I stared at the boob page and that was the start of my gay questioning

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Ok but to be fair that book is very good at explaining puberty

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I unironically loved those books

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I read the book and then went crying to my mom bc I was scared that I was gonna end up anorexic somehow out of the blue

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Had a whole argument with my parents about how I never had a proper sex education or period education and she was like i bought you that book^^. And so I should have had all the answers to the universe because of that book

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This is exactly what my mom and my friends’ moms did for us they never gave us “the talk” they just gave us this book and said “figure it out”

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REAL!! My sex ed came from this book and the internet lmao; I literally managed to hide that I had gotten my period from my mom for a year cuz of all the tips I got from American girl puberty book

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Not in a weird way I had a similar book and just looked at the pictures, and I was so uneducated on shit I thought you could only get pregnant on your period up until I was 16. Books are not enough to educate 😔

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I actually loved that book since it helped all my questions that my anxiety could ask

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No because I loved these books. Yes tell me about how it can be uncomfortable, tell me I can start to grow hair and smell! It was so helpful as someone who was anxious to have so many questions and answers at my fingertips

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This book was my shit and I actually got it from my mom because my friends mom got it for her and we read it together🥲 I miss u Cassidy

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I didn’t get the book or a talk or NOTHING! Had to figure that shit out myself when I started bleeding randomly on an 8 hour road trip 😭 was actually traumatic

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I got this one

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Bro this sent me way back. And I just now realized that exactly what my mom did. Yup, good times.

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Okay so i wasn’t the only one cause whew girl

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and i still have it to this day

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My parents obviously gave me the talk and all, along with me going through sex education class in fifth grade and all that stuff, as well as this book. Must’ve been weird for them when I came out as aromatic after all of that. (Or I should say temporarily aromantic I guess??? Finally figured out that stuff when I was 13, made peace with it, then at 15 I became friends with the guy who is now my boyfriend and he kinda flipped everything upside down 🙃)

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I had this exact book

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I actually asked for this

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i found out the hard way - crying to my mom asking how my tummy ripped open and made me pee blood

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I am both glad and sad that this is not an experience unique to me… funniest thing is my mom has her masters in NURSING EDUCATION and she did, in fact , actively hold that degree when she gave me this 😂

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