My parents never told me mine. I was tested at 14. The shrink told me I was off the charts so they tested me like I was 25yrs old. A friend told me a few years ago that my mother privately told her a # and what it was. My mom and dad still don't want to mention it to me. I'm grown. Maybe I'm socially inept in many ways but I don't understand why it would ever be a secret to start with. I would tell a friend if she had lipstick or broccoli on her teeth. I know which neighbors have diabetes and who's kid won the football game last week. I just don't get it. I really don't get it. At least online I've seen discussions about why we don't discuss it. That helps.

Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar