+274 It's really awkward when your parents make sex jokes and you are not sure if you should laugh or pretend you don't know what they are talking about. amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If your parents don't know that you know about sex by now (assuming you're at least in your midteens), then they're probably not all that good at parenting.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not about them knowing that you know about sex. They most probably know that you do, but they don't want to acknowledge that fact. Its like you not wanting to acknowledge the fact that your parents have sex. My parents are **so** stiff when it comes to this topic (I can not even imagine them making a sex joke) so I don't even think the topic of sex has ever come into our conversation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

First of all that's not true, and even if it did make them bad parents how is that at all relevant..? The post isn't even talking about a kid having sex.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm 17, so I just pretend they're not my parents in the moment and laugh; they're not incredibly stupid, they DO know I know about sex and all that by now.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If it's my mom, I laugh and make a dirty joke back. If it's my dad, I ignore him and change the subject.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My mom does this all the time... I usually just groan or roll my eyes or something

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Am I the only one whose parents don't do this?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You are not alone, my parents have NEVER talked about sex in front of me let alone cracked a joke about it. Everything I know about that topic is either from my brothers or from the Internet.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My mom is pretty cool with that kind of thing. She makes jokes like that all the time, and I guess I'm just used to it. My dad gets really uncomfortable, so he never does it. Now, granparents are an entirely different level. I went and saw the movie "Ted" with my granparents. Enough said.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My family is really open with this stuff Me, my mom, and my brother went to go see "Good Luck Chuck" together. I was telling my brother how teaching gravity in Tennessee is banned now and how one woman said teaching gravity teaches sexual promiscuity and he was like "uh... what? Is my penis attracted by gravity to a vagina...?" We joke all the time.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If I try and pretend like I don't know what my dad is saying when he makes a sex joke he will explain it and it makes things 1000x more awkward than it would be if I just laugh at it.

by Anonymous 11 years ago