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From: (Not Displayed) Received: 11:42 am on July 9, 2008 Return to Inbox
Subject: things my mother does
she leaves lingerae in the famliy laundary basket, and I'm the one who washes the clothes. I don't want to see her personal clothing. I feel very uncomfortable talking to her about it. she always tells me not to have sex untill im married, but she had sex when she was 21 I saw in her therapy notebook. and she wasnt married, she didnt even know my dad then. my parents sometimes have sex in the geust bed, cause its not on the same floor as my room, and I have to sleep in that bed sometimes. GROSS! how do I know? find condom wrappers in the waste basket.

its discusting. I cry about it. I know I should respect it, and I try my best to give them their privacy, but are they taking it too far?r am I over-reacting?
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I think you have to try to be more civil about this. Your parents are your parents, and however weird and disgusting it may be for you to imagine, think let alone hear them have sex, they are adults. They do have a libido, and they regrettably have to get rid of their horniness by having sex, as well as appreciating each other and showing each other how much they are still in love. To a certain extent you should be happy that your parents are still in a loving relationship, but that's not the point here obviously, so I'll move on.

I don't see the problem with the lingerie. I've loaded our washing machine before, and my mum loads it sometimes. We both have to touch every family members clothes, and I think you just have to try and ignore the 'ick' factor. Collect the clothes in a big clump so that the lingerie is on the inner area. But even then, it's not like the clothes are encrusted with filth. She did have to wear it, so I doubt it's covered in mud or anything. It's not really any different from your mum touching your underwear. Try and be more adult about and mature. It is just clothing after all, you're hardly touching their skin or private area directly.

About the sex, she probably wants to just keep you safe. She might want you to not have sex for the exact reason she did. She might have realised later on that it was a mistake, and that she regrets doing it. You don't know why she chose to have sex at 21 and you don't know how she felt afterwards, you're just invading her intimate privacy by reading her therapist notes. Those are private and you're not supposed to be reading them. She trusts those around her to not read into it, because they obviously won't get the full picture and could misinterpret whatever is inside it. Choosing whether or not to have sex is a very personal choice, and if you think you don't want to wait until you're married, calmly bring it up with your mum. Ask her why she thinks you should, and explain to her maturely without shouting why you don't want to wait. But don't, under any circumstances, bring up what you found in the notebook. She might get angry or be highly disappointed in you reading it. You could get her to bring it up by saying, "so were you married when you first had sex" or something similar. But keep in mind she might lie to prevent you from getting the wrong idea, or making the same mistake she did. She can't force you not to have sex, but don't get angry at her for what she's trying to tell you. She loves you and wants what's best for you, which in her mind is advising you to not have sex when you're not married. She wants to prevent you from making the same mistake (if it was a mistake) that she did.

Be more grown up. So what if she had sex in that bed? She probably washed the covers and the pillowcases and the bed lining, so I don't really see the problem. She is your mum so I highly doubt she'd let you sleep in the bed where she had sex without actually cleaning any of the linen. Consider it a nice gesture that she's moving floor so that you don't hear them have sex, which might be really awkward and annoying for you.

It's not really nice to think about parents have sex, and it is disgusting to a certain extent. But you have to bear in mind that they are humans with a sex drive, so try to give them their own space and respect what they do. I'm sure they're not trying to annoy you on purpose, and probably try to hide it from you as best as they can because they know it's not something that any child wishes to talk to their parents about.

- Balazs

Posted at 12:00 pm on July 9, 2008

Gosh, this is a hard one. First of all, know you're not weird at all in getting grossed out by this... anyone would, really. Myself definitely included!

I wish I could help you more with this issue, but I'm pretty much lost for words on this one, since you say you don't feel comfortable talking to them about it (which I can totally understand, and quite honestly I don't blame you).

The only thing that really comes to my mind is to try showing them what it feels like. You don't even have to be really doing it, but leave condom wrappers on their bed, or something. If they try to approach you about it, just say something like, "Just thought I"d give you a taste of your own medicine." Leave porn up on a family computer, put playboys out on the coffee table, etc. Hopefully it'll have the right effect. :)

I hope this helps, and I'm sorry I couldn't think of anything better!

-Keren
xoxo1234

P.S. If all else fails, steal their condoms.

Posted at 11:49 am on July 9, 2008

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