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Sleepover - how would you feel about ...

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Terrificteens · 11/02/2011 16:14

16 y.o. dd sleeping over with her best mate.
No problem really, except that best friend is a boy. And her ex boyfriend!

He is a lovely boy who has recently come out as gay (hence the ex)and I know and like his mum. I am actually very proud of the mature way these 2 have dealt with their split and friends coming out. I certainly wasn't that sensible at their age.

BUT it still feels wierd her sleeping over there. Am I being an old bigot?

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BitOfFun · 11/02/2011 16:15

Can you identify what it is about the situation that you are worried about?

Terrificteens · 11/02/2011 16:46

Sorry I had to nip out for a bit.
I don't really think anything will go wrong. Her friend (lets call him J) is not going to suddenly rediscover heterosexuality or anything!
I am just finding myself leaving J's name out of conversations - Saying dd is sleeping over with a friend rather than saying she is staying with J. Perhaps I am worried about what other people might think - Is watching out for her reputation a very old fashioned concept?

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Terrificteens · 11/02/2011 17:05

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BitOfFun · 11/02/2011 17:05

I think by that age they all have male and female friends, tbh. I can't see that it would be a cause for gossip. And they are old enough for it to be nobody's business really.

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