Thanks Rhapsody. Yesterday was a very sressful day - I even started having chest pains. Lately it seems likes when I go through a very stressful event - it lingers for a day or so after. So today I feel in a horrible mood. My daughter was talking to one of the girls who went and she told her, the 2 girls went and 3 boys came - obviously the 3rd boy was there for my daughter. She said she was glad she didn't go but I don't know it she really means it.

I'm wondering is this a normal thing - my daughter claims all the parents consented to this but I wonder if that's true. She keeps stressing this is a normal thing and part of me feels like an old fashioned odd ball. But I've always marched to the beat of my own drum and don't follow others, unless I think it's the right thing to do.

I don't even know what's the appropriate dating age and part of me is worried about her getting burned one day. I know some of this comes from my own awful marriage experience. I would like to hear from other parents - what's the right age for dating these days?