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Suppose you have a great relationship with your mother, and your mother hates your girlfriend for whatever the reasons. You love your mother (And there is nothing wrong with it)
In order to keep the family harmony, will you dump your girlfriend because girlfriend comes and go, but there is only one mommy?
Suppose you have a great relationship with your mother, and your mother hates your girlfriend for whatever the reasons. You love your mother (And there is nothing wrong with it)
In order to keep the family harmony, will you dump your girlfriend because girlfriend comes and go, but there is only one mommy?
Please be honest. Thanks
No.
Pretty sure my mother would never tell me to dumb my GF either.
Pretty sure my mother would never tell me to dumb my GF either.
This. It's possible if I would have had a really horrible girlfriend as a teenager when I was living at home (I didn't), she might have told me to dump her, and I would have had no choice since I wasn't an adult. Now, as an adult, with a mother who is a senior citizen living hundreds of miles away from me, it's nearly impossible to imagine a situation where she would tell me to dump a girlfriend. That's not something we do in my family, really. We respect each other's decisions.
This. It's possible if I would have had a really horrible girlfriend as a teenager when I was living at home (I didn't), she might have told me to dump her, and I would have had no choice since I wasn't an adult. Now, as an adult, with a mother who is a senior citizen living hundreds of miles away from me, it's nearly impossible to imagine a situation where she would tell me to dump a girlfriend. That's not something we do in my family, really. We respect each other's decisions.
What if you are super close to your mom and your mom does not like your fiancee, girlfriend, what would you do? Tell your mother to mind her own business?
People need to make up their own minds about whether or not their relationships and friendships are right for them. It's part of being an adult. Any adult who is going to let his or her family dictate who is allowed in his or her life isn't emotionally mature enough for real relationships and friendships; emotional growth has stalled out at a much earlier developmental level.
Good parents know that you raise your children to be good judges of character, and then trust that your lessons will stick. You don't micromanage your adult children's friendships and relationships. You lay the foundation, and you step back and watch them grow.
People need to make up their own minds about whether or not their relationships and friendships are right for them. It's part of being an adult. Any adult who is going to let his or her family dictate who is allowed in his or her life isn't emotionally mature enough for real relationships and friendships; emotional growth has stalled out at a much earlier developmental level.
Good parents know that you raise your children to be good judges of character, and then trust that your lessons will stick. You don't micromanage your adult children's friendships and relationships. You lay the foundation, and you step back and watch them grow.
What if you are super close to your mom and your mom does not like your fiancee, girlfriend, what would you do? Tell your mother to mind her own business?
I'm pretty close to my mom. I just can't imagine her telling me who to date as an adult. Because she normally wouldn't, though, if for some reason she did, I would actually probably take it pretty seriously. If I was dating someone who was that bad for me, though, I would probably have friends and others who would point it out to me before my mom would.
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