When I asked her why she allowed this, she said she’d rather they be in a safe, comfortable place and have protection than to be sneaking around in parked cars and such. I brought this to the mother’s attention, and she said she knew about it but would tell them to be quiet. I also heard what sounded like loud sex going on in the room on the other side of my home office wall. I’ve been home due to recovering from surgery, and one afternoon after school, I saw the daughter and her boyfriend go into the condo when the mother wasn’t there. This family and I have been friends for a long time, and we get along well and have never had any problems. Neighbor’s Teenage Daughter Has Boyfriend Over: I live in a condo next door to a widow with a 16-year-old daughter. (Sign up below to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. An edited transcript of the chat is below. Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is online weekly to chat live with readers.