What age should kids be allowed to have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

Started by merithyn, August 31, 2012, 02:11:13 PM

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At what age should children be allowed to have a bf/gf?

Whenever they decide they're ready
10 - 12
13 - 15
16 - 17
18 or older
It depends on the individual kids
It depends on what you mean by "having a boyfriend/girlfriend"
Never (Jaron option)
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crazy canuck

#15
August 31, 2012, 03:42:32 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 31, 2012, 03:32:09 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 31, 2012, 03:31:10 PM
We should just let them do what their bodies tell them to do shouldnt we?

I expected better of you.

there are those who expected better of you too.

merithyn

#16
August 31, 2012, 03:46:34 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 03:41:14 PM
Your reply to Viking. I felt it was, anyway.

My reply to Viking was accurate, not passive aggressive.

Quote from: crazy canuck on August 31, 2012, 03:42:32 PM

there are those who expected better of you too.

:huh:

Yeah, but my parents got over the fact that I didn't want to be a lawyer. Not sure what your point is.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Barrister

#18
August 31, 2012, 03:49:00 PM
I dunno.  I think the term "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" has such a changeable and ill-defined meeting, that I don't think there's any benefit to trying to impose any such rule.

If one of my boys has a "girlfriend" I don't care.  What I do care about is what they do, and have no problems imposing restrictions on that.  Where you will go, with whom, at which time, and who will be supervising are all perfectly legitimate.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

HVC

#19
August 31, 2012, 03:50:02 PM
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Malthus

#20
August 31, 2012, 03:51:17 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 31, 2012, 03:49:00 PM
I dunno.  I think the term "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" has such a changeable and ill-defined meeting, that I don't think there's any benefit to trying to impose any such rule.

If one of my boys has a "girlfriend" I don't care.  What I do care about is what they do, and have no problems imposing restrictions on that.  Where you will go, with whom, at which time, and who will be supervising are all perfectly legitimate.

:yes:

BB speaks wisely.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Viking

#22
August 31, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 03:41:14 PM
Your reply to Viking. I felt it was, anyway.

Meri is often brusque with me, this is not one of those times.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

HVC

#23
August 31, 2012, 04:01:14 PM Last Edit: August 31, 2012, 04:03:48 PM by HVC
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 03:41:14 PM
Your reply to Viking. I felt it was, anyway.

Meri is often brusque with me, this is not one of those times.
it wasn't passive agressive to you, it was passive agressive to the person who helped originate this thread. Maybe i'm just overanalysizing the choice of words used.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

HVC

#24
August 31, 2012, 04:02:18 PM
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Viking

#25
August 31, 2012, 04:02:37 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 04:01:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 03:41:14 PM
Your reply to Viking. I felt it was, anyway.

Meri is often brusque with me, this is not one of those times.
it wasn't passive agressive to you, it was passive agressive to the person who helped originate this thread. Maybe i'm just overanalysizing the chose of words used.

I'm confused. Meri started the thread. How can she be passive aggressive towards herself? I'm not criticizing, I'm just confused.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

HVC

#26
August 31, 2012, 04:03:17 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 04:02:37 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 04:01:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 03:41:14 PM
Your reply to Viking. I felt it was, anyway.

Meri is often brusque with me, this is not one of those times.
it wasn't passive agressive to you, it was passive agressive to the person who helped originate this thread. Maybe i'm just overanalysizing the chose of words used.

I'm confused. Meri started the thread. How can she be passive aggressive towards herself? I'm not criticizing, I'm just confused.
This is an extension of a backroom thing.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

garbon

#27
August 31, 2012, 04:03:25 PM
When they've moved out of their parent's home.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

merithyn

#28
August 31, 2012, 04:05:41 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 31, 2012, 03:49:00 PM
I dunno.  I think the term "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" has such a changeable and ill-defined meeting, that I don't think there's any benefit to trying to impose any such rule.

If one of my boys has a "girlfriend" I don't care.  What I do care about is what they do, and have no problems imposing restrictions on that.  Where you will go, with whom, at which time, and who will be supervising are all perfectly legitimate.

Well said.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

merithyn

#29
August 31, 2012, 04:12:02 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 04:03:17 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 04:02:37 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 04:01:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 03:41:14 PM
Your reply to Viking. I felt it was, anyway.

Meri is often brusque with me, this is not one of those times.
it wasn't passive agressive to you, it was passive agressive to the person who helped originate this thread. Maybe i'm just overanalysizing the chose of words used.

I'm confused. Meri started the thread. How can she be passive aggressive towards herself? I'm not criticizing, I'm just confused.
This is an extension of a backroom thing.

Actually, I was just kind of curious what others thought about the question. It's not really anything to do with the back room other than it made me wonder. :huh:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...
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