I've seen people say it was a little dense of his parents to take so long to fill in the blanks. I think that given that they're both intelligent people who can infer things, they likely picked up immediately on what was being implied and then *moved past* that idea because "just casually hooking up" is so far from the Shane they're familiar with. I can picture that their thought process was, "Just- OH, well not that. So what else would it be...?"

Shane hasn't told them anything. Shane is very buttoned up. Shane's sexuality was nonexistent in their eyes until they learned he had a recent girlfriend, who he seemed very prim and proper with. They're not the type of family who talk about sex, clearly by Shane's reaction to the word "lovers", a word with a "we have sex" connotation. *Of course* they're not going to go from that to thinking Shane's been doin it and doin it and doin it well.

This day was definitely a paradigm shift for Shane and his family, a day where his parents were allowed to understand who he is in a fuller way, not just that he's gay and has a boyfriend, but also that he is going forth to live a whole life as someone's partner in an adult relationship. That's also why "please text" is important, not just as an innuendo, but as a boundary. He's not their little boy anymore, and that's why it took them a moment to catch up.

In defense of their confusion