Dear piggy1,

When it comes to relationships, everyone has the right to set boundaries and have those boundaries respected. If you don't feel comfortable being at home alone with your boyfriend, you shouldn't feel pressured to be in that situation. If your parents let you go on dates, you could go out with your boyfriend to a movie, coffee shop, park, etc. Or you could hang out with him when your parents, siblings, or friends are around.

It sounds like you are concerned that your boyfriend may want to have sex or sex play and that you're not ready to do that. No one should feel pressured into doing something sexually that they don't want to do. Partners should respect each others' boundaries, and it's also important for partners to be clear with each other about what they do and don't want to do.

Hope this information helps!

Take care,

teenwire.com^® Editors

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