Anonymous wrote:Wait for college where a ménage a trois is the new trend.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quick question--do you mean that they are having literal sexual intercourse casually? I recall there being a lot of "hooking up" in high school (and at beach week) that did not involve literal sex. Are you just assuming it's actual sex? I am wondering if times have changed that much...
+1
I "hooked up" a bunch in college, but did not have sex, including oral sex until I was 20/21 in a serious relationship. I was the last of my college friends to have sex, most had by the time they started Freshman year or else shortly thereafter. This was 25 years ago.
Not sure guys would consider this "hooking up".
Yes that is not really “hooking up” by definition for either boys or girls.
In college, hooking up meant a wide range of things from making out to hands down pants to full on sex.
Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe any reasonable adult would chaperone and condone underaged drinking. I’m not a pearl clutcher either. I know what happens at beach week. I went to beach week myself, which is why there is no chance on Earth that I would call myself a chaperone in that setting. I can also say with 100% certainty that even years ago when we went to beach week if anyone’s parent was “chaperoning” us they wouldn’t have tolerated or condoned the behaviors.
If you’re supposed to be the adult in the situation then be the adult. Don’t gossip about it like you’re one of the girls. You’re not supposed to be their friend down there. You’re supposed to actually chaperone.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quick question--do you mean that they are having literal sexual intercourse casually? I recall there being a lot of "hooking up" in high school (and at beach week) that did not involve literal sex. Are you just assuming it's actual sex? I am wondering if times have changed that much...
+1
I "hooked up" a bunch in college, but did not have sex, including oral sex until I was 20/21 in a serious relationship. I was the last of my college friends to have sex, most had by the time they started Freshman year or else shortly thereafter. This was 25 years ago.
Not sure guys would consider this "hooking up".
Yes that is not really “hooking up” by definition for either boys or girls.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe any reasonable adult would chaperone and condone underaged drinking. I’m not a pearl clutcher either. I know what happens at beach week. I went to beach week myself, which is why there is no chance on Earth that I would call myself a chaperone in that setting. I can also say with 100% certainty that even years ago when we went to beach week if anyone’s parent was “chaperoning” us they wouldn’t have tolerated or condoned the behaviors.
If you’re supposed to be the adult in the situation then be the adult. Don’t gossip about it like you’re one of the girls. You’re not supposed to be their friend down there. You’re supposed to actually chaperone.
Ever thought about what "underage" really means?
The drinking age was any age for thousands of years. Then the Temperance Movement started in the early 1900s, and raised it to 12 in many countries. Then it was raised again to 18 where it stayed until recent times, then in the 1980s powerful lobbyist groups led by Reagan and that MADD bunch got it raised to 21 nationwide eventually.
It's all so arbitrary and nonsensical.
Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe any reasonable adult would chaperone and condone underaged drinking. I’m not a pearl clutcher either. I know what happens at beach week. I went to beach week myself, which is why there is no chance on Earth that I would call myself a chaperone in that setting. I can also say with 100% certainty that even years ago when we went to beach week if anyone’s parent was “chaperoning” us they wouldn’t have tolerated or condoned the behaviors.
If you’re supposed to be the adult in the situation then be the adult. Don’t gossip about it like you’re one of the girls. You’re not supposed to be their friend down there. You’re supposed to actually chaperone.
Anonymous wrote:Why is this directed to the girls, OP? The boys at our HS are the biggest trash dix, not the girls.
Anonymous wrote:We’ve removed all boundaries around sexual behavior for these kids. They think of sex as nothing deeper than a conversation with someone. I don’t think it’s good for their mental health, but I’m not in charge of the world.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its beach week and they are adults.
“The science” says maybe by age 26 they’ll act like adults.
Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe any reasonable adult would chaperone and condone underaged drinking. I’m not a pearl clutcher either. I know what happens at beach week. I went to beach week myself, which is why there is no chance on Earth that I would call myself a chaperone in that setting. I can also say with 100% certainty that even years ago when we went to beach week if anyone’s parent was “chaperoning” us they wouldn’t have tolerated or condoned the behaviors.
If you’re supposed to be the adult in the situation then be the adult. Don’t gossip about it like you’re one of the girls. You’re not supposed to be their friend down there. You’re supposed to actually chaperone.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing empowering about abortion. I’ll never forget one young woman (speaking from experience) saying:
“Your life will never be the same.”
Heartbreaking.
I had one. Zero regrets and zero impact on my life. Not everyone is that dramatic
Many factors go in to how one feels about their abortion(s) as time goes on. Consider yourself lucky.
You never know how you will feel down the road. Not to mention, you sound like you are in denial to feel nothing.
Life goes on for these girls.
Exactly.
Is there anyone here (born and raised in the USA only), who never had any casual s*x in college?? (which normally begins at age 18, btw).
I didn’t, and lots of my friends didn’t - plenty did - but there is a big group who didn’t.
I am not judgemental about my friends who had casual sex - the majority of the time I think they felt like it was their choice and that felt empowering, but few thought the sex was good (usually bad) so ultimately not that satisfying.
I don’t think having casual sex should be normalized- it’s actually not the “typical” experience or even the experience of the majority of teenagers or college age kids.
Anonymous wrote:Where is this happening OP, and what is your role and purpose as chaperone? It all seems very bizarre.