Anatomy Lesson.

I recently attended a bachelorette party for a dear friend and made the long drive with my old college roommates. While motoring along the highway, we passed a gynecologist’s office and the conversation naturally digressed to embarrassing gynecologist stories. At one point, some reference was made to the vulva. My dear friend (who is married, no less) emphatically stated that, clearly, the vulva is located in your throat.

(Ladies, I encourage you to refrain from telling your family practitioner that you’ve had a scratchy vulva and, consequently, require some cough syrup…)

My other roommate followed this tragic statement by commenting that she’d never HEARD of the word, but thought it sounded “throatish”.

My response?

After my initial shock that my dear friends were perfectly willing to embarrass both themselves and their family practitioners, was to encourage them to whip out their I-phones (ok technology is ok in certain situations) and do an immediate Google search of the word. After one emphatic refusal from roommate number two, my married roommate finally relented while stating that it was my fault if she ended up with weird pop ups on her Internet and email (although I guarantee you that her husband would not have minded, ha!). A quick search revealed that I was, of course, right.

Later, we learned that the uvula (my married roommate had confused the word) is located in the throat (not your vulva). Life lessons…live and learn.

Here’s to good times and funny conversations. xoxoxo

Skipper