there are just some things they're not ready to joke about yet. =(

I never knew that there was an age limit to experimenting...oh wait, that's because there is no age limit.

Wow. Please jakeydudey.. Take your ignorance somewhere else. Btw when you try new things its called "experimenting!" Duh Op it's good to have an understanding father. Maybe it's the same awkward talk like when parents catch their kid *******...

Let's see, who's more likely to experiment with their sexuality: teenagers or grown-ups... Hmm, that's a difficult one.

Who's more likely to get an STD from experimenting? Teens or adults? So yeah OP is probably too young

teen years are where a person really tries to start to find and form their identity outside of their social group. So makes complete sense. Better to find out younger than live with questions and denial, have a family, experiment, find out and potentially devastate your partner with that person wondering why or how etc. Stds can happen to anyone. Proper education and precautions used and one can go safely explore their identity. Don't be so quick to put your own judgements and preformed ideas on all.

I am the last person to judge on experimentation. I'm saying that you can do that when you get to college. Or out of high school. Teenagers are generally not educated as well about sex when they are first entering their adolescence. Do it when you don't have to deal with the B.S. of being caught. I don't have anything against experimentation.

72- I think adults would be more likely to catch an STD given that both participants have probably had far more partners. If your a teen and experimenting, odds are that your partner is pretty inexperienced too.

problem is, is that overwhelming amount of studies show that identity forming and solidifying orientation is the hs teen years. so if you do not get the proper sex education in hs what magically happens after or in college that suddenly imparts that knowledge on you? And waiting for where you won't get caught? So, hide who you are or may be because of fear of repercussions, etc? That is...just well...talk to some people who had to suppress and repress because of that and see what they say, probably that they were not very happy at a younger age due to that and very very confused and lost. Wait until you are older can apply to many things and also to many ppl for this and other situations. For others, it can have some very negative effects.

I waited until finishing high school and am perfectly healthy

101, good for you, no one cares. Different strokes for different folks, kiddo. Get off your high horse and realize that not everyone has the same "morals" as you do.

It's called defending an opinion. I don't have a high horse.

Notice how each one of your comments has negative or buried votes cb.....

I am really sorry if I offended any of y'all.

i dont know about anyone else but i found the comment really sweet. a bit rough around the edges but we Scots dont really sugercoat anything :)

Oh yes, definitely. He's a gruff Scottish farmer so that's just how he speaks, he's actually very sweet :)

I think you missed the part where his friends parent called his, who probably walked in on them not doing drugs. Plus, I think OP would have clarified that his dad misunderstood him if that were the case..

The word "experimenting" was used. It never said what the parents told the dad, so I'm not sure what you think I missed. It would make sense for the parents to have simply used the word "experimenting" as the FML indicates. I'm sure the kid did clarify his dad's statement, but the info would already have been said. And really, it makes it a much more legit FML if the kid was really experimenting with drugs rather than dongs. As 90% of the commenters have pointed out, if the son is gay, the dad is showing empathy and thus, there's no reason to say, "FML."

57- empathetic parents or not, getting caught experimenting with your buddy sounds pretty FML worthy to me.

Not sure why 123man is getting thumbed down. A misunderstanding of "experimentation" by the dad plus his revelation of his sexual experimentation would be FML worthy if the son was indeed experimenting with drugs rather than sex.

Ahh, nice to see someone else also took the route of "maybe 'experimenting' doesn't mean sex."

61 - From Perdix? Don't get your hopes up ;)

#87, this time #61 is right. I do my best to be a little bit . . . *lowers sunglasses* unpredictable ;)

And you do it so well, Perdix ;) Nice to know we can count on you for a good turnaround!

Yeah sounds like something my dad would do. Except I'm not gay so not for that reason......