Word: peter
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Were it not for his love of Rollerblading and her occasional pigtails, Peter Vishion and Sally Roth would do a good imitation of a suburban married couple. She does the laundry; he does the dishes. Tonight he's in the oak-trimmed kitchen making grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner, before they settle down in front of The Simpsons to eat and do homework. They have known each other since sixth grade, been a couple for one year, and when Peter's parents are out of town, like this week, they move in together. Sally's mother approves. But Sally...
Could this pass for a date in Webster Groves? "No," says Sally. "It's just hanging out." When she and Peter do venture out, it's usually in a crowd. This baffles parents whose lessons in courtship were one-on-one. "If you have a date, you go meet him with everybody else," says parent Kay Johnson. "They never go out to the movies, but that's so much fun and I just don't get it." For the students, grabbing dinner and a movie as a first date is unusual. "If a guy asked me out to dinner," says...
Their standards for virginity, though, are generous. Almost all the students, for example, take a Clintonian approach to oral sex. "You can't get a girl pregnant by having oral sex," says Peter. "In Webster, in St. Louis, oral sex is not sex. It's just foreplay...
...nurse last year, the students do take precautions--and some feel comfortable talking to their parents about sex. "I told [my mom] the first time I had sex. She wasn't mad at all," says Sally. "She was excited for me and told me to be careful and all." Peter isn't as open with his parents. "They pretty much think that that's none of their business just as long as I'm being careful and using protection," he says. Once, though, his mom offered to buy condoms...
Sally and Gale have discussed what will happen to their relationships after graduation. Sally plans to move to Los Angeles for design school, while Peter will stay in Missouri. They'll probably have to split. "What are you going to do?" Sally asks. Gale shrugs. She could always try dating...