This is a follow up thread to my previous thread entitled "Should the boyfriend sleep over"
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35891&site=3
Its been a couple of months since I threw out the question about what you all thought about my 17 year old daughter's boyfriend sleeping over. Well the latest is, he has been staying over at least once a week, sometimes twice, and she sometimes stays at his house. What bought us to this decisions was a combination of things which included meeting his parents and agreeing with them that we're all comfortable with it so long as they sleep in their own separate quarters. We are in agreement and so he has his room, she has hers at our house and his.
My problem now is that I have fallen in love with this boy...what if they break up??? I would be devastated!! He's good TO my daughter, and he's good FOR my daughter. They are happy together, they laugh, play and cry together...they are best friends and are inseparable. They have a joint mobile phone account, they have exchanged rings (not mobile ring tones LOL), they practically own each other. But they are both only 17 years old...and at that age, they are so volatile when it comes to love and committment.
Meanwhile as each day goes by he is becoming a member of our family more and more. He will often come into the kitchen to see me and have a chat, he has terrific manners and shows us a lot of respect. I will often ruffle his hair with affection when I walk past him, or insist that my daughter put something special in his lunch in the mornings. When I do this my daughter says 'I swear you spoil that boy mum' LOL....but I think I spoil all my kids.
So for the latest update, I would like to say that everything is working out okay. But I love him and want him to stay and I don't want them to ever break up. I am so selfish. Here's a recent pic of them together, they are so darn cute:
~Beck~