A hydrated husk is a healthy husk. :)

Thanks for the laugh - I needed that! - your fellow dessicated spinster

I completely agree and I thought I was the only one who felt this way. Dating has become so complicated I just do what I want to do socially and if someone wants to do it with me, great, if not, I do it anyway.

Well, you should at LEAST drink more fluids. n_n

What is this "dating"?

Exactly! It's worked pretty well for me so far. Honestly, I cringe at the thought of having to deal with these situations.

What rape problem?

I would think that would make your argument extra rational, seeing as you have experience as a teen parent. I got pregnant with my oldest at 18. I think that fact that my ex-husband's parents would let me stay over during my parent's ugly divorce didn't help matters.

My parents would have been fine if I had co-ed sleepovers in high school... provided we slept in different rooms. Now, once I was in college they seemed to care way less, but I think that largely had to do with the fact that they realized my room is directly next to theirs so there was no way I was trying shenanigans…

I'm confused. Is this supposed to DIScourage this kind of behavior? Because that sounds like a great talk to have.

I was 18 first time I asked my mom if my boyfriend could stay the night. Before that I had a couple of boyfriends who would come over and leave at like 4 am, but they didn't technically stay over. Not that that made much difference in the getting busy department. And I had a male best friend who stayed over ALL the…

I agree. My parents were super realistic about it all (If you're having sex, and I know you might be, please be safe, use condoms, let's get you to the doctor if you want the pill, etc.etc.) but there is NO WAY IN HELL they would have let a significant other sleep over when I was in hight school- for my brother…

My sister's boyfriend slept over all the time when she was in high school. My parents' rationale: A) Teenagers have sex; help them get birth control if they need help. B) Better that they feel that it's okay to come home than stay out somewhere unsafe or spend more time out drinking. C) That way you get a better…

I guess you'd have that talk anyway?

Who's gonna be the first parent to bring back the bundling board?

When my live-in BF and I visited my parents, we weren't allowed to share a room. This was in my mid-20s.

When I was in law school I lived with my parents. In my final year, when I was 29 years old, my mother descended to my basement abode, and told me I could now engage in sleepovers with someone special should I like. She did warn me, however, that she would not look kindly on me sneaking one night stands over. NO…

When I was a senior in HS, my Mom let my boyfriend move in with us. He was 16, living in a half way house and hanging out with drug dealers. She wanted me around none of that and figured that him living with us was the best for me. He was supposed to stay in my brother's room, which hardly ever happened. When she…

My mother had no problem with it. Her only stipulation was that I had to lock my bedroom door so my younger brother or sister didn't walk in on us (I should note that this was not a consideration afforded us as kids. Memories of walking in on my parents mid-hump haunt me to this day...). Of course, the fact that my…

Also extra irrational considering that I fell pregnant with him at 14 :) 18 year old boyfriend at a sleepover. But still, if they are still at school i'd consider myself to be responsible for them if they're in my house.