Would you let them stay in the same room?

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My DS who is 16 yrs wants to have a moviethon (watch films all night) with his girlfriend who is 15. He asked if she could have a sleepover and I said yes as long as they slept in separate rooms. He said that spoiled the moviethon aspect and frankly he is really hurt because he thinks I don't trust him.

I said he needed to find out what her parents thought. They are OK with them being in the same room with different beds.

I have taled to his girlfriend and they really are so hurt that we even suggested that they should not be 'allowed' to stay in separate beds in the same room. 'Don't you trust us?' is their response.

I don't trust nature wanting to take over but they really are level headed. It is so sad that they think DH and I think so little of them, which rteally is not the case.

What do you lot think?

JoolsToo, did you just have a "look" that would silence all discussion?

how do you cultivate that? (in the hope I can learn it for when ds - now 17mo - is a teenager...)

Yeah my parents young too, and neither of my siblings have kids yet so we will get lots of help and do loads of family stuff (playing cricket hehehe!!)

No she didn't, Dad did

Ditto mykidsmum! My brothers will be on 'pool duty' with my kids and I might get through a book this holiday

A little bit of heaven ahhhhh
I actually have people falling over themselves to do the bath bit its fab!

If in proper girlfriend/ boyfriend relationship and on the Pill, then yes would and have with my ds who is now 18yrs. Have let my dd of 15 have boyfriend stay over in same room. Was so worried bout her getting pregnant in the 1st place so put her on the Pill before any overnight stays got underway. She has now finished with boyfriend and off the Pill.

At 15/16 i didnt let my dd except when she had a gang of them over, but i dont think that stopped any of them. By 17 her and boyfriend were allowed and never had any probs, they were sensible enough and prepared.