<p>I have a 16 yr old daughter. Her first “date” with her current bf involved him coming over to “hang out” with her in our basement, watch a rented DVD and play pool. So obviously, he came into the house. </p>
<p>I’m thinking about previous guys she dated. There were 2 last summer. One pulled into the driveway and she was out the front door before I had a chance to do anything but wave to them as they drove away. The other came to the door as I was cooking dinner, I let D answer it and she called, “Bye mom” and left. Later she said he was ready to come in and say hi, and why didn’t I answer the door? (Sorry, had my hands in a bowl of raw chicken at the time and had been warned by D not to “grill” him so I was trying to be cool.). Before that, the guys were getting driven by their parents, I think they came to the door but just said a quick “hi” on the porch since a parent was waiting in the car.</p>
<p>I’m all for the guy coming in to say hello and have a conversation. As a matter of fact, D and I have discussed that one of the reasons we like this bf better than her previous long-term bf is that he is completely comfortable standing in the kitchen and talking to us for 10 minutes or longer. If he has dinner with us, he’ll sit and chat for 20 minutes afterward, looking us in the eye the whole time. The previous bf would have a conversation but it would be brief and you could tell he wasn’t comfortable the whole time.</p>