JohnM Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 My parents are quite old fashioned in that my sister's have never been allowed to have their partners stay the night, even though the last remaining at home is now 26. I have had to move home as I was only breaking even in my own flat in order to save money to travel and so moving out again is not really an option. I have become involved now and am not sure if the same situation applies to me and whether they were not comfortable with men staying over because of concerns over their safety perhaps? Should I bring the subject up, and how? I would quite like to have my girlfriend stay over, she has been around during the day like. Whats the general concensus with families and the opposite sexes staying over, I'm 23 by the way and they trust in me. I know few examples of laidback parents. I'm in the UK also for geographical feedback if that helps so to speak!
anne1707 Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 If you are allowed to bring a girlfriend home to stay whilst your sister can't bring her boyfriend then to be honest I think that would be very hypocritical of your parents and possibly cause your sister to feel unhappy/second class/frustrated etc When my brother and I lived at home (also UK), my brother would bring random girls home to stay the night. We would not know until they "appeared" in the morning. Nothing was ever said though. As for me, when I asked whether my boyfriend could stay, my Dad gave him the Spanish inquisition (don't you get my daughter pregnant etc). Apart from being embarrassed, I was fuming because of how my brother could get away with having ONS in the house whilst I had a hard time bringing home somebody I dated for two year! I hate double standards
Author JohnM Posted April 7, 2010 Author Posted April 7, 2010 If you are allowed to bring a girlfriend home to stay whilst your sister can't bring her boyfriend then to be honest I think that would be very hypocritical of your parents and possibly cause your sister to feel unhappy/second class/frustrated etc True. I don't know if they would make an exception for me and whether that would be fair. But my sister is nowhere near as responsible as I am, as bad as that sounds. I might ask my other sister who lives elsewhere if she has ever asked about it. Saying that, my others sisters were pretty responsible girls.
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