Backstory: I had written a blog on my xanga about how I never had the “birds and the bees” discussion with my parents, which my mother read, and had this to say.

Hi,

I just read your latest Xanga, and I feel I must defend myself!  We certainly never hid the subject–it just appeared that you were very aware of the way things were.  I guess by not being very specific with you I was trying to save you from my own “sex talk” experience with my own mom:  picture Grandma throwing a load of laundry into the washer and explaining how a penis gets hard when a man wants sex….eeeewww…..

Love you!
Mom