Would you sleep in a double bed with your 13-year old opposite sex child?

chimneys said:

It won't be! Enjoy every minute. Ignore the dinosaurs (that coming from a 50 year old in a couple of months).

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Wilko said:

This, this and this. This reminds me of a case I read about in the UK a few years ago in one of the fathers for justice campaigns-

A husband and wife divorced and the family house was left with the mother and child, the father moved out into his own place. Due to financial restrictions, circumstances and the cost of the divorce he could only afford a bedsit. In terms of the child custody it was stated that he could see his daughter for a certain number of days a week but she was not allowed to stay over, the reason being that he only had a bedsit and therefore in would be 'inappropriate'. Understandably the father was disgusted at the suggestion that it was inappropriate, I am not a father but I can only imagine the anger if someone suggested that it would be inappropriate to have your OWN daughter over to stay.

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Thunder Bolt said:

Yes but the tent had canvas dividers.

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Chicken Run said:

Interesting story, i have been divorced nearly ten years now, recently 2 of my three children 13 yo girl 16 yo boy came to live full time with me and my wife due to my ex wife's illness! Woman from social services turns up to look at the 2 bed house and says they can't sleep in the same bedroom! Twin beds obviously!

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larus said:

I took my daughter to see Green Day at the Emirates in 2013 - she was 16 at the time. We stayed overnight in a hotel as it was easier, but I'd booked a room with a double bed and another single bed in the lounge area.

After getting back to the hotel after the concert and getting ready for bed, I lay on the double bed and she came and got on the bed for a hug. We ended up falling asleep and she slept inside the quilt and I slept on-top, maybe with just a little of the quilt over me. Purely innocent and I was happy that she was comfortable enough to do that (she lives with her mum as we divorced years ago). I can see why the hotel would have had concerns, but in many parts of the world this would not be considered a problem. I think the problem comes from people constantly looking for problems, when often they don't exist (I agree with the comments of [MENTION=20527]studio150[/MENTION]). I know some may view what happened with me as wrong, but if a parent/child can't be close without questioning the intention, then something is seriously f*cked up with society IMO.

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Bald Gull said:

Totally agree. I don't have a 13 (or 16) year old daughter but I think society is seriously messed up if people have issues with what happened to you. If a hotel only had a double room, I personally can see no issue with sleeping in the same bed with my daughter or son.

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Chicken Run said:

Interesting story, i have been divorced nearly ten years now, recently 2 of my three children 13 yo girl 16 yo boy came to live full time with me and my wife due to my ex wife's illness! Woman from social services turns up to look at the 2 bed house and says they can't sleep in the same bedroom! Twin beds obviously!

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Chicken Run said:

Interesting story, i have been divorced nearly ten years now, recently 2 of my three children 13 yo girl 16 yo boy came to live full time with me and my wife due to my ex wife's illness! Woman from social services turns up to look at the 2 bed house and says they can't sleep in the same bedroom! Twin beds obviously!

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Chicken Run said:

Interesting story, i have been divorced nearly ten years now, recently 2 of my three children 13 yo girl 16 yo boy came to live full time with me and my wife due to my ex wife's illness! Woman from social services turns up to look at the 2 bed house and says they can't sleep in the same bedroom! Twin beds obviously!

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