Talking about sex with my mom

[Fryk]

Ugh... this is happening as I type via IM, and it is seriously making me consider drugs for fast acting memory removal.

My mom is in a funk right now, so I am chatting with her via GoogleTalk and trying to cheer her up. She started spilling her guts to me about her and my dad's sex life (!). Apparently, it's not so good.

See, my dad has a condition where the insides of his vertebrae are growing more and more narrow, which limits his mobility and causes him pain. Apparently, this has put a damper on their sex life.
That capsulation doesn't sound so bad, does it? Well, too bad I glossed over a LOT of details about stuf they have tried, and things my mom does on her own, that NO child should ever have to hear about their parents. Truly horrifying stuff.

Why must my mother share so much??!!!!!

(sobbing and insane babbling)

[MaggieTheCat]

Uuuh. Wow. And I thought it was uncomfortable when my parents briefly brought sex up when my husband (at the time, boyfriend) and I started dating. It's much, much worse hearing the other side of it, I can only imagine.

I'm sorry.

[Boozy]

Sounds like your mom could use some friends.

I think it's a shame when parents treat their children like they were just buddies.

[jackfaire]

My mom used to use me as a shrink with full disclosure.

[KellyHabersham]

My mom used to get like that, only with her, it involved "stomach problems"......let's just say she went into WAY too much detail on things.

[Fryk]

Phbleh... the whole talk took about 5 hours, and 2 of those were about sex. The thing is, she did the same thing she does with everything: shoot down any ray of sunshine I tried to bring her way. Any solution I offered just wouldn't work, no matter what. I told her to look around online, there's got to be some sort of sex advice website for handicapped people that could help. But no, she instinctively knows that nothing ever will, and life is darkness, blah blah blah.

I think she DOES need a friend around there. They recently moved to a new state, and as much as she loves the move and her new house, I don't think she's tried to socialize outside of the church they go to down there.

[MaggieTheCat]

TWO HOURS OF MOM SEX TALK? I think I would have thrown myself off our balcony before the end of that.

You need to tell her, gently maybe, but still tell her, that that is just...not something you want to be talking about with her.

[blas87]

At the time, it was awkward, but to think of it now, I am so glad that my mom DID do the TMI and overshare of her lady problems she had years back, because it made me more aware of what I may be at risk for, and what to look out for.

But sex? No. Don't want to hear it. Every once in a while my mom will insinuate that I spent all weekend having sex with my boyfriend (ok, so we probably did) or other inappropriate things and I just immediately change the subject. It scares me.

[Fryk]

What's sad and funny about it is, I have this thing where I can't let on when people make me uncomfortable. Maybe it's a twisted pride thing, like "Ha! You can't freak me out! I am imperturbable!!!" I don't know, but whatever it is, that's the reason why I stayed in the conversation to the squicky end. Whatever the reason is, I'm kind of glad that I did. Today was their 37th wedding anniversary, and maybe I let her vent out enough frustration to she could relax and enjoy it.

And all it cost me was having to drill a whole in my skull and pouring 2 liters of listerine in there.

[Lachrymose]

The title could be so easily misread.

Just saying...

[Nyoibo]

My answer would be "Good, if I'm not having it then no one can"

[Arcade Man D]

the title could be so easily misread.

Just saying...

Must... fight.... mental image.......

Image winning.....

THE GOGGLES! THEY DO NOTHING!

[DrFaroohk]

Ugh...my mom seriously injured my psyche by having "the talk" with me way too many times. I never understood why. She explained it, I knew what went on, I was thoroughly freaked out and disgusted, and that was it. Then like every time we'd be watching TV and two people kissed, she'd say "Do you know why those two grownups are kissing? I think we should have a little talk about that now. You see, when a man and a woman love each other.........." It basically made me afraid to be near my mom.