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[quote=Anonymous]I didn’t travel with friends until senior year of college but summer after jr year and senior year (so almost 17 and almost 18) I joined volunteer groups (ages 16-adults) for travel. One was in the UK. My mom and sister flew to London with me and then did their own thing / toured while I traveled a few hours away and did the project. I had a huge crush on a guy a few years older and ended up making out for the first time so that was fun but also a bit overwhelming. I had to be pretty comfortable / firm with my limits. Because it was the UK and I was the youngest at almost 17 and the drinking age, there was also a lot of alcohol. The second was in the US and my closest friends were sisters in their mid 40s. It was very wholesome with hikes and ice cream outings in our off hours. But a divorced dad in his 40s invited me to “hang out” in his hotel room, told me the hot tub in his room could fit two people easily, and asked me if I’d like a massage. Gross. He knew I was 17. Luckily everyone else on the trip - including the women I befriended - knew he was a creep too and generally ran intervention. But I wouldn’t want one of my daughters traveling at that age without being prepared to handle the presence of alcohol, sexual advances (desired or not) or both. [/quote]

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