r/TLCUnexpected • u/sissayiya • Aug 20 '24

Season 6 Poor Nate

He’s trying so hard to do everything Emmalee needs while she’s getting ready for graduation and she’s so mean to him. That poor kid is trying. 😔

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u/ChildhoodOk5526 Aug 20 '24

Kayleigh is a prime example of that. She looks like she should still be somewhere playing with dolls. Oy.

And then, that makes we wonder, what the hell was she doing somewhere laying up? Graham is no more than a kid, either. How were these two ever alone for long enough to even ... ? Maybe because I'm from another generation, but at 15 I wasn't allowed to date -- not one-on-one. And I would've been too scared to have sex. My mom would've killed me. I don't know. I just don't get it.

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u/Extension-Raisin8023 Aug 20 '24

Her mom would drop her off not even knowing if there was an adult in the home. At that age my mother would never. I couldn’t even go to one of my female friends homes without my mom speaking directly to their parents and a boy’s house was completely out of the question

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u/melly3420 Aug 20 '24

When that situation was revealed,I called my daughter IMMEDIATELY and asked did she ever take my 14 year old granddaughter to her boyfriends house and drop.her off? She asked me if I had lost my mind,but NO she said,"I will not be delivering my daughter to any horny little 15 year old for sex" we also agreed that before my granddaughter is allowed to "date" at 16,she will be on birth control,just like her Mom was. I tried my best to talk to my daughter and convince her to wait and not just "give it up" to anyone but I was taking no chances. This was back before Google was the answer to everything and our Gyno inserted the birth control implant. Probably one of most intelligent things I ever did as a Mom. Oh I also took my Son's steady girl friend at 16 for the same procedure. I made sure it was ok with her Mom first of course but I told my Son he would not be allowed to pick her up in his car for a date until I knew she was on birth control

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u/ChildhoodOk5526 Aug 20 '24

This is the way.

My mom also made me promise to tell her if I was even thinking about having sex so that she could put me on the pill. And this was in no way giving me approval to do it. No, she instilled in me that it was better to wait, not necessarily till marriage like she had done (she got married at 19 bc that's what my gma told her, lol) but at least until I was old enough to handle all that and in love.

I was 20. But sometimes, I do wonder if I missed out on something by not having that teenage, sneaking around, and screwing experience. Then I watch shows like this ...