When you were a teenager, did your parents have dating rules for you?

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My parents did not like or didn’t show favor to the boys I brought home to meet them for proms or even dates.

There were many rules while I lived at home: the curfew was 11pm. They had to come in and meet my parents. They had to have a car. They had to be reasonably dressed.

When I was over 21, I could not stay over night. I still had to call them to let them know where I was. At times, they would call me at where ever I was to ensure I was where I said I was going to be. When I came home from a date, I had to meet them to make sure I was not drunk or high.

I moved out of their home at 22 to go to college and to free myself from their rules. I didn’t really have a social life due to the rules from teenage years to age 21.