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AIBU to say no to 17-year-old daughter’s boyfriend sleepovers?

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Wildradish · 17/03/2026 19:56

My dd is 17. She’s been with her boyfriend for two months (dating for three so five months in total together). She’s started asking if she can stay over at his for a sleepover - he lives about 20 minutes away. We’re always happy to collect her. We’ve only met him once for about 10 minutes despite them both going to college in our city.

He’s her second boyfriend (she was with the other one for a year). And we felt at the time she was too young for a sleepover as did his parents with that particular boyfriend.

Apparently current BF’s mum is happy for her to stay over. My DH has briefly met his mum when he’s gone to pick up our dd.

DD is our first teen. Her sibling has a profound disability so we won’t encounter this again. The ex boyfriend used to come round a lot but dd is suggesting she doesn’t want to bring current boyfriend round because of her sibling. We can’t work out if she doesn’t want to bring him round or he doesn’t want to come (she has said she’s asked him round before but he’s brushed it off). She tends to go round once a week and his mum is usually there but I’m aware they could be having sex (she has said they’re not and with previous boyfriend she asked me to take her to the doctors for an appointment for contraception). She’s not on anything at the moment.

I’m not quite sure what to do. I think she deserves a bit more from a bf as he’s quite low key and we’ve not really met him. I’m not sure how serious he is about her and she can be quite sensitive and a people pleaser.

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Wildradish · 17/03/2026 21:20

I’ve said maybe he’s not doing enough but she gets very defensive. She’s had a lot of friendship issues so I wonder if she’s a bit more attached to this boy as she feels chosen. I think underneath she’s quite anxious and under confident and because we don’t really know this boy it’s hard not to see red flags.

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brassbellsandcockleshells · 17/03/2026 21:37

Wildradish · 17/03/2026 21:20

I’ve said maybe he’s not doing enough but she gets very defensive. She’s had a lot of friendship issues so I wonder if she’s a bit more attached to this boy as she feels chosen. I think underneath she’s quite anxious and under confident and because we don’t really know this boy it’s hard not to see red flags.

I'm not in a position to offer any more suggestions, really.

I would not allow the sleepovers but express your concerns to her about his apparent lack of interest. Explain that you love her and don't want to see her hurt.

Wildradish · 17/03/2026 22:10

Thanks @brassbellsandcockleshells, I really appreciate the advice. I think I’ll hope out on the sleepover.

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