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To be saddened by teenagers of today

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dinkybinky · 18/11/2012 16:09

Ive just been having a conversation with my niece. Apparently its the norm nowadays to "get with" (kiss)as many boys as possible at teenage parties. Parents even supply alcohol to 14/15 year olds.
Girls like this were called awful names if they behaved in such a way when I was at school, whats changed to make it acceptable?

OP posts:
Dawndonna · 18/11/2012 17:44

ffs. I'm 54 and did this at 15/16. Do try harder.

kingbeat23 · 18/11/2012 17:44

What a sad thread! People judging each other so highly they're coughing thier knickers out thier mouths.

If people judge each other on thier sexual appetites and clothes and seem to make an assumption on thier moral code, then the fight for womenkind is far from won...but we already knew that didn't we?!

Moominsarescary · 18/11/2012 17:45

I'm not convinced she isn't lieing to you about being 19, or maybe she was very shy

FairiesWearPoppies · 18/11/2012 17:45

Tata

FutTheShuckUp · 18/11/2012 17:45

Hahahaha!
3/10Grin

Catsnotrats · 18/11/2012 17:45

I loved a lot bit of random snogging in my youth, 15 in one evening was my record (my mate snogged a football team's worth so I had to go for a rugby team). Bloody loved it, and the brilliant conversations it led to with my friends, including the illicit use of French vocab books to make lists of who had snogged who.

However I didn't lose my virginity until I was 21, and that was to DP who am I still with 8 years later. I did this because it was felt right for me, not because I have some superior moral code.

It really is different strokes for different folks.

flow4 · 18/11/2012 17:46

OoooOOOoooooooOOOOooooo! Grin

AllYoursBabooshka · 18/11/2012 17:47

Goodnight dinky.

Us dregs will be staying up to disrespect ourselves.

flow4 · 18/11/2012 17:48

Awww, thanks AllYours! You're the only offer I've had in almost three years! Grin

missymoomoomee · 18/11/2012 17:50

Yay I'm in the dregs of society because I snogged a few hundred boys as a teen.

Looks like my kids are all going to turn out shit like me then. I wonder if dinky is available for parenting lessons, what with bringing up the dream child and all.

FutTheShuckUp · 18/11/2012 17:50

I'm getting an image of a curtain twitching Hyacinth Bouquet type clutching her pearls while her oh so respectful good as gold Sheridan is at some fetish club in a gimp suit being spanked by several burly types

catgirl1976 · 18/11/2012 17:50

Dregs

Marvellous

Grin
Moominsarescary · 18/11/2012 17:51

So if you don't wait until your 19 for your first snog then you don't respect yourself? Why is that the magic age

catgirl1976 · 18/11/2012 17:52

It must also be some you really like Moomins.

Otherwise - dregs

Grin
hobnobsaremyfavourite · 18/11/2012 17:53

And you have to be vair vair beautiful.....

catgirl1976 · 18/11/2012 17:54

If you are fugly is it ok to snog earlier?

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 18/11/2012 17:55

Fugly people are the scum of the earth so can do wtf they want or something according to the wholesome OP hairy handed shit stirrer

BadgersBottom · 18/11/2012 17:55

My domestic science teacher told me I'd end up in the dregs of society - ok, it's taken me 37 years but look! Here I am. The old baggage was right!

gordyslovesheep · 18/11/2012 17:56

Your morals aren't necessarily mine - doesn't make either of us wrong

My first snog was at 15 with a French exchange student who tried to 'take it further' ...I resisted - obviously French teen have no morals either

MadameCastafiore · 18/11/2012 17:56

Blimey I didn't do that and am the grand age of 38. Girls snogged a boy but most certainly not more than 1 each evening!

Imagine the germs, the heroes virus. Makes me sick just thinking about it!

AllYoursBabooshka · 18/11/2012 17:57

Ahh Madame...

The germs were the best bit. :)

missymoomoomee · 18/11/2012 17:58

But if you are fugly and someone has beer goggles on and thinks you are gorgeous does that mean its ok to kiss them or not

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 18/11/2012 18:00

On another thread the OP refers to some girls as "trashy".

dinkybinky · 18/11/2012 18:02

Viruses That Can Be Transmitted by Kissing
Colds: many viruses cause the common cold. It can spread by direct contact with the virus, from airborne droplets, or from
direct contact with secretions from the infected person?s nose and
throat.
Infectious Mononucleosis: also known as kissing disease is caused by Epstein Barr virus. The virus is spread through saliva and infection occurs through contact.
Herpes Infection: includes varicella zoster (causes chicken pox) and herpes simplex (cold sores in mouth). Herpes is easily spread to others when others when cold sore blisters are forming or have erupted. The virus is shed to others from the site of blisters even when they have healed. So, can you get herpes from kissing: yes.
Hepatitis-B: kissing may also transmit this virus even though it may be contained in higher levels in blood. Infection can
occur when infected blood and saliva come into direct contact with
someone else?s bloodstream or mucous membrane. A person may be easily
infected if they have sores in and around the mouth.
Warts: these can spread through kissing especially if in case of recent trauma.
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease: this is caused by Coxsackie virus and is spread through open sores in the mouth. This
infection is common in kids especially those in day care. It is spread
via the fecal oral route (maybe while changing diapers)
Bacteria That Can Be Transmitted by Kissing
Meningococcal Disease: this is a life threatening condition which includes meningitis, (inflammation of the membranes that
surround the brain and spinal cord) and septicemia. Studies show that
deep kissing seems to be one of the risk factors.

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Roseformeplease · 18/11/2012 18:03

I hate stereotyping with a passion. You are talking about your niece and her friends and views and do not speak for / about all teenager or all parents. Many may like a snog or two, some may experiment with alcohol or sex. Many do not. Perhaps your niece needs to be kept away from those kind of parents or those kinds of parties. Teenagers are not a species. And I hate teen bashing. Imagine if you were levelling your insults at women / blacks / gays / mothers. You would be absolutely crucified and rightly so. YABU as you don't know all teenagers and cannot speak for them all. And, how can you be looking back fondly to the days of double standards. Weird.

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