Oh my!!!

You know when you get asked a question from your child and you just don't know what to say....well it happened several times this week during our bible studies at school!!



Each day (along with our devotions), we began reading the Proverbs, chapter by chapter then discussing it after.  As we read, we underline words or phrases that we discuss after we finish reading.


The proverbs are basically rules for life. 

Things like:
Warnings against the Sinful Man
Moral Benefits of Wisdom
Warnings against Adultery
Warnings about being Lazy
and so on.

So, earlier this week the word 'prostitute' came up and my darling child asked me what this word meant.   We discussed what it meant (in kid friendly terms) and it was TOUGH - especially considering Noah is a VERY inquisitive boy!!! 

He was very confused and didn't understand why people decided to do THAT when they weren't trying to make a baby.  He thought the ONLY time people did that was when a baby was being made.

NOW....fast forward - as we begin to read Proverbs 7


The title of this chapter is:  Warning Against the Adulterous Woman


Like 'daaahhh', wasn't this a clue to read ahead???


Here goes:
So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!  I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.  I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.  Come, let's drink deeply of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!  Proverbs 7:15-18

Now, here's a little expert of how the conversation went.


Noah - Mom, what does 'let's drink deeply of love till morning, let's enjoy ourselves with love!', mean?
Mom - Ummm, well, it means that they enjoyed each others company all night long.
Noah -You mean like S-E-X?
Mom - Oh dear, yes.  That's what I mean.
Noah - So, Mom, how long does the whole like, ummm "process" take?  Like "you know what I mean", right?
Mom - Ummmm....yeaaaaaah, I do.
Noah - You know, like how long DID the whole process take for you and Dad, when you made me (referring to the ONE and only time we did 'the process' was to make him).
Mom -Well bud, when you are married and do 'the process', it's only to be shared between a husband and a wife and it's not meant to be shared with other people.  So I'm not really going to talk about when Daddy and I "DID" the process.
Noah - but how long could the process take.
Mom - Well, sometimes you could enjoy each other for a few minutes and other times you could enjoy each other all night long.
Noah - Oh, eewwwww, grosssss....that's disgusting Mom. I can't believe ANYONE would do the process all night long.  I don't want it to take all day.  Like, I'll have to turn TSN (the Sports Network) on and go 'doo, do, doo, do' waiting for the process to be over'



Okay...not only did I almost pee my pants (in nervousness) but I also think I may have just permanently damaged my child from this conversation. I couldn't stop giggling, like as if I had just learned what this meant!

Oh my....what a long book from the bible this one is going to be if it continues like this!!!

Has anyone else had sticky conversations like this with their children?
PLEASE do share.
Help me out here!!!