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Message: From GoLocalProv by John Simpson, GoLocalProv Advice Columnist: Dear John, My wife and I are both each other’s second marriage. I have a seventeen-year-old son and she has a thirteen-year-old daughter, and we all live together. We got married less than a year ago. We both try to treat both kids as equally both of ours, but it’s hard sometimes because this is all new for all of us. And sometimes we’re both not sure if we’re overstepping – we both realize that for our kids, it’s going to take a while to see the new parent as equal in authority as the parent they’ve known their whole life. All of that is just by way of background so you know our circumstances. Now for my problem/question – like I said, my daughter (I hate to say step-daughter because I just think of her as my daughter now) is thirteen, but just barely. She just had her birthday. And her Mom buys her thong underwear, which she likes. But I think this is a terrible idea. Her mom insists its not sexual, it’s just about “looking nice” and underwear lines don’t look nice. She makes it out to be about dressing neatly. I don’t doubt that my wife really believes that, but I think she is badly mistaken. I don’t think it has anything to do with a neat look, I think it’s to make the behind as sexually appealing as possible for men to look at and the idea of this sweet little (she’s still little to me) girl dressing in a way designed to please men sexually disgusts me more than I can say. We are at an impasse – we both just think the other is mistaken. I feel really strongly about this and I feel like as a man I KNOW what men think and what they’re like. Like I said, I think my wife is well meaning, I just think she’s being very naïve here. But I feel like I’m on thin ice because I’m not her “real” father and so maybe I should back off. But I want to do what’s right for this kid. What do you do in a situation like this? Signed, Too Young http://www.golocalprov.comhttp://beta.golocalprov.com/dear-john-is-thirteen-too-young-for-sexy-underwear