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_0ffh on Feb 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fake girlfriend, revisited

I think a chaperone is primarily a safeguard against indiscretions. Their raison d'etre is to make sure nobody damages the goods before you have decided on a suitable match for your daughter. Which I find rather archaic.

knughit on Feb 24, 2016 [–]

Chaperon protects social values. Values can and often should change, but the chaperon is a tool that isn't as good or bad as the value it protects.

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