For those that dont know, I'm a divorced dad of two boys, aged 13 and 9. They go back and forth between my house and they're mom's. We have a good co-parenting relationship. Anyway, my 13 year old just recently "made it official" with a girl in his class..... you know "will you go out with me" which at that age basically means, "will you be my girlfriend"..... this is his first girlfriend (at least that I know of 😋). This is my week with them, and this just happened on Wednesday, so its brand new news that his mom didnt even know about yet. He had a band concert at his school last night (percussion, like his daddy 😉), which is where he told her that he had a girlfriend, and we got to meet her as well (shes a cutie 😊)
So now that the backstory is over, here's where my issue is:
Not more than 30 minutes after we got home from his concert, I see a post on Facebook from his Aunt (his mom's sister) about him having a girlfriend, and saying she could teach him sex-ed. I did sense a little tongue-in-cheek in the post, but it still irked me. My 13 year old son's private life, out there for every Tom, Dick, and Mary on her feed to see. First off, the whole birds and bees talk should be had by one or both of his parents, that should kind of go without saying. Secondly, I remember, as a 13 year old, not really wanting to share that kind of information with a lot of people, let alone people I dont even know. The whole thing made me very uncomfortable, and pretty upset.
I talked to his mom about it, and she kinda shrugged it off as not a big deal. I feel like it is a big deal though. I just dont think it should be anyone's business but the people he decides to share it with. Is nothing sacred anymore?
I dunno, am I making a big deal out of this? 🤔
