL won't let me see her drawings. I think she uses them as a kind of journal of her feelings. That's fine. I'm glad she has an outlet for that expression. She scans them and sends them to an online friend in Calif. She was horrified once when the friend told her she had printed them out and shown to HER friends.
By the way, do you live anywhere near San Jose? Sir SuziQ is going on a business trip out there, and he said though there's no time to plan for it this time, that maybe next time we'll all go out there.