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Teenagers holidays in Magaluf

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allo2101 · 17/01/2013 14:46

My nearly 17 year old has just wound me up by pretending to have booked a holiday in Magaluf this summer. After a few irate texts from me she admitted she was joking - but she still wants to go next year. I know it's a rite of passage and they all do it, but the news reports and various TV shows scare me to death. She's relatively sensible-ish but I have no idea how she'd be with lots of peer pressure and so on. I know once she's 18 I can't say no but am fretting about this already. Need some reassurance or otherwise!! It's the whole Geordie Shore influence and I hate it!!

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HolidayArmadillo · 19/01/2013 11:05

I went to magaluf when I wa17. I told my mum when I asked her for a lift to the airport.

eggs11 · 19/01/2013 11:09

I've never been. DP did and so has my brother (about 3 years ago so both 18/19 at the time). No matter how sensible your DD, she will get drunk and have sex with random guys. That is the whole point of going there.

Have you ever seen sun, sea & suspicious parents on BBC3? it's hilarious! Having said that, she'll do that if she goes to uni anyway

MrsBW · 19/01/2013 16:49

No matter how sensible your DD, she will get drunk and have sex with random guys. That is the whole point of going there.

Really??? I went 4 times and didn't have sex there once. I just had too much to drink on occasion, and a lot of laughs.

Totally depends on your daughter and how she is normally. I think the compromise plan is a good one.

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munchkinmaster · 19/01/2013 17:23

I was there in 2002 - think a lot calmer then. No way would I let my son or daughter go. Can't you convince her it's naff - backpacking/inter railing round spain etc much cooler (safer? Depends if you're sensible).

HopAndSkip · 19/01/2013 19:13

Your DD will do things with or without your permission- it's better to be supportive/laid back enough for her to go to for advice so on, than making her feel she needs to hide things. Teenagers will get up to all sorts even at parties and in town here.

maleview70 · 19/01/2013 20:28

I think 18 year olds have already started going out etc by the time the holiday comes around so have so knowledge of the world.

Where young girls can have problems is with the pervy/lexhy /often married older lads on stag do's, "golf" trips etc... The ones their own age are usually ok.

A 30 odd year old bloke would quite easily think he can pull an 18 year old and lack of experience on the girls part can make those situations more difficult to deal with. Add to that the cheap alcohol, sun and being away and you will be glad when she is back!!!

Jodiee99xx · 25/01/2015 20:52

Okay, so taking a trip to magaluf in the summer my daughter and her friend are turning 16 my concerns are as they will be having a different room from me and my youngest daughter, the concerns are they might go out at night as I've heard her conversations on the phone, can they buy alcohol in corner shops or near by supermarkets or get access to pubs/night clubs without getting asked for ID just so I can have a chat with her if they can, if anyone has faced this before or knows anything about it

Jodiee99xx · 25/01/2015 20:54

Okay, so taking a trip to magaluf in the summer my daughter and her friend are turning 16 my concerns are as they will be having a different room from me and my youngest daughter, the concerns are they might go out at night as I've heard her conversations on the phone, can they buy alcohol in corner shops or near by supermarkets or get access to pubs/night clubs without getting asked for ID Just wondering if anybody knows anything as I don't want them getting in trouble or going out etc

AnyFucker · 25/01/2015 20:57

zombie thread

Curlybrunette · 25/01/2015 21:29

I've also been to Magaluf a few times in the last few years (I'm early 30's) and yes have seen drunk people but I don't think you should expect that your dd will get drunk and have sex on a stage with 8 men.

The people that get up on stage and give blowjobs are probably the girls that would do just the same in the UK. Magaluf doesn't have a magic power to make girls give it up.

If your daughter is sensible, knows about safe sex (you can't assume she won't want to have sex with someone), can handle her alcohol (knows when to stop), is with good friends, why shouldn't she have a fun girlie holiday.

But as the mother of 2 (little) boys, I am dreading the day they tell me the flight's booked!

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