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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, keep in mind that some families have issues with sleep overs REGARDLESS of the parents' sexual orienation. So don't take any rejection of an invite to mean anti gay.
Many families from overseas don't get the sleepover thing. [/quote]When my daughter was 7, she had a girlfriend with two moms.  I explained in age appropriate terms why two moms.  However, I would not allow sleepovers until she got older so I could explain her friend's parents adult relationship.  I felt that way then, and I would do nothing different today at age 15.

Heterosexual relationships are complicated enough.  Also, the friendship ended when they relocated, and daughter never did spend the night.[/quote]

I don't understand your post. What is there to explain any differently from the heterosexual relationship?[/quote]Sorry, I wasn't clear.  Adult physical relationship.  While the emotional aspect is the same, the physical is not.  We progressed, age appropriately, in our discussions of heterosexual intimacy.  I felt and still do that it was important for my young daughter understand her parents relationship first before discussing reasons why her friends moms have the same intimacy.

However, in your household, you may feel differently because the makeup for your family is different.  Count on it that your child will question her friends parents relationship in comparison to her own.  Not bad, just different.[/quote]

Why do you feel compelled to explain another couple's sex life to your child? [/quote]

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