Cessandra: When did you move out of Houston? In the mid 1950s? Ever since then Humble’s been in Houston’s backyard. Especially since the 70s when Houston built Intercontinental Airport (Now Bush Intercontinental) about 20 seconds from Humble. Now Houston has annexed Kingwood (another suburb) that is right next to Humble, making Humble closer than ever to the huge festering smell that is Houston.
“There are many sweeping generalizations that are always true” -Space Ghost
Did you see the episode where Hank was raped by a dolphin?
Well, the ‘first period’ episode is now over, and they handled it pretty well.
I loved that Hank drove Connie to the emergency room…I know guys who are about that comfortable with menstruation. Since working in a grocery store and doing price checks on “supplies” (“No, ma’am, that price was for the Ultra Thin, you have the Ultra Absorbent.”), I haven’t had a problem with it.
It’s amazing how obscure basic information can get when sex is involved in any way.
I was lucky; growing up in a female household (my folks were divorced), the facts of basic biology were handled thoroughly, matter of factly and with very little brouhaha. Fact of life, indeed.
The sex ed stuff in school was a joke. Girls were shown coy, confusing cartoons that never once mentioned blood or where it would likely appear. I can remember one poor girl in terrified hysterics because she had no, absolutely NO idea what was happening. That was cruel and damned near child abuse, IMO.
Instead of a natural, expected occurance this poor kid honestly thought she was dying. Talk about trauma. Thank God some compassionate teachers (one of them my mom) and other kids helped.
Explains the very slight twist that made “Carrie” a convincing horror novel, doesn’t it?
Veb
I saw the show last night, too, and I’m afraid I’d pretty much react the saame way Hank Hill did.
There are some things I’d just rather not know.
Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to relive it. Georges Santayana
I guess I’m pretty damn lucky. I knew it was coming by the age of eight. I knew what it was, why it happened and what to do. I RAN down the stairs and told everyone in my family, very, very proudly that I had gotten my first period! I was ecstatic! We had a celebration; big dinner and lots of discussion about my first step into womanhood. It made me very comfortable with the entire thing.
I did see part of that episode and it was funny watching him try to deal with it. But man, parents really should be the ones to make their daughters understand. To me it was a joyous occasion. I’m very sad when I hear it was traumatic for another woman. 
Goodness, Byzantine! Should we have a big feast and celebrate when a boy gets his first boner?
Yeah, when a boy gets his first boner. You could decorate it. Maybe sing songs.
No, but seriously, I didn’t get my first period until the month before my sixteenth birthday. My only reaction was “About damn time…”
God is dead. -Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead. -God
Neitzsche is God. -Dead
rastahomie – I’m in a good mood so I’m taking that as a joke. It really is too bad that boys do not have a marker into manhood as girls do into womanhood. We didn’t do anything like this with my two brothers. Perhaps we SHOULD have celebrated (neuro – I don’t think even MY family would have gone that far… but then again…) the fact that they could now reproduce.
Best!
Byz
Byz:
But boys DO have a rite of passage; it involves smuggling your sheets into the washing machine in the early morning hours.
(let me just state for the record that I have never nocturnally emitted anything, honestly).
Yes Byz, it was a joke.
I agree that boys need a more recognizable passage into manhood. Remember the episode of “Home Improvement” where Brad was having issues because of puberty? Wilson told Tim that boys in the Industrial Age don’t have a sense of identification with their passage into manhood (or words to that effect). So Tim sprinkled Brad with 10W/40 (“Holy Oil”) and then allowed him to weld a piece of pipe (“You’ve just cut metal with fire!”)
As for girls, I think that the 1st period is a big step in a little girl’s life, but I also think that it should be kept between her and her mom and other females in the family. Her brothers may tease her and her dad is likely to be squeamish (a la Hank Hill). I remember on TLC once where they were talking about puberty in different cultures, and they talked about a little British girl who got her first period. Her mom had prepared her for it, helped her through the process, etc. And when the Big Day came, her mom baked her a cake. I like that idea.
Luann can’t help being dumb; she’s a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome. She is trying to better herself; first by going to beauty school, and now community college. She tries not to act like trailer trash, either, by not smoking, using birth control, and again, by getting an education. As for slutty, there’s no real evidence of that. And anyway, what is a slut? Being stacked is not an indication of poor character, and should a girl stay a virgin her whole…<stomps off to fetch soapbox>
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Zettecity
Ooh, Zette, that’s awful! Glad you were okay!
My post was supposed to end with “stomping off to fetch soapbox” after the ellipsis, but I put it in carets, so I guess it was mistaken for faulty UBB code.
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