I'm so sorry, msbelle.

If it is any comfort (no, of course it's not), I was into porn at his age or younger. However, unlike Hec, I was into it for the titillation factor for sure.

And now I'm a contributing member of society, no sex crimes on my permanent record, and my parents are (finally) proud of me.

Was it appropriate to say "They don't *all* look like that, Mac. You might go your whole life and never meet one that looks like that. Okay, conversation over."?

I was curious at that age - so I would say what ita said with the added - if you have any questions ask - and get him a basic book.

eta: I think videos that he randomly finds on you tube are not the best sources of info for a kid

From a bit back:

Hey, steampunk people: are these prices good? They look good to me.

Those prices look good to me. I've never heard of that shop, so I can give you no info on garment quality.

we have the basic book, we've read the basic book, he has access in his room to the basic book. We also have art books from many many museums with nekkid bodies in them. There was no google search for nekkid womins there was youtube searches for sex. and I totally get curious, I snuck reading all the vc andrews book around that age. clearly we will sit down and talk and I will suck it up and tell him more than he could ever want to know, but I don't think he will ever come to me with questions. and that sucks.

I don't know, msbelle. I certainly didn't go to my parents with questions. That might not be the best sign of anything significant.

Best xmas tree ever: [link]

Thanks, Jilli. Its from an IO9er who says her store's like ghost town. Doesn't have any borderline pieces I'd get for me, like a jacket or something I could accessorise with.

But I do wish her luck.

And it's time for me to go to bed. Whoa.

Its from an IO9er who says her store's like ghost town. Doesn't have any borderline pieces I'd get for me, like a jacket or something I could accessorise with.

Hmmm. Well, speaking as someone vaguely in her target market, I think she needs a couple of "fancy" photos to go with the (good! Clear!) photos. Something showing the outfits worn by a person, with something interesting happening. A lot of Etsy shoppers love the photos that show a scene from a story.

Is she promoting anywhere? Tumblr, the steamfashion comm on LJ, stuff like that?

I was reading teh hot sexxxx scenes at 8 or 9. And my sisterr and I totally looked at my dad's 60's era Playboy (I wish he still had them, actually) and all the girls we hung out with at 10ish found a dumped stash of porn in the woods, and for sure looked at that stuff.

Tongue kissing, the thought of it still grossed me out till I was twelvish.

M is 9, will be ten in May. I got him a great sex ed book this summer and he was all EWWWWW GROSSSS NOOOOO last summer, and I didn't push it; I just...left it in his room. But there will be the Talk this summer, oh yes. There will possibly be a written test.

I talked amych's ear off like a crazy flaily person, and she kept pointing and saying "Fencer! Fencer" CRAZY fencer with a faux European accent!" I will try to show her a better side of KC tomorrow that's not a sports bar. After she kicks some ass! I plan to take pix! Cause that's how I roll -- with a camera and sex ed books!

Er. That came off as more awkward than was meant.

It's been a week since our cable was cut off, and we STILL have teh internets! It's a Chrismanakwanzyulekah miracle!

Much -ma to Matt and family.

Oh msbelle, that's not the fun part of being a parent, is it? But yeah, if he wants to know about sex, he'll get way better intel from you than from youtube.

sigh. My kids aren't there yet, but I can see it just up around the corner.

Much ~ma to Matt and his family.