Birds and Bees

From being an only child to basically having 5 sisters is a big jump. But one that I was forced to make. However, it is not something that I wish that I could take back. Especially on the nights in which we all were able to share pieces of our history with one another. Plus, I cannot forget to mention that every night was a sleepover. Boys, school and aspirations were things that were commonly mentioned throughout the first semester.

In fact, I will never forget the night that I had to give my roomie the birds and the bees talk because I was assigned the role of mommy within the room. Today I will not be disclosing my roommates name for the sake of her embarrassment, so today we will go by the name Jane Doe, Jane for short.

Jane was an innocent girl who was protected from a vast majority of the outside world growing up. Her parents did this because they did not want to take the risk of ruining her innocence, and while this may sound really bad I was forced to take that innocence from her.

On the night in question the entire room was empty with with exception of Jane, me and one of our other roommates.

I was watching Flash, a series that I had recently found myself immersed in when I overheard Jane's conversation with her best friend. To keep this rated PG let's just say they were discussing how they wanted to play with the bees but without using a beekeeper suit for protection.

Need I announce how surprised I was when I heard that? I immediately turned around and asked if she had the birds and the bees talk with her parents back at home to which she responded by saying no.

I then proceeded to explain how that decision wouldn't be a really good one considering all of the dangers that one little bee could bring, and let's not forget about the possibility of having eggs to hatch as the bird!

But the funniest part about all of it was that in the end, even after being informed about all of the dangers that could be found she still insisted on just trying it to see what it was like. Especially because the bee that she was into really wanted it and she was afraid he would go looking for it somewhere else.

Then I was forced to explain that giving it up wouldn't necessarily give her the sense of security that she was looking for. In fact, it may actually make the bee travel to another bird regardless.

That was the day that I realized that everyone doesn't always know the things that you know and that it sometimes to helps to share the knowledge that you have so that you prevent them from making mistakes that they may regret in the future. Ignorance is bliss but knowledge is key.