In my experience, that is always countries with a majority Catholic population.

My parents' rules?

On my 21st birthday, my friend and I did a fuckton of coke and slept with each other. Without realising what she was saying, she went "Much boobs. Very lesbian". At which point we both had to stop for five minutes of solid laughter.

We've improved since the repeal of Section 28, but like all countries, there remains a handful of scary idiots who try to ruin things for everyone else.

As someone with no regular source of penis fun-times, what else constitutes practice? I've been advised to brush the very back of my tongue to desensitise my throat...

What if these are my guns?

I worry about that ALL THE TIME

Omg YES. As a child, I had to ban my mother from using words like that because they make me feel ill.

Is styling like this appropriation? Asking for real.

Haha yeah, there are pluses to living out your teenage years here, certainly. Youth discounts on most public transport is another one. But hey, if you can inculcate them with good horse sense they'll probably be fine anywhere.

Yeah, as a fellow Brit my reaction to this is mixed too. Obviously this woman is barmy and did not handle the situation well... but at a similar age my parents and my friends' parents let us have alcohol and remained at hand in case things went wrong. By the time we were old enough to drive (here), we knew exactly…

A lot of people are saying they want total access to their kids' email accounts and phones and will/do use technology that will send them a list of attempted searches... until the kid reaches the age of 18. I'm really not sure i agree for my own kids (if/when I have any).

Yeah that gets me too! Ohh let me celebrate my marriage by alienating all of my friends except an arbitrarily-chosen inner circle.

ohh right. That does make more sense.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Talk-Abou… I was given this book around the same age as your son is now and I remember it being both accurate and non-scary. Would recommend. It mentions LGBT* people, if only briefly, but is very non-judgemental and inclusive. Can't remember if it goes into consent in detail, so you may…

A lot of girls don't like it, I often do. I think healthy sex ed should include as part of the consent module "ask your partner what they do and don't like, it's ok to experiment and it should feel enjoyable for both parties", plus a range of information about what people do beyond old-fashioned p-in-v sex. So I…

Because you were too femme?

But how could we possibly replace the masterpiece that is Ken Russell's 'Gothic'?

Sorry, but nope. Ed Westwick is the only one with the panache to carry off Byron.

As someone who can still get burnt in Factor 50, I need parasols to be a thing again. I have one, but only really feel comfortable using it on picnics/in the countryside.