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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 167336" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Maybe I have a different way of thinking... or maybe it's because I had to accept that if my kids were going to have sex, my lying across their doorstep every night wouldn't prevent it.</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER - there is a time and a place. I'd be making it clear (by actions) that lying around watching movies all day is not the only way to spend the holidays, and a heavy petting session on the couch is not the way to connect socially to people. If they were alone, they could get on with it. But if you are in the house, they should be including you in conversations, activities etc.</p><p></p><p>I'd be feeding them - salad is a good start. And hey, I don't know what you like in your salad, so how about you both come upstairs and we can all make tacos together? I've got the ingredients already chopped up, laid out ready to go.</p><p></p><p>Our TV & DVD player is in the family room right off the kitchen. It means I can supervise any friendly activity. Even when I knew my kids were sexually active with their partners, it was still considered bad manners to "carry on" oblivious, in a room full of embarrassed people. And even if they go to parties where this is happening, as a rule other kids will value them more if they spend their time with other people, WITH other people and not wrapped up in each other.</p><p></p><p>It's a matter of manners.</p><p></p><p>If girlfriend is feeling the heat and needs to strip off to her bikini, send them both out to wash your car. (quietly point out to difficult child I that this way, he gets to see what girlfriend looks like in a wet t-shirt; OK, with her bikini on underneath, but think Jessica Simpson in "Dukes of Hazzard").</p><p></p><p>That way you get them out of the basement, AND you get your car washed.</p><p></p><p>The best option of all - make friends with girlfriend. Find out what her favourite food is, and have plenty of it. Encourage her to talk to you. That way, she is spending less time dangerously lip-locked with GFGI.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 167336, member: 1991"] Maybe I have a different way of thinking... or maybe it's because I had to accept that if my kids were going to have sex, my lying across their doorstep every night wouldn't prevent it. HOWEVER - there is a time and a place. I'd be making it clear (by actions) that lying around watching movies all day is not the only way to spend the holidays, and a heavy petting session on the couch is not the way to connect socially to people. If they were alone, they could get on with it. But if you are in the house, they should be including you in conversations, activities etc. I'd be feeding them - salad is a good start. And hey, I don't know what you like in your salad, so how about you both come upstairs and we can all make tacos together? I've got the ingredients already chopped up, laid out ready to go. Our TV & DVD player is in the family room right off the kitchen. It means I can supervise any friendly activity. Even when I knew my kids were sexually active with their partners, it was still considered bad manners to "carry on" oblivious, in a room full of embarrassed people. And even if they go to parties where this is happening, as a rule other kids will value them more if they spend their time with other people, WITH other people and not wrapped up in each other. It's a matter of manners. If girlfriend is feeling the heat and needs to strip off to her bikini, send them both out to wash your car. (quietly point out to difficult child I that this way, he gets to see what girlfriend looks like in a wet t-shirt; OK, with her bikini on underneath, but think Jessica Simpson in "Dukes of Hazzard"). That way you get them out of the basement, AND you get your car washed. The best option of all - make friends with girlfriend. Find out what her favourite food is, and have plenty of it. Encourage her to talk to you. That way, she is spending less time dangerously lip-locked with GFGI. Marg [/QUOTE]
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