[Sandy H]

My experience with my son, only to let you know we all have been through it in one form or another. Mine was at a neighbors one evening and the mom unbeknown to me left her 9 year old and my 7 years (boys) in the house while she went jogging! I would not have done it and it never happened again. When she came back they were playing doctor games-her son had his pants off and he was trying to get my son to take his off but he said he didn't want to play. This came from my son as well as the other boys mom. The mom got mad at my son and told him he could never come back to their house because he was bad!!! Then, Dad was called in on it and so he got this being bad from both parents. I did not find out until the next day when mom called me to tell me she had something serious to tell me. My son then spoke up and said, "I knew she was going to call you". I asked him why and he said,"because he did something very bad and could not go back to her house and he could not tell me what he did." I told him I needed to know before I left the house. He told me and started crying and said I couldn't tell his Dad! When I went down to her house it was a bad scene and I was told my son would be gay!!! Well, to make a long story short he never did go back there (he didn't want to), my son was not allowed to have anything to do with her son (but they did ride the same school bus and continued to be friends). Well, it took me a long time to let my son know he did nothing wrong. He is 27 years old and is not gay and if he was I would still love him the same!!! My son is still friendly with her son and he says he thinks he is gay but it doesn't matter with him. So you see it does happen and it doesn't mean your son will not be normal. Not having a Dad to help you with this makes it harder for you but you can handle this with a little help and be find. Thanks for feeling comfortable to share your concern with us. I think you received some good suggestions here and good luck. hugs, Sandy