Doctors and Nurses
Okay, so we've all probably been through our fair share of relationships, had our hearts chewed up and spat out, had heady highs and lows, loved and lost, had utterly mind-blowing sex, ordinary sex and everything in between. (Well, at least I have anyway). The more I look around, the more I see people wondering where the hell they fit into the crazy, complicated love/sex stakes. What makes it so complicated? I mean it's the most natural thing in the world, isn't it? Is it us crazy humans who screw it up? Or life's pressures or what? I've been reminiscing a little about the simple early experiences of childhood days - the days when we knew what we wanted, knew who we loved and had oh-so-much-fun!
I mean there was this gorgeous boy I was in love with in Grade 2 (do you have Grade 2? Anyhow, I was about 8). The memory of playing doctors and nurses with him behind the shelter sheds still has me tingling now, and I do get the occasional urge to track him down and finish what we started. Then there was Grade 3. This guy (with red hair and freckles - not that there's anything wrong with that) was in love with me, and offered to give me his 300-piece marble collection if I changed sides and barracked for his footy team. Given marbles were super hot property then (along with footy cards) I agreed, but that's as far as he got with me. I had the misfortune of attending an all girls' school in High School, but thankfully my parents had the foresight to book me into one with two boys' schools just down the road. (My love for the male sex started early and thankfully hasn't waned.) It goes without saying that most of my time was spent hanging around the oval giggling with my girlfriends and flirting with the guys on the way to excursions. My next love (or at least the next one I can remember) was sublime. We'd go out, get along great, have a fantastic time and that was it. Too easy, non-complicated.
In case you're curious (and too bad if you're not 'cos I'm gonna tell you anyway), I lost my virginity in a car parked on the front lawn outside my folks' house - while my grandmother was home! Very romantic huh? Long story...maybe another time... But in the meantime, it might do us all a whole lotta good if we think back to some of our early loves - the ones we haven't thought about in years, but the memories of which are there and are special in some way...and, of course, I need you to share them with me. If I can tell you the circumstances under which I lost my virginity, you can tell me anything.
Juji x
