Reply #16

After I had two children (both girls) and got divorced, I finally read in a self-help book, don't remember which one, that I should take a mirror and have a look down there...........For whatever reason, that phrase, "Take a mirror and have a look down there.........." stuck with me.

I remember when my oldest daughter was about 11 or 12, she asked me something about sex or menstruation and I told her that all of a boy's parts were on the outside where they could be seen and easily examined. I also told her that most of a girl's parts were difficult to see or on the inside and that she should take the small hand mirror (that we kept in a basket on the tank of the toilet) and have a look down there.

For several weeks after that I noted that on entering the bathroom I found the hand mirror on the floor, on the sink, on top of the toilet paper.....I swear, she must have been having a look down there 5 times a day.

But I was delighted, and amused, that she was taking my advice about something.