The wrong way to find out your teenaged son or daughter is having sex is insistently on accompanying them to the doctor and demanding to know that information. In other words, pulling a T.I.
That said, there’s probably not a right way for a parent to react to this news, as every situation is different. And judging by the replies to a now-viral tweet, there are tons of ways in which it actually goes down.
how did y’all’s parents find out you lost your virginity? pic.twitter.com/PTUfGNfD2t
— trill mermaid (@jarievee) November 6, 2019
(No, we don’t get the GIF either).
It’s interesting to read through and see how people answered her question. The most notable reply was from Chrissy Teigen, model, TV host, and all-around celebrity personality.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 7, 2019
Teigen followed up with another tweet that was somehow even more tongue-in-cheek than the first one.
actually I have IVF babies so maybe I have never had sex ever
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 7, 2019
But Teigen’s was far from the only memorable reply. Plenty of people have parents who, instead of feeling possessive over their kids’ sex lives, were able to crack a joke.
i was watching rosanne with my mom one day. it was the episode where darlene lost her virginity. my mom looked at me and said… “have you?” i was like “…yes.” she didn’t make me feel bad abt anything until she said… “really? better not have been with that ugly boy.” 🥴🥴🥴
— wldflwr (@wldflwr_) November 7, 2019
My ma picked me up after and I got in the car and she asked what was wrong with my leg and I looked out the window and said “you didn’t tell me the first time hurt, you tell everything else but left out that” she started laughing then called every woman contact in her phone.
— Mia (@ItsjustmeMiaaa) November 7, 2019
Our hearts go out to the parents who found out their kids were sexually active and were about to become parents at the same time. That’s just a ton of news to absorb in one moment.
i was at work and my mom called saying i had a letter from some office saying i’m the father of a 4 yr old and they need me to take him in cause his mom couldn’t take care of him
— JBP 😈 (@unclevaris) November 6, 2019
I always had irregular periods
My mom said it had been too long without one mom took me to the gyno for BC and the gyno was like your +20weeks pregnant
Ultrasound said I was 29weeks pic.twitter.com/oQjbS1oKq8— Louise Voltairine de Cleyre (@louise_q10) November 7, 2019
There’s plenty of replies in which the parents were judgmental, possessive, or even cruel, but we’d rather focus on this one, which is pretty much exactly how every parent should react to this particular piece of news.
My mom asked me and I told her yes. She asked me if he pressured me and if he made sure I was okay and if we used protection. And she’s here if I need to talk to her
— Sweet like Ducana (@JolieFemmeSam) November 7, 2019
