While I was over at the Consortium last night, Justin and Jackie were chatting back at our house. Here’s a few excerpts:

Knowing who to ask:
Justin: I have a question to ask you… about… sex.
Jackie: Is this something you want to ask me or your uncle?
Justin: If I ask Uncle, he’s going to tell me and then ask about why I want to know.
Jackie: And you figure I won’t want to know why?
Justin: Yeah.
Jackie: Smart kid.

Part 2: Where a precious misconception is shattered:
Justin: So… why do people have sex if they’re not having babies?
Jackie: Well, because it feels really good. It’s a really nice thing to do when you love somebody.
Justin: I thought you got married when you loved somebody.
Jackie: Sure. Actually, getting married is sort of like saying that you’re just going to have sex with that person the rest of your life.
Justin: But… you and Uncle don’t do that.
Jackie: […]
Justin: EWWWW. Is that why your bedroom door was closed this morning?!?

The Kid’s-Eye View of Marriage
Justin: So married people just have sex with each other?
Jackie: That’s how it’s supposed to work.
Justin: So why did you marry Uncle?
Jackie: Because I love him.
Justin: Really? That much? [thinks] Are you sure?

More bwahahaaaa. Dude, you guys should record your conversations and send them in for sitcom material.

I hope to god Justin's friends don't read this site, but isn't there a chance that they do? Isn't this kinda private stuff?

Nah.

- we use a different domain address for email with the teachers.
- Justin doesn't email or instant message at all with his friends (or browse the internet, really).
- Anyone with a yen to learn more about Justin would

Jackie gets a huge award for that conversation.

Scales falling off eyes everywhere...

oops, continuing...

- Anyone with a yen to learn more about Justin via the internet would be out of luck. As far as Google knows, he doesn't exist: his last name and mine aren't the same, but either way: if you look for either his real name or His name + my surname, nothing that comes up is him. (heck, there's actually only 7 instances of his surname on the whole site out of 550+ pages, and none of them are in reference to him -- I've made something of a point of that. :)

- None of his friends know my name that I'm aware of. If I exist in their world at all, my first name is 'Your', my second name is 'Dad'. If they know him really well, then the surname is 'Uncle' instead of 'Dad'. The one kid I know who's actually tried to address me directly assumed I had Justin's last name, and that doesn't get you anywhere either.

- Finally, Justin's current friends are the 'outdoor' kids, not the 'indoor' ones. The media perpetuates an image of an incredibly internet savvy younger generation in this country, but frankly I haven't seen it - at least not at Justin's age bracket.

I always tell Justin when I'm putting a conversation up, also. He might protest a bit, but this point those protests are those of Bri'ar Rabbit - Lori's just as likely (heck, eager :) to answer a sex question as Jackie or I, and I daresay that Dave or Margie (or even Randy, though I'd pay good money to hear that one) could stand in our stead for any of those conversations and Justin would feel alright about it, so when one of them comments to Justin about a post, he just grins.

Which reminds me I do probably need to drop a word to the boy that if needs to talk to someone under a different roof, either of us are available (and can keep a secret).