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[quote=Anonymous]I have a girl and boy in late high school who both attend single sex schools.  Neither has dated but I know my son has kissed a girl (or girls) and he regularly goes to parties.  I'm quite sure my daughter has not--she really has spent no time with boys 1:1 and she does't go to parties (is not invited).   her entire friend group is this way--it's a group of about a dozen lovely, sophisticated, fun, smart girls but they have almost zero contact with boys.

Part of me is bummed that my kid is basically living in a convent throughout high school.  Frankly, it was a LOT of fun to make out with boys in high school.  I didn't even have sex but even just kissing boys was fun.  And the whole "does he like me?,"flirting, watching him across a room, tension thing.  Well, it was a blast.  I miss those days.  (and I was a great student and athlete so none of this distracted from school, etc).

But the downside of "dating" in high school or even spending significant energy on chasing boys is that it leaves less time for developing female friendships.  And those are the friendships that may last long term.  I didn't make a lot of solid close friends in high school because I was so busy "dating" etc.  My daughter has some lovely close friends so if she leaves high school with these and no male experience it's not a bad thing. [/quote]

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