We are fine with him exploring his sexuality, but at the same time, we don’t want to find tidbits of what he’s doing out in the open. We think his story is bullshit, as although the cat does piss on the floor, the cat has never peed on a counter before. We asked him why he was doing that, and he said the cat had pissed on his toothbrush. We checked it out and found his toothbrush in the sink, butt-end being rinsed with the water running full blast for who knows how long (he was downstairs). Then, a couple of days ago, we were going to bed and we heard a noise coming from his bathroom. However, we also don’t want to find shitty tampons or whatever else in the garbage. We had a talk with our son and told him that we understand he is maturing sexually and we don’t care how he explores his sexuality. She brought it up to me and my wife, and we didn’t think much of it-until a couple of months ago, when my wife discovered, again, a used, shitty tampon in the garbage. The issue is that, a few months ago, his younger sister found one of her tampons in the garbage, and it was covered with poop. So long as he doesn’t get porn-obsessed and start letting his grades slip, it’s fine.
At the moment, I pretty much just think fine, whatever, he’s a teenager, there’s very little I can do about it. My son is 15 going on 16, and he’s been experimenting with masturbation.