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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 172672" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Sounds like girlfriend's mom is also a control freak. Sooner or later you have to realize that you simply can't control every aspect of your child's life. Is girlfriend her oldest child?</p><p></p><p>Our easy child briefly dated a young woman who had a mother very much like this. He invited her to the prom and her parents called wanting to come to our house to "meet us". Our difficult child had just been released from the hospital after a 3 month stay and we had him on a hospital bed in our den. Can we say stressful times? Because this was so important to easy child, we sucked it up, prepared dinner for the family and tried to soothe their fears that our easy child really was not evil incarnate. It was all so terribly awkward.</p><p></p><p>The funny thing is that 4 years down the road - easy child and this young lady are still friends. She is a student at a women's college and has come out as a lesbian. Who knew? I don't think this girl's parents' fears had anything at all to do with easy child.</p><p></p><p>I think girlfriend's mother is terrified of losing her - but it is inevitable that she will grow up and away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 172672, member: 3704"] Sounds like girlfriend's mom is also a control freak. Sooner or later you have to realize that you simply can't control every aspect of your child's life. Is girlfriend her oldest child? Our easy child briefly dated a young woman who had a mother very much like this. He invited her to the prom and her parents called wanting to come to our house to "meet us". Our difficult child had just been released from the hospital after a 3 month stay and we had him on a hospital bed in our den. Can we say stressful times? Because this was so important to easy child, we sucked it up, prepared dinner for the family and tried to soothe their fears that our easy child really was not evil incarnate. It was all so terribly awkward. The funny thing is that 4 years down the road - easy child and this young lady are still friends. She is a student at a women's college and has come out as a lesbian. Who knew? I don't think this girl's parents' fears had anything at all to do with easy child. I think girlfriend's mother is terrified of losing her - but it is inevitable that she will grow up and away. [/QUOTE]
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