Me too Syd. I had a woefully inadequate sex education, just about all of it learned from my friend Boone and his sisters.
A kid in Amanda's kindergarten called her a lesbian (this was when we lived in Rancho Penasquitas in San Diego). I was shocked that kids so young would use that as a term of ridicule. She asked me what "lesbian" meant. Five years old. I don't recall when I first heard the term "lesbian," but it had to be well into my teens.
Trop...my best friend from when I was 8 had a 5 year old little sister who called ME a lesbian. I distinctly remember standing on the sidewalk in front of their house and wondering WHAT that meant and thinking it must be BAD. My friend also had two older sisters that were in their teens. I'm thinking that they knew something and the little sister was repeating what she heard. This was in 1970 or so. Go figure what kids know and when they know it...lol
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LOL!!! I didn't even know that word at their age. But, you can bet your ass I would have used it. LOL
Me too Syd. I had a woefully inadequate sex education, just about all of it learned from my friend Boone and his sisters.
A kid in Amanda's kindergarten called her a lesbian (this was when we lived in Rancho Penasquitas in San Diego). I was shocked that kids so young would use that as a term of ridicule. She asked me what "lesbian" meant. Five years old. I don't recall when I first heard the term "lesbian," but it had to be well into my teens.
Trop...my best friend from when I was 8 had a 5 year old little sister who called ME a lesbian. I distinctly remember standing on the sidewalk in front of their house and wondering WHAT that meant and thinking it must be BAD. My friend also had two older sisters that were in their teens. I'm thinking that they knew something and the little sister was repeating what she heard. This was in 1970 or so. Go figure what kids know and when they know it...lol
I'm curious, what was Amanda's response to that?
She just laughs an "if-they-only-knew" laugh. I'm sure her teammates, their parents and coaches have caught on by now that Amanda has two moms.
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