Her Fiancé Keeps Pressuring Her To Send Her Daughter To Boarding School And Blaming Her For “Depriving” Her Daughter Of A Good Experience
This woman and her ex-husband divorced not long after they married. They share a 12-year-old daughter.
She and her current fiancé are getting married within the next one or two years. Her fiancé has a 13-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
All her life, she’s lived in a small town of about 8,000 people in northern Sweden, just past the Arctic, and they all live there now.
She enjoys the area. Her fiancé wants to send his daughter to a Stockholm boarding school in order to provide her with a great education and a wonderful life.
Since it’s her fiancé’s daughter, she acknowledged that it’s his decision. However, she didn’t agree when he suggested that she send her daughter to the same boarding school.
“Apparently, ‘It’s not good for kids to live in a small town because they won’t have as many activities or fun,'” she said.
When she asked her daughter for her thoughts, she told her she liked the town they lived in and didn’t like the idea of attending boarding school.
In addition, she knew that she and her fiancé wouldn’t be able to see her daughter often. They live far away from Stockholm, so she’d only be able to spend time with her daughter over the holidays.
While discussing the topic, her fiancé tried to get her to change her mind, pointing out that there are tons of cool things for her daughter to do, such as concerts and art shows.
photominus21 – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual child
In his view, her daughter would have more experiences that she couldn’t have in a small town, and she’d have a better-quality education, so he thinks it would greatly benefit her daughter.
“He says my daughter will eventually like it and wants me to force her to go, and is even offering to pay for it,” she explained.
She rejected his offer, explaining that her daughter didn’t need to attend boarding school because their small town had tons of fun things to do and a reputable school system.
If her daughter told her she wanted to go to boarding school, she would have thought it over, but since her daughter doesn’t want to go in the first place, she doesn’t think it would be a good decision to send her against her will.
“My fiancé says that ‘I’m depriving my daughter of a good experience,’ and he’s now quite mad at me,'” she shared.
Throughout the rest of her daughter’s schooling in town, there will be plenty of worthwhile experiences for her to take advantage of, and she’s planning for her daughter to attend college in Stockholm. However, she doesn’t think she needs to send her daughter to boarding school.
What advice would you give her?
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