He Recently Upset His Daughter After Telling Her She’ll Never Mean As Much To Her New Friend As Her Childhood Friends Do
Something I’ve always found very impressive is when people can stay close to friends they’ve known since childhood. Childhood friendships are filled with magic and require much work to maintain.
One man recently upset his daughter after telling her she’ll never mean as much to her new friend as her childhood friends do.
His daughter is 25 years old and made a new friend four years ago while running a marathon. Her friend is five years younger than her, but they still became close.
“They both did extremely well, and a friendship blossomed,” he explained.
“They have a lot in common. They both like music, running, working out, art, TV shows, etc., and they both are at the same university.”
His daughter was so excited about this friendship, but recently, it’s been on the rocks. During a recent visit home, his daughter filled in their family on what’s been going on with her friend.
Apparently, her friend is still really close with a lot of her friends from her childhood years. They often get together and go out in a group, but she’s rarely invited. His daughter watches her friend post pictures and videos with her childhood friends, which makes her jealous and ignored.
As a result, their relationship is not as tight-knit as she had hoped it would be.
His daughter got very emotional when she revealed that her friend didn’t wish her a happy birthday a few weeks ago and stopped answering when she tried to arrange a visit. This was especially disappointing because his daughter had made big plans for her friend’s birthday earlier this year.
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His wife tried to calm down their daughter and encouraged her to keep working on her friendship. However, he thought giving her some honest perspective would be best.
“I told her basically that she’s never going to be on the same level as her friend’s childhood friends,” he recalled.
“They’ve been friends since childhood, they’ve gone through school and all those trials together, and they know each other inside out. I told my daughter that she has to accept this when maintaining her friendship with this girl.”
He also encouraged his daughter to be a little less emotionally invested in her friendship with this girl.
His daughter was devastated by his advice and told him he was putting her down.
“We got into an argument, I told her to grow up, and she left,” he said.
“I do feel how she’s acting is incredibly childish. However, I do feel empathetic for her as the last few years have been difficult for her socially.”
Should he apologize to his daughter for what he said, or did she need to hear his advice?
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