bABA wrote:
@Dolce: True. They are dual in some ways. While I do not know what the reasoning might be here (kids not turning out gay?)...
Not about being gay...its actually about being the one thing parents fear even more than anything else when it comes to their kids...being single!
bABA wrote:
... i know with my parents, and coming from a very conservative family, it all boiled down to marriage.
You forgot having grandkids...that's a biggie too.
bABA wrote:
... The son should have lots of girls, and in my parent's case, going out was cool till one of us actually do. At that point, its still fine but the 24 hour survelience begins. Even now. I mean my parents know i'm out all the time and stuff but i make sure if theyre around and so if Rahm, i keep the door open if i'm in the room, i dont get close to her at all, physical contact unless neccessary is a big no no, though they never come out and say it but you can just tell : )
Ofcourse, there are those parents i've come across where if a girl calls up, people flip.
And we're guys!! With girls, it gets worse. My mom was still cool with my sister though. She was happy and encouraged her going out (after a certain age) but once she did, those 2 could not go anywhere unless friends were going out too. Fun fun fun. thank you for making my parents more liberal than the average family : )
No prob. My parents aren't quite like that, in fact I'm sure to this day its their dream that we date. I mean, even if its not quite like settling down, it gives them something to desperately cling to right? Everytime I tell my parents I'm dating someone its like a little light bulb goes on behind their eyes. Doesn't matter that it goes off again about three weeks later.
But yeah...they push all the time to date and then when the topic of sex comes up its like "Do you need condoms?" As though I don't know how to go to the corner store and buy 'em myself. Dating = good...sex = scary concept of little girl all grown up or something! Chicks are leaving the nest.
