Dear Abby: My 18-year-old stepdaughter has decided to date another female. She has dated boys in the past, but that’s not the issue. We have nothing against the LGBTQ community. (My husband’s brother is gay.) My issue is, should my stepdaughter spend time with her girlfriend in her bedroom with the door closed?
If this were a boy, my husband would certainly have an issue with it — fear of sexual activity leading to getting pregnant. We are both old school about that but have embraced her new relationship. But we definitely don’t want our house to be the hook-up point. It makes us uncomfortable. How should we handle this?
— Open Door in Pennsylvania
Dear Open Door: Handle this the same way you would if you were writing about the young woman having a boyfriend. Tell her you are uncomfortable with sexual activity going on in your home and prefer that if she entertains her girlfriend in her bedroom, she must leave the door open.
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