In CVS this afternoon, I was wandering around looking for some eyedrops when I noticed a middle-aged man and a high-school age boy at the condom rack (or the "Family Planning" section as the pharmacy put it). I briefly wondered if I should be calling the cops, but based on the resemblance between the two, decided it was probably a father getting his son some protection for the prom that was this evening. Good for him, I thought, and wanted to congratulate him on being a responsible, reasonable parent with a strong, open relationship with his son. Instead of sticking his head in the sand and pretending it won't happen, or that talking about birth control will somehow only encourage it and mumbling some bullshit abstinence crap and calling it a day, he was proactive in making sure his son was safe and wouldn't be bringing home a grandchild or giving a girl the clap. I couldn't, of course, actually say that to him, so I'll say it here: "Kudos, sir! Kudos!"
Also, to the girl: "You go, bitch!" With the muscles straining underneath his Underarmor shirt (I think it said he was on the baseball team), the young man in question was a fine specimen.
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It is nice to see parents who are aware of the real world. I grew up going to a private school and amazingly we actually had classes on safe sex and contraception. Embarrassingly though, my mother a public health nurse, was the one who taught those classes. At least, I was very aware of safe sex and contraceptives.
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