Her Daughter Started Seeing A Guy She Didn’t Approve Of, So She Told Her If She Was Going To Make Bad Decisions, She Needed To Move Out
This 44-year-old woman has a daughter who’s currently a senior in high school. According to her, her daughter is a good student, too, and works part-time while also playing tennis.
In addition to that, her daughter has had one serious boyfriend. The pair first met as friends before their relationship turned romantic. Then, at the end of this past summer, they eventually broke up.
So, for the last year or so, whenever her daughter has free time from school or work, she hangs out with friends. And she realizes that’s completely normal for teens her daughter’s age.
“My daughter is quite the social butterfly, which I have always encouraged,” she said.
But then, once her daughter turned 18 back in October, things started to change. All of a sudden, her daughter thought it was okay to stay over friends’ houses whenever she wanted.
Now, in the beginning, she actually told her daughter it was okay as long as she was filled in on the plans. That way, she wouldn’t become worried.
However, just a few weeks after turning 18, her daughter met a new guy.
“And within two weeks of meeting him, she started staying over at his house,” she revealed.
This pushed her to immediately share her concerns, too, but her daughter swore that they weren’t being physical.
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Regardless of that, she still believed that her daughter didn’t know the guy well enough and that she was making some bad decisions.
For some context, the guy is 19-years-old and graduated from high school. However, he still lives with his parents and doesn’t work. He also had the nerve to claim that despite liking her daughter, he didn’t want to “officially date” her daughter because he still had feelings for his ex!
That’s why she really doesn’t think it’s a good idea for her daughter to be seeing this guy.
“But my daughter isn’t the least interested in my concerns and told me it’s her decision,” she recalled.
This pushed her to try to be honest with her daughter, and she admitted that she understood wanting to have some freedom.
On the flip side, though, she claimed that she couldn’t support her daughter while knowing that she was making bad decisions.
“So I don’t want my daughter staying with boys we don’t know or approve of while living at home,” she explained.
Well, ever since she told her daughter that, the teen actually just decided to move out and start living with her cousin.
And now, she can’t help but wonder if telling her daughter to move out if the teen was going to “insist” on making bad choices was really the wrong way to handle the situation.
Can you understand why she was concerned for her daughter? At the same time, does it seem like she overplayed her hand and pushed her daughter away? How would you have handled this situation?
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