"The Talk"

Susan Wise Bauer has a funny post up, in which she elaborates on "the plumbing talk" with her daughter in response to the question (asked publicly of course, as children are prone to do with uncomfortable topics), "What is a prostitute?"

Highlights of the post include:

Me: So some men don’t have a wife to keep them company. And they can’t find a wife because they, er–

(I’m thinking, “Lack the capacity to form real human relationships.” Paraphrase, paraphrase.)

It's short and humorous - give it a read!