<p>JHS, I don’t think we jumped apart when we heard footsteps because we thought the parents would disapprove that we were making out. They certainly knew we were making out, and we knew they knew. But we wanted privacy. We didn’t want them listening in on our conversations, either, even if they were completely innocuous.</p>
<p>There is a spectrum, of course, between making out and having sex, and my parents, at least, would have started seriously disapproving at some point on that spectrum. But I didn’t want them seeing any of it.</p>