Which one of your parents, is more acceptant of your relationships? Options

[IzzyGrace]

Ugh, my mom and I joke around about me getting a bf later on but I can rarely tell when she's serious. (She jokes about it all the time.) But my dad, on the other hand, never jokes. He automatically takes a disliking to any guy I talk about, boyfriend or not. Eesh, I'm surprised he still lets me go to public school.

I'm about to go into 8th grade (only a year till high school, aaah!) and I don't wanna be the freak who has no life what so ever. They always have a reason I can't hang out with my girl friends, they won't let me hang out with guys. Period. And when I wanna take a bike ride/walk they're all 'who are you gonna meet?' God. It's annoying as hell.

Do/did your parents act like this?

[Just_Dream]

lul I dated 2 guys in high school, but I kept it a secret from everyone in my family except my niece and my sister (two years older than me).

Well, after I proved that I was responsible by getting good grades and stuff in high school, I finally told my mother about two weeks before Senior Prom, and she told me she knew for a year! WTF, INORITE?! My mom and everyone on my mom's side knows that I have a boyfriend and they are all accepting. I don't think my dad knows, but my dad's psycho so the rest of my family hides everything from my father. Pretty much. I think my mom knew since she saw my boyfriend driving me in high school, but she didn't tell me.

But seriously, I was hardly allowed out of the house! I mean, I would only be allowed to stay after school for like an hour, then I rode the school bus home with my boyfriend, and then I'd have to go straight home since my mom picks me up at the bus stop every day. My family was really strict on letting me go out, until junior year of high school. My father HATES guys and he even cursed at his friend's son! He thought he was some random guy! Ooooohhh my father got shit for that! haha serves him right.

Anyways, seriously, if you want to prove that you are responsible with having a boyfriend, try to figure out what qualities your parents might want to see in a boyfriend. Honestly, it's much nicer if you find a guy who your parents will approve of, rather than someone they'll really dislike, because they might not take kindly to it. Also, having a boyfriend does NOT mean you have to spend all your time on/with him. Meaning, don't change your lifestyle, or otherwise it'll be obvious.

Of course, I've been dating my current boyfriend for 5.5 years so I think my family is pretty happy with my boyfriend.