I had a similar upbringing with how my parents were about sex, although I at least had *some* classes on it in school. But back in those days, sexuality beyond heterosexual wasn't really discussed, and if it was, it was frowned upon. I figured out I was bisexual at a younger age but as a result of some of my classmates in our final year of high school teasing me and accusing me of liking other girls and then I finally actually analysed if it was true. I hadn't realised it was a thing I could actually be.
But like you, my experience around that has led to me choosing to be more open to discussing all the different ways people can experience sexuality (including asexuality) with my kids, and I have seen they are better for it. My 11yo seems like he may be asexual and aromantic, but we'll see what happens when puberty hits. But I'm glad I've raised him in a way that he felt like he could ask me such uncomfortable questions, and I was able to answer them for him (when I explain things he's usually like, "Why would anyone want to do that?")
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Date: 2022-08-03 01:41 am (UTC)But like you, my experience around that has led to me choosing to be more open to discussing all the different ways people can experience sexuality (including asexuality) with my kids, and I have seen they are better for it. My 11yo seems like he may be asexual and aromantic, but we'll see what happens when puberty hits. But I'm glad I've raised him in a way that he felt like he could ask me such uncomfortable questions, and I was able to answer them for him (when I explain things he's usually like, "Why would anyone want to do that?")