<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> Gummies FTW</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> that was the extent of the advice. And yes, 700.</p><p>My medical practice got sent a carton by the Health Department once. We had notified more cases of chlamydia than any other practice in the state (among patients, not staff).</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@zanchey" class="u-url mention">@<span>zanchey</span></a></span> Was that the extent of the advice? And 700?!? Was a copy of &quot;Wilt: Larger Than Life&quot; also included?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> a friend of mine had his mum bring a carton of condoms (ie 700) into his room while his girlfriend was over and say &quot;just make sure you&#39;re careful&quot;</p>

<p>FYI: In this case &quot;official&quot; simply means couple. A first girlfriend. One step at a time....</p>

<p>And one other thing. I suffered greatly by having to figure out a lot of this stuff in my 30s in the midst of a midlife crisis--because the advice I got as a teen was utter crap (or missing altogether). Seriously, FUCK THAT. </p><p>Seriously, talk to your kids.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> congratulations!</p>

<p>Ah, it’s under New &amp; Noteworthy - Sale Events.</p>

<p>Won&#39;t lie: hearing the boy come home last night and boldly proclaim &quot;WE&#39;RE OFFICIAL&quot; to my wife might be my crowning parental achievement. </p><p>This, the end result of more than 8 months of ongoing discussion, advice, and navigation of a very tricky environment of social media, high school insecurities, consent, manosphere crap, and everything else. </p><p>Much of this overlapped with driving. I never appreciated how much learning to drive would be about everything else. You and the kid in the car.</p>