# Just caught my 14yo son smooch'n with his girlfriend. (Need answer fastish) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000 "2012-06-22T23:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ScarletNumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000/61 "2012-07-08T19:17:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Oh, nonsense. Some kids that age have progressed beyond kissing, some have not, some haven’t even been kissed yet, and there’s nothing whatsoever about just getting to kissing at 14 that is in the slightest bit worrisome. How are things in 1955? Did you find a date for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance? ---
**Author:** ![listedmia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000/62 "2012-07-08T19:42:46Z")
> [@Even seven](#): > > How are things in 1955? Did you find a date for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance? Things were pretty much this way when I was 14, in 2003. Some of us were out losing our virginity in the back of older boys’ cars, but the vast majority of the eighth grade/freshman class had not progressed beyond kissing, if that. ---
**Author:** ![ScarletNumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000/63 "2012-07-08T19:54:21Z")
> [@listedmia](#): > > Things were pretty much this way when I was 14, in 2003. Some of us were out losing our virginity in the back of older boys’ cars, but the vast majority of the eighth grade/freshman class had not progressed beyond kissing, if that. The trick is to find a boy with a basement apartment. When you are still in school, it makes you cool, not a loser. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000/64 "2012-07-09T00:15:13Z")
> [@Even seven](#): > > How are things in 1955? Did you find a date for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance? I hope you aren’t trusting self-reporting surveys about teen sexual activity where they ask kids if they’re getting’ any, because the only thing teenagers do more than jerk off is lie about how they’re getting the real thing. Are 14-year olds having sex? Sure. Are most of them? Don’t believe it for a second. ---
**Author:** ![Sherry\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Sherry\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherry_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000/65 "2012-07-14T13:09:12Z")
I’m also do agree with that if she’s their earliest daughter? If not, they’ve been through it before and might be a bit more ‘meh’ about it in which situation you could probably tell them about it without it being a big cope. Especially if they’ve been [relationship](http://www.datingdownunder.com.au/Australian%20Dating%20Sites.html) for a little while. So try to do something for them that could be better for both of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-caught-my-14yo-son-smoochn-with-his-girlfriend-need-answer-fastish/626000.md?page=3)