S/O are sleepovers normal in your culture?
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Anonymous
| Just reading the sleepover thread and wanted to hear from folks on whether this was a usual practice in their culture. I'll start- from West Africa and we do not do sleep overs. For fear of daughters being molested and sons being accused or mixed up in something and I guess because it's just not done. |
Anonymous
| I'm American (by way of NYC) and it's very usual in my culture. |
Anonymous
| British Canadian- no. 'You have a bed', my mother used to tell me. |
Anonymous
This is priceless. Love it. |
Anonymous
| We're middle eastern and growing up here my cousins and I weren't allowed to ever have any sleepovers with anyone who wasn't a relative. |
Anonymous
| British American... And yes normal. |
Anonymous
| nope...west indian |
Anonymous
| No and no - I'm Middle Eastern and DH is Indian - in both cultures it would be acceptable within the extended family, but not with friends. |
Anonymous
| AA, and we did not have sleepovers for the same reasons as OP. (cousins were OK) |
Anonymous
| African American - from 6th - 8th grade, sleepovers were pretty standard for birthday parties. |
Anonymous
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I went to sleepovers all the time growing up.
Only hosted a sleepover once (my dad hated noise). |
Anonymous
| Why are relatives okay, too? Aren't many children molested by relatives since the relatives have easy access are are assumed to be trustworthy? |
Anonymous
| Faithful Catholics, no. Not in our circles. |
Anonymous
| Husband is Arab and adamantly opposed. |
Anonymous
| Not for my family (British and French Canadians, all Catholics). |