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Adult children having partners overnight

210 replies

Tempnamechanger53 · 29/07/2024 21:52

My DD is 19 and has just finished 1st year uni and is home for the Summer holidays. She split up with a long term boyfriend (over 2 years) last summer before they both went away. She has been doing a lot of OLD; very few have got to date 2 or 3.
About 6 weeks ago she went on a first date with someone who dm'd her on Insta. They have mutual friends. They have seen each other maybe 6 or 7 times since then. She is wanting him to now to stay over saying she is an adult and she has had a year at uni being able to live as she chooses. This is not a confirmed or committed relationship yet and what will happen when she returns to uni in October has not been discussed. Whether either or both will not really want a long distance relationship is debatable.
She thinks I ABVU to say that I'm not keen on this as it is so casual. She gives me long lectures on sex positivity and accuses me of slut shaming. She is very good at arguing and I feel I am being browbeaten. AIBU or is she?

OP posts:
Linux20 · 06/08/2024 10:26

LittleBitAlexisLaLaLaLaLa · 06/08/2024 10:07

Admittedly I haven’t got to this stage with my kids yet- the oldest isn’t quite an adult. But while longterm boyfriends/girlfriends would be welcome to stay over, ONS and casual dating partners would not. It’s not about slut shaming, it’s about not having people I don’t know (and adult son/daughter) in my home. In her shoes I’d go to either his place or get a cheap hotel room.

As an aside, I’d be really pissed off with my daughter if she accused me of slut shaming her.

You’d let your daughter go off to a hotel room with a man you’re not sure about rather than have them sharing a room in your house? This seems strange to me, I’d rather I knew she was safe and had back up if she needed it.

Goldcushions2 · 06/08/2024 10:34

I have several children this age and while I have put them up in spare bedrooms, I have not allowed sharing of bedrooms.

I got a lot of push back from my eldest, but I was having none of it.
His father told him book a hotel room.
We have zero interest in giving the nod to casual relationships in the house or meeting anyone on the stairs!
We also have one still a late teen.

I feel under zero obligation to provide a frat experience here.
If he wants freedom he can pay for a room in a shared house like my friends and me did at his age.

Friends that didn't hold that line quickly regretted it.

madameparis · 06/08/2024 11:04

Faultymain5 · 06/08/2024 09:40

Pay for a hotel, like we all did in the 90s. Total disrespect to force your parents, when they’re not comfortable.

slut shaming is a great word to gaslight OP with. Tell her to be an adult somewhere else.

Sorry mistaken quote. Won’t let me delete.

Faultymain5 · 06/08/2024 11:08

@madameparis You misunderstand or I wasn’t clear. I was agreeing with your point about going to a hotel.

but I was also picking up on the point the OP was being gaslit by her daughter accusing her of slut shaming.

LittleBitAlexisLaLaLaLaLa · 06/08/2024 11:19

Linux20 · 06/08/2024 10:26

You’d let your daughter go off to a hotel room with a man you’re not sure about rather than have them sharing a room in your house? This seems strange to me, I’d rather I knew she was safe and had back up if she needed it.

I see what you mean but that wasn’t what I meant. It’s not about sex or sharing a bed. It’s literally about having someone we don’t know in our home. And I suppose I don’t think that way because my daughter shows much better judgement than I did at her age or even older for that matter. And we have our own set up to keep safe when she’s out and about on her own, with her friends or on dates.

madameparis · 06/08/2024 11:26

Faultymain5 · 06/08/2024 11:08

@madameparis You misunderstand or I wasn’t clear. I was agreeing with your point about going to a hotel.

but I was also picking up on the point the OP was being gaslit by her daughter accusing her of slut shaming.

Sorry I misunderstood and then deleted when I realised x

Somepeoplearesnippy · 06/08/2024 11:58

This isn't a casual relationship or a one night stand or a revolving door of men. This is someone she's been seeing 6 weeks. For someone of 19 that's practically a lifetime!

I wouldn't have a problem with this OP. A hours drive home is a long way. But if you don't want to have someone in the house because of potential awkward small talk over the breakfast table just tell her that and stand your ground.

NameChangeAndLifeChange · 06/08/2024 12:17

FranceIsWhereItsAt · 29/07/2024 22:10

My advice to you OP would be to pick your battles. As your DD has pointed out, she's been living life as an adult woman for the last year, making her own decisions, which you brought her up and taught her to do, so how can you now expect to put your foot down just because she wants to have sex with someone who she's not been seeing for long. Have you never heard of one night stands? Also, how do you feel about the prospect that they might have had sex in a club toilet before coming back to yours, but you're telling her she can't have sex in the safety of her own bed? Sorry, but your view seems rather old fashioned to me.

It's about the daughter having respect for her mum!

PointsSouth · 06/08/2024 13:29

ineedtogwtoutbeforeitatoohot · 29/07/2024 22:29

No I wouldn't have him stay. Once she goes back to uni she can do what she likes. My oldest is 23 and she's not allowed boys to stay

"...boys..."?

She's 23. This is the kind of thing you say to a 15-year-old.

....oh, hang on. Maybe I can see what the problem is here....

aCatCalledFawkes · 06/08/2024 13:52

I think I probably would let him stay yes as long as it wasn't every night or/and he didn't move in.
Your daughter is indeed an adult and needs to make her own choices including her mistakes (not to say this even is one). If its about them having sex then to be she probably already done it will him.

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