| -Would You Let Your 18 Year Old Daughter Travel Alone with a Friend in Europe? |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:19 PM |
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Does she know karate? |
Idealism |
Mar-06-09 08:19 PM |
#1 |
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Actually, she does but has not been in training for a while. |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:20 PM |
#4 |
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There is no age measurement of responsibility |
Idealism |
Mar-06-09 08:35 PM |
#37 |
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She's 18 by law she can do what she wants! |
norepubsin08 |
Mar-06-09 09:02 PM |
#78 |
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My parents let me do it. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Mar-06-09 08:20 PM |
#2 |
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Yah. That was then. |
aquart |
Mar-06-09 08:21 PM |
#6 |
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The IRA was blowing stuff up in Northern Ireland. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Mar-06-09 08:40 PM |
#44 |
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yeah, I got searched by British cops in Victoria Station in 1973 |
kwassa |
Mar-06-09 08:46 PM |
#56 |
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I want to go to Ireland again so bad |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-06-09 09:54 PM |
#103 |
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That would be a bit difficult |
FunkyLeprechaun |
Mar-07-09 01:11 AM |
#134 |
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My Irish friends say the issue is moot. They'll all soon be part of "Europe" |
HamdenRice |
Mar-07-09 07:31 AM |
#151 |
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That wasn't the impression I got from the Irish when I was there |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-07-09 08:07 PM |
#206 |
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My husband would disagree with you lol ;) |
BamaGirl |
Mar-07-09 11:49 PM |
#220 |
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Just a bit petty that! |
steaa |
Mar-07-09 08:58 AM |
#162 |
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but living there still totally sucks if you're cathoilic |
bettyellen |
Mar-07-09 06:19 PM |
#194 |
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Well, they don't count |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-07-09 08:06 PM |
#205 |
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Sorry, but I'm not giving Northern Ireland any money unless it's returned to it's rightful owners |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-07-09 08:03 PM |
#203 |
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Going there made me even more of a nationalist |
WildEyedLiberal |
Mar-07-09 06:24 PM |
#195 |
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I'm already pretty hardcore about that |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-07-09 08:05 PM |
#204 |
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You have a really distorted idea of the news |
anigbrowl |
Mar-06-09 08:43 PM |
#50 |
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... |
otherlander |
Mar-06-09 09:01 PM |
#77 |
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Now? NO! |
aquart |
Mar-06-09 08:20 PM |
#3 |
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Why? I need to know what to do with these kids when grandparents aren't around |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:22 PM |
#9 |
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You live someplace without crime? |
sandnsea |
Mar-06-09 08:21 PM |
#5 |
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Not really.... The us has areas with more serious crime... but most Americans |
Lost in CT |
Mar-06-09 08:48 PM |
#57 |
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About the crime...I don't really think so |
DeepBlueC |
Mar-06-09 08:56 PM |
#70 |
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And even the "Red Light" districts in places like Amsterdam, Hamburg and Paris are quite safe..... |
marmar |
Mar-06-09 08:58 PM |
#74 |
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Actually I consider upscale malls |
ProudDad |
Mar-06-09 11:23 PM |
#122 |
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Well I was thinking more of southern europe such as Rome or Barcelona... |
Lost in CT |
Mar-06-09 09:07 PM |
#81 |
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I live in rural America |
sandnsea |
Mar-06-09 09:12 PM |
#83 |
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A place where admittedly there are no street people... |
Lost in CT |
Mar-06-09 09:26 PM |
#89 |
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Interesting, never been to such a place |
sandnsea |
Mar-06-09 09:49 PM |
#98 |
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Southern Fairfield County CT is a whole other place I admit... |
Lost in CT |
Mar-06-09 09:54 PM |
#102 |
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You could probably just have a chat with her about how to handle money |
wickerwoman |
Mar-07-09 08:12 PM |
#207 |
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I don't think that's exclusive to southern Europe.... |
marmar |
Mar-06-09 09:15 PM |
#85 |
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I havn't been to Geermany in twenty plus years... so I couldn't comment. |
Lost in CT |
Mar-06-09 09:27 PM |
#90 |
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More than a little reversed now. |
GoneOffShore |
Mar-06-09 11:48 PM |
#128 |
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FIrst off, I think it's fine as long as she's savvy....... |
marmar |
Mar-06-09 08:21 PM |
#7 |
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Let her go! What an opportunity! The big question is, do you trust her? |
babylonsister |
Mar-06-09 08:21 PM |
#8 |
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I did. My daughter was given a trip to Europe to visit 4 countries |
FrenchieCat |
Mar-06-09 08:22 PM |
#10 |
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How long ago was that? |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:24 PM |
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That was in 2005, the year of her graduation. |
FrenchieCat |
Mar-06-09 08:27 PM |
#26 |
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omg! Wonderful!! |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:30 PM |
#30 |
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Hope your daughter chooses Harvard if offered! It'sTop of the line! |
FrenchieCat |
Mar-06-09 08:34 PM |
#36 |
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Cambridge in particular, Boston in general is heaven for college students |
DeepBlueC |
Mar-06-09 08:58 PM |
#75 |
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There tends to be a lot of hysteria |
Cheney Killed Bambi |
Mar-06-09 08:23 PM |
#11 |
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It's scary but she's old enough to be going to college so maybe it would be ok? |
GreenPartyVoter |
Mar-06-09 08:23 PM |
#12 |
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She could be pulled into an alley and robbed |
Demobrat |
Mar-06-09 08:24 PM |
#13 |
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oh for heavens sake yes.... It sounds like the perfect adventure... |
annabanana |
Mar-06-09 08:24 PM |
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See the movie, 'Taken'! nt |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Mar-06-09 08:24 PM |
#16 |
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I saw it... It was a stupid "24" style hyperfest... ridiculous... n/t |
annabanana |
Mar-06-09 08:25 PM |
#20 |
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Agreed. If it makes more than $15 at the box office it would be a crime..... |
marmar |
Mar-06-09 08:40 PM |
#46 |
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The movie Was fiction but sex trafficking in Europe isn't. She has to be Aware. |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Mar-07-09 06:52 AM |
#146 |
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I thought Taken was great. The International really stunk. |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Mar-07-09 08:28 AM |
#156 |
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I normally don't like movies like Taken, but they developed Liam Neeson's character |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Mar-07-09 10:37 AM |
#167 |
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I always tell my daughter, never get into a car with a stranger, or walk away alone with him... |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Mar-07-09 11:27 AM |
#171 |
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I understand entirely. . |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Mar-07-09 12:57 PM |
#175 |
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That's completely ridiculous... |
wickerwoman |
Mar-07-09 08:18 PM |
#209 |
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Yes, use pop culture works of fiction to determine life choices; that's what smart people do |
Posteritatis |
Mar-07-09 06:16 PM |
#193 |
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Personally, no I would not... 18 is age 10 with 8 years' experience. |
Bluebear |
Mar-06-09 08:24 PM |
#17 |
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Good way to put it. |
Gman |
Mar-06-09 08:26 PM |
#22 |
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For some people 40 is age 10 with 30 years experience... |
ddeclue |
Mar-06-09 08:38 PM |
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I like to consider myself in that category |
Gman |
Mar-07-09 08:22 PM |
#210 |
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We now know how you were at 18 |
AZ Criminal JD |
Mar-06-09 09:34 PM |
#92 |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Mar-06-09 10:31 PM |
#110 |
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yep, asia too n/t |
upi402 |
Mar-06-09 08:25 PM |
#18 |
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I wouldn't allow it because |
Gman |
Mar-06-09 08:25 PM |
#19 |
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Sure. |
anigbrowl |
Mar-06-09 08:26 PM |
#21 |
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She's your kid ............. |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Mar-06-09 08:26 PM |
#23 |
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Yes, we talked before they offered. But, I didn't realize that they would have |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:38 PM |
#41 |
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EMIT!!!! Listen to your gut!!!! |
blaze |
Mar-06-09 09:04 PM |
#80 |
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you just need a few firm rules for when they are apart |
DeepBlueC |
Mar-06-09 09:16 PM |
#86 |
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Isn't it funny |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Mar-06-09 10:26 PM |
#109 |
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It's can be really tough, but sooner or later --- she will go. |
RiverStone |
Mar-07-09 03:18 PM |
#187 |
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Of course I would. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Mar-06-09 08:26 PM |
#24 |
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Can someone chaparone them for those days? |
MadMaddie |
Mar-06-09 08:27 PM |
#25 |
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That's what I was thinking - like a walking tour or something and then |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:32 PM |
#33 |
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a chaperone for an 18 year old? I was married at that age. |
robinlynne |
Mar-06-09 08:37 PM |
#39 |
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Tx, robinlynne. Good ideas. |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:41 PM |
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But if they understand not to follow strangers into nightclubs, dark alleys, all the "don'ts, |
robinlynne |
Mar-06-09 08:54 PM |
#68 |
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She's 18. How can you "let" her do anything? |
Lyric |
Mar-06-09 08:27 PM |
#27 |
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lol, so she says. |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:32 PM |
#34 |
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One can control the purse strings |
marshall |
Mar-08-09 09:21 AM |
#224 |
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Not all parents bankroll college, and in this instance, the grandparents |
Lyric |
Mar-08-09 12:25 PM |
#226 |
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She's 18. You don't have to "let" her do anything for her to do it. |
eyesroll |
Mar-06-09 08:29 PM |
#28 |
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My daughter spent a semester in Rome |
noamnety |
Mar-06-09 08:29 PM |
#29 |
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Am I missing something here? |
TXDemGal |
Mar-06-09 08:31 PM |
#31 |
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Great Britain and France seriously? |
Generator |
Mar-06-09 08:32 PM |
#32 |
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Friend or boyfriend? |
ddeclue |
Mar-06-09 08:33 PM |
#35 |
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Great tips and thanks for the feedback. |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:44 PM |
#52 |
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Lol...helicopter parent. |
Xithras |
Mar-06-09 08:35 PM |
#38 |
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Me? No. |
MrSlayer |
Mar-06-09 08:38 PM |
#40 |
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18? No. Too young. She or he would not have my blessing. |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-06-09 08:38 PM |
#42 |
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And you're the Pope |
Toucano |
Mar-06-09 11:25 PM |
#125 |
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It's a great present. Let her go. Definitely. One of your duties is safety, |
saltpoint |
Mar-06-09 08:39 PM |
#43 |
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My Son and his girlfriend are off to Europe in May for 35 days... |
kitty1 |
Mar-06-09 08:40 PM |
#45 |
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At 18 I went away by myself and three others |
Texasgal |
Mar-06-09 08:41 PM |
#47 |
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What a fantastic experience to have! |
norepubsin08 |
Mar-06-09 09:12 PM |
#84 |
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My neice was gut-shot in Paris on her post-grad trip (from Auburn). |
DemoTex |
Mar-06-09 08:41 PM |
#48 |
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Yeah, but that could easily happen in the US, so that's not a good reason to say no |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-06-09 09:56 PM |
#104 |
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Much more likely to happen here .. I agree. |
DemoTex |
Mar-07-09 06:45 PM |
#198 |
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I went to Italy with my college honors group and one of the guys got held up at gunpoint |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-07-09 08:14 PM |
#208 |
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I was held up at gunpoint in London in 1992. |
DemoTex |
Mar-07-09 08:31 PM |
#211 |
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Depends on your daughter, really |
blaze |
Mar-06-09 08:43 PM |
#49 |
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Your daughter could be held up while stopping in for gas. Kidnapped while |
glowing |
Mar-06-09 08:44 PM |
#51 |
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Do you trust the friend? |
rwheeler31 |
Mar-06-09 08:44 PM |
#53 |
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Yeah, but she's very shy. My daughter is the more worldly one of the two. |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:48 PM |
# |
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Then it sounds OK to me |
muriel_volestrangler |
Mar-07-09 04:36 AM |
#138 |
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Depends on the kid... |
RevolutionStartsNow |
Mar-06-09 08:45 PM |
#54 |
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For sure |
Richard D |
Mar-06-09 08:45 PM |
#55 |
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Your daughter can get beat up on the streets of wherever it is you live as much as anywhere. If she |
ogneopasno |
Mar-06-09 08:48 PM |
#58 |
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Safer than Mexico |
sallylou666 |
Mar-06-09 08:49 PM |
#59 |
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I was having a discussion with another parent who is from Mexico. When I told him my daughter was |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:51 PM |
#65 |
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Yes, very dangerous |
sallylou666 |
Mar-06-09 08:54 PM |
#67 |
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Thanks, sallylou666, for your input and welcome to DU |
Emit |
Mar-06-09 08:55 PM |
#69 |
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Huge generalization -- in northern border cities, particularly Tijuana and Juarez, |
LuckyLib |
Mar-08-09 08:00 PM |
#235 |
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Hell, I travelled to Mexico by myself at that age. |
readmoreoften |
Mar-06-09 08:49 PM |
#60 |
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Times have changed |
sallylou666 |
Mar-06-09 08:51 PM |
#66 |
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Agreed. I'm not likely to travel to Mexico any time soon. Perhaps D.F. but still... |
readmoreoften |
Mar-06-09 08:57 PM |
#73 |
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Mexico isn't Western Europe...I wouldn't go to Mexico either and.. |
ddeclue |
Mar-06-09 09:00 PM |
#76 |
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Nope, it's because of the PHONY "war" on drugs. |
ProudDad |
Mar-06-09 11:24 PM |
#124 |
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Alone with a friend is not "alone".. My son went to college in Italy |
SoCalDem |
Mar-06-09 08:49 PM |
#61 |
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"Alone with a friend" - NO. With a school/ group - YES |
Myrina |
Mar-06-09 08:51 PM |
#62 |
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Europe is no more dangerous than most American cities, probably less. |
kwassa |
Mar-06-09 08:51 PM |
#63 |
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Definitely! |
Withywindle |
Mar-06-09 08:51 PM |
#64 |
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Yes, of course! |
Cronus Protagonist |
Mar-06-09 08:56 PM |
#71 |
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I spent six months traveling through Europe at 17 |
walkaway |
Mar-06-09 08:57 PM |
#72 |
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Let her go if she's responsible, just make sure she calls. |
40ozDonkey |
Mar-06-09 09:04 PM |
#79 |
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I traveled throughout Europe in my early 20's, never felt safer. |
Pisces |
Mar-06-09 09:12 PM |
#82 |
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So did I. |
Withywindle |
Mar-06-09 10:11 PM |
#105 |
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you know your daughter best |
dana_b |
Mar-06-09 09:18 PM |
#87 |
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YES - She will join the thousands of youth from every country |
OutNow |
Mar-06-09 09:23 PM |
#88 |
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Depends on the daughter. |
leftyclimber |
Mar-06-09 09:32 PM |
#91 |
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sure...... |
Mind_your_head |
Mar-07-09 10:45 PM |
#216 |
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I'm really surprised that.. |
stillcool |
Mar-06-09 09:40 PM |
#93 |
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as a long time flight attendant I flew many college age kids to Europe |
flyarm |
Mar-06-09 09:42 PM |
#94 |
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My 19 year old spent last summer overseas, alone. |
riderinthestorm |
Mar-06-09 09:44 PM |
#95 |
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As long as you reinforce proper safety procedures and guidelines they should be OK |
RFKHumphreyObama |
Mar-06-09 09:45 PM |
#96 |
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Some people's daughters enlist and go to Iraq. Is yours raised so poorly she can't cope with Europe? |
TahitiNut |
Mar-06-09 09:47 PM |
#97 |
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I wouldn't let my daughter go, but that's just me. I'm |
LibDemAlways |
Mar-06-09 09:51 PM |
#99 |
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Northwestern Europe is about the safest spot on Earth |
Eryemil |
Mar-06-09 09:51 PM |
#100 |
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I traveled alone in Europe when I was 19 or 20 |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-06-09 09:53 PM |
#101 |
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They're adults for crying out loud. |
alarimer |
Mar-06-09 10:20 PM |
#106 |
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Yes!! I've let my 16 year old spend days alone in Paris |
cally |
Mar-06-09 10:22 PM |
#107 |
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Yes. In fact, I would encourage my daughter to travel overseas at that age. |
Fleshdancer |
Mar-06-09 10:24 PM |
#108 |
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If they are 'morally grounded' and have a bit of savvy.....I say let 'em go |
Mind_your_head |
Mar-06-09 10:32 PM |
#111 |
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The UK and France? Sure. Southern Europe? No. |
Cessna Invesco Palin |
Mar-06-09 10:34 PM |
#112 |
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let? |
fizzgig |
Mar-06-09 10:36 PM |
#113 |
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It depends upon the friend! My daughter worked and lived in Brasil |
janx |
Mar-06-09 10:38 PM |
#114 |
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she is 18 years old, she doesn't need your permission |
JI7 |
Mar-06-09 10:40 PM |
#115 |
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Yes, they can stay safe. |
tammywammy |
Mar-06-09 10:41 PM |
#116 |
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I went when I was 18... |
Adsos Letter |
Mar-06-09 11:19 PM |
#120 |
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No, absolutely not. |
Hepburn |
Mar-06-09 10:50 PM |
#117 |
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Do you make life decisons based on movies? |
tabasco |
Mar-07-09 02:53 AM |
#137 |
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Click.... |
Hepburn |
Mar-07-09 12:36 PM |
#173 |
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Depressingly common these days, too |
Posteritatis |
Mar-07-09 06:12 PM |
#192 |
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Taken is fiction. Let her go. |
Pithlet |
Mar-06-09 11:10 PM |
#118 |
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My answer would be yes, and for the following reasons... |
Adsos Letter |
Mar-06-09 11:14 PM |
#119 |
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It's safer in any city in GB and France |
ProudDad |
Mar-06-09 11:21 PM |
#121 |
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Yes. |
Toucano |
Mar-06-09 11:23 PM |
#123 |
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I think a lot of it depends on what city, what country |
Hippo_Tron |
Mar-06-09 11:27 PM |
#126 |
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She doesn't need your permission, so you can either |
NYC Liberal |
Mar-06-09 11:42 PM |
#127 |
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She's 18 |
donheld |
Mar-06-09 11:51 PM |
#129 |
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Depends where in Europe. |
prayin4rain |
Mar-07-09 12:10 AM |
#130 |
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My parents didn't get to make those kinds of decisions for me when I was 18 |
distantearlywarning |
Mar-07-09 12:17 AM |
#131 |
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Buy yourself a ticket and go with them . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-09 12:56 AM |
#132 |
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Of course I would let her travel to Europe. She will not be alone anyway |
WillieW |
Mar-07-09 01:00 AM |
#133 |
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I disagree, see the movie taken - key in "Taken" on youTube |
Imagevision |
Mar-07-09 01:13 AM |
#135 |
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It's a movie, for pete's sake. |
MineralMan |
Mar-07-09 10:28 AM |
#164 |
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my cousin & her 2 friends just did it. no problems at all. they loved it. |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-07-09 01:34 AM |
#136 |
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Thats not really "alone" in Europe. I say yes. |
aikoaiko |
Mar-07-09 05:37 AM |
#139 |
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Yes I would even encourage her. |
dcindian |
Mar-07-09 05:46 AM |
#140 |
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Interrailing is common - my sister did it. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Mar-07-09 05:56 AM |
#141 |
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No |
madaboutharry |
Mar-07-09 05:59 AM |
#142 |
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When I was nineteen |
malaise |
Mar-07-09 06:02 AM |
#143 |
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I went to Cairo, Egypt at 18....alone...had only a name of |
illuminaughty |
Mar-07-09 06:09 AM |
#144 |
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She's a legal adult -- there is no question of "letting" her do anything (nt) |
Autumn Colors |
Mar-07-09 06:26 AM |
#145 |
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My daughter spent her fall semester in Tanzania at 19. |
alphafemale |
Mar-07-09 06:58 AM |
#147 |
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Yes! It's the opportunity of a lifetime. Make sure she uses her head. |
tekisui |
Mar-07-09 07:00 AM |
#148 |
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she's an adult at 18, right?? i wouldn't pay for any trip to europe, |
ejpoeta |
Mar-07-09 07:04 AM |
#149 |
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Does she go unescorted here in the US? Let her go! |
B Calm |
Mar-07-09 07:05 AM |
#150 |
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Nope. Our daughter went at age 21 with a friend. |
trof |
Mar-07-09 07:56 AM |
#152 |
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Grandparents won a trip through Grandpa's work - and their plans are set and paid for |
Emit |
Mar-07-09 11:15 AM |
#169 |
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I traveled Europe alone and had NO problems at all. |
cynatnite |
Mar-07-09 08:00 AM |
#153 |
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Do you trust your daughter? Is she responsible? |
Redneck Socialist |
Mar-07-09 08:05 AM |
#154 |
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Hell no, put her in a tower and protect her virginity until the fair maden is rescued by a Prince |
ThomWV |
Mar-07-09 08:21 AM |
#155 |
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I'm sorry but I wouldn't let her go. Americans aren't well liked right now. ..n/t |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Mar-07-09 08:31 AM |
#157 |
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You don't get to Europe much, do you. |
Stevenmarc |
Mar-07-09 08:42 AM |
# |
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Hey snot-man, you don't have a teenage daughter do you? |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Mar-07-09 09:07 AM |
#163 |
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I don't have a problem with concern |
Stevenmarc |
Mar-07-09 10:29 AM |
#165 |
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Maybe. But the last time I was in Amsterdam, . . . |
donco6 |
Mar-07-09 01:02 PM |
#177 |
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lol - idjiout! |
Mind_your_head |
Mar-08-09 07:22 PM |
#231 |
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Yes yes yes! |
DireStrike |
Mar-07-09 08:37 AM |
#158 |
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She's 18. Would you let an 18-year-old son? |
gollygee |
Mar-07-09 08:42 AM |
#159 |
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She's 18. Way I See It, It's Not Your Decision To Make In The First Place, With All Due Respect. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Mar-07-09 08:46 AM |
#160 |
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I did it when I was 20.... |
Dorian Gray |
Mar-07-09 08:51 AM |
#161 |
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My daughter traveled ALONE from Tuscany, Italy to a suburb of London |
JSK |
Mar-07-09 10:37 AM |
#166 |
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Ask her to please keep a good head on her shoulders and then send her |
saltpoint |
Mar-07-09 10:39 AM |
#168 |
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My niece at age 20 was fine |
treestar |
Mar-07-09 11:20 AM |
#170 |
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Let her go if she's not an idiot. |
comrade snarky |
Mar-07-09 11:52 AM |
#172 |
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Yes, I would but I would try to explain the hazards to them first. They will |
Cleita |
Mar-07-09 12:42 PM |
#174 |
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Except for the unescorted trip home, I'd probably do it. |
donco6 |
Mar-07-09 01:01 PM |
#176 |
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Really? |
comrade snarky |
Mar-07-09 01:35 PM |
#179 |
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Do what you want. |
donco6 |
Mar-07-09 02:26 PM |
#181 |
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Cell phones work there too |
comrade snarky |
Mar-07-09 02:42 PM |
#183 |
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I'm talking about if something happened. |
donco6 |
Mar-07-09 05:15 PM |
#190 |
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I'm curious to know what you think they might do too |
muriel_volestrangler |
Mar-07-09 04:11 PM |
#188 |
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There is so much fear around being in another country |
comrade snarky |
Mar-07-09 04:32 PM |
#189 |
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I'm not talking about getting fucking LOST on the way to the airport. |
donco6 |
Mar-07-09 05:18 PM |
#191 |
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Getting lost is just what it sounded like you were talking about |
muriel_volestrangler |
Mar-07-09 06:31 PM |
#197 |
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Gee, So sorry I misunderstood what you were taking about |
comrade snarky |
Mar-08-09 01:56 PM |
#228 |
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I never had a problem finding my way to the airport |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Mar-07-09 08:34 PM |
#212 |
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They are safer in many Western European cities |
quiller4 |
Mar-07-09 01:23 PM |
#178 |
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When I was 18, I was in Vietnam. . . |
B Calm |
Mar-07-09 01:38 PM |
#180 |
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You probably grew up "too quick" there, I'm sure.... |
Mind_your_head |
Mar-08-09 07:36 PM |
#232 |
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Back in the late seventies there was a fad |
Jakes Progress |
Mar-07-09 02:34 PM |
#182 |
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Yes. I would let my child go. |
dustbunnie |
Mar-07-09 02:53 PM |
#184 |
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It'll be safer there than most of the U.S. (Except maybe Marseilles) |
mainer |
Mar-07-09 03:02 PM |
#185 |
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France and England? Depending on where, yes. Or no. |
uppityperson |
Mar-07-09 03:05 PM |
#186 |
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What a great gift! |
rucky |
Mar-07-09 06:30 PM |
#196 |
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Yes. With preconditions. |
globalvillage |
Mar-07-09 06:57 PM |
#199 |
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If your daughter and her friend are both smart and responsible |
Geek_Girl |
Mar-07-09 07:20 PM |
#200 |
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If she's 18 what do parents have to do with it? |
TransitJohn |
Mar-07-09 07:49 PM |
#201 |
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when I was 18 I was in the military |
Skittles |
Mar-07-09 07:57 PM |
#202 |
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Sure. We bought our daughter and a friend tix to Paris for her |
jannyk |
Mar-07-09 09:12 PM |
#213 |
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I'd let her go |
TuxedoKat |
Mar-07-09 09:18 PM |
#214 |
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I don't know that she's any safer on the streets of the US than Europe. |
AZBlue |
Mar-07-09 10:35 PM |
#215 |
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whew |
marions ghost |
Mar-07-09 11:02 PM |
#217 |
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that's the truth |
flygal |
Mar-08-09 07:04 AM |
#223 |
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You're exactly right. |
AZBlue |
Mar-08-09 10:56 PM |
#236 |
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When I was 19, I took my 18-year-old girlfriend to China with me for a month. |
Occam Bandage |
Mar-07-09 11:05 PM |
#218 |
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It depends on how street savvy they are |
ecstatic |
Mar-07-09 11:34 PM |
#219 |
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I would probably not object |
BamaGirl |
Mar-08-09 12:00 AM |
#221 |
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I just spent 6 months in the UK alone - I was 23 |
WildEyedLiberal |
Mar-08-09 04:59 AM |
#222 |
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What's with this "let" business? She's an adult & can do what she wants. nt |
WolverineDG |
Mar-08-09 09:41 AM |
#225 |
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If she's 18, it's her choice. |
AmyCamus |
Mar-08-09 01:33 PM |
#227 |
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Absolutely let them go. |
LNM |
Mar-08-09 02:15 PM |
#229 |
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For fuck's sake, cut the cord. |
Hanse |
Mar-08-09 02:21 PM |
#230 |
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They are not going alone, but with grandpa and grandma. |
LisaL |
Mar-08-09 07:47 PM |
#233 |
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I went to Europe the first time when I was 18 |
babythunder |
Mar-08-09 07:54 PM |
#234 |
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