Now, he was saying things like… “I know I’m your old man, but…”
“you can’t be too careful these days,” and “wear protection,” and “if she says no, then you have to assume she means it…”
“because if you force her to do something she doesn’t want to do, then you’re in big trouble, mister …”
“and even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she’s playing games and isn’t worth the price of dinner.”
“if you need to talk to somebody, you can come to me, but if you don’t want to do that for some reason, talk to your brother,”
and finally “I’m glad we had this talk.” Then, my father ruffled my hair, smiled, and left the room.
I guess I should tell you that my father isn’t like on television.
Things like sex don’t embarrass him. And he is actually very smart about them.
I think he was especially happy because I used to kiss this boy in the neighborhood a lot when I was very little,
and even though the psychiatrist said it was very natural for little boys and girls to explore things like that,
I think my father was afraid anyway. I guess that’s natural, but I’m not sure why.
Anyway, Mary Elizabeth and I went to see a movie downtown. It was what they call an “art” movie.
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