A tiny bit of Advice please!

Torry_Quine

16 is still very young and he will develop an interest in girls in his own time. To be honest personally I think that girlfriend/boyfriend relationships shouldn't be starting before this age anyway.

bratz81

I'm 29 so was a teenager not too long ago, and tbh I don't see the problem. So he doesn't want/have a gf yet he's only 16 no big deal. Everyone develops at their own pace.

You sound a bit like my mum to be honest - she was always pressuring me to get a bf when I wasn't interested. Leave him be and let him develop at his own pace and in his own time.

heretolearn_2

You should be relieved! Would you rather he was like one of my son's mates who had 3 kids by different girls by the age of 19?

No, I do see a bit where you are coming from. It's the age that they start turning into young men and you are worried that he is going to end up out of synch with his friends. But they all develop in their own sweet time and to be honest, most teenage boys are still more interested in their computer games, music etc etc than romance right into their early twenties. He won't seem odd if he isn't bothering to date yet.

He may also just not be interested in girls his age (you know how annoying teenage girls are, right?) and is waiting to grow up a bit as he's interested in women (but they aren't interested in spotty 16 year olds). I know my parents started wondering about me a bit but I was deliberately biding my time to get my hands on some proper men rather than boyfriends.

Or he may be gay. Or he may just not be interested. Or he may be a late developer. Or he may be getting up to all sorts and just not want to discuss it with you. We all like to think of our kids as innocent but don't you remember what we were like? My parents encouraged me in my interest in horses when I was a younger teenager, telling all their friends, oh, heretolearn isn't interested in boys, she's into ponies'. Yeah, like the two things can't coexist. They thought we were all being so innocent but the situation really was that you had a bunch of young teenagers off all day totally unsupervised; I had my first cigarettes, booze, kisses, and fumbles down at the stables!

rachbc

He sounds like a real sweetie - and like he'll bhe a bit of a catch once he's ready. My OH didn't really have girlfriends til he was 19 whereas I started dating seriously when I was (just) 16

Bloomin_Freezing2

He sounds like a nice boy, give him time, i'm sure he'll join in with his mates at some point. If he doesn't well, you're lucky, sounds like you won't need to be worrying where he is and what he's doing at 3am at the weekends.

I dread teenage years with my girls, and thats only because of my own experience!

red_devil

whats wrong with playing with the cat

dramaqueen1973

Hey

Thanks for replies!!

He is a sweetie well both my boys are really just in different ways!

He is into his xbox and his phone, he goes out with his mates so like I said Im not worried as in worried lol I just came on for some support and advice, its not like im paranoid about him, he will be who he is and I love him no matter what!!

There is nothing WRONG with playing with the cat lol

busiscoming2

OP stop worrying and be pleased

They all develop at different rates, all three of my kids have been different, there is no normal.

dramaqueen1973

Dramqueen1973 has stopped worrying lol:j

You are all right and I am wrong like I said just wanted some advice and have received it loud and clear lol

Drama

xx

3v3

He's ok
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