When did you discover sex...?

... as you understand it today?

How about other intimate things? A naked body? A bared breast or a penis?

What did you think you knew before that?

What happened in your childhood to clue you? If nothing, do you now see things your parents did to hide private things?

How about older siblings?

Friends?

For example, looking back, I know that my mother was very careful about covering herself, and my dad was less so, although he tried most of the time to have underwear on.

My parents watched grown-up movies while I'd be playing somewhere else, but I was pretty good at sneaking up on people, so I remember some things that I saw that confused me, but not creepily so.

I had two boys as best friends when I was little, and so obviously at that age sometimes there were "accidents," or i'd go into the bathroom when a friend had to pee. He wasn't quite tall enough yet for the toilet, so his mom ended up helping out.

We were given the body part lecture in fifth grade, and the physical action bits in seventh but ultimately eighth grades.

I remember being in fifth grade and asking someone "does it actually go in?! and being answered yet, and that was quite an alarming revelation but everything that came after that was okay, I never got a nasty shock by any other information, no matter who gave it to me.

I started puberty very very late, at 17, because I had had some chemotherapy, there was some question if I'd ever go through it.

And yes this story is believable because I was raised in Nebraska and so had a fairly sheltered upbringing.

When my parents were together they would have sex even while I was in the bed with them; the first time I actually remember it, I was maybe 4 or 5, not too long before they got divorced.

Beyond that, my Dad made zero effort to hide his porno collection, so in the third grade I spent some time watching all his porno while he was at work.

Beyond that, while my Mom to this day refuses to discuss anything sexual, my Dad's talked about it, boasted about it, and explained it against my will for as long as I can remember.

TL;DR: By the time I got to sex ed in the 5th grade I already knew everything about how sex "worked".

Cable TV had a lot of softcore porn on it, I learned all I needed from that. To this day, sex isn't exciting unless there's sensuous music, mood lightning, and a director making sure no one's junk can be seen.

Before my school bothered to give sex ed. No idea when that was. Sex wasn't a big awakening thing for me, more like, "oh hey there's this thing people do".

when I was 7. end of story.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
When my parents were together they would have sex even while I was in the bed with them; the first time I actually remember it, I was maybe 4 or 5, not too long before they got divorced.

Beyond that, my Dad made zero effort to hide his porno collection, so in the third grade I spent some time watching all his porno while he was at work.

Beyond that, while my Mom to this day refuses to discuss anything sexual, my Dad's talked about it, boasted about it, and explained it against my will for as long as I can remember.

TL;DR: By the time I got to sex ed in the 5th grade I already knew everything about how sex "worked".

Your dad?

Basically, but more egotistical.

Scrambled porn. I don't remember how old I was..

Probably found out around 4-6 watching nature programs and/or reading encyclopedias.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
When my parents were together they would have sex even while I was in the bed with them; the first time I actually remember it, I was maybe 4 or 5, not too long before they got divorced.

Beyond that, my Dad made zero effort to hide his porno collection, so in the third grade I spent some time watching all his porno while he was at work.

Beyond that, while my Mom to this day refuses to discuss anything sexual, my Dad's talked about it, boasted about it, and explained it against my will for as long as I can remember.

TL;DR: By the time I got to sex ed in the 5th grade I already knew everything about how sex "worked".

Well, your dad probably wanted you to know about it from him rather than somewhere else. At least he could "control" how you found out about it in a way he thought was right for his kid.

I don't remember when. Don't remember it being a "wow" moment.

When I was older. I was not allowed to take health classes in school so it was not until I was in my 20s.

Originally posted by dadudemon
found out around 4-6

months or weeks?

I was in elementary school when I realized how it was done. I forget exactly who told me: friends or parents (probably friends), but I remember thinking, "Ah, like a peg in a hole. Cool."

When I was a little older, I read the medical encyclopedia my parents "left" lying around. That filled in a lot of the details. And by the time puberty was up and running, my dad and I had had a few conversations about it.

Originally posted by focus4chumps
months or weeks?

Seconds. Get it right. Gaw!

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Before my school bothered to give sex ed. No idea when that was. Sex wasn't a big awakening thing for me, more like, "oh hey there's this thing people do".

I remember I first discovered pornography and masturbating in 5th grade.

I can't even remember when I first knew what sex was.

When I clicked on this thrad.

I had older brothers, so probably well before I was 10. I remember finding a Penthouse or Hustler, think it might have been before I was 10. That was an eye-opener.

Originally posted by Robtard
I had older brothers, so probably well before I was 10. I remember finding a Penthouse or Hustler, think it might have been before I was 10. That was an eye-opener.

Funny story from before I had much of a concept of sex:
I remember seeing a magazine when I was about 10ish that involved red anal beads being pulled out of a woman. I thought they were her intestines.

My friend's older brother told me about it.