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To: TontoKowalski
Don't tell your Mother we had this talk.

That's about how it went with me too :-)

25 posted on 02/21/2003 9:33:58 AM PST by realpatriot71 (legalize freedom!)
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To: realpatriot71
LOL! Dads seem to understand things about teenage boys that Moms don't. Must be that experience of being one.

Seriously, though, I remember many lessons from his heart-to-heart with me. First, losing one's virginity is not a race. It didn't matter what stories were told about which girls in the locker room. Being armed with information (and by that, I mean graphic physical descriptions of anatomy and process) helped me understand that 90% of those stories were BS anyway. And the other 10% did not involve a gentleman, or they wouldn't be told.

Second, it taught me that my father trusted me, not to be perfect, but to be aware, discriminating, and prepared.

Thirdly, when "the day" finally arrived, I was more emotionally settled and, while there was a certain delicious guilt surrounding the event, I wasn't terrified of subsequent health or pregnancy issues.

I think the talk was the beginning of that transition that all men hope to have...when your Dad becomes your friend. I treasure my relationship with Dad, and strive to duplicate that relationship with my own son.

31 posted on 02/21/2003 10:01:35 AM PST by TontoKowalski
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