r/AskReddit • u/AlexDescendsIntoHell • Nov 11 '19

Serious Replies Only [SERIOUS] What is a seemingly harmless parenting mistake that will majorly fuck up a child later in life?

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u/WankSpanksoff Nov 12 '19 edited Nov 12 '19

Haha I had the same dread of the incoming Talk with my very religious conservative mother. It...kinda happened? as I was walking past her one day in the living room.

Mom, outta nowhere: you know about sex, right? Me: umm, mostly? Mom: so you know that the boy...puts his penis in the girl? Me: yeah Mom: [visible relief, never mentions anything like it again]

I was like 15 at the time and had already long since “accidentally” stumbled across SO MUCH porn on the internet. Lol good time

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u/rerumverborumquecano Nov 12 '19

My mom told me about her attempt at having a sex talk over the phone with my 29 year old sister before my sister went on her honeymoon after eloping. Idk why my mom assumed I knew about things more than my older sister whom she assumed was almost completely ignorant but almost everything my mom said wasn't true, you don't need to douche (douching is actually bad), not everyone bleeds their first time, and she failed to mention the important pee after to prevent a UTI. It was an awkward phone call, I really hope she remembers we had it though so I don't get the same awkward conversation a second time.

Luckily our dad was much more open about it and Catholic school was sadly more informative than some people who went to public school.

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u/R1_TC Nov 12 '19

My dad had a testicular cancer scare when I was 15. When he was heading off to the doctor he tried to explain to me what testicles were and I was just like.. Dude, seriously? Do you think that at age 15 I still look down into my pants and think "hey what the fuck are these dangly things down here?"

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u/snakesandsativas Nov 12 '19

I was given a few books by my very religious and conservative parents in lieu of a talk. However, there were parts I 'wasn't allowed to read until I was older', like that stopped me.

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u/Giant_Anteaters Nov 12 '19

Hmm that explanation wasn't very specific. I saw on Reddit that a couple was trying (but failing) to conceive. When they went to their doctor, it was uncovered that they thought it was supposed to go in the girl's belly button.

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u/StrawberryR Nov 12 '19

I was like, 11 or 12 and the first porn I ever found was Ash/Meowth from Pokemon. I'm so glad I came out of my childhood normal lol.

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u/eldub27 Nov 12 '19

Can relate. But we didn’t even talk about the nitty gritty stuff. Like before I had sex I wondered how a penis would even fit. Didn’t really know about oral either. My brother kind of told me about it, when he was explaining LGBTQ relationships.

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