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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 667165" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Welcome Ronajean,</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you are going through this difficult time with your daughter.</p><p></p><p>One thing I have learned about our adult children is the more you try to tell them what they are doing or how they are living isn't in line with how you think they should be living, they will build a wall so fast it will make your head spin.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter is an adult, her choices are just that, hers.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest that you do not express your true feelings about her new boyfriend as that will just make the wall she has built around her stronger. If she is sharing your true feelings with the boyfriend he will only encourage her to distance herself from you.</p><p></p><p>You don't have to try and be best friends with the new boyfriend but I would suggest being civil.</p><p></p><p>If down the road your daughter decides for herself that he's not the great guy she thought he was you will want to be there for her and if that does happen I would be refrain from any type of "I told you so"</p><p></p><p>It is best to allow our adult children to make their own mistakes no matter how much we cringe watching it happen as we have no control over their choices.</p><p></p><p>((HUGS)) to you.....................................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 667165, member: 18516"] Welcome Ronajean, I'm sorry you are going through this difficult time with your daughter. One thing I have learned about our adult children is the more you try to tell them what they are doing or how they are living isn't in line with how you think they should be living, they will build a wall so fast it will make your head spin. Your daughter is an adult, her choices are just that, hers. I would suggest that you do not express your true feelings about her new boyfriend as that will just make the wall she has built around her stronger. If she is sharing your true feelings with the boyfriend he will only encourage her to distance herself from you. You don't have to try and be best friends with the new boyfriend but I would suggest being civil. If down the road your daughter decides for herself that he's not the great guy she thought he was you will want to be there for her and if that does happen I would be refrain from any type of "I told you so" It is best to allow our adult children to make their own mistakes no matter how much we cringe watching it happen as we have no control over their choices. ((HUGS)) to you..................................... [/QUOTE]
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