Reply #113: You're lucky that your son will talk to you about this [View All]

I also am a mom with a 13-year-old and OMG, if I even *try* to talk about sex with him, he starts squirming and getting totally freaked out! But I try to not let that deter me (because obviously that's his goal in doing that) because I know that he's at a vulnerable age and that I just have to plow on through some of these discussions, come hell or high water (or the police at the door for that matter!)

Now granted, I would never get explicit about my own situation EVER, but that's just me. And I would never feel comfortable enough to do any sort of demos, either! (god, I can't believe I have to actually *state* that, lol)

Now, that having been said.... I do have HBO at home, and it does have some seriously *adult* content, and while I do employ the "locks" system, the fact is that sometimes he's able to get around it and watch something that I'd never feel comfortable about him watching. But that's life, and I'm no prude.

God help me if he tells his buddies at school what he watched on HBO at home when mom was at the store!

How is that different I wonder?

Edit to say: When I say you're "lucky" I should have said "fortunate" because there's no luck involved!