IF A BOY KISSES YOU...

I was 12 years old when my mother told me that I am now a grown up woman. I just had my very first menstrual cycle. I was so bummed out because that was the end of my childhood. After that day, I was not allowed to play with the boys anymore. Growing up as a tomboy, it was hard for me to accept that. I used to run around with the boys, biking, playing boys' play. I was never into dolls and other girls' stuff. So you can imagine the heartache. Suddenly, I can't wear shorts outside the house anymore. I have to be home before it got dark. No more rough plays. No more being around boys. Then my mama told me that if a boy kisses me, I will get pregnant. Whoah! That got me! I didn't let any boy come near me for the next four years. In fact, my first "boyfriend" when I was 14, broke up with me because I refused to be touched and didn't let him touch me and hold my hands. No way! So after two months of "going out", he dropped me. At that time I didn't know why, it was much later on when I found out the truth.