"Hey Mum, just going out!"
"Oh, you're not staying for dinner?" Ursula frowned slightly.
Don shrugged. "Going to a party."
"Oooh, sound fun, will there be any girls there?"
Don shrugged again. "Yeah, probably?"
"Well, be safe!"
"Safe? I wouldn't worry, it's just going to be people we know, no out of control ragers or anything."
Ursula chuckled. "I was just teasing, hon. But make sure you're careful with any women, all right?"
Don frowned. "Uh, sure Mum?"
Ursula sighed. "You know what, never mind. With how slow you are to pick up what I'm saying, I'm sure I don't have anything to worry about with you and any woman."
A lightbulb finally clicked on for Don. "Ohhh!" He chuckled. "Mum! Didn't expect you to... all right no you don't have to worry, if there were any women, and I'm not saying there is, but if there were, she's clean."
Don turned to leave, but Ursula said, "Wait, 'she's clean'? That seemed very specific."
"Uh..."
"Never mind, it's your own business, but you know it's not just about diseases, right? If you go and get some young lady pregnant, you're helping her look after it. Or take care of it. Or whatever she decides to do."
"Oh, you don't have to worry about that, Mum. My buddy Randy told me what's up, we'll just have her on top, so gravity will do the work for us."
He turned to leave again, but... "Hold on a minute, buster."
"What?"
"'Gravity will'... is this what they're teaching you at school?"
"Nah, they just told us not to do it, so Randy gave me the lowdown."
Ursula sighed. "I can't believe my son is taking reproductive advice from someone who thinks you can use gravity as contraception. Buddy, you're not going out that door without a pack of condoms."
"But I don't have any!"
"Hold that thought!" Ursula got up, opened a nearby drawer, and picked up a roll of condoms. "Here you go. Don't spend them all in one place."
Don looked at them. "So what do...?"
Ursula sighed again. "Of course. How could I possibly expect you'd know what to do. Go fetch me a banana from the kitchen."
"Peeled, or unpeeled?"
Ursula raised an eyebrow. "I can't tell if that's a circumcision joke, or what - but unpeeled, I don't ever want to see someone attempt to put a condom on a peeled banana. Not again."
"Again?"
"Never mind. Go fetch me that banana." Don went away and came back with a banana. "Great," said Ursula. She tore off a condom wrapper, opened it and placed the condom over the banana. "See, it's simple." She unrolled it, pulling it over the banana and stretching it tight. "Nothing to it. Now you try."
She made Don practice a few times, until he had it down pat. "Great," he said, "so it's the same thing with... with the real thing?"
"Exactly the same," said Ursula.
"Doesn't it hurt or something?"
Ursula shook her head. "Well, the best way is to..." she paused. This was ridiculous. A step too far. But then, how far was too far to ensure he was making smart choices with the young ladies who he might encounter? She sighed again. "All right, I'll have to show you on the real thing. Take your clothes off."
Don's eyes widened. "Get naked, in front of my mum?"
She sighed. "I'm not having you go out there not knowing how to be safe, and then accidentally impregnating some woman, who, if her sexual education is anything like your own, probably thinks she can avoid pregnancy by doing stomach crunches."
"But..."
She sighed again. "Would it be less weird if I got naked too?"
Don frowned slightly. "If anything it would be more weird."
"But at least you wouldn't feel at a disadvantage."
"I suppose not."
"Excellent." Everything within Ursula screamed that this was a ridiculous idea, but she gritted her teeth and pulled her dress over her head. "Well, go on, get yours off too," she said.
Don shook himself. "Right. Of course. Yes Mum." He pulled off his shirt, then started to pull his jeans off, but they got stuck on his shoes.
"Unbelievable," said Ursula. "Shoes first, hon. How are you going to look after a baby if you can't even dress and undress yourself?"
Sheepishly, Don pulled the jeans back up far enough to pull his shoes and socks off, then pulled the jeans off. Then he removed his briefs.
"Can you unsnap me, dear?" she asked, turning around and indicating the back of her bra.
"I dunno," he said, "I've never unsnapped a bra."
"Well, if you're thinking of getting busy with some young lady, you might want to learn how," she said.
"Um."
She sighed. "Just give it a shot. Just... don't force it too much. These cost a bit to replace."
He struggled with it a bit, but after about half a minute had it open.
"Great," she said, and pulled off her bra, dropping it to the ground. Then she pulled down her panties and stepped out of them. "Now. Onto fitting this condom." She looked him up and down. He was shivering slightly, and still mostly flaccid, although it was clear that her nakedness was starting to have an effect on him. "Right," she said. "First things first. Since we have to get you erect, let's talk about foreplay."
"My friend Randy said that was a waste of time."
"Hon, I am almost positive at this point that getting sex advice from Randy is the dumbest thing you could possibly do."
"But he said..."
"Don, when you have sex, do you want the woman to want to let you do it again in the future?"
"...yes?"
"That's what I thought. Foreplay is going to be your friend."
"All right, but what does that mean?"
She sighed. "Come over here and give me a kiss."
"But Mum!"
"Oh shush, it's all learning. Besides, I can't show you how to put a condom on if you're not hard, and this is one way to get that done."