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FBaggins

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10. Your son is having sex (or not) irrespective of whether or not you found condoms
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 09:11 AM
Jun 2022

The usefulness of "my house my rules" went out the window some time back for your child. If you're worried that he doesn't share your values, your actions only make it less likely that he will ever listen to you as a credible source.

All that condoms tell you is that he's thinking about having sex and he's at least willing to protect the two of them from an unwanted pregnancy, STDs, and/or abortion (if that too violates your values). If it's an unopened box... there's at least the possibility that nothing has happened yet and this is the perfect time to have an adult conversation.

Unfortunately... it sounds like he may be the only adult in the room.

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Just be glad he was using them. woodsprite Jun 2022 #1
I wonder whether that letter was written by a troll Sanity Claws Jun 2022 #2
Says 18th Century dad snowybirdie Jun 2022 #3
👆👆👆 Rebl2 Jun 2022 #19
lol.. and handmaiden wife who turned them over to dad. Mom should have left them under the bed Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #20
19? Effete Snob Jun 2022 #4
What planet are they living on? Really? I'll never forget when walkingman Jun 2022 #5
I hear ya. we can do it Jun 2022 #16
make sure he uses them. WhiteTara Jun 2022 #6
Throw him out for having an unopened box of condoms? If that's how you want to parent... elias7 Jun 2022 #7
Too bad. That unopened box would be worth a fortune on EBAY in the future. rickford66 Jun 2022 #8
He's 19. An adult. I hope he moves away from is RWNJ parents sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #9
wow those parents are gonna chase that son away samnsara Jun 2022 #12
Your son is having sex (or not) irrespective of whether or not you found condoms FBaggins Jun 2022 #10
Well put. This OP seems puritanical. Beakybird Jun 2022 #13
+1 TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #17
be glad you dont live in a forced birth state..LOTS of child support w/o samnsara Jun 2022 #11
Good grief. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #14
The Parents better check and see if he is really going to church every Sunday too! Chainfire Jun 2022 #15
And the other half wish they did TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #18
Oh, heck. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #21
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