Teen son - no female friends - normal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

[Anonymous]

I think the people responding to this have the type of sons who hang out in the basement playing video games.

My 17 year old son is friends with girls and always has been although I would say in middle school the friendships were more limited and he was more friendly with them at school and his outside of school time was more boys.

[Anonymous]

If he is happy enough with the situation and not being ostracized at school, I think it's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

[Anonymous]

it is so weird you are tracking his IG followers and "snap streaks"...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

oh #boymom what are you going to do when your last son goes off to college and your husband leaves you?

[Anonymous]

Also, I didn't hang out with guys outside of school in HS as friends, but certainly did that in college and afterwards. In fact as an adult, I have several good long-term male friends, with whom I have never been coupled up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

oh #boymom what are you going to do when your last son goes off to college and your husband leaves you?

Haha. You think my husband will leave me because your daughter is throwing herself at my son?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

I think it would be good for you to stop projecting your experience onto other people as though your experience is universally true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:it is so weird you are tracking his IG followers and "snap streaks"...

Haha. Keep your slut daughters in track, how about? Nobody wants those once-in-month-new-boyfriend girls in their IG and Snap.

I can't imagine what kind of upbringing you had to refer to an underage young woman as a slut but your parents should be ashamed of the language you use to esxpress yourself on the internet. I pray that your child doesn't emulate in your footsteps in how you think of the opposite sex, otherwise he is on a crash course to SA someone. I bet you won't be able to afford an attorney when that happens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

oh #boymom what are you going to do when your last son goes off to college and your husband leaves you?

Haha. You think my husband will leave me because your daughter is throwing herself at my son?

Your husband is already bagging someone else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

oh #boymom what are you going to do when your last son goes off to college and your husband leaves you?

Haha. You think my husband will leave me because your daughter is throwing herself at my son?

Your husband is already bagging someone else.

He’s bagging PP’s daughter who already threw herself at him while his wife was writing her post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

The PP's experience is our children's too.

Have you considered that your son may be attracting these types of girls so you may be biased.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

I think these are the same type of people who tell their husbands/wives they can't hang out with the opposite gender alone. Mike Pence is that you?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PP and wanted to add that girls don't want to be just friends in HS, the ones who are interested in boys want boyfriends. They can get pretty aggressive about it as one doesn't have to do it in person any more, but through messages and snapchat.

This is insane. Plenty of girls are friends with boys in HS and not pursuing them aggressively. Yes, I have high school age kids.

Well, this has not been our experience. The girls who want to hang out IN PERSON alone are going for a boyfriend. Otherwise obviously boys see girls at school, clubs or other activities and talk to each other in passing, however, they're certainly not friends in the sense he is with his buddies and hang out after school.

The spinning of this that this is because all the girls are boy-crazed looking for boyfriends and not simply a reflection on your own son's social skills is chef's kiss.