I just need a sanity check really, and what better place then MN!
DS1 is nearly 18 and has been going out with his girlfriend for 2 1/2 years now. She was 17 in January. I know that they have been in a sexual relationship for around six months and GF tells me that her parents are ok with it. So, out shopping with DS1 on Saturday we were talking about pocket money etc. (he's in his final year of school here in Oz so I don't want him getting a p/t job) and I asked him if he had enough money to buy condoms. He said he was nearly out so I gave him the money to get some more. He commented "this is a bit weird" but went off cheerfully, bought them, and we carried on shopping and had lunch together.
So - was that a really strange thing to do? Should I have just slipped him some cash at some point and told him to buy "something for the weekend"?, or just not said anything? DS1 and I have a really good relationship even though I'm probably a bit controlling (I still insist on reasonable bedtime on school nights etc.), I am not trying to me his mate, it just occurred to me at that point that he might need condoms so I made sure he had some.