It is like it used to be

A friend of mine was telling me how her almost twelve year -old daughter came home from school saying the boy on the bus said "you don't even know what 69 is" and this began the very practical factual explanation of what 69 is. Now later when I told my husband the story I added "it's not like it used to be" only to reflect on my first memory of a sex conversation in the neighborhood.
The first time I remember learning about oral sex I was twelve, it was the summer before 7th grade, when kids were making fun of a neighborhood girl saying she is called BJ for a reason, not her name. Her name was Bobbie Jo, but they called her BJ because she gave blow jobs to boys. So it is like it used to be. Oral sex conversations happen around eleven, periods happen around eleven and twelve, and boobs happen and sex conversations happen and it is like it used to be.