The little things: anecdotes from everyday life

I live with my parents right now because I'm going to college. Well, the other night I had bought a couple new products, getting ready for Valentines Day, yes I know, early, but wanted to start now instead of doing one huge $1000 purchase! Anyways, I had left stuff on my be because i was getting rid of packaging to save space and i left a large dildo and a couple different harnesses on top of my bed. When i was going back upstairs to my room my dad said he left some mail on my room. i became beet read and said thanks. he didn't say anything to me, so I'd like to assume he either didn't notice..unlikely..or will just leave it at that. less

I live with my parents right now because I'm going to college. Well, the other night I had bought a couple new products, getting ready for Valentines Day, yes I know, early, but wanted to start now instead of doing one huge $1000 purchase! Anyways, I had left stuff on my be because i was getting rid of packaging to save space and i left a large dildo and a couple different harnesses on top of my bed. When i was going back upstairs to my room my dad said he left some mail on my room. i became beet read and said thanks. he didn't say anything to me, so I'd like to assume he either didn't notice..unlikely..or will just leave it at that. less

Don't feel too bad. My dog very kindly drug a dildo down the hall and just left it lying in the kitchen.

I didn't know this and when I came home my mom and grandmother were sitting in my kitchen trying not to look at it. But hey, at least my little guy didn't chew it up. I'd then be explaining to my boss why he has to surgically remove chunks of silicone from him. Hehe.

Your parents seem cool. less

Oh, geez, dildos lying down the bed and drug out by the dog...you've both got me totally paranoid now!

Halfway through a 2-month visit with my parents, without a discreet sex-toy to my name, I finally broke down and ordered what I thought would be 3 'discreet' toys--the Incognito lipstick vibe, the Discretion compact vibe, and Dr. Laura Berman's Lina pen vibe. The package arrived and was smuggled to my room without incident; however, now I have 3 VERY obvious sex-toy packages of which to dispose without my parents noticing. In addition, the Lina has the Berman logo on it and "On-Off-Open" printed on it, and the lid of the 'Discretion' actually says "DISCRETION: California Exotic Novelties"! Gar! So much for passing them off discreetly as a pen or powder compact! What's the point of even making a discreetly-shaped toy if you're going to label the freaking thing in ink/paint? Sorry, straying from the main topic of the post, but reading your stories made me hope I DON'T have a more interesting anecdote to post here in the near future... less

well i tend to have these instances more with my mom. I came out to my family earlier this year because of my boyfriend. Considering that i work at a adult store, I'm pretty sure he would expect me to have stuff in my room, but i do try to keep everything put up. My mom likes to clean house at random, going into my room and bathroom without warning. Don't get the wrong idea, i do clean my own living area, but she doesn't believe anyone knows how to clean. She was putting stuff away in bathroom and found open condom wrappers in the trash, that's how she started having "the talk" with me...every other day? >.>; and most recently she found the Head Honcho, apparently it freaked her out. LOL less

I live with my parents right now because I'm going to college. Well, the other night I had bought a couple new products, getting ready for Valentines Day, yes I know, early, but wanted to start now instead of doing one huge $1000 purchase! Anyways, I had left stuff on my be because i was getting rid of packaging to save space and i left a large dildo and a couple different harnesses on top of my bed. When i was going back upstairs to my room my dad said he left some mail on my room. i became beet read and said thanks. he didn't say anything to me, so I'd like to assume he either didn't notice..unlikely..or will just leave it at that. less

I'm glad to hear you can be open about sex with your parents - your Dad at least.

My 19 year old son tells me about his sexual adventures. It makes me feel good that we have such a good relationship that he confides in me about this.

Dame Demi, I'm in the flip situation as you are. I'm the Mom hiding my sex toys from my son. As open as he is, I doubt he'd want to know about my collection. Kids like to think of their parents as non-sexual. less

For the most part you'd be correct. "Kids like to think of their parents as non-sexual." But my mom went through a operation after having me, a hysterectomy *i think thats the right one, ovaries taken out?* and she was never told. she thought she was getting her tubes tied. so for 18-20 years she's had no sex drive at all and their relationship has grown harder now. that's the reason why my dad's interested in my store, trying to find something that might help her some. =\ less

I thought it would be nice to have an ongoing thread of the funny (or not so funny) little things that happen to us everyday; that, although not significant, can be very telling about who we are or what our lives are like…

My little thing today, that made me laugh: I like pink grapefruit scented body products. I buy this one body butter called ‘Pink’ from Sephora and use it after a shower occasionally. So, this morning, my partner nuzzles up against me before leaving for work…he presses his face against my neck and inhales, then pulls back and says “Mmm… you smell like Froot Loops”…I was half-awake and was like “what?” - how freakin romantic, right? I sniffed the jar of body butter a few minutes ago and I can see how it might make me smell like breakfast cereal less