In Tara’s mind, her now step-daughter (who is almost sixteen and still dating this same boy) has been having sex for the last two years.Īnd sex between… children? Teens? People dating casually?…is wrong. This young man filled the cuddle void that Dad had left empty.īetsy and her boyfriend spend a lot of time in her bedroom with the door closed whatever is happening behind the door is left up to the imaginations of the people on the outside. He’s two years older than she is and suffers from debilitating anxiety-except when he’s with Betsy.
Once on birth control, Betsy started to date a boy she knew from school. Tara was beside herself, judging this mother and her outrageously inappropriate parenting. The good doctor prescribed birth control to Besty. Mom empathized and arranged a trip to see their family doctor. Dad’s hand used to mindlessly rub Besty’s back, now it strokes Tara’s leg.īetsy told her mom how lonely she was feeling with this new woman in her dad’s life.
Now Betsy is now left to sit alone when the family watch TV together. Crazy, eh?īut… Tara does not believe that this kind of touch is normal or natural or proper for a father and teenage daughter. Simple, loving human contact is the end-game. He’s unlike all the other men she’s been in relationships with - he loves to touch and to be touched and doesn’t expect that touch to lead to sex. Ironically, one thing that Tara adores about this man is how tactile he is. Tara, who was raised in a family that did not cuddle or hug or hold hands or say, “I love you.” Ever. Besty had Dad’s full attention for fourteen years. But then I took a minute to think about the situation teen Betsy found herself in with the addition of Tara to her family unit.īetsy was raised dominantly by her work-from-home, single dad who is a very cuddly man and an incredibly loving, compassionate human being.
I’ll admit that my first reaction was to almost agree with her. Tara is appalled - even disgusted - but she can’t explain why, other than to say, “It’s just not right.” I’ve been thinking about the power of touch a lot lately since I have a close friend (Tara) who has recently married a man with a daughter (Betsy) who became sexually active at fourteen years old, with her bio-mom’s blessing.
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