Trip Journal

[Hessah]

@Booyah's ninja text - I've had some frds (asian) where their mum told my frds the same thing.. "be safe" LOL Not sure if that's a cultural thing.. I would've thought its the new generation of parents, accepting how our generation works... and trying to ensure that we do wat we want, within reasonable limits....

Coz i know some parents understand that the more they say "NO DONT DO IT!" the more we're gonna rebel

but anyway... that's very nice of Anastasia's family to accept you so well! Have you met them before?

[booyah8876]

Well I was going to reply... but no time =/

I'll do it when I'm back from school =)

[A_Forever]

[booyah8876]

No, they taught us a safe sex... I clearly remember the banana and the STD slides. I always also shown a video how to properly check for odd lumps. In the other half of the class was the boys watching some other video, some tried to look over on our side though. Advice on things about condoms was given too... :x Plenty of girls have gotten pregnant at the high school I went to, it was nothing new so yeah...

I remember that as well... but they never told us, "We know you're going to have sex, be safe about it." They would tell us, "These diseases you see here can only be avoided by abstinence. Don't have sex until you're married." For seriously.

I dunno... I just like the more liberal nature of this place...

Amerika is built and run by such... conservatives.

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@Booyah's ninja text - I've had some frds (asian) where their mum told my frds the same thing.. "be safe" LOL Not sure if that's a cultural thing.. I would've thought its the new generation of parents, accepting how our generation works... and trying to ensure that we do wat we want, within reasonable limits....

Coz i know some parents understand that the more they say "NO DONT DO IT!" the more we're gonna rebel

but anyway... that's very nice of Anastasia's family to accept you so well! Have you met them before?

I've only talked with them one time before coming here, which was on Skype. We wrote some e-mails back and forth, that's about the extent of it.

My mother is like that... when she found out (I told her) that I slept with one of my girlfriends... she told me flat-out that she can't stop me from having sex, but she can do the next best thing, and take away my social life... which she has done well.

Anyways... time to eat...

School festival soon @.@

See ya~

[Hessah]

i'm surprised ur mum let u go to germany to find ur gf then!

I dont think schools are allow to suggest that you can have sex before marriage...

Recently our aussie govt produced a brochure aimed at teenagers regarding drugs. It said "Drugs are bad for you, but if you really want to try it, wait till you're 18"

its like @_@ OK that might hv captured the teenagers mind, but to say "you can do it when u're 18" from a public brouchure is like... wrong =/

ANYWAY! going off topic XD

i wouldnt thought germans are closed minded.. i guess not!

[Lady-Loki]

Quick momma/grandmother response to the sex matter. We do realize you will, but we discourage it because we know that in the heat of the moment safety will be forgotten and you then run the risk of STD or pregnancy, either of which can alter the remainder of your lives.

Back to the trip: Loving the pix. It looks so nice everyplace you have taken pix at. Keep em coming!

[Belaslav]

Amazing. Your in-laws are just amazing.

And the blame thing was funny, no?

[Esen]

@Booyah: Most people around me are more liberal I think, because I was taught a little differently. But I think that's normal since the state and country are so big. Different views and the more similar people tend to gather in clusters.

It's nice you are feeling comfortable there and having fun though. :D Your mother is... strict. o_o" I'm surprised she let you go to Germany too.

@Hessah: Odd brochure o-o

[Ralath]

Amazing. Your in-laws are just amazing.

They're... not his in-laws.

[A_Forever]

LOL!

Yeah. I was like "lolwut "