Alternative title: If you are a family member stop reading now

I was an average to early starter when it comes to sex. I had a steady boyfriend at 15 and I was allowed to go on the pill even though I wasn’t having sex yet. And it was probably a good thing too. When it came time to have sex neither me or my boyfriend knew how to use a condom. We had been told the importance of condoms, but seeing how we were both virgins figured it wasn’t big deal that we couldn’t get the thing to work and had sex anyway.

Same story with the next guy I was with, another virgin. Another guy who hadn’t learnt there’s a right way and wrong way to put on a condom on. Another time we gave up trying to use one after three attempts.

It seems pretty stupid to look back now. Who can’t figure out how to roll on a stupid piece of latex? But at the time it seemed extremely complicated, even for this apparently smart student.

What’s even stupider though is that not one PE teacher thought it was appropriate to tell us how to use a condom correctly.