DS age 17yro came up to talk to me through the bathroom door whilst I had a shower to discuss travel arrangements to the restaurant and left me a 
on my make up table 
He has his licence and is insured on my car he offered to drive
I love a teen willing to take me out and ply me with alcohol
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canyou · 09/08/2014 19:10
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canyou ·
09/08/2014 23:34
I am meanm he is an adult and gets treated as one here, his Mum babies him he is not allowed to cook, make tea etc. I expect him to hoover and earn pocket money, and allow him have friends over once he cleans up. His Mum does not allow friends in the house.
Honestly though it is respect that works both ways
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canyou ·
09/08/2014 23:36
His driving had me a bit white knuckled but I managed to keep my mouth shut 
zI am glad I am not a teenager now days though
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PerpendicularVincenzo ·
09/08/2014 23:39
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canyou ·
10/08/2014 15:10
We are together 10 yrs so since he was 6/7 but only had holiday contact for the first few years as we lived abroad. Since we moved back and bought a house the first thing I did was give the DSC house keys which they lost , and I then established house rules for everyone basic normal ones like homework before computor time, curfews that change as they got older, choice in food shopping so long as A they ate or at least tried it and B they helped cook it. We also have an open door policy here as in I prefer them here on the computor or watching tv then hanging around the village. Always have crisps pizza and lemonade for friends as well. They dont have that in their Mums house
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