Teens Caught Playing "Spin the Bottle" Game at a Party

At least it was spin the bottle and not '5 minutes of heaven' in a closet ;)

Seems pretty innocent if you compare it to a lot of other things. They weren't sneaking drinks or drugs or 'doing it' in the backseat of someone's car.

BUT, at the same time, as a chaperone (and the parents of one of the kids), I'd be like 'HEY! Looks like fun, can I play?'... when they all go 'EWWW!' in unison, I'd smile and say 'Exactly, find something else to do' ;)

Oh my god, I have the fondest memories of playing Spin the Bottle when I was that age. It was terrible when you had to kiss a guy you didn't like, but everyone was usually hoping the bottle would land on the same one or two cute guys.

There were no tongues, it was pretty innocent.

Some things it's good that mom never catches you doing, but I personally don't have a major problem with Spin-the-Bottle. JMO.

(And by the way, I ended up marrying that cute guy.)

I wouldn't have a problem with Spin the Bottle. Especially since they were palying with adults in the house. Not a lot of chance for anything beyond kissing to happen.

Don't all teenagers play that game? I think it's pretty harmless

"the kissing version" of spin the bottle? I wasn't aware there was another version. When I was a teen, spin the bottle was simply that and you kissed whoever it landed on. What else is there to do with it? It's not 7 minutes in heaven.

Personally I wouldn't have an issue with spin the bottle.

I was at my first spin the bottle party in 6th grade. I never heard it to be anymore than just kissing the person it landed on.

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Hmmm... I think that we were younger than teens when we played spin the bottle!! I also remember innocent games of kiss chase. I'd keep your communication open with your kiddo and not make too much of a big deal...

My first reaction as I was reading your post was "Ya, spin-the-bottle is harmless as long as it is just a simple kiss, but I don't think I'd be real excited about my daughter playing". Then I got to the point of a girl kissing another girl I went "YIKES". No wonder there is so much sexual confusion in our society.

Communicate with her. It isn't appropriate at all for kids to play games like that. Good for you for speaking up and standing your ground. Let your daughter be mad. She'll thank you later I guarantee it. There is plenty of time for them to release sexual energy when they're married. Then there isn't a chance of them getting into trouble and regretting something for the rest of their lives. You're protecting your daughter and that's fantastic!! Good luck!!

My friends mom was a 'milf'. She even played spin the bottle with boys at parties... and the boys were like 14.... gross.

I hate that game and played it once throguh peer pressure and I felt awkward the whole time, even if it's just a little kiss. rumors spread and it becomes more than that emotionally later on. But now they even have girls kissing other girls and such, we didn't do that when I was that age. I think it's demoralizing and disgusting and I wasn't allowed to play it and my kids will be taught that it isn't a game they should be playing either.

In any rate, spin the bottle is way better than "seven minutes in heaven" or whatever it's called these days.

Didn't you ever play spin the bottle? I did and my children did. And it didn't lead to anything harmful.
You are lucky they weren't playing quarters. That's a dangerous game with beer drinking and disrobing. We were a non drinking family which put that game out of reach.

I know I wouldn't prefer my daughter playing that as a teen and would talk to her about it, but I don't think you can stop it because they did say they play it a lot. It can breed other worse behaviors, but sex and all that can be caused without the game. My main thing would be talking to her about fidelity in a relationship. I'm not sure how old she is or when she can date, but I would talk to her anyways to make sure she knows that in a relationship the boy and girl should be monogamous unless otherwise agreed and that this game is not an excuse for boyfriend kissing someone else. Also talking about the game in general, how she feels about playing it and what it can lead to (sex, wrong signals to someone, kissing someone who could already be sexual active and have syphallis or something). and say your opinions in a non-confrontational and non-judging way.

Maybe you could've started a water balloon fight or played kinect or rockband, teens seem to really like those games lol. I don't think that parents should just leave teens alone for a long time without checking on them, just because these situations can happen. While I know you can't stop it all the time you don't give them a hideout to do it or condone it. I'd say good job on your persistence. I'll have to research ways so my daughter doesn't get into that stuff when she's older lol. Good luck :)