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Grandson wants to go on holiday with his boyfriend

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Nannyoffour Thu 15-Feb-18 19:00:45

Hi my grandson who is 14 and openly gay asked me if he could go on holiday with his boyfriend who is 16. My grandsons boyfriends parents will also be going on holiday with them.
Should I let him or not ??? I don't know weather to say yes or no

Mapleleaf Fri 16-Feb-18 09:29:40

Why are some of you being so quick to pick up on the spelling errors? We all know what the op is asking. We all know, too, that these iPads, etc, have a mind of their own.

Mapleleaf Fri 16-Feb-18 09:32:48

We all know, too, that it's probably the 14 year old winding us up for the end of half term! ??

MaluCatchu1 Fri 16-Feb-18 09:34:01

Its weird to me that his sexual orientation seems to be the thing that is making you concerned about whether he should go on holiday or not, Nannyoffour. What difference does it make if he's gay or not? If this was a 14 year old girl going on holiday with her 16 year old bf and his family what would you say? I'd be having a chat with the other boys parents about how they will be keeping your GS safe in ALL ways, especially if they plan to travel overseas. Lemongrove - totally inappropriate comment.
Some posters seem to think that he's too young to know that he's gay - I certainly knew my sexual orientation! Yes, some people change but going on holiday with a bf when you're 14 whether you are a boy or a girl doesn't mean that's it, done, no going back!
Its a holiday with the parents of the other boy and an adult sister not a group of n'er do wells (is that how its written?!). I know what I would do smile

Jalima1108 Fri 16-Feb-18 09:40:03

Haven't we recently had a similar thread or am I imagining it?
Usually in the school holidays merlot

annodomini Fri 16-Feb-18 09:41:24

There was another thread - was it about uniform or foorwear? - that mentioned a gay grandson. Coincidence? hmm

annodomini Fri 16-Feb-18 09:41:50

fat fingers .... fooTwear

judypark Fri 16-Feb-18 09:53:09

It was about Ugg boots and a restaurant in January and was deleted.
The gay grandson was 12.

Jalima1108 Fri 16-Feb-18 09:54:45

Perhaps they were in the restaurant to celebrate his 13th and 14th birthdays.

merlotgran Fri 16-Feb-18 10:07:13

Any minute now we're going to be accused of troll t**t hunting.

Actually I think it should be spotting not hunting as we can usually spot 'em a mile off.

WeeMadArthur Fri 16-Feb-18 11:14:52

I don’t think the fact that he is gay is the issue, I wouldn’t let a 14 yo girl go away on holiday with her 16 yo boyfriend and his family, so I wouldn’t let my son go either regardless of his sexual preferences.

Jalima1108 Fri 16-Feb-18 11:18:38

shock we'd better behave

#billygoatgruff

chelseababy Fri 16-Feb-18 14:46:24

His mother has posted on mumsnet

nanaK54 Fri 16-Feb-18 14:48:14

You beat me to it chelseababy - it's a funny thing that his mum can't spell whether either hmm

phoenix Fri 16-Feb-18 15:26:30

Chelseababy what was the reaction to his "mums" post on the other side?

chelseababy Fri 16-Feb-18 15:28:41

Need to talk to the other parents and ensure they don't sleep together as underage....

phoenix Fri 16-Feb-18 15:35:36

So, no one went hmm?

nanaK54 Fri 16-Feb-18 15:40:29

Nope - they are all taking at face value - or at least they were last time I looked

Jalima1108 Fri 16-Feb-18 20:44:04

it's a funny thing that his mum can't spell whether either
it must be in the jeans, sorry I mean genes! nanaK54

trisher Fri 16-Feb-18 20:49:36

Hang on then. Who is this boy living with? His gran says he's with her, so why is his mum posting on Mumsnet? Never mind him being gay his family situation needs sorting out first.

Jalima1108 Fri 16-Feb-18 20:54:25

Was it his Gran posting at Christmas or his Mum?
He was wearing Ugg boots at the time, or was that his Gran or Mum?

confused now

phoenix Fri 16-Feb-18 20:56:11

The moon is made of cheese, Donald Trump is a perfectly sensible President of the USA, I am a page 3 model, Elvis is alive and well and driving a taxi on Mars.

Jane10 Fri 16-Feb-18 21:15:31

Phoenix grin

grannyactivist Fri 16-Feb-18 22:17:51

The moment I saw the OP I had to resist an overwhelming urge to remind grannyoffour to ensure that the correct footwear was packed; preferably plimsolls, but Ugg boots if they're cheap to buy right now. hmm

phoenix Fri 16-Feb-18 23:30:18

MaluCatchul going by previous threads of this sort, I don't actually think the post made by Lemongrove was "totally inappropriate".

May I ask if you are a fairly new poster? Please forgive me if I'm wrong.

Whilst it is always good to take posts at face value, we do sometimes have sort of recurrent themes which raise alarm bells!

OK, so as not to inflate the thing, maybe not an alarm bell ringing, perhaps more of a faint tinkle from an alarm clock whose batteries have almost run out.

Nelliemoser Sat 17-Feb-18 12:32:11

There was aboy in my daughters primary school who knew he was gay at the end of primary school and the comp. All the girls liked him because he was not the usual irritating
adolescent boy.