this has been an interesting topic for me especially as of late. i too, like fool zero, grew up in the dark ages so to speak and even sex was never discussed let alone this (still struggle to even say the word). heck, my mom didn't even warn me about a womans special time if you will. when that first began for me i totally freaked out! i couldn't help but wonder if there was something majorly wrong with me. i gave it a little time to see if it would just pass or stop but it didn't. so i felt i had to take this up with my mom. (i always dreaded approaching her with health issues cause i had a lot of kidney infections as a kid, a lot of broken bones from wreckless abandonement while playing types of things thus lots of drs visits) they paid out of pocket for all of this too, so i was concerned about this as well. when i finally told her what was happening she laughed at me and told me oh that's no big deal. then she explained what was happening. my thought was "thanks for warning me. scare me to death why don't ya".

anyways, back to this subject i'm still not sure my take on this to be honest. i hear that its ok, but i'm still just not sure what to make of it. i caught my son at it a while back. i couldn't talk to him about it cause i don't know my own take on the matter (still), but at the same time i didn't give him any dirty looks or nothing of the sort. i just walked away to give him his privacy although he was in the living room, and i had been in my bedroom.

i'm glad you seemed to handle this very well with your daughter. this kind of line of support is very good for her, and she's lucky to have you being there for her. this will provide for future safety in her sharing future issues with you as well.

take care and best wishes