A childhood belief about reproduction

I was the smart kid. I knew exactly how reproduction happenned. I could name all the parts, discuss PMS, the whole nine. What I didn't know is that there might be another reason for men and women to have sex aside of reproduction. Boys were gross until they grew up and somehow magically transformed into potential dads. Right???

You know how women will go into a room and close the door so the kids can't hear what's being said? Well I thought that when my mom was in the room with her friends, that they were "playing". I even protected my father from what I thought was this terrible secret. Of course mom and her friends were just talking, but I didn't know that.

I was 13 before someone finally explained things to me. I still didn't fully believe it until I was 18 and had my first serious male partner.