Hey y’all! Beth here. I’m tickled pink to announce that I am an official (ta-da!) guest blogger for Sasha on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Guess what today is? Yup, the first Saturday. Are you ready?
I have a 13 year old son who thinks he is grown up. He talks about when he’s going to be able to drive, what kind of car(s) he wants (believe me that’s a very detailed plan), and what he wants to do with his life.
So, I thought back to when I was a teenager on the threshold of being grown up. Oh, eighth grade. Yeah, I remember it so well. I had a best friend named Marie Grogan who was every mother’s worst nightmare best friend. She smoked, she swore, she knew all about sex and makeup and boys. Man, I loved her. She taught me so much. :rolleyes:
Her parents were divorced and she lived with her dad. Her father was a loud Irishman who smoked like a chimney and didn’t know what the hell Marie did. Really though, I went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant with them. And he ordered Mai Tais for us. OMG – I was so sophisticated – I had a mixed drink! I don’t know what they put in it, but I felt like such a grown up. Of course now I realize they just made me a virgin mai tai. But the point was, it felt real.
Then one time, her older sister brought us to a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. You’re supposed to be 17 to see it right? So we dressed to the nines with lipstick and enough hairspray to freeze a small cat, and we made up names. I don’t remember what hers was, but mine was “Raven”. We sailed into the movie theater without a problem – I will say that Marie was about 5’9″ at the time so she could’ve probably passed for 17. However, I was about 5′ and looked every inch a 13 year old playing grown up.
Rocky Horror was an education unto itself. To this day, I love that movie. đ
Back to my own 13 year old. I absolutely shudder to think of him seeing Rocky Horror. Good God! There is m/m, m/f, blow jobs, licking, sucking, and everything else you can think of. But when I saw it, I was grown up. :rolleyes:
He’s still my baby, my first born son. If I think about all the things he thinks about, I may lose my mind. He’s already kissed a girl (some slut in sixth grade when he was all of 11 taught him). I don’t allow him to watch movies with sex scenes – you know what I mean where two naked bodies are rubbing together, grunting, and telling each other how good it is. He certainly is well versed in what sex is and we keep an open dialog on questions. Nowadays he asks his dad questions only, like “how did you get girls?” I’m invited to leave the room at that point.
Can I think of him as grown up? No, sorry, no can do. I will think of him as growing up and becoming more mature, but he still whines when his brother gets something he doesn’t, and he still watches cartoons. He also watches X-Files reruns, CSI, and Discovery Health Channel (loves to watch bloody stuff).
So let’s think of him as a growing up young man, and not a grown up young man. I know, I know, but just pretend along with me, okay? đ
đ haya Beth, who did you have to sleep with to get this job? đ
I haven’t seen Rocky Horror Picture show… I do remember going to movies I was too young to see, sitting in the bar when I was 15. I got married 15 days after my 18th birthday, now when I here of a young couple tieing the knot in there early 20s I shudder. My youngest son always talked about taking over hubby’s truck when he was older, :hehe: now he drives one 10 years newer and hubby would love to have it.
"and he still watches cartoons"
Hey, I still watch cartoons and I’m well past 30. :laugh: But I do see your point. The difference between being 13 and having a kid who’s 13 must be vast!
Dianna – my lips are sealed – I don’t kiss and tell. :rolleyes:
I didn’t confess it, but I was in bars at 15 too. I hope to hell my son doesn’t take after his parents. :blush:
Tori – I still love to watch Bugs Bunny cartoons too. đ
I’m in denial over the things our 14 year old does. I don’t remember having a body like that as a teen, either. Scary.
I have a friend with a 14 year old son that’s away at Cadet camp right now. She just emailed me to say he’s got a new girlfriend there. a 17 year Old!!!
She’s not real impressed, but hoping it’s a summer thing.
Danica – me too. Let’s start a club! đ
Sasha – oh, man, the summer flings were the hottest for me. Lordy, that’s where I had all my sex education! Literally! :O
Cece – "oldest men’s undies" :O He likes boxers, eh? So does my 13 YO. Nothing else touches that tush.
Wait till he gets to sex ed in 7th grade and he learns about STDs, condoms, and dating. Ay! :crazy: My son had a class "project" on crabs. Geez!
CRABS?? :hehe: Dear god!
He already got the "you’re growing up" talk from teh school and I’ve covered condoms and STD.
He likes boxer-briefs đ
Dear god..Oldest men undies…lemme try that again (I’m so dense I just caught it!). I had to buy men’s undies (dont ever tell him I called them undies!) for the oldest boy :crazy:
I met the man I live with at the Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was Rocky, I was Janet. Match made in heaven.
I couldn’t resist this topic. Well I have none of your problems. I feel mine are worst. 2 teenage daughters – Yikes!!! Well one is 12 but she’s asking me about discharge (she doesn’t call it that). She thinks she has some kind of infection. God help us she would never let the Dr. check her. She did have a bladder infection and so she says it’s kinda like that but there is a bit of blood….. And I said well it probably is your period (poor kid)_and then I have the 15 year old going on 30 which is complaining about not having any bras and then next thing you know she’s stolen mine and yadda yadda yadda! I take her to The Bay her and they fit her and I just about had a coronary. Are you sitting down? 38 DD. I’m there what??? Nobody takes DD cups in my family. 15 years old. Thanks alot! And that’s not bad enough my sister manages a Shopper’s Drug Mart Cosmetic Dept. and so makeup, jewellery, girly girl stuff coming out the wozzooo… She just came back from 1 week in Dominican Republic with "Hero Holidays" where they build homes for people who live in boxes. This has opened her eyes some. I could go on forever with stories… just not really any would want to read… Ha! Ha!
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I couldn’t resist this topic. Well I have none of your problems. I feel mine are worst. 2 teenage daughters – Yikes!!! Well one is 12 but she’s asking me about discharge (she doesn’t call it that). She thinks she has some kind of infection. God help us she would never let the Dr. check her. She did have a bladder infection and so she says it’s kinda like that but there is a bit of blood….. And I said well it probably is your period (poor kid)_and then I have the 15 year old going on 30 which is complaining about not having any bras and then next thing you know she’s stolen mine and yadda yadda yadda! I take her to The Bay her and they fit her and I just about had a coronary. Are you sitting down? 38 DD. I’m there what??? Nobody takes DD cups in my family. 15 years old. Thanks alot! And that’s not bad enough my sister manages a Shopper’s Drug Mart Cosmetic Dept. and so makeup, jewellery, girly girl stuff coming out the wozzooo… She just came back from 1 week in Dominican Republic with "Hero Holidays" where they build homes for people who live in boxes. This has opened her eyes some. I could go on forever with stories… just not really any would want to read… Ha! Ha!
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I really don’t need to tell you twice. But my computer was taking forever and I have no patience and so it finally went twice. Stupid thing. Oh well ignore the second one. Have a good laugh Sasha! And have no fear, it’ll all come to you. You gave your brain some fun at RT and now it wants to stay on vaca. No worries. Where are the pictures??
My oldest has "mom is single and i’m the oldest male syndrome" on top of being nearly 12 :crazy: I give them both a lot of leeway but iwht him I usually have to jerk his collar every now and then and take him down a peg or two.
OMG I had to go buy them underwear and socks today–a pre-school-starting ritual–and had to go buy the oldest men’s undies. I CRINGED I mean literaally CRINGED!!!!!! :confused: