Mom tells 14-year-old son that his GF needs to limit her time at their home: 'It's getting to be too much. She's here like 5-6 days a week'

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• Am I wrong for limiting the amount of time my son's girlfriend can spend at our house?

  
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• This is reasonable, right?

  
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  Why can't they hang at the GF's house? 

  I mean, usually one family is more "fun" than another. Whichever home has the least strict parents is the home that the teens will choose to hang at. But that doesn't mean that they should just avoid the GF's home forever, unless there's a real reason that they can't hang there. 

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• Some people were concerned for the girl...

  
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• But it turns out she's just hiding away from her noisy siblings. Understandable.

  
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• This is a bit strange that she spends 3 out of 5 school days just waiting around for her BF to be done with sports

  
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• Those sports kids are built tough! They go to school all day, attend frequent practices and games after school, then still have to manage their homework and social life after all that is done. 

  These 3 days would be the perfect time for the GF to hang out with her own friends instead of her BF. I mean, at the very least, she could hang out with friends while she's waiting several hours for him to get done. This makes it seem like she's just sitting in her car from 3 PM until football practice lets out, which is wasting hours of valuable time. 

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• That does sound crowded, to be fair

  
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  Also, if she's the oldest, she won't get any time to relax. She'll have to provide childcare. At the BF's home, they can probably relax to their hearts' content. 

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• This Mom could easily come up with a plan for her son and his GF! For example, she might insist on them having a date night out once a week instead of spending 24/7 lounging on the couch. She could say the GF can only come over on certain days, or at certain hours. Or she could take the classic parenting approach of kicking them both outside for the afternoon to entertain themselves with sports or hanging out with friends. Thanks to all the helpful advice from commenters, she now has plenty of ideas to ruminate on before making any decisions. 

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