Her Dad’s Dating A Girl Younger Than She Is
It was three years ago now that this 24-year-old girl’s parents got divorced. She’s the only child that they have, and she lives alone in an apartment.
After the divorce, her 61-year-old mom got their family’s home, while her 62-year-old dad went out and purchased a new house.
Even after their separation, her mom and dad remained on excellent terms, which definitely made the divorce easier for her.
However, how her dad has been acting after splitting from her mom has been causing some problems.
“My Dad seemed to rebound pretty hard after the divorce,” she explained. “He started frequenting bars and going on blind dates most evenings.”
“I can’t lie; my Mom and I worried that he wasn’t coping well with the split, but he reassured us both that he was a grown man and that we shouldn’t be worrying about him.”
“I acknowledged that and tried to step back and not meddle in his love life. Nothing crazy came of it, and we didn’t talk about it much.”
Around a month ago, her dad was hanging out with her and her mom when he mentioned he had a new girlfriend.
He then picked up his phone to show them a photo, and she was shocked that her dad’s new girlfriend is a year younger than she is. So far, her dad has only ever gone on dates with women his own age; never anyone super young.
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She and her mom had no idea what to even say as her dad went on and on about how incredible his new girlfriend is and how mature she is.
Her dad is convinced that he and his girlfriend have this crazy connection, and he didn’t want to stop talking about his girlfriend.
Her mom finally asked him what on earth he was doing dating a girl younger than his own daughter.
“My dad didn’t take mom’s question well, arguing that she was a consenting adult and he wasn’t forcing her to be with him,” she said.
Her mom agreed he wasn’t doing anything wrong in a legal sense, and then her dad snapped that if they can’t be supportive of their relationship, that’s their issue, not his.
She feels uneasy over the age of her dad’s girlfriend, and she actually got to meet the girl over the weekend when her mom hosted a family BBQ.
Her dad brought his girlfriend, and within moments of meeting her, she just felt terrible for the girl.
“She just seemed so childlike and nervous, and I felt super uncomfortable for her being in this situation,” she added.
“Meanwhile, my dad was going around to the family talking about how great their relationship is and how he’s “23 at heart.” People were clearly weirded out, and he didn’t seem to notice, and he kept making a show of going over and kissing his girlfriend.”
“So yeah, I don’t know how to feel about this. I don’t like the relationship, but is it even my place to do anything about it? It’s at a point where I dread seeing my dad because I know he’ll talk endlessly about his girlfriend, then I just remember her face at the BBQ and feel so weirded out.”
Her mom obviously isn’t a fan of this age-gap relationship but maintains her dad has to figure his life out on his own without their intervention.
She’s struggling with how she can begin to tell her dad about her feelings and if she even should.
What advice do you have for her?
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