Published: 26 March 2025
Last updated: 31 March 2025
Dear Sex and the Shtetl,
I'm a mother to a 16 year-old boy who has his first girlfriend. I'd like my husband to have the 'use a condom' chat with him man to man but my husband thinks I should be the one to do it because they only really talk about school and sport. What should I do?
Upper management Mumma
First of all, mazel tov to your son whose social status would have undoubtedly skyrocketed since the relationship’s hard launch (or ‘kickoff’ to borrow a sporting term with less innuendo). Secondly, congrats to you and your husband who have now reached the sacred parental milestone of Who’s Going to Emphasise Safe Sex? It’s a game of hot potato most parents don’t want to win.
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Lana30 March at 11:29 am
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