when i go to the gum clinic to have my anti-baby depot, i always pick up 20 condoms for my son, who is 17. his girlfriend and he are at it like rabbits when she's over and she sometimes stays the night...but i would rather know what they are up to and make sure they are as safe as possible (she's on the pill as well). it's good that your mum is fairly liberal minded and didn't give you a rollocking - at the end of the day, if you are going to get up to 'stuff' then you may as well be safe. the strawberry comment made me smile, though! x